Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Trent Reznor’s debut album is a throbbing slab of horny midwestern industrial rock, halfway between the sexual dancefloor electronicism of Depeche Mode and the involuntarily celebate roar that would define American alternative rock in the nineties. Between the pitch perfect sadomasochism of opening track “Head Like A Hole” and the whining balladeering in “Something I Can Never Have”, Pretty Hate Machine predicted the sad, angry and horny decade to come, while setting up a career that would find Reznor covered by Johnny Cash, as well as soundtracking projects as diverse as first-person shooters and Pixar films. It’s also the 453rd Greatest Album of All Time, according to Rolling Stone magazine. This week, Christopher and Liam listened to it, and now they’re going to talk about it. Featuring good shouts and hot takes on everything from Soul, Quake II, Doom, Marilyn Manson, having sex with the devil, and whether or not Trent Reznor was a real janitor or not. All that plus Secret Posho, Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo, Quiz, the Bette Middler factor, and all that jazz. Enjoy!