Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate MachinePretty Hate Machine was released on October 20, 1989 and later became one of the first independent albums to go platinum. It was born into a time when Like A Prayer and Eternal Flame were the biggest hits of the year. And even if Reznor can't quite get behind that album today, it was the spark for a revolution in the mainstream. Suddenly there was music in the charts that dealt with teenage angst, with depression, with doubts about God and sexual