Before Nine Inch Nails: How Industrial Became Pop

What is Industrial? In its original form it was an aggressively mechanistic and uncompromising sound formed of tape-loops, samples, often self-made synths and electronics. Bands like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Nurse With Wound and Einstürzende Neubauten produced avant garde noise that thumbed its nose at pop music as a production line and made sounds from the literal tools of production. But how did it get from its pipe-bashing, static-cloaked anti-music guise to the music soundtracking in the club scenes in The Matrix? What were the essential steps along the way? And how did Nine Inch Nails force Industrial into the charts? This is How Industrial Became Pop. #nineinchnails #industrialmusic #musicdocumentary Fact-checking and Additional Writing by Serenity Autumn and Chad Van Wagner. 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Musique Concrete, Tape Loops & Noise 04:09 1977- Punks, David Lynch & Metall Auf Metall 06:48 Daniel Miller, The Normal & Mute 08:08 Throbbing Gristle & The Birth of Industrial 11:20 Nurse With Wound & Whitehouse 13:36 Cabaret Voltaire & Clock DVA 16:48 Post-Punk Fusing With Industrial 19:05 DAF 20:58 Einstürzende Neubauten 23:54 Some Bizarre Records 28:16 Depeche Mode & Industrial in the Charts 30:39 Skinny Puppy & Electro-Industrial 33:11 Industrial Goings-On Elsewhere 37:30 Nitzer Ebb & Electronic Body Music 38:58 The Beginnings of Industrial Hip-Hop 42:20 Ministry & Wax Trax! Records 46:31 Nine Inch Nails & Industrial Becoming Pop Soundtrack Luar - Citrine () Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present Luar - Anchor () You can also follow me here: Twitter: Facebook: Or support me on Patreon: