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Originally Posted by Meatplow
Yeah, idk if I would call myself that much of a first wave purist.
I mean, Industrial Records was pretty much nothing but releases by Throbbing Gristle and a few select artists barely anybody remembers. Even Monte Cazazza and Cabaret Voltaire didn't release the majority of their stuff through there.
There was a huge scene happening within the continuing development of post-punk, ambient, noise and electronic music and these all somewhat overlapped. Throbbing Gristle and many of the first wave bands could be accused of not being industrial at all, by this measure.
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It's not exactly a law but that's kind of how it goes technically when you consider that Cazazza and Orridge invented the term specifically for records being put out by their label , and have denied association with the modern standard for what's industrial.
I'd be picky about calling something industrial when it's actually industrial rock, but I'll readily apply the term industrial to releases that weren't on the IR label if they came out during the right time period and had the right sound. I'm not about to call Einsturzende Neubauten and Severed Heads post-industrial.