Did Nine Inch Nails re-invent industrial music?

Question

industrial music was a genre invented in the mid seventies it is not a sub genre of anything else allthough it does ocasional cross paths with many other genres but its not a part of any of them.

Answer 1

I don't really think of NIN as industrial. It's heavily influenced by industrial, but it's a whole other animal.

Pretty Hate Machine was more synth-pop type stuff. It's closer to late 80's Depeche Mode than it is to "industrial." (That's a compliment.) Broken was the most industrial sounding IMHO but it was heavy on guitar (and that's not really industrial.)

Reznor made his own genre really. He combined elements of synth-pop, industrial, speed-metal, classical, drum & bass, and ambient (among others.)

I've never really liked the "industrial" label much though because it doesn't mean anything. It's usually used to describe music that incorporates a lot of ambient noises and sampling (stuff like machines) for instruments and percussion, but the music over (or underneath) those noises is what's really important.

Groups like "Skinny Puppy" rarely even had a "song" mixed in with their chaos. NIN mixes some chaos with what are generally full melodic songs. Almost all NIN songs could be performed with an acoustic guitar and/or piano. That's not really the case for what I consider "industrial."

Answer 2

I don't know what industrial music is. Why does it all have to have sub classifications? I do like Nine Inch Nails, though.

Answer 3

Re-invent? No. Make popular? Yes.

Answer 4

I wouldn't say so much that he re-invented it, but that he helped redefine it. He also made it more accessible, along with bands like Ministry.

Answer 5

The only thing NIN did for industrial music was help to commercialize it. Thankfully, most industrial acts did not follow suit- therefore the music wasn't corrupted by commercialism.

Answer 6

I feel that Trent did all by himself.

Answer 7

ahh well i don't know about that but i do love them:)