Industrial rock

Industrial rock is the fusion of industrial music and rock music. It’s subject matter include transgressive and provocative topics. It originated in late 1970s and early 1980. Cromagnon predicted this new genre of music. Caledonia is responsible for its birth. Chrome killing Joan and Big black were among the earlier to fuse industrial music and rock. In this genre of music the instruments like drums and bass guitars are replaced usually with electronic instruments. SPK, Einstürzende Neubauten, Kraftwerk and Gary Numan are responsible for the creation of metal percussion. Through this technique, the musicians Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger included industrial noise in their track Negativland.

In this type of music guitars, bass guitars and drums are heavily distorted. Among its popular artist and bands are Nine Inch Nails, Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit or sometimes informally called No Pity for the Majority, Marilyn Manson and Killing Joke. Among the best bands:

Nine Inch Nails:
This band was formed in 1988 at Cleveland United States. Trent Reznor got fame and popularity on the basis of industrial rock. Among its members include Aaron North, Alessandro Cortini, Alex Carapetis, Atticus Ross and Charlie Clouser. Trent Reznor is the only permanent member of the band. Their popular works include Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, The Downward Spiral, With teeth, Year and Sleep.

Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit:
KMFDM was founded by Sascha Konietzko who is a multi-instrumentalist. He founded the band in 1984 in order to display a project in Hamburg Germany. The members of the band are Andee Blacksugar, Andy Selway, Chris Connelly, Dorona Alberti and En Esch. They sacrificed their time and devotions to the band and gained popularity. The most famous works include Day of Life, God Like 2010 and Boots. Their popular albums are 2002 - Attak, Blitz, WTF?!, Kunst and Our Time Will Come.

Killing Joker:
Killing Joker is a group of guitarist, vocalist and composers including Danny lohner, Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Martin Atkins and Paul Ferguson. Their famous songs are Love Like Blood, Wardence, The death and Resurrection Show, Darkness Before Dawn, Total Invasion, Change, Dark Forces, Butcher, Europe and many more.

Marilyn Manson:
He is one of the most famous and iconic contemporary popular American singer, songwriter, composer, actor, musician, painter, author and former music journalist. At college he got journalism degree and started writing about music for a South Florida Lifestyle magazine. The band formed by him comprises Paul, Wiley and John Alderte.