England's Hidden Reverse and then some

Anyone? Ok, I'll start myself.

I like the early noisy and horrible (in the best possible way!) SPK albums Information Overload Unit and Leichenschrei. I also appreciate the later ones, but don't find them as interesting. 

Just to continue my patriotic streak, I’ll put in a plug for Skeptics. AFFCO, by the Skeptics, from was the very first industrial track I ever heard. The band “made a video for the Skeptics III track "AFFCO", named after the New Zealand meat processing company AFFCO. Directed by Stuart Page, the video was filmed in the Westfield Freezing Company and Kellax meat packers in Auckland and included graphic footage of lambs being slaughtered and cut up, contrasted with footage of lambs in a field. Singer David d'Ath also appeared wrapped in plastic cling film and fake blood.” (Wikipedia). When I created a list of 150 of the most important/influential albums in New Zealand music, Skeptics III was always going to be part of it.

nick_h_nz wrote: Just to continue my patriotic streak, I’ll put in a plug for Skeptics. AFFCO, by the Skeptics, from was the very first industrial track I ever heard. The band “made a video for the Skeptics III track "AFFCO", named after the New Zealand meat processing company AFFCO. Directed by Stuart Page, the video was filmed in the Westfield Freezing Company and Kellax meat packers in Auckland and included graphic footage of lambs being slaughtered and cut up, contrasted with footage of lambs in a field. Singer David d'Ath also appeared wrapped in plastic cling film and fake blood.” (Wikipedia). When I created a list of 150 of the most important/influential albums in New Zealand music, Skeptics III was always going to be part of it. I must have accidentally caught one of the very few times the AFFCO video was played on tv (you need to verify your age to watch it on YouTube) and it clearly made an impact because I can remember where I saw it - on holiday in Cromwell. I was still very young, the music was unlike anything I’d ever heard, and the video was mind-blowing. I didn’t like the audio or the visual at the time. Even though I now like a lot of industrial music, it took me a long time before o ever felt any desire ot curiosity to listen to Skeptics again, and the only reason I can think of is because of how shocked I was when I first saw/heard AFFCO. Listening to the album in later years, it’s of course not at all as extreme as I remembered it to br. Heck, it’s actually quite...well, nice is definitely not the right word, but listenable. Maybe, even enjoyable? 😜 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZKDjElk7Ts (Not sure if the link will work for an age restricted video.)

NWW

I like what I’ve heard from a lot of the bands mentioned here, but I certainly am not familiar with all of them, and even the ones I have listened to, I wouldn’t claim any great familiarity. A lot of it is not easy to listen to, so it’s not a surprise there haven’t been many who’ve responded to this poll - but I am still surprised at just how few have. 🤔

Test Dept. are great and the winner for me here. I also like Laibach and Psychic TV a lot. I have much respect for Throbbing Gristle and Coil and probably also for SPK of whom I know almost nothing - I should do something about this.