Industrial music is a term used to define the genre of some electronic and experimental musical styles created from the late 1970s to the present day, such as the experimental sound of Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten or even the neofolk of bands like Forseti.
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Electro-Industrial - Industrial Rock
Prominent industrial musicians include Throbbing Gristle, Monte Cazazza, SPK, Boyd Rice, Cabaret Voltaire, and Z'EV. On Throbbing Gristle's 1977 debut album The Second Annual Report, they coined the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". Chicago-based independent label Wax Trax Records featured a heavy roster of industrial music acts.
The precursors that influenced the development of the genre included acts such as electronic music group Kraftwerk, experimental rock acts such as Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa, psychedelic rock artists such as Jimi Hendrix, and composers such as John Cage. Musicians also cite writers such as William S. Burroughs, and philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche as influences.
Over time, the genre's influence spread into and blended with styles including ambient, synth music and rock such as Front 242, Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, and Sister Machine Gun from the Chicago-based Wax Trax Records.
Electro-industrial music is a primary subgenre that developed in the 1980s, with the most notable bands in the genre being Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy. The two other most notable hybrid genres are industrial rock and industrial metal, which include bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, and Fear Factory, the first two of which released platinum-selling albums in the 1990s.
Radios: 80s – 90s – Rock & Pop - Industrial - New Wave – Alternative – Goth - Post Punk – Indie – Synthpop - New Romantic – Perfect Pop - Electronic – Classic Rock.
Gothic Rock or Goth Rock is a musical genre that emerged from post-punk in the late 1970s, inspired by the somber, melancholic and artistic atmosphere of rock. Their roots lie in the melancholy and dark rock cult of British post-punk bands such as Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, The Damned and The Sisters of Mercy.
