industrial rock

2001
Orgy (band) released the song

In 2001, Orgy released the song “Faces” for the soundtrack of the film Zoolander . The band was a musical guest in the television series Charmed , performing “Opticon” in the episode “Sin Francisco”.

Faster Pussycat In 2001, Faster Pussycat reformed with original members Downe

In 2001, Faster Pussycat reformed with original members Downe (vocals), Muscat (guitar) and Steele (guitar), alongside Downe’s former Newlydeads bandmates Xristian Simon (guitar), Danny Nordahl (bass) and Chad Stewart (drums). Nordahl had also played in the Throbs , and Nordahl and Chad Stewart also both play in Motochrist.

Buck-Tick 2001 also saw little activity as Buck-Tick, with only two concerts

2001 also saw little activity as Buck-Tick, with only two concerts held. They returned to Korea for the Soyo Rock Festival on July 29, where they were drenched with rain during their set, and held their first Day in Question concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 29. Instead, Sakurai…
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KMFDM announced the return

Konietzko announced the return of KMFDM in early 2001, due to “public demand”, with Skold, Cifarelli, and former collaborators Watts and Rieflin joining him in the studio; he said at the time, “I talked with the usual KMFDM suspects to see if they were interested, and what we came up…
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Faster Pussycat Steele left the band

Steele left the band halfway through the 2001 headlining reunion tour.

Black Light Burns After achieving mainstream success and popularity with Limp Bizkit

After achieving mainstream success and popularity with Limp Bizkit , Wes Borland quit the band in 2001. He was already a member of Big Dumb Face , a project he had been working on with his brother Scott , during his time with Limp Bizkit. He set it aside after…
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Marilyn Manson (band) Tainted Love cover released

Earlier in 2001, the band released a cover of Gloria Jones ‘s ” Tainted Love ” on the soundtrack to Not Another Teen Movie .

Nine Inch Nails Q named it one of the 50 Heaviest Albums

In 2001 Q named The Downward Spiral as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time

2000
Marilyn Manson (band) Holy Wood released

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) was released on November 11, 2000. Produced by the band’s lead singer with Dave Sardy , the album also features programming and pre-production editing by Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb . The band wrote over 100 songs for the album,…
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Nine Inch Nails Things Falling Apart released

Reznor followed The Fragile with another remix album, Things Falling Apart , released in November 2000 to poor reviews