What Is The Quintessential Industrial Song?

[phee]

My Choices:

Haus De Luge - Einstruzende Neubauten

Plasticity - Frontline Assembly

Worlock - Skinny Puppy

Radioactivity - Kraftwerk

Headhunter - Front 242

[Saint Germain]

Kiew - Feierabend in Kiew

Sonar - Main Frame

Combichrist - Blut Royale

Deutsch Nepal - Deflagration of Hell

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Bastard.

[phee]

Bastard.

?

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Meh ... my uber witty commentary somehow got lost in the bit bucket. There was a joke involved there, but now im locked in combat with this DGN upgrade don't have the energy to re-create 2 paragraphs of mindless spew at the moment.

[Scary Guy]

Pretty much anything by SPK, Throbbing Gristle, or anything else on the Industrial Records label.

What defines it though?

The Genitorturers - Machine Love

In Strict Confidence - Industrial Love

Or The Blue Man Group/Stomp as they make their own instruments and use those, which to me doesn't have the industrial sound but really embodies the spirit of industrial. I remember getting into the scene and asking the typical n00b question "why do they call it industrial if it doesn't involve power tools?"

[shox spiral]

My pick:: Throbbing Gristle - Discipline

Fuck yeah.

Hehe. I bet there are industrial bands that use power tools. I've definitely seen bands doing that actually. I can think of one of those bands that used a grinder device. It made a lot of sparks and scary sounds. I think I've got a pic somewhere...

Here it is!

I think these guys were covering Discipline when this picture was taken.

[Scary Guy]

A grinder is nothing new. Hell I remember part of "Ina-godda-da-vda" by Iron Butterfly (which I have on vinyl btw) where the guy takes a grinder to his guitar strings. That song is far from industrial as well, but it does embody the spirit of industrial as I said before.

[shox spiral]

Ha! Iron Butterfuly! I'm sure that was the most phallic gesture of all time. Those sparks were probably supposed to represent his magnificent sparkling honeylike love projections. I could be misunderstanding his intention, but that's what i'm enjoying in my imagination.

[Scary Guy]

Ha! Iron Butterfuly! I'm sure that was the most phallic gesture of all time. Those sparks were probably supposed to represent his magnificent sparkling honeylike love projections. I could be misunderstanding his intention, but that's what i'm enjoying in my imagination.

Well at least you're enjoying it. I just figured he was a hippie since side A of that album was all hippie sounding music.

[odims_sphere]

My Choices:

Plasticity - Frontline Assembly

Worlock - Skinny Puppy

Radioactivity - Kraftwerk

Headhunter - Front 242

Diddo!

[phee]

Diddo!

heh

[Destroit]

Obligatory industrial songs that everyone can identify with:

KMFDM - Megalomaniac

CombiChrist - This Shit Will Fuck You Up

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

My fav industrial song (not so industrial or I would have listed it with the three above):

And One - Military Fashion Show

I would have said that one, but it's a bit to poppy to be like thee definitive industrial song of all time.

[Scary Guy]

Obligatory industrial songs that everyone can identify with:

KMFDM - Megalomaniac

CombiChrist - This Shit Will Fuck You Up

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

My fav industrial song (not so industrial or I would have listed it with the three above):

And One - Military Fashion Show

I would have said that one, but it's a bit to poppy to be like thee definitive industrial song of all time.

Considering it's about as far from industrial as one can get yeah.

Also I can't identify with Combichrist at all.

[odims_sphere]

Also I can't identify with Combichrist at all.

I'd have to agree with this Combichrist assesment.

[phee]

I'd have to agree with this Combichrist assesment.

Catchy but no content... I agree

[Sybil]

Einstrezende Neubauten - Z.N.S.

nin - head like a hole

front242 - headhunter

skinny puppy - warlock

[JaneDead]

i agree with all the choices here... that i have heard of i don't know all these songs

[phee]

Einstrezende Neubauten - Z.N.S.

nin - head like a hole

front242 - headhunter

skinny puppy - warlock

Yay!

[Msterbeau]

I was concerned by how many posts it took to have an entry from Skinny Puppy.

[phee]

My Choices:

Haus De Luge - Einstruzende Neubauten

Plasticity - Frontline Assembly

Worlock - Skinny Puppy

Radioactivity - Kraftwerk

Headhunter - Front 242

My first one did....

[Msterbeau]

My first one did....

How did i miss that???? Oh yeah... i detached my retinas.

[phee]

How did i miss that???? Oh yeah... i detached my retinas.

What a Skinny Puppy like statement.

[Sybil]

Yay!

hehehehehe

Phee i didnt read yours first

*holds three fingers in the air*

Womans honor.

)

We agree... Yay!

If you like those songs, you have excellent taste. )

[Destroit]

I forgot Worlock by Skinny Puppy.

It's such a great song I had to list it twice, because I know someone else has said it before I did.