Pioneering industrial band from London, TG was formed in 1975 out of performance art group COUM Transmissions. Their scandalous 1976 "Prostitution" show at the London Institute for Contemporary Art nearly caused a riot and obscenity charges leading Tory MP Nicholas Fairburn to call them "wreckers o

Industrial metal, Post-punk, Rhythmic, Rough, True industrial

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk group, formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut

80s synthpop, New romantics, Post-punk

Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R employee Bettina Richards. Richards started the label with $35,000 of personal and family capital, while working at a Hoboken, N.J., record store, and ran it from her apar

Post-punk, Post-rock

Artist, Situationist, Druid, Activist, Jamie Reid is the man who cut-and-pasted the Punk movement of the late 70’s. Responsible for the Sex Pistols legendary ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’ artwork, Reid is the man that put the safety pin through Her Majesty’s lower lip. Loved and loathed, he visu

Post-punk, Punk