On Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Pretty Hate Machine’, Trent Reznor brought industrial music to the mainstream
Pretty Hate Machine, the debut album from Nine Inch Nails, is a stroke of genius. While it’s not necessarily NIN mastermind Trent Reznor’s best work (that would come later), the album established Reznor as a true visionary early on. Unlike most industrial music of the era, Pretty Hate Machine subverted the cold, mechanical predilections of…