From: dave@bradley.bradley.edu (David Vessell)
Subject: Re: Newcomer seeks a little help...
Organization: Bradley University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 18:55:55 GMT

tigrover@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Corwyn J. Alambar) writes:
> 
>      I'm a recent "convert" to industrial music, and I've been looking around
> at all the groups out there, and am, to be blunt, quite lost.  So I'm 
> basically asking for a couple things from everyone out there: A list of how
> industrial is divided into subgroups, basic descriptions of these groups, and
> what would be good for a beginner to listen to.

Here's a rough breakdown off the top of my head (with recommended albums)....
Beginner's recommendations are marked with asterisks.

'classic' (non-dance) industrial:

Range from heavy mixology to white noise to distorted electronics to metal
percussion, but generally without a dance beat.
*"Greatest Hits--Entertainment Through Pain"  Throbbing Gristle (Mute/Restless)
"Strategies Against Architecture" Einstuerzende Neubaten (Mute/Dutch East India)
"Strategies Against Architecture II"  Einstuerzende Neubaten (Mute/Elektra)
*"Escape From Noise"  Negativland (SST)
"A Big 10-8 Place" Negativland (Seeland)
"Dislocation" The Hafler Trio (Staalplaat/Ooze)
"The Voice of America" Cabaret Voltaire (Mute/Enigma)
"Hog Floor" Controlled Bleeding (Subterranean)
*"The Tyranny of the Beat" Mute Sampler
"Dry Lungs IV"  Subterranean Sampler


Aggro (Wax Trax sound):

Another wide range, from near thrash metal to grunge rock to heavy
electronics, nearly all being rock-oriented and much of it dance-oriented.  
When most people nowadays say 'industrial', they probably mean this stuff.
"Twitch" *"The Land of Rape and Honey" "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to
   Taste"  Ministry (Sire)
"Bites" "Remission" "Cleanse Fold and Manipulate" "Mind: the Perpetual
   Intercourse" *"VIVIsect VI" *"Rabies" "Too Dark Park" "Last Rights"
   Skinny Puppy (Nettwerk/Capitol)
"Nova Akropola" (Wax Trax) "Let it Be" (Mute/Enigma) Laibach
"Filth" Swans (Young God/Sky)
*"Sink" Foetus (Self Immolation/Wax Trax)
"Scatology" "Horse Rotorvator" (Some Bizzarre) "Love's Secret Domain"
   (Wax Trax)  Coil
"Dreams Less Sweet" (Some Bizzarre) "Allegory and Self" (Revolver)
   Psychic TV

Hard Techno:

Somewhere between aggro and technopop, these groups get people pissed off
when they're described as 'industrial':
*"Front by Front" (Wax Trax) "Tyranny >for you<" (Epic) Front 242
*"Disco Rigido" "Big Electric Metal Bass Face" Die Warzau (Fiction/Polygram)
*"Pretty Hate Machine"  Nine Inch Nails (TVT)
"That Total Age" *"Belief" "Showtime" "Ebbhead"  Nitzer Ebb (Mute/Geffen)
*"Kiss of Fury"  A Split-Second (Antler Subway/Caroline)
*"Electric Cafe" "The Mix"  Kraftwerk (Elektra)
"Terrorvision" "The Voice of World Control" Manufacture (Nettwerk/IRS)
"Rotund For Success" Severed Heads (Nettwerk)
"Trust" "Exotika" (Nettwerk) "Techno Primitiv" "Love and Lust" "Pagan
   Tango" (Wax Trax) Chris and Cosey

Urban industrial:

In a similar vein as aggro and hard techno but grounded more in R&B 
than rock:
*"Hell With the Lid Off" MC 900 Ft. Jesus (Nettwerk/IRS)
"Friendly as a Hand Grenade" Tack>>head (TVT)
*"The Myth of Rock" "Friendly Fascism" Consolidated (Nettwerk/IRS)

Of course, there are many many more lesser bands in each category, but this
will give you a good start.  Similar but different to hard techno is acid
house, but I'm not ready to call them industrial yet.  Try reading
alt.rave.
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