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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

I was thinking about trends in recorded music over time and the current (perhaps finally cresting) wave of mega-stardom for Taylor Swift. I was considering the musicians and performers that commanded the world. Beatles, Michael Jackson, etc. And going back to the earliest days of radio and 7” 45 RPM pop hits.

And my question to this group, as a thought experiment, is:

What if industrial —and for that matter Gothic and darkwave and postpunk and the ilk— had become and even remained incredibly popular?

No doubt, I am very happy if I am somewhere in the world and I hear Cabaret Voltaire, or Skinny Puppy. I might chance across a reference to Throbbing Gristle somewhere. The Cure and Siouxsie certainly penetrated the mainstream. Ministry was nominated for Grammys. NIN is a soundtrack machine now. Thrill Kill Kult is touring the US and selling out their (low 775 copies) RSD 2024 release which is being flipped for more than $100.

But what if everywhere you went, like pop music in supermarkets and department stores, you heard dark and industrial. Or even gentler out there music like Coil goes to at times. And all your other favorites: Hula, Front242, Front Line Assembly, Illusion of Safety, Nurse With Wound, SPK, Clock DVA…

Is it possible that some of us would be turned off by the glut of this music that was so special to us? If we are older (45+) would we never have gotten into it in the first place because it was everywhere?

Is it only this special because it is hard to come by? Meaning it’s hard to bump into this music in public. It’s something that we share like a secret handshake with others who are deeply into these increasingly unknown-to-most bands.

Or would we be much happier all the time? Walking around the world hearing the things we would’ve been playing privately on our headphones.

(I’m also trying to imagine a world where nothing but doom, drone, sludge, and black metal is playing all the time…)

im a little in love with her, shes very 2014 in the best way imaginable. very poppy but very techy and hardcore even somehow

This is real.

Just 3 little things (thinks ?) 1- thanks for this sub. I discover many bands/sounds 2 - sorry. I like Skinny Puppy / The process 3 - Kraftwerk ?

Good evening to all!

I know it's an unrelated question, but I would like to ask, which headphones would you recommend exclusively for industrial music under 50€? I was thinking to buy the koss ksc75, but I heard that they don't have good bass.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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I love sisters of mercy and DAF but I don’t know much about this

Is the song Homo Bulldozer supposed to be homophobic? Or is it like tongue in cheek/satire?

American Dream always came off as a parody of shitty patriotism.

I have been on a bit of an industrial kick recent but am kind of a noob to the genre. I found my way to the band Health and their album Rat Wars and the song Demigods. It is an amazing song but the last 10 seconds are incredible. I am looking for recommendations for other songs that go as hard/sound like the last 10 seconds of that song. I really appreciate any help, thanks.

As best as I can tell, the albums Safari, Slave Lullabyes, and Sex With God were only ever issued on LP, never digitally… So where'd Apple get their copies? I've never heard of any streaming service using vinyl rips of songs, and their copies sound pretty clean at first glance. Was there some undocumented CD release of these albums? Did they somehow get the record label to make digital transfers from the master tapes for them, for this one artist that almost nobody has ever heard of? Are these just really clean vinyl rips???