# Best Industrial/Experimental/Whatever Cds **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154 "2001-02-20T01:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/1 "2001-02-20T01:43:40Z")
Well…i think it’s about time someone made a thread dedicated to this genre. List your favorite, industrial(old school, new school), ebm, experimental, etc cds. Here is my list: **Einsturzende Neubatuenp** - Halber Mensch/Haus der Luge/Tabula Rasa. **Foetus** -Nail/Deaf/Thaw **Skinny Puppy** - Mind The Perpetual Intercourse/Too Dark Park/Last Rights/VIVIsectVI **Front Line Assembly** - Tactical Neural Implant/Caustic Grip/Implode **Cabaret Voltaire** - Crackdown \*\*Throbbing Gristle \*\*- 20 jazz funk greats **Swans** - Various Failures **VnV nation** - Empires/Praise the Fallen **Front242** - Official Version/Tyranny for You/Evil Off **Nitzer Ebb** - The Total age **Noise Unit** - Drill **Brighter Death Now** - Inner War **Merzbrow** - Music for Bondage **Lustmord and Robert Rich** - Stalker **Gridlock** - Further **Dryft** - Cell **Nine Inch Nails** - Fixed/The Fragile/Further Down The Spiral **Laibach** - Opus Die/NATO/Nova Akropola **Converter** - Shock Front **LeÆther Strip** - Self Inflicted/Solitary COnfinemnt/Penetrating the Satanic Citizen **Funker Vogt** - We Came to Kill **Wumpscut** - Embroyded/Mesner Tracks **Coil** - Love’s Secret Domain/Scatalogy(1,2) **Covenant** - Sequencer/Europa **C-tec** - Darker **Download** - Furnace/Eyes of Stanley Pain/Effector **Hocico** -Odio Bajo El Alma/Sangre Hitviente **FeindFlug** - Feindflug **Doubting Thomas** - Infidel **Kraftwerl** - Radioactivity **Flesh Field** - Viral Extinction **Haujobb** - Solutions for a Small Planet **Kalte Farben** - Trust in Opium **Lassigue Bendthaus** - Pop Artificelle/Cloned **Ministry** - Twitch **Noisex** - Serious Killer **NON** - God and Beast **Suicide Commando** - Mindstrip **Tear Garden** - The Last Man to Fly **The Legendary Pink Dots** - Under Triple Moons **Velvet Acid Christ** -Calling Ov the Dead This is all i can remember at the moment, i’m sure there are more, and i’m hopin for some responses to fill those gaps. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/2 "2001-02-20T01:52:40Z")
some good one’s Idiot Flesh - Fancy. Crash Worship - (anything by em) Zoviet France - (again, all of their stuff) Huutdjart - Live Album ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/3 "2001-02-20T01:58:40Z")
doh!..how could i forget zoviet france?! It’s not like they were the pioneers of noise…along with Whitehouse and SPK. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/4 "2001-02-20T02:36:23Z")
Skinny Puppy- KMFDM- Kraftwerk- Ministy- Chem Lab- My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult- Nitzer Ebb- Controlled Bleeding- -all albums- “YOU WOKE ME UP I’M EVEN STRONGER CLEANING UP THE FACE OF EARTH MY MOTHER YOU’LL NEVER EVER, YOU’LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER BLOWN TO PIECES DROWNED IN SLIME NOT WORTH A TOMBSTONE SIGN OF THE TIME” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/5 "2001-02-20T05:13:52Z")
**Blue Man Group** - Audio ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/6 "2001-02-20T05:35:19Z")
A question…What Does the Blue Man Group sound like? I’ve heard they mainly experimented with precussion…that true? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/7 "2001-02-20T06:44:04Z")
Halber, you didn’t leave that much to add. Although I can believe you mention Foetus and not “Hole”. “Sick Man”? “Satan Place”? “I’ll Meet You in Poland, Baby”? Definatly my favorite. And I think Ministry deserves mention for more than just “Twitch”. Particularly “You’ve Got to Work For Love”. (Just kidding) Did I ever tell you the story about how I tricked the DJ at my prom into playing Skinny Puppy? Cleared the dance floor. I was so happy. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/8 "2001-02-20T06:57:35Z")
LOL…are you serious…how did you manage to pull that off, and which song? I’ve been tryin to get DJs to play much tamer stuf( New Order, 242, depeche mode) and they wouldn’t budge. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/9 "2001-02-20T07:00:41Z")
And What the hell is a Prom DJ doing with a skinny puppy cd?! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/10 "2001-02-20T08:08:50Z")
CD? Oh my, no. I’m afraid I’m so old that they actually played real records at my prom. No, he didn’t have one. (He wouldn’t would he?) I brought up the record, and looked at him all innocent and doe eyed…and the fool played it! So the moral is, if you want to get something played get some cute chick (well I’m sorry, I was damn cute at the time. Fuck, I’m still cute) to go up and bat their eyes at the DJ and he might play it. Particularly if they don’t know the song to begin with (and why would they) Which song? “Dig It”. Well I went for the most commercial. I dunno, there was a part of me that was still hoping somebody would dance. Though you’d think four years of high school wudda learned me. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/11 "2001-02-20T08:14:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > Did I ever tell you the story about how I tricked the DJ at my prom into playing Skinny Puppy? > > Cleared the dance floor. I was so happy. Hilarious! Was it God’s Gift (Maggot)? That has to be one of the least dancable songs I’ve ever heard. One of my favorites that no one seems to know of was Shriekback. Go to Napster and search for (Big Black) Nemesis. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/12 "2001-02-20T15:51:14Z")
Anything by Nurse With Wound and System Interrupted gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/13 "2001-02-20T16:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HalberMensch242 \* > > Here is my list: > **Einsturzende Neubatuenp** - Halber Mensch/Haus der Luge/ > > **Funker Vogt** - We Came to Kill > > **Ministry** - Twitch Will you move to Chicago and become my lover? 🙂 What do you think of Knorkator? Talk about a self parody sense of humor…and songs like Konflict are FRIGHTENINGLY experimental. And what about Cancer Barrack? I think we need to have a dance party with everyone who posts to this thread. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/14 "2001-02-20T17:10:42Z")
Betenoir: foetus was a great pick and made me think of two others. Steroid Maximus and John Zorn/Naked City. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/15 "2001-02-20T19:33:26Z")
Geez, a dance party. It’d be just like that sketch on Saturday Night Live with Mike Meyers and the monkey. AND NOW VE DANCE!!! _thud thud thud thud thud thud_ ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/16 "2001-02-20T19:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > Geez, a dance party. It’d be just like that sketch on Saturday Night Live with Mike Meyers and the monkey. SPROCKETS! This thread has grown tiresome! Now, ve dance…I’m as happy as a little giiiiirll. God BLESS it am I mad that script got canned. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/17 "2001-02-20T22:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*Geez, a dance party. It’d be just like that sketch on Saturday Night Live with Mike Meyers and the monkey. > > AND NOW VE DANCE!!! > _thud thud thud thud thud thud_ \*\* Well, after Skinny Puppy, a friend of mine brought up something by Bauhaus. And the DJ actually fell for it again! Me and my pretentious friends (and only me and my pretentious friends) got up and danced. Actually it was a lot like Sprockets :D. After that we were banned from approaching the DJ booth. They’re not Industrial but they’re definatly Experimental/Whatever- How could we go this long without mentioning The Residents? ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/18 "2001-02-20T22:59:06Z")
Wow…i never would of thought that this thread would of lasted for more then 10 posts…and now we’re approaching 20. Happy Day 🙂 Oh…and jarbaby…i would become your lover, but i have prior arrangment here in St.Louis. But since you do reside in Chicago…ever been to the Metro? ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/19 "2001-02-20T23:34:59Z")
If we’re talking about really out there Experimental, I suppose CrystalNacht by John Zorn, as well as his other stuff counts. CrystalNacht has the unique honor of making me ill, no other CD has been able to do that. Melt Bannana \_ I really like Charlie Fantomas - self titled (this is the new super metal group from Mike Patton and fellows) I highly recomend them, I saw em live at their debut show. WOO! Vacum Cleaners - All their stuff, Off of Bad Vugum label from Finland, a great source of experimental music. Atari Teenage Riot - I’m suprised they haven’t been mentioned yet. ec8or - off ATR’s digital hardcore label. Fever - Too bad but true, also off of DHR, and one of the best hip hop albums of 99 to boot. Renaldo and the loaf - great weirdness, especially their collaborations with the residents. Foreskin 500 - manpussy. one of my fave industrial dance, techno, booty shaking bands. ---
**Author:** ![jeyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jeyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeyen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154/20 "2001-02-20T23:51:51Z")
Hi, **HalberMensch242**. Good to see **Front _242_** on your list. 😉 Here’s a few more that I don’t think have been listed: [ul][li]Cubanate[/li][li]Birmingham 6[/li][li]Future Sound of London (FSOL)[/li][li]Lords of Acid[/li][li]Praga Khan[/li][li]Sister Machine Gun[/li][li]Young Gods[/li][/ul] I’ve also gotta chime in for: [ul][li]Front 242[/li][li]C-Tec[/li] [slight hijack]Has anybody been able to purchase their latest album “Cut” in the U.S. yet? If so, please e-mail me and tell me where.[/slight hijack] [li]Nitzer Ebb[/li][li]KMFDM (although DMFMK is not doing it for me)[/li][li]Bauhaus[/li][li]Skinny Puppy[/li][li]Foetus[/li][li]Coil[/li][/ul] Now I wanna go dancing! Jeyen [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-industrial-experimental-whatever-cds/55154.md?page=2)