any fans of early industrial?

I am a avid industrial listener, from death in june, foetus, and caberet voltaire to newer stuff like apotygma bezerk and vnv nation.

patrick

Don't really love any of the groups you list but do have most all works by:
-skinny puppy
-wumpscut
-leatherstrip
-early front 242
-nin
-ministry
-ramstien

This is more industrial metal vs the pure industrial avant/noise style of the groups you list above......I have owned albums by several of them long ago but did not keep them. (Cris & Cosey, Neubaten, SPK, Death in June etc)

Current industrial scence is dominated by EBM dance influenced acts, some of which are OK but generally pretty boring stuff.

Have you tried "Clan of Xymox"? (Sometimes known as just plain "Xymox".)

They are very good, especially the albums "Twist of Shadows", Metomorphosis" and "Creatures". The live album, conveniently titled "Live", is also a very good live album.

The only problem I have with the band, is that none of their newer releases are on Vinyl. Of the albums I mentioned, only "Twist of Shadows" was released on vinyl.

Kurt,
I have all releases by Xymox/CoX, really like them although not really industrial except perhaps the recent excellent Creatures and Notes From Underground......I believe Ronny Moorings was very influenced by work of Wumpscut on these two.

1980's CoX work on 4AD label fit well with other label groups like Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance etc

Ok, Megasam, I will try out Wumpscut (interesting name, BTW).

Can you suggest some titles I might like?
(BTW, I do not like most Industrial/Goth groups, including Cocteau Twins, Ministry or Skinny Puppy. Although I do like some of Marilyn Manson - Go figure, huh?!)

Thanks, in advance!

PS I agree that Xymox may not be industrial, but what catagory would you put them in? (I usually find them in the Industrial and/or Goth catagory).

PPS Is it me, or does it seem just a bit sacreligious (sic) to be discussing Industrial/Goth bands here on Audiogon? (Playing this kind of music on a multi-thousand dollar audio system probably would have most of the people on this site shaking their heads!)