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Tribal Machine is an industrial rock band from Victoria . Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston , Illinois , active from ___MASK14___ to 1987 . Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini , the band ' s initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati , both of Naked Raygun . In 1985 Pezzati was replaced by Dave Riley , who played on Big Black ' s two full - length studio albums , " Atomizer " ( 1986 ) and " Songs About Fucking " ( 1987 ). 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 , Killing Joke , Swans , Foetus , and Big Black . Artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson propelled the genre to mainstream status . Nine Inch Nails ( abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NI ) is an American industrial rock band founded in ___MASK71___ by Trent Reznor in Cleveland , Ohio . The band released two influential albums during the 1990s  " The Downward Spiral " ( ___MASK24___ ) and " The Fragile " ( ___MASK10___ ) and has record sales exceeding over 20 million copies worldwide , with 10 million sales certified in the United States alone . Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in October ___MASK44___ 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 ).