NINE INCH NAILS Mainman Is 'Pretty Aggravated' By 'Pretty Hate Machine' Reissue

November 9, 2005

MJI Interactive is reporting that NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor is "pretty aggravated" by the upcoming no-frills reissue of his band's seminal 1989 debut, "Pretty Hate Machine", because the Rykodisc label was unwilling to pony up the funds to produce a deluxe edition of the album.

"I like Rykodisc, I think they are a good label, and I respect them. But the way that it happened is mind-blowing," Reznor told the Toronto Sun. "TVT's been a thorn in my side from the beginning. TVT defaulted on a huge loan and one of their assets is my first album. There's an auction and the next thing I know it's on Rykodisc.

"Now I've got Ryko asking me if I'd like to do a deluxe version. Yeah, I would. I would like to have a 5.1 version. I'll do extra songs. I'll redo the packaging. Everything. But I'm not doing it for free. They're not willing to pay, so they put out whatever they put out. That's that."

The "Pretty Hate Machine" reissue is scheduled to arrive November 22 through Rykodisc. The re-release will feature the same 10 tracks as the original, and the artwork remains unchanged, according to MTV.com. Rykodisc is licensing the rights to the record from Prudential Securities, which had put "Pretty Hate Machine", along with several other TVT Records titles, on the auction block in mid-August; the label presented a bulk of its industrial catalog to Prudential in 1999 as collateral against a $32 million loan. When it failed to attract a credible bid for the material, Prudential opted to hold onto the records' rights and license them out.

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