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Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal band . It formed in ___MASK92___ in Bellevue , Washington out of the local band the Mob . The band has released 14 studio albums , one EP , several DVDs , and continues to tour and record . The original lineup consisted of vocalist Geoff Tate , guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton , bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield . Industrial music is a genre of experimental / electronic music that draws on transgressive or provocative sounds and themes . The term was coined in the mid - 1970s with the founding of ___MASK54___ by Genesis P - Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza ; on Throbbing Gristle ' s debut album " The Second Annual Report ", they coined the slogan " industrial music for industrial people ". In general , the style is harsh and challenging . AllMusic defines industrial as the " most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music "; " initially a blend of avant - garde electronics experiments ( tape music , musique concrète , white noise , synthesizers , sequencers , etc .) and punk provocation ". Based in Vancouver , BC , Canada , Left Spine Down ( also known by the abbreviation LSD ) is a band that plays what they call " cyberpunk ," a mixture of electronica , metal , punk , and drum & bass which can be described as some kind of ___MASK73___ hardcore . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound ___MASK40___ enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in blues and ___MASK58___ . Pretty Hate Machine is the debut studio ___MASK63___ by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails , released on October 20 , 1989 by TVT Records in the United States , ___MASK39___ in Europe and by Interscope Records and ___MASK53___ internationally . The ___MASK63___ is compiled of reworked tracks from the band ' s " Purest Feeling " demo , as well as songs composed after its original recording . Although it was critically and commercially successful ( especially for an independent label ), Trent Reznor ( Nine Inch Nails ' only constant band member ) feuded with TVT Records during the ___MASK63___ ' s promotion . " Slant Magazine " placed the ___MASK63___ at number 50 on its list of the " Best Albums of the 1980s ", commenting , " before attempting suicide in " The Downward Spiral " and living with the wrist scars in " The Fragile ", " Pretty Hate Machine " sent out sleek , danceable warning shots ". The Downward Spiral is the second studio ___MASK63___ by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails , released on March 8 , 1994 by ___MASK21___ and Interscope Records in the United States and by Island Records in Europe . It is a concept ___MASK63___ detailing the destruction of a man from the beginning of his " downward spiral " to his attempt at suicide . " The Downward Spiral " features elements of industrial rock , techno and heavy metal music , in contrast to the band ' s synthpop - influenced debut ___MASK63___ " Pretty Hate Machine " ( 1989 ), and was produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Flood . Red Square Black was a band formed by Mark Binder of Los Angeles . The band was an innovative force in the early 1990s playing the LA club scene . They melded metal , industrial sequencing and ___MASK28___ sensibilities . Unlike other bands who have followed this blueprint using a DAT with a click track , RSB employed a Macintosh computer onstage , controlled by the drummer with a KAT pad , the Mac handled all sequencing , including a custom light show ! All songs were written and composed by Binder and performed by Red Square Black . ___MASK16___ ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American record label owned by ___MASK87___ ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in 1887 , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company , the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company . Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business , being the second major record company to produce recorded records . ___MASK16___ went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From 1961 to 1990 , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records label ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the EMI label of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in 1990 . It is one of Sony Music ' s three flagship record labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . Dave " The Rave " Ogilvie is a Canadian ___MASK59___ producer and musician . He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy ( as longtime producer and onetime member ), Doughboys , The Birthday Massacre ( as co - producer since 2007 ), Marilyn Manson , Jakalope ( his own band ), ___MASK38___ , Men Without Hats , Queensrÿche , Alexz Johnson , Fake Shark  Real Zombie !, Left Spine Down , Raggedy Angry and Johnny Hollow . He is frequently credited as Dave " Rave " Ogilvie , but should not be confused with Dave Desroches , who has used the stage name " Dave Rave " without an additional surname , or with Nivek Ogre ( Kevin Ogilvie ) of Skinny Puppy . Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres , not to be confused with industrial metal . The early fusions of industrial music and rock were practiced by a handful of post - punk groups , including Chrome , ___MASK38___ , Swans , Foetus , and Big Black . Artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson propelled the genre to mainstream status . Fake Shark ( formerly known as Fake Shark - Real Zombie !) is a Canadian freak - ___MASK28___ band . Formed in 2005 , their musical style combines elements of IDM and post - hardcore . The name is a reference to Lucio Fulci ' s film " Zombi 2 ", where a real shark and a zombie engage in combat . A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ), or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly ___MASK67___ - language music industry . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( television ), the Tony Awards ( stage performance ), and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ). Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK63___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . The gittern was a relatively small gut strung round - backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western ___MASK11___ ( Iberian Peninsula , Italy , ___MASK44___ , England ). It is usually depicted played with a quill plectrum , as we can see clearly beginning in manuscript illuminations from the thirteenth century . It was also called the guitarra in Spain , guiterne or guiterre in ___MASK44___ , the chitarra in Italy and quintern in Germany . A popular instrument with court musicians , minstrels , and amateurs , the gittern is considered ancestral to the modern guitar ; possibly other instruments like the mandore and gallichon . Alexzandra Spencer " Alexz " Johnson ( born November 4 , 1986 ) is a Canadian singer - songwriter , ___MASK59___ producer , actress and philanthropist . Her debut ___MASK63___ " Voodoo " was independently released in 2010 , followed by the demo release of " The Basement Recordings " in 2011 , with its sequel , " The Basement Recordings II ", and EP " Skipping Stone " in 2012 . A follow - up extended play " Heart " followed in 2014 , with her sophomore effort " Let ' Em Eat Cake " being released October of that year . MTV ( originally an initialism of Music Television ) is an American cable and ___MASK49___ television channel owned by ___MASK78___ ( a division of Viacom ) and headquartered in New York City . Launched on August 1 , 1981 , the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as " video jockeys " ( VJs ). In its early years , MTV ' s main target demographic was young adults , but today it is primarily towards teenagers , high school students and college students . MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years , and its programming now consists mainly of original reality , comedy and drama programming and some off - network syndicated programs and films , with limited music video programming in off - peak time periods . It has received criticism towards this change of focus , both by certain segments of its audience and musicians . MTV ' s influence on its audience , including issues involving censorship and social activism , has also been a subject of debate for several years . " Better by You , Better than Me " is a 1969 song by the ___MASK67___ rock band Spooky Tooth . The song was covered in 1978 by heavy metal band Judas Priest . Wilhelm Anton " Bill " Leeb ( born 21 September 1966 , Vienna , Austria ) is an Austrian - Canadian electronic musician and ___MASK59___ producer . He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group ___MASK95___ Assembly . Additionally , Leeb is known for his work with groups such as Noise Unit , Delerium , Intermix , and Skinny Puppy , among others . 2WO is the second ___MASK63___ by Strange Advance released in early 1985 . It featured two hit Canadian singles , " We Run " and " The Second That I Saw You ". Along with their first ___MASK63___ , this was a Canadian gold record for the band . Strange Advance was a Canadian new wave band formed in ___MASK92___ in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . They were nominated for a 1983 Juno Award as Most Promising Group of the Year and again in 1985 as Group of the Year . Their ___MASK92___ ___MASK63___ " Worlds Away """ was a Canadian gold selling record . AllMusic ( previously known as All Music Guide or AMG ) is an online music guide ___MASK26___ website . It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network . MTV News is the news production division of MTV . The ___MASK26___ is available in the US with localized versions on MTV ' s global network . In February 2016 , MTV Networks confirmed it would refresh the MTV News brand in 2016 , to compete with the likes of BuzzFeed and " Vice ". ___MASK38___ are an ___MASK67___ rock band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill , London , England . The original line - up included Jaz Coleman ( vocals , keyboards ), " Big " Paul Ferguson ( drums ), Geordie Walker ( guitars ) and Martin " Youth " Glover ( bass ). A ___MASK70___ track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings , sometimes for synchronization to a moving image . The ___MASK70___ track originated in early sound movies , where optical marks were made on the film to indicate precise timings for musical accompaniment . It can also serve a purpose similar to a ___MASK47___ , as in the music industry , where it is often used during recording sessions and live performances . Electro - industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post - industrial that developed in the mid - 1980s . While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production , electro - industrial has a deep , complex and layered sound . The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy , ___MASK95___ Assembly , and other groups , either from Canada or the ___MASK91___ . In the early 1990s , the style spawned the " dark electro " genre , and in the mid -/ late - 1990s , the " aggrotech " offshoot . The fan base for the style is linked to the rivethead subculture . Robert John Arthur " Rob " Halford ( born 25 August 1951 ) is an ___MASK67___ singer and songwriter , who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award - winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice . AllMusic says of Halford : " There have been few vocalists in the history of heavy metal whose singing style has been as influential and instantly recognizable ", possessing a voice which is " able to effortlessly alternate between a throaty growl and an ear - splitting falsetto ". Halford was voted number 33 in the greatest voices in rock by Planet Rock listeners in 2009 . In addition to his work with Judas Priest , he has been involved with several side projects , including Fight , 2wo and Halford . In 1998 , he came out as gay in an interview with MTV news making him the first openly gay singer in mainstream heavy metal music . Michael Trent Reznor ( born May 17 , 1965 ), known professionally as Trent Reznor , is an American singer , songwriter , musician , ___MASK59___ producer , and film score composer . As a vocalist and multi - instrumentalist , he is best known as the founder and principal songwriter of industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails . His first release under this pseudonym , the 1989 ___MASK63___ " Pretty Hate Machine ", was a commercial and critical success . He has since released eight studio albums . He left Interscope Records in 2007 and was an independent recording artist until signing with Columbia Records in 2012 . Nine Inch Nails ( abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NI ) is an American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland , Ohio . The band released two influential albums during the 1990s  " The Downward Spiral " ( 1994 ) and " The Fragile " ( 1999 ) and has ___MASK59___ sales exceeding over 20 million copies worldwide , with 10 million sales certified in the United States alone . ___MASK5___ is an American record company . A division of ___MASK22___ Records , its parent company is the ___MASK12___ Music Group , a subsidiary of Vivendi S . A . The Renaissance was a period in European history , from the 14th to the 17th century , regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history . It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of ___MASK11___ , marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . Voyeurs is the only ___MASK63___ by 2wo , a musical collaboration between Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford and former Red Square Black / future Marilyn Manson / current Rob Zombie guitarist John Lowery also known as John 5 . Nine Inch Nails ' Trent Reznor receives executive - producer credit , with the actual production duties being handled by Bob Marlette and Skinny Puppy ' s Dave Ogilvie . Voyeurs is stylistically similar to the Red Square Black - `` Square '' EP ( 1994 ) which was produced and co - written by Marlette and featured Lowery on guitar . The so - called `` pre - Reznor Mixes '' of Voyeurs were made available as a free download at Rob Halford ' s official website in 2002 . The download package included `` Shout '' and `` Scream '' , which remain unreleased . Also included was a demo of `` Silent Screams '' which was later recorded for Halford ' s Resurrection . Though the ___MASK63___ was unsuccessful in sales , it gained a cult following years later . cEvin Key ( born Kevin William Crompton , February 13 , 1961 ) is a Canadian musician and founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy . In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy , Key has had several side projects , including Doubting Thomas , Cyberaktif , and Hilt . After Skinny Puppy disbanded in ___MASK42___ , Key ' s main project was electronic noise group Download , as well as some solo releases . Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group , formed in Vancouver , British Columbia , in ___MASK92___ . The group is widely considered to be one of the founders of the electro - industrial genre . Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key ( Kevin Crompton ) while he was in the new wave band Images in Vogue , Skinny Puppy evolved into a full - time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre ( Kevin Ogilvie ). Over the course of a dozen studio albums and many live tours , Key and Ogre have been the only constant members . Other members have included Dwayne Goettel ( 1986  ___MASK42___ ), Dave " Rave " Ogilvie ( long - time associate , producer , and " unofficial " fourth member until ___MASK42___ ), Mark Walk ( 2003  present ), and a number of guests , including Bill Leeb ( 1985  1986 , under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder ), Al Jourgensen ( 1989 ), and many others . Judas Priest are a British heavy metal band formed in Birmingham , England , in 1969 . The band has sold close to 50 million albums to date . MTV ranked them the second greatest metal band of all time . Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s , the band struggled with indifferently produced records , repeated changes of drummer and a lack of major commercial success or attention until 1980 , when they adopted a more simplified sound on the ___MASK63___ " British Steel ", which helped shoot them to rock superstar status . In 1989 , they were named as defendants in an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging that subliminal messages on the song " Better By You , Better Than Me " had caused the suicide attempts of two young men . Men Without Hats is a Canadian new wave group , originally from Montreal , Quebec . Their music is characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing . They achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with " The Safety Dance ", a worldwide Top Ten hit (# 3 in the United States ) and " ___MASK28___ Goes the World ". After a hiatus for most of the 1990s and 2000s , Doroschuk reformed the band in 2010 , and released " Love in the Age of War " ( 2012 ). The reformed group , based in Vancouver , has continued to perform , including a European tour in 2015 and Australia in 2016 . Birmingham is a major city and metropolitan borough of West Midlands , England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population in 2014 of 1 , 101 , 360 . The city is in the West Midlands Built - up Area , the third most populous urban area in the ___MASK36___ , with a population of 2 , 440 , 986 at the 2011 census . Birmingham ' s metropolitan area is the second most populous in the UK with a population of 3 . 8 million . This also makes Birmingham the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Europe . Johnny Hollow , often abbreviated JH , is a Canadian electronic music group formed in 2001 in Guelph , Ontario . The band is composed of singer Janine White , ___MASK73___ artist Vincent Marcone , cellist Kitty Thompson and guitarist Steve Hiehn . Nivek Ogre ( born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5 , 1962 ) is a Canadian musician , performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy . Since that band featured another Kevin ( Crompton , a . k . a . cEvin Key ) and was produced by another Ogilvie ( Dave , a . k . a . Rave ), Ogre ' s alias was practical as well as theatrical . Since ___MASK92___ , he has served as Skinny Puppy ' s primary lyricist and vocalist , occasionally providing instrumentation and samples . He is also a member of the electronic music group ohGr , which he founded along with longtime collaborator Mark Walk . Ogre has also made contributions to several other musical acts including Ministry , Revolting Cocks , Pigface , ___MASK81___ , and John Carpenter ( as ohGr ). Dwayne Rudolph Goettel ( February 1 , 1964August 23 , ___MASK42___ ) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy . Classically trained , he played keyboards for an early incarnation of the Canadian gothic / synthpop band Psyche , as well as a band called Water , who opened for Skinny Puppy in 1985 . He joined Skinny Puppy during the recording of "" ( mid - 1986 ) when he was recruited to take Wilhelm Schroeder ' s place . Goettel would come to be cEvin Key ' s primary partner in forming Skinny Puppy ' s music until the album " The Process ", as well as in their side projects Doubting Thomas , Cyberaktif , The Tear Garden and Hilt . Despite being best known for playing keyboards and synthesizers with Skinny Puppy , his first instrument was the trumpet , which he played in his high school band , before moving to Edmonton , where he began learning piano and became involved with the local music scene . He was also a competent drummer , guitarist and bassist . Jakalope is a Canadian Indie ___MASK28___ / Rock group . They are named for the fictional animal of the same name , although the animal ' s name is more commonly spelled jackalope . The band was formed in 2003 by noted Canadian industrial musician and producer Dave " Rave " Ogilvie most famous for his studio work with such acts as Skinny Puppy , David Bowie , Nine Inch Nails , and Marilyn Manson . The band gained much popularity after playing the opening theme song to seasons 4  7 of the TV series "".