Fairly reasonable for an admittedly drunk post, ain't it?
With me, I guess I'm not REALLY into Industrial. I dig SOME Einsturzende Neubauten, Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto, Skinny Puppy, Die Krupps, Coil, KMFDM (and yes, I know, some of those acts may not fit everyone's idea of Industrial.)
I guess I'm more into industrial ROCK. At the risk of sounding like an NIN elitist, I really, honestly think that Trent and co are the best purveyors of Industrial Rock. They took the sounds of SP and the like, and made them just a BIT more palatable for the average music fan.
Depeche Mode did a bit of it, and Bowie did some of it in the nineties. Hell, there are a few latter day Robert Plant songs, and Pat Metheny songs, that have industrial elements.
I guess that, ultimately, unlike a lot of you guys, i'm not big into real industrial. I'm not waiting for the new Combichrist or crate digging for OhGr
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orson thrust , you're not wrong, though. Skinny Puppy is an underrated act in general.