Origin: Berlin, Germany
Decades: 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's
Along with Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle, Germany's Einsturzende Neubauten ("collapsing new buildings") helped pioneer industrial music with an avant-garde mix of white-noise guitar drones, vocals verging on the unlistenable at times, and a clanging, rhythmic din produced by a percussion section consisting of construction materials, hand and power tools, and various metal objects. Einsturzende Neubauten was founded by vocalist/guitarist Blixa Bargeld and percussionist and American expatriate N.U. U... Read More