Lots of bands change record labels. It's a standard business move, done for lots of reasons, and not always due to troubles. A band might have a falling out with a label, but in most cases, it's not something ever brought out into public. Trent Reznor, however, has had public disputes with his labels not once, but twice.
Nine Inch Nail's first label, TVT Records, mostly released compilations of TV theme songs and novelty albums. "Pretty Hate Machine" was their first really big success, and with the band's second album, they wanted more of the same. Reznor wasn't interested, however, and balked, but TVT wouldn't relent, according to She Knows. He eventually recorded 1992's "Broken" EP in secret and worked out a deal with a second label, Interscope, to release it in 1992 with TVT under a partnership. Naturally, the EP's lyrics are basically a big middle finger to his old label.
The band's relationship with Interscope actually lasted much longer, about 15 years, but after the release of 2007's "Year Zero," Reznor grew angry about international pricing of his albums (specifically in Australia) and once again publicly trashed his label, according to Rolling Stone, which he left shortly after. Hopefully, this won't happen a third time, because the band's record label since has been Reznor's self-owned label, The Null Corporation, and Reznor publicly calling himself out would be weird.
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