Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music

by S. Alexander Reed

Book Overview

"Industrial" is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einst rzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop songcraft of VNV Nation, to name just a few. But the stylistic breadth and subcultural longevity of industrial music suggests that the common ground here might not be any one particular sound, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199832609
• ISBN13: 9780199832606
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"