A form of punk rock and experimental electronic music
characterized by the use of non-traditional instrumentation
ranging from raw materials (glass, metal, wood, etc.) to the
tools and machines that process these materials (hammers,
drills, presses, etc.) to the manufactured objects themselves
(phones, vacuum cleaners, televisions, radios, etc.). Industrial
music first arose in the mid-1970s with groups such as Cabaret
Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Throbbing Gristle. (Source
– Cox, C. and Warner, D. (2004) Audio Culture : Readings in
Modern Music. Continuum.)