Hot Wired Monstertrux is a compilation CD released in 1993 by EastWest Records, showcasing various artists performing Industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

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Track listing

1. Intro

2. Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

 - 'Wish'

3. Excessive Force - 'Finger on the Trigger'

4. Consolidated - 'Tool and Die'

5. KMFDM

KMFDM

KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...

 - 'Godlike'

6. Ministry

Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

 - 'Jesus Built my Hotrod (Redline/Whiteline version)'

7. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is an American electronic industrial rock band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois.-History:...

 - 'Kooler than Jesus'

8. Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...

 - 'Provision'

9. C-N-N - 'Looking Forward'

10. Murder Inc. - 'Murder Inc. (Busted Corpuscle Mix)'

11. Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...

 - 'Edge of No Control'

12. Young Gods - 'Skinflower'

13. Sheep on Drugs

Sheep on Drugs

Sheep on Drugs are a British techno / dance-punk music group, formed by Duncan X [aka King Duncan] and Lee Fraser [aka Dead Lee] and currently composed of Fraser and Johnny Borden...

- 'Motorbike'

14. Front 242

Front 242

Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...

 - 'Headhunter v1.0'

15. Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday .-Band name:...

- 'Family Man'

The CD was one of the first mainstream compilations to feature solely industrial-genre music, although it has been criticised for not being broad enough in its spectrum. Many of the tracks are not quite representative of the classic industrial style, or so detractors claim.