Industrial rock is a hybrid of Rock and various Post-Industrial styles. Common musical characteristics include heavily distorted, abrasive guitars, percussion and vocals. The genre also employs keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines and samplers. Industrial rock has its roots in Post-Punk band Killing Joke and their debut album, Killing Joke (1980), as well as in the Experimental Rock band Chrome. It developed in the 1980s with artists such as Foetus, Ministry, Swans and The Young Gods, the last of which employed samplers instead of traditional rock guitars. The genre, along with its relative Industrial Metal, was brought to mainstream attention in the 1990s with artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Industrial rock has had an influence over some other major pop/rock recording artists as well, including David Bowie and Gary Numan.
Total Tracks
4
Active Years
1990–2013
Peak Decade
1990s
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