Table of Contents

Introduction Map The Becoming Mercer, Pa. "Head Like a Hole" "Terrible Lie" "Down in It" Youngstown, Ohio "Sanctified" "Something I Can Never Have" "Kinda I Want To" "Sin" Cleveland, Ohio "That's What I Get" "The Only Time" "Ringfinger" Leader of the Black Parade Notes Credits Bibliography

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Combining solid research into NIN's roots with compelling, emotional oral histories from fans, a fascinating account of a huge subculture.

About the Author

Daphne Carr is a Manhattan-based writer. She is the series editor of Best Music Writing and an editor at Current Musicology. Her music writing has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including Out of the Vinyl Deeps, Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop, the Village Voice, MOJO, The Nation, Stop Smiling, and Venus Zine. Find her at www.funboring.com.

Reviews

Carr's take on Pretty Hate Machine as an accessible piece of art is fortified by her ability to include everyone — fans, critics, NIN virgins — into her dialogue. Here, PHM is transformed from an album for outcasts into a work that applies more generally to mass culture.
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