If you're going insult someone's music prefences and be all elitist and condescending, you should probably know what you're talking about first. You've provided a list of EBM, electro, electronic dance, and synth-pop.
Industrial was defined by the following artists: Throbbing Gristle (the forefathers) SPK Cabaret Voltaire Test Dept. Einsturzende Neubauten
And to a lesser extent: Whitehouse Zoviet France Current 93 (Dogs Blood Order era)
All those bands are either gone or have changed styles dramatically (with the exception of Whitehouse). Industrial is dead. The word has been bastardized and lost all its original meaning. If Nine Inch Nails isn't industrial, neither is VNV Nation. The label is meaningless, as is the case with the vast majority of today's labels. Old industrial remains interesting because of its associated political and social movement -- there was more to it than just music. Too bad its name is now associated with two-bit electronic dance acts.
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If you're going insult someone's music prefences and be all elitist and condescending, you should probably know what you're talking about first. You've provided a list of EBM, electro, electronic dance, and synth-pop.
Industrial was defined by the following artists:
Throbbing Gristle (the forefathers)
SPK
Cabaret Voltaire
Test Dept.
Einsturzende Neubauten
And to a lesser extent:
Whitehouse
Zoviet France
Current 93 (Dogs Blood Order era)
All those bands are either gone or have changed styles dramatically (with the exception of Whitehouse). Industrial is dead. The word has been bastardized and lost all its original meaning. If Nine Inch Nails isn't industrial, neither is VNV Nation. The label is meaningless, as is the case with the vast majority of today's labels. Old industrial remains interesting because of its associated political and social movement -- there was more to it than just music. Too bad its name is now associated with two-bit electronic dance acts.
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