Changes

Working nights at Right Track Studio as a handyman and toilet cleaner, [[Trent Reznor]] used studio "down time" to record and develop his own music. Playing most of the keyboards, drum machines, guitars, and samplers himself, he recorded a demo, unofficially titled ''[[Purest FeelngFeeling]]''.

Teaming up with manager [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] they sent the demo to various record labels. Reznor received serious offers from many of them. He signed a deal with [[TVT Records]] who, until then, were known mainly for releasing novelty and television jingle records.

''Pretty Hate Machine'' was then recorded in various studios around the world with Reznor collaborating with some of his most idolized producers - [[Flood]], [[Keith LeBlanc]], [[Adrian Sherwood]], and [[John Fryer]].