Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Personally I find it a great change to the other types of music that I listen too, especially blasting out KMFDM or Ministry when I'm driving down the road. I get a lot of weird looks, but this is some totally amazing stuff right here. Anywho whats your opinion on this, and who are your fav. Industrial bands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Edwin MacPhisto Report post Posted December 31, 2002 I think the closest I ever got to industrial was Nine Inch Nails, which doesn't really cut it. I've always been intrigued by the name Throbbing Gristle, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted December 31, 2002 After having had a falling out with industrial form for several years, I'm slowly finding it appealing again. I think my appreciation of Big Black's Songs About Fucking is making me pine for the days when I would spin Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey for my listening pleasure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest snuffbox Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Really depends on the band with this one! When its done right industrial kicks ass! I like most KMFDM, NIN, Ministry, and the slightly industrial Pumpkins tunes. Alot of it ends up sounding contrived or unoriginal but these bands, and a few others, actually make it work. I actually went to see the ministry's Chris Connelly do a solo acoustic show. That was interesting, his set was quite good, but he took about 3 hours to make it on stage. One More Fix!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 31, 2002 What I've heard I've been fairly indifferent to. The stuff I enjoyed was pretty much equal to the stuff I thought was awful. I can dig Ministry, as well as Pig, Leather Strip, Skinny Puppy, a few Laibach tracks, and some Einzurdsen de Neubauten. (If I spelled that right, It's a fuckin' miracle.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KingOfOldSchool Report post Posted December 31, 2002 My knowledge on industrial is fleeting. However, I've liked what I've heard, though the select songs I've listened to were mostly acquired through p2p networks, and I don't actually own any cds by industrial bands (I'll rectify that once I get some cash, just so I don't feel like a total crook). Skinny Puppy. Velvet Acid Christ. NIN. KMFDM. Ministry. Thrill Kill Kult. Wumpscut. Front 242. Front Line Assembly. Lords of Acid. VNV Nation. Basically most of the 'mainstream industrial' bands, if that makes sense considering the obscure nature of industrial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Renegade Report post Posted December 31, 2002 KMFDM and Static-X, so yay! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Good call on Front Line Assembly, manson, those guys are killer, too. Can't believe I forgot them in the handful of industrial bands I dig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nl5xsk1 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 The only industrial bands that I like are Skinny Puppy and Big Black. Include Alien Sex Fiend if you count them as industrial. I was never that impressed with NIN or Ministry, but that might be because they were kind of mainstream-industrial, so probably didn't give them enough of a chance. (Yes, I was one of the "don't like it b/c it's popular" kind of kids) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Only industrial band I like is KMFDM. And considering that my friends Pat and Wes are in love with industrial, and I hang out with them quite a bit, I'm forced to listen to more people that can't play guitar sampling other people's riffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest converge241 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 i voted yes i love the whole scene, alot of waxtrax/TVT in my collection FLA and all their side projects are the best Front 242, Young Gods, MLWTTKK, KMFDM, Excessive Force, RevCo, Pailhead, Ministry, Sister Machine Gun are other favs i wouldnt count Alien Sex Fiend, but its neglible i wouldnt count albini's Big Black either..that seems more than industrial to me, but also neglible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Industrial is cool with me, but I have a more selective definition of it, like, I wouldn't consider Thrill Kill Kult industrial (though I like them too). NIN just suck. My favorite industrial artist is Foetus, and I strongly encourage everyone to check him out. I also like Throbbing Gristle, Pulse Legion, Lacrimosa, Suicide Machines, Project Pitchfork. Industrial is all my girlfriend will ever listen to, so I do get quite sick of it sometimes as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted December 31, 2002 i wouldnt count albini's Big Black either..that seems more than industrial to me, but also neglible Perhaps. When bringing up Big Black, I mentioned Ministry's Land of Rape and Honey, which is stylistically similar to Albini's band's sound. However, one could argue that there's more to industrial than employing a drum machine and distorted vocals, which is how Big Black attains that sound. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Wumpscut, is really good for a listen. and AoO, you did better than me trying to spell that name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Godhead's cover of "Eleanor Rigby" is Industrial gone horribly wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted December 31, 2002 Considering it's not industrial, you're right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted December 31, 2002 I was told it was. I honestly couldn't tell you what Industrial was if you whacked me in the face with an anvil and said "THE MUSIC RIGHT NOW IS INDUSTRIAL!!!" But what I've heard of it (in other words, when people would say "this is Industrial"), it's really unappealing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted December 31, 2002 When all else fails, just ask allmusic.com: The most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music, industrial was initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments (tape music, musique concrète, white noise, synthesizers, sequencers, etc.) and punk provocation. As industrial evolved, its avant-garde influences became far less important than its pounding, relentless, jackhammer beats, which helped transform it into a darker alternative to the hedonism of mainstream dance music. Industrial's trademark sound was harsh and menacing, but its rage was subordinate to the intentionally mechanical, numbingly repetitive qualities of the music, which fit the lyrics' themes of alienation and dehumanization quite well. In the early '90s, Ministry and Nine Inch Nails took their variations on industrial to wider alt-rock and metal audiences, but a substantial number of industrial artists chose to remain underground. The first group of industrial bands — England's Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, and Germany's Einsturzende Neubauten — were initially as much about beyond-edgy performance art as they were music. The second generation of industrial artists — including Skinny Puppy, Front 242, and Nitzer Ebb — added pummeling dance beats to their predecessors' confrontational sounds, for a substyle often referred to as electronic body music (centered around labels like Wax Trax). Meanwhile, bands like Ministry and KMFDM added metal-guitar riffs, which helped Ministry break through to a wider audience in the late '80s and early '90s; similarly, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor added more traditional song structures, and made his own persona the focal point, giving the music a rare human presence and becoming a star in the process. This more widely appealing strain of industrial continued to influence alternative metal throughout the '90s. Still, after industrial metal began to fade, a near-exclusively electronic form of industrial dance continued to thrive as an uncompromisingly underground style, with many artists coming from the U.S. and Germany. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted January 1, 2003 At least I got Neubauten right... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted January 2, 2003 Rammstein, KMFDM, MDFMK, Fear Factory, NIN good stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest converge241 Report post Posted January 2, 2003 "I wouldn't consider Thrill Kill Kult industrial" yeah i could see that.. a lot of them are debatable, they are all just part of the same scene Hit and Run Holiday is the biggest of them being farthest away from industrial Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
