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Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Chrome. Industrial rock became more prominent in the 1980s with the success of artists such as Killing Joke, Swans, and partially Skinny Puppy, and later spawned the offshoot genre known as industrial metal. The genre was made more accessible to mainstream audiences in the 1990s with the aid of acts such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, both of which have released platinum-selling records.

Industrial rock
Industrial rock band KMFDM
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid-1980s United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Fusion genres
Industrial metal
Regional scenes
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History

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Forerunners

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Cromagnon's 1969 record Orgasm has been credited with foreshadowing the industrial rock sound, with AllMusic describing it as sounding "like it could be a Ministry [...] recording from 1989".[1] Subsequently, Pitchfork labelled the opening track "Caledonia" as a "pre-industrial stomp".[2]

Other bands recognized as precursors to industrial rock include the Red Krayola with "Free Form Freak-Out",[3] and later German krautrock bands Neu! with their track "Negativland", Can with "Peking-O" and "Soup" as well as Faust with "Meadow Meal". AllMusic credited Suicide's 1977 debut album with providing the blueprints for industrial rock."[4]

Origins (late 1970s and 1980s)

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Music critics credit the San Francisco band Chrome with sparking the "beginning of industrial rock"[5] as evidenced by their albums Alien Soundtracks (1977), Half Machine Lip Moves (1978) and Red Exposure (1980).[6] Other influences on industrial rock include Einstürzende Neubauten, Alien Sex Fiend and Come.

In 1977, Iggy Pop released his solo debut The Idiot, produced by David Bowie, the album is said to contain elements of industrial rock.[7][8] Notably the closing track, "Mass Production', which contains numerous "proto-industrial noises" created using tape loops.[9] Hugo Wilcken describes this track as "early industrial electronica".[10] The Idiot has been noted as having a major influence on Joy Division, who were signed to the industrially themed label Factory Records, founded in 1978. Joy Division, in turn, influenced industrial rock bands such as Nine Inch Nails who would cover Dead Souls in 1994.[11]

Amidst the punk rock revolution and disco fever of the mid-to late 1970s, industrial music was created. Prominent early industrial musicians include Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, SPK and Z'EV.[12] Electronic artists such as Kraftwerk, Gary Numan of Tubeway Army and Fad Gadget have been cited as notable influences on industrial music.

Subsequently, post-punk and post-hardcore bands, began incorporating elements of industrial music into rock music. Chris Connelly said the musical project Foetus was "the instigator when it comes to the marriage of machinery to hardcore punk."[13] Some post-punk performers developed styles parallel to industrial music's defining attributes. Pere Ubu's debut, Modern Dance, was described by Jim Irvin as "industrial".[14] Music journalist Simon Reynolds described Killing Joke as "a post-punk version of heavy metal."[15] Their album Night Time (1985) saw mainstream success and influenced Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.[16] [17]

 
Big Black at Chicago's Union Station in 1986; left to right: Riley, Albini, and Durango

Others followed in their wake.[18] The New York City band Swans were inspired by the local no wave scene, notably Glenn Branca's band Theoretical Girls "You Got Me"[19], as well as punk rock, noise music (particularly Whitehouse) and the original industrial groups.[20] Steve Albini's Big Black followed a similar path,[21] while also incorporating American hardcore punk.[22] Big Black has also been closely associated with post-hardcore and noise rock, though their ties to industrial music are extremely apparent. The Swiss trio The Young Gods, who deliberately eschewed electric guitars in favor of a sampler,[23] also took inspiration from both hardcore and industrial.[24] In 1986, Canadian band Skinny Puppy released the album Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse,[25] with its lead single, "Dig It", seeing frequent airplay on MTV.[26] The song was a major influence on Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor, who used it as inspiration when writing his first song, "Down in It".[27]: 38 

Chicago's Wax Trax! Records became a vanguard for the genre in the 1980s[28] and is credited for introducing it to the United States.[29] Ministry's 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey, departed from the band's synthesizer-oriented sound for a rock style that drew from hardcore punk and thrash metal, while retaining electronic elements and samples.[30][31] Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen was also involved in multiple industrial rock side projects that were signed to Wax Trax!, including Revolting Cocks, 1000 Homo DJs and Pailhead.[32] Drawing heavy influences from the New York's no wave scene, Cop Shoot Cop incorporated two bass guitars with no guitars.[33]

Mainstream popularity (1990s)

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Industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails

In the 1990s, industrial rock broke into the mainstream with artists and bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Orgy, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, and Marilyn Manson. In December 1992, Nine Inch Nails' EP Broken was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[34] Nine Inch Nails gained further popularity with the release of their 1994 album The Downward Spiral, which was certified 4× platinum by the RIAA in 1998.[35] The band's 1999 album The Fragile was certified 2× platinum in January 2000.[36] With the success of Nine Inch Nails, the band's debut album Pretty Hate Machine was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA.[37] In the 1990s, four Nine Inch Nails songs went on the Billboard Hot 100.[38] Several industrial rock and industrial metal artists such as KMFDM, Fear Factory, Gravity Kills and Sister Machine Gun appeared on the 1995 Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,[39] which was certified platinum by the RIAA in January 1996.[40]

 
Industrial rock band Orgy performing in 2015

Marilyn Manson released their album Antichrist Superstar in 1996, which was certified platinum by the RIAA two months after its release date.[41] In the United States, Antichrist Superstar sold at least 1,900,000 units.[42] Marilyn Manson's EP Smells Like Children was certified platinum in May 1998.[43] The band's third album Mechanical Animals went to number 1, dethroning Lauryn Hill's solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and selling 223,000 copies in its first week in stores.[44] It was certified platinum by the RIAA in February 1999[45] and sold at least 1,409,000 copies in the United States.[46] Orgy also experienced mainstream success during the 1990s. The band's 1998 album Candyass was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 1999.[47] Orgy's cover of New Order's song "Blue Monday" went to number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100[48] and number 2 on the Dance Club Songs chart.[49] White Zombie experimented with industrial metal on its 1995 album Astro-Creep: 2000,[50] which was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA in March 1996.[51] White Zombie's vocalist Rob Zombie began creating pure industrial metal albums in his solo career. Rob Zombie's 1998 solo debut studio album Hellbilly Deluxe was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA less than two years after its release date.[52] In November 1999, Powerman 5000's album Tonight the Stars Revolt! was certified platinum by the RIAA.[53] The album sold at least 1,316,172 units in the United States.[54] A large Industrial metal scene also emerged in Europe in the 20th century. The Industrial Metal band that manages to appeal to the largest audiences worldwide is Rammstein. Other names have also proven successful in the European scene, including Pain, Deathstars, Dagoba, Eisbrecher, Gothminister and Godflesh.

Labels

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Cromagnon: Orgasm". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Baron, Zach. "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "Mayo Thompson Interview Part 1". Richieunterberger.com.
  4. ^ Phares, Heather. "Suicide [First Album] – Suicide". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Chrome at 40 the most influential band you've never heard". KQED. July 15, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Wire's 100 Records That Set The World On Fire While No One Was Listening". The Wire. September 6, 1998. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Gig Highlight: Iggy Pop". Totally Stockholm. May 4, 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  8. ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated ed.). London: Titan Books. p. 487. ISBN 978-1-78565-365-0.
  9. ^ Seabrook, Thomas Jerome (2008). Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town. London: Jawbone Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-90600-208-4.
  10. ^ Wilcken, Hugo (2005). David Bowie's Low (33 1/3). Continuum. pp. 37–58. ISBN 978-0-826-41684-1.
  11. ^ Seabrook, Thomas Jerome (2008). Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town. London: Jawbone Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-1-90600-208-4.
  12. ^ Vale & Juno, 1983.
  13. ^ Connelly, 2007, p. 12.
  14. ^ Irvin, 2001, p. 442.
  15. ^ Reynolds, 2005, p. 435.
  16. ^ "UK albums charts – killing Joke". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
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  19. ^ Calvert, John (March 10, 2014). "A Beginner's Guide to No Wave". Fact Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
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  23. ^ Mörat, 1992, p. 12.
  24. ^ Stud & Stud, 1987, p. 27.
  25. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  26. ^ "1986 Rock Music Timeline". Rock Music Timeline. rockmusictimeline.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  27. ^ Weisbard, Eric (February 1996). "Sympathy for the Devil". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 11. Spin Media LLC. pp. 34–42, 96. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved January 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
  28. ^ Narvaja, Norm (April 10, 2019). "Ministry, Cold Cave to Tour Behind Wax Trax! Documentary". altpress.com. Alternative Press. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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  30. ^ Hartmann, Graham (January 10, 2019). "10 Most Underrated Bands of 1980s". Loudwire. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  31. ^ Carr, Daphne (June 17, 2019). "33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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  33. ^ Dougan, John. "Cop Shoot Cop biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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  39. ^ "Mortal Kombat [Original Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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  46. ^ Grein, Paul (November 3, 2010). "Chart Watch Extra: Swift Joins An Elite Club". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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  49. ^ "Orgy – Chart history (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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  52. ^ "American album certifications – Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe". Recording Industry Association of America.
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Further reading

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  • Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Los Angeles: Feral House.
  • Chantler, Chris (2002). "Splitting heirs". Terrorizer, 96: 54–5.
  • Connelly, Chris (2007). Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible + Fried: My Life as a Revolting Cock. London: SAF Publishing.
  • Irvin, Jim (2001). The Mojo Collection: The greatest albums of all time. Edinburgh: Canongate.
  • Licht, Alan (2003). "Tunnel vision". The Wire, 233: 30–37.
  • Mörat (1992). "Ye gods!" Kerrang!, 411: 12.
  • Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip it up and start again: Postpunk 1978–1984. London: Faber and Faber Limited.
  • Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press.
  • Sharp, Chris (1999). "Atari Teenage Riot: 60 second wipe out". The Wire, 183: 48–49.
  • Stud, B. & Stud, T. (June 20, 1987). "Heaven up here". Melody Maker: 26–27.
  • Vale, Vivian; Juno, Andrea (1983). RE/Search #6-#7: Industrial culture handbook. San Francisco: RE/SEARCH PUBLICATIONS.
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