industrial music industrial music genre experimental electronic music draws provocative themes term coined mid-1970s founding genesis debut album second annual report coined slogan industrial music industrial people general style harsh challenging allmusic defines industrial aggressive fusion rock electronic music initially blend avant garde electronics experiments tape music white noise synthesizers etc punk industrial artists experimented noise aesthetically controversial topics musically visually serial killers production limited music included mail art performance art installation pieces art forms prominent industrial musicians include influenced development genre included acts electronic group experimental rock acts psychedelic rock artists composers musicians cite writers philosophers influences term self applied small groups individuals associated 1970s include artists influenced original movement industrial aesthetic artists expanded genre pushing electronic directions time influence spread blended styles including ambient rock fall post industrial music label electro industrial music primary developed 1980s notable hybrid genres industrial rock industrial metal include bands inch released platinum selling albums 1990s distinct genres referred simply industrial history industrial music drew broad range predecessors argues particularly significant development industrial music successful artists incorporate representations industrial sounds electronic music industrial music created originally mechanical electric machinery later advanced synthesizers electronic percussion technology developed monroe argues suicide influential contemporary industrial musicians groups cited inspirational founders industrial music include velvet underground genesis cassette library including recordings credited 1960s rock captain interview chris_carter enjoyed found inspiration influenced music girl groups culture cited captain indian african music influential artistic life cited initial recorded pieces reminiscent composers nurse wound cited long list obscure free improvisation recommended listening borrowed corner industrial groups including took inspiration world music initial industrial musicians preferred cite artists musicians inspiration declares fan like university course cultural initial inspiration appreciated took conceptual cues nurse wound dedicated work took impetus influence industrial aesthetic metal machine music cites album inspiring contemporary avant garde music scene noise particular album consists entirely guitar feedback anticipating industrial use non musical sounds industrial records originally coined record label founded british art wave music appeared london sheffield recording non united_states performed began musical kingston hull based initially psychedelic rock group began describe work performance art order obtain grants composed beginning staged performances inspired included acts sexual physical employee commercial artists joined group carter joining following year group renamed september coming northern english slang word erection group public performance october alongside exhibit titled prostitution included pornographic photos conservative politician declared public money wasted destroy morality society group civilization group ended declaring mission terminated expansion scene bands nurse wound soon followed intended play brutal extreme music time style eventually called power electronics early collaborator formed nurse wound experimented noise sculpture sound described goal borrowing equally nervous energy sort funk stuff body music makes like merged industrial music african american dance music performed response world music performing festival group likened indonesian swedish act signed act release singles eventually received significant airplay united_states college radio atlantic similar experiments taking place san_francisco performance artist began recording noise music released albums noise guitar tape loops creating repetitive sounds artists inner began experimenting mixture powerful noise early forms italy work beginning 1980s shared aesthetic germany mixed metal percussion guitars unconventional instruments bones stage performances damaged venues played inspired enthusiasm originated art movement called die particularly known scream january performed voice machinery site prostitution exhibition drilling floor eventually sparking riot event received page news coverage england groups practiced form industrial metal music produced sounds metal crashing metal include test largely inspired russian toured support miners strike embraced variety industrial created pieces new_york_city practiced metal music aesthetic reliant standard rock instrumentation group began yugoslavia remained single state controversial nazi russian imagery yugoslav patriotism german authoritarian adversary defended arguing associated art group practice hidden enjoyment authority produces subversive effect simpler language practiced type widely utilized industrial punk artists sides atlantic following breakup founded signed major label album accessible melodic usual industrial style included hired work trained musicians later work returned sound noise elements earlier industrial borrowed funk disco founded quasi religious organization produced video art commercial aspirations managed records released later industrial musicians including test friends began practice similar form electropop left formed use attempt homosexual energy friend formed current groups inspired producer developed version black comedy industrial music borrowing lounge noise film music early 1980s chicago based record label canada helped expand industrial music genre accessible electro industrial industrial rock genres characteristics birth industrial music response age access control information primary tools power birth genre industrial music different music use technology disturbing lyrics themes tear apart necessary rules musical form supports suggestion industrial music modernist music artists goals explicit drawing connections social changes wished argue music website explains musicians wanted rock music records relationship world wanted music awakening listeners begin think question world intended term industrial evoke idea music created new generation previous music agricultural stated irony word industrial music industry joke interviews records like sense industrial till music kind based blues slavery thought time update victorian times know industrial revolution early industrial music featured tape editing stark percussion loops distorted point degraded harsh noise work early industrial group journalist described characterized high hats rhythm generator carter invented device named played comprised octave keyboard number cassette machines triggering pre recorded sounds traditional instruments played highly modified ways described members individual contributions chris watson synth stephen bass spikes shattered glass guitar watson custom built guitar producing unique carter built speakers effects units synthesizer modifying conventional rock instrumentation played guitar slide order produce strings percussion instrument played high volume produced ultra high sub bass frequencies attempt produce physical effects naming approach music vocals sporadic likely bubblegum pop vocals treated purpose industrial music initially serve commentary modern society artists saw connections past opposed elements traditional rock music remaining punk rock scene declaring industrial anti music early industrial performances involved taboo breaking provocative elements elements imagery symbolism forms audience abuse aiming high powered lights audience industrial groups typically focus subject matter introduction industrial culture handbook considered industrial music organizational autonomy shock tactics use synthesizers anti music furthermore interest investigation wars psychological techniques unusual murders especially children forensic concentration camp behavior history uniforms insignia present work industrial pioneers recordings writings particularly influential scene particularly interest cut technique noise method disrupting societal control industrial musicians interested necessarily sympathetic logo based lightning symbol logo photo post industrial late 1980s number additional styles developed eclectic base industrial music include noise music ambient music folk music post punk electronic dance music developments scene spread worldwide particularly represented north_america europe japan post industrial include dark ambient power electronics electro industrial electronic body music industrial hip hop industrial rock industrial metal industrial pop martial industrial power noise witch house best selling industrial music industrial rock metal ministry inch nails recorded platinum selling albums success led increase commercial success industrial musicians example inch nails remix album spiral included contributions certified gold mid-1990s high point industrial rock addition bands 1980s newer bands self titled debut sold half million records chart radio success especially industrial metal releasing multiple platinum selling albums
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