How do you explain Industrial?

[coriander18]

Do you ever get asked what kinda of music you like and when you mention Industrial they don't know what the hell your talking about?

How do you describe it? How do you explain to someone who has no Idea.

I either try and mention bands they might have heard of, like KMFDM or Rammstein.

If that doesn't work I describe it as if heavy metal had a baby with techno, Industrial would be the outcome.  

[Fairlight Child]

Yeah, it's hard to describe industrial to people who hasn't heart of it before... I usally mention rammstein or Marilyn Manson if I'm gonna describe industrial rock or metal...  

[nothingheregoaway]

I usually say it's a harsher form of electronic music.

Or that Punk and Metal is to Rock as Industrial is to Electronic.  

[Lydia Desdemona]

"A few guys hitting heavy s**t with other heavy s**t, and making noises with power tools and such"

A description I gave to a coworker of Savage Aural Hotbed. If I'm talking about EBM or whatever, I'll describe it as dark, machine influenced electronica. Industrial metal usually gets reduced to techno-metal. Noise needs no description.  

[Soviet Reunion]

Techno synthesizers mixed with gothic-ish lyrics and some crazy German-Irish dude (me xd ) kicking a school air conditioner....that's my band.  

[Sinequan_150mg]

angry germans, exploding buildings, washing machines gone mad...

when describing it seems best to give an example of an electronic band meets metal... abrasive rock music...  

[Plan-Galere]

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.  

[The Flightless Dragon]

miraridemon

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.

I do believe I found a winner.
that right there is my new way to describe industrial ninja  

[Plan-Galere]

The Flightless Dragon

miraridemon

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.

I do believe I found a winner.
that right there is my new way to describe industrial ninja

I'm... so... proud... and.... enraged...  

[The Flightless Dragon]

miraridemon

The Flightless Dragon

miraridemon

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.

I do believe I found a winner.
that right there is my new way to describe industrial ninja

I'm... so... proud... and.... enraged...

dont worry about it, I will give credit to you for such a genius explanation, every time I say it if i remember  

[Plan-Galere]

The Flightless Dragon

miraridemon

The Flightless Dragon

miraridemon

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.

I do believe I found a winner.
that right there is my new way to describe industrial ninja

I'm... so... proud... and.... enraged...

dont worry about it, I will give credit to you for such a genius explanation, every time I say it if i remember

Excellent. I will be forever honoured by you.  

[Luminae]

I was floating around the music thread on darkstarlings, and some guy asked what the difference between EBM and Industrial was, and I said that industrial sounded like someone kicking the s**t out of an air conditioning unit. Apparently that wasn't a good enough description for the fellow because he was like "Eh? Whassat s'posed to mean?"  

[Tommuel]

Luminae

I was floating around the music thread on darkstarlings, and some guy asked what the difference between EBM and Industrial was, and I said that industrial sounded like someone kicking the s**t out of an air conditioning unit. Apparently that wasn't a good enough description for the fellow because he was like "Eh? Whassat s'posed to mean?"

LAWL@Amber

I never liked that place, just by looking at it. Some with Vampire Freaks, damnit.  

[La Veuve Zin]

miraridemon

More like, Heavy metal raped Techno on a bed of nails and the b*****d spawn was Industrial. Good times.

Oh yes, I'm using that one too. Consider yourself famous.  

[Luminae]

Tommuel

LAWL@Amber

I never liked that place, just by looking at it. Some with Vampire Freaks, damnit.

I'm on there for the sake of talking to ***** when I get really lonely Er... I like darkstuffzorz yay heart
Nah, they're too much of a popularity contest when it comes down to it, and a lot of the people on the boards are ******** snots.
I still go & check my profile there, in case some poor b*****d is desperate enough to comment on something I've left about.