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jackhammer · 01-13-2012, 06:39 PM

I personally think that Industrial in it's original ideology wanted to be the complete antithesis of Rock.

If anything it could be compared to free form Jazz in that the purpose was to break down traditional structures and reassemble them as it sees fit.

I think the problem with Industrial as a tag is that Rock and Metal has become synonymous with it due to bands assimilating the often cacophonous nature of Industrial music and that the essence of Industrial music has since become very distorted.

If you listen to Einsturzende Neubauten's album Kollaps it is easy to equate it to Rock music due to the pummeling nature of the sounds they created but I certainly think that the whole idea behind it was to be diametrically opposed to that sort of music.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I personally think that Industrial in it's original ideology wanted to be the complete antithesis of Rock. If anything it could be compared to free form Jazz in that the purpose was to break down traditional structures and reassemble them as it sees fit. I think the problem with Industrial as a tag is that Rock and Metal has become synonymous with it due to bands assimilating the often cacophonous nature of Industrial music and that the essence of Industrial music has since become very distorted. If you listen to Einsturzende Neubauten's album Kollaps it is easy to equate it to Rock music due to the pummeling nature of the sounds they created but I certainly think that the whole idea behind it was to be diametrically opposed to that sort of music. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”