Industrial music
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| - | '''Industrial music''' is a loose term for a number of different styles of [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[experimental music]]. First used in the mid-[[1970s]] to describe the then-unique sound of [[Industrial Records]] artists, a wide variety of labels and artists have since come to be called "Industrial". This definition may include [[avant-garde]] performance artists such as [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Coil (band)|Coil]], [[Foetus (band)|Foetus]] and [[Laibach (band)|Laibach]]; [[noise music|noise]] projects like [[Merzbow]] or [[Sutcliffe Jugend]], electronic rock bands such as [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[KMFDM]], and [[Skinny Puppy]] among many other classifiable sounds and artists. | + | '''Industrial music''' is a loose term for a number of different styles of [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[experimental music]]. First used in the mid-[[1970s]] to describe the then-unique sound of [[Industrial Records]] artists, a wide variety of labels and artists have since come to be called "Industrial". This definition may include [[avant-garde]] performance artists such as [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Coil (band)|Coil]], [[Foetus (band)|Foetus]] and [[Laibach (band)|Laibach]]; [[noise music|noise]] projects like [[Merzbow]], electronic rock bands such as [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[KMFDM]], and [[Skinny Puppy]] among many other classifiable sounds and artists. |
| The term was meant by its creators to evoke the idea of music created for a new generation of people, previous music being more "agricultural". Specifically, it might have referred to the streamlined process by which the music was being made, although many people now interpret the word as a poetic reference to an "industrial" aesthetic, recalling factories and inhuman machinery. On this topic, [[Peter Christopherson]] of Industrial Records once remarked, "the original idea of Industrial Records was to reject what the growing [[music industry|industry]] was telling you at the time what music was supposed to be."{{GFDL}} | The term was meant by its creators to evoke the idea of music created for a new generation of people, previous music being more "agricultural". Specifically, it might have referred to the streamlined process by which the music was being made, although many people now interpret the word as a poetic reference to an "industrial" aesthetic, recalling factories and inhuman machinery. On this topic, [[Peter Christopherson]] of Industrial Records once remarked, "the original idea of Industrial Records was to reject what the growing [[music industry|industry]] was telling you at the time what music was supposed to be."{{GFDL}} | ||
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Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. First used in the mid-1970s to describe the then-unique sound of Industrial Records artists, a wide variety of labels and artists have since come to be called "Industrial". This definition may include avant-garde performance artists such as Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, Coil, Foetus and Laibach; noise projects like Merzbow, electronic rock bands such as Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, and Skinny Puppy among many other classifiable sounds and artists.
The term was meant by its creators to evoke the idea of music created for a new generation of people, previous music being more "agricultural". Specifically, it might have referred to the streamlined process by which the music was being made, although many people now interpret the word as a poetic reference to an "industrial" aesthetic, recalling factories and inhuman machinery. On this topic, Peter Christopherson of Industrial Records once remarked, "the original idea of Industrial Records was to reject what the growing industry was telling you at the time what music was supposed to be."
