The Chris Hall Effect: Non-Industrialism

Every musician that pops his head above the underground like some sort of life-sized Whack-A-Mole promptly declares that he’s not industrial.

Has it ever occurred to them that A.) industrial music is not just Skinny Puppy or Front Line Assembly or Throbbing Gristle; that all musical genres must grow, change, and branch out, lest they become tediously dull and derivative; and B.) that being industrial musicians might not be so bad?

First off, I doubt Chris Hall has considered the fact that it’s more insulting to industrial music to be influenced by so many great artists and to be offered a chance to share those artists with a new generation of fans but to deny any relation to them than it is to compare yourself to someone that you think is more talented and visionary than you are… If you’re worried that Ogre might get insulted for calling yourself “industrial”, I think we’ve proven that one wrong, Chris. (…And don’t be worried. No one will ever confuse Stabbing Westward with Einsturzende Neubauten or Skinny Puppy.)

And just because somewhere along the way Throbbing Gristle became 16 Volt and Pulse Legion doesn’t mean that it’s all over, Ogre. It grew, it’s different.

I, myself, like a little change… Otherwise we’d still be driving archaic cars, listening to do-wop, and cranking a handle on the side of our phone to make it work.

If Anal Cunt and Paula Abdul can be next to each other in a music store “Pop/Rock” section, why are we quibbling over industrial?

And, for the record: I am VERY, VERY industrial.

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