Recently learned this NIN song is from 1989! So far ahead of their time.
Posted by MaverickGalaxyJam@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 43 comments
Idk why I didn’t know this. I’m a longtime fan but it never occurred to me that Pretty Hate Machine predated the 1990s.
PL02550@reddit
Many think that NIN is a 90s band, but fail to realize that Pretty Hate Machine came out in 89 and will show up in 80s Alt/New Wave playlists. The Downward Spiral was such a huge hit that it defined the 90s Alt scene.
ItchyMcHotspot@reddit
Same with Jane’s Addiction. Their first two albums came out in 1987 and 1988.
mrgreen4242@reddit
I’m sorry but this is a … let’s go with wild take. Having your debut album released in October of 1989 doesn’t make you an 80s band.
regeya@reddit
I totally get that. I'm maybe a tiny bit old to call myself a Xennial, but as a '75 kid, I get rejected by the people who were born in the 60s. That would have been my freshman year of high school. Me personally, I think of that period when I was in high school, as being distinct from the 80s and the 90s. Maybe it's only because I was in high school, but I feel like the music of those late 80s and early 90s were distinct from the decades they took place in.
I feel like Pretty Hate Machine is a product of the 80s, heavily influenced by the 80s, but NIN was one of those groups that helped shove the 80s out the door. I remember a bunch of industrial groups that were basically just slightly more industrial than, oh, say, Information Society.
Klutzy-Delivery-5792@reddit
Agreed. This is like saying Nirvana is an 80s band because Bleach was released in 1989.
epidemicsaints@reddit
It makes sense if you look at his influences, this is 10 years after Gary Numan, Suicide, etc.
Moxie_Stardust@reddit
For those uninitiated, check out this Ministry video from 1981, from when he started out with synth pop, some of the tracks on this album are pretty cheesy, but I like this one: Revenge
feldomatic@reddit
Trent's cover of Numan's "The Metal" got me into him when I realized he was so much more than that Cars song.
ButterscotchAware402@reddit
Hearing Manson's cover of "Down in the Park" (b-side to "Lunchbox") is what did it for me.
epidemicsaints@reddit
Similar story... (I believe) he recorded that for the Random tribute album. I got it because Magnetic Fields was on it and got Replicas soon after.
cbih@reddit
The Legendary Pink Dots, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Throbbing Gristle, Front 242, etc
dwreckhatesyou@reddit
Was on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack iirc.
DegenGraded@reddit
yar, song is called 'Burn'
OskeyBug@reddit
Listened to this album so much when I was 13. My religious mom surprisingly never commented or complained
bfume@reddit
Pretty Hate Machine is a fucking classic banger front to back
Danktizzle@reddit
I almost bought a terrible car because it had an amazing sound system and this album absolutely rocked on it.
only_porn@reddit
That car doesn’t sound terrible at all
Danktizzle@reddit
It sounded great! Mechanical though?
Impressive-Record839@reddit
Car manufacturers need to get back to putting decent sound systems in cars
O_C_Demon@reddit
Check out "The Exotic Birds" for a time that Trent certainly wasn't ahead of the times....😬😂
Impressive-Record839@reddit
I thought this was going to be some snuff film or something but it's just his synth pop band :D
O_C_Demon@reddit
😂 A snuff film?!
artfully_dejected@reddit
A beaver picture?
detective_bookman@reddit
He fixes the cable?
artfully_dejected@reddit
Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey.
O_C_Demon@reddit
Bit Canadian...
VashMM@reddit
Slam Bamboo?
ArticleCrafty1884@reddit
Cleveland!
O_C_Demon@reddit
Yep them as well!
ChristyLovesGuitars@reddit
Oh, to be hearing Sin for the first time again. PHM is so fucking good.
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
I assume someone in this thread has already pointed to Skinny Puppy as an even earlier industrial band. Reznor basically took what they were doing and made it a little more palatable.
fluorowaxer@reddit
Not to mention Front Line Assembly, Thrill Kill Kult, Front 242, Einsturzende Neubauten, KMFDM, the other Wax Trax bands, Godflesh, etc.
doubtfurious@reddit
I went to a NIN concert just last month... RIP David Bowie, but "I'm Afraid of Americans" still slaps and it's more topical now than ever.
kittenpantzen@reddit
A few months back, I was ripping some of my CDs and realized that PHM was older than Nevermind and fully glitched out.
Helo7606@reddit
Pretty Hate Machine is honestly one of the best NIN albums for me. Also, saw NIN with A Perfect Circle back in 2000. Prior to APC putting out their first album. Still one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
SunshineInDetroit@reddit
1989-1990 school year was a primary formative period for me.
Geoff-Vader@reddit
I'm not even that big of a fan but the Nine Inch Noise sets at Coachella the past two weekends were easily the best sets IMO. It was like watching some fever dream with the energy of the rave from Matrix Reloaded coupled with the sounds of NiN and Tron.
d3dk0w@reddit
I saw them live recently and that remix of Closer is so good.
socialcommentary2000@reddit
I was such an angsty little 11 year old with Pretty Hate Machine. Never stopped listening.
YcemeteryTreeY@reddit
I'll always remember this from Natural Born Killers
edasto42@reddit
I got lucky having a cool older cousin that was into underground stuff. The album came out in late October of 1989. By the summer of 1990 is when all the cool underground kids had it in regular rotation. That summer I visited my cousin and was introduced to them on recording. I loved it. It was unlike anything I heard, yet still accessible for a 13 year old.
The following summer was the first lollapalooza with them kicking the day off. I got taken to that and had my face melted by their live show.
Left_Maize816@reddit
This has been a top 3 song for me from NIN forever. kind of feel like it's A shame the only song from PHM he played in concert when I saw him recently was head like a hole.
Ciel_leic@reddit
haha yeah that album feels like it dropped from the future