1. EVIL AND STUFF A BRIEF HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL MUSIC.

2. THE BIRTH OF INFECTION Industrial was coined as a term in 1976 with the founding of industrial records. As a subculture it began closer to the early nineties The term “Industrial” contains as a genre several different subcategories and styles, all of which are bound together with the use of some form of electronic component in the sound and dark subject matter.

3. THE PATH TO DESTRUCTION Two Groups are credited with creating industrial, but countless artists and experimenters paved the way to it’s blend of electronic noise, sampling, and morbid content. Very little is documented about these forerunners of the genre, except for their names and their music.

4. THROBBING GRISTLE

5. CABARET VOLTAIRE

6. THE 80’S Saw the birth of several influential acts and countless other artists Became more beat driven, political, and pessimistic Started to follow different directions –Guitar Driven –Electronica –Gothic –New wave

7. The 90’s Developed a definitive edge to the music Heyday of the genre The few groups who did experience wide success did so during this period

8. SKINNY PUPPY

10. VNV NATION

11. FRONTLINE ASSEMBLEY

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