55 Signs of Over-Industrialisation
 
By Kenny Johnson, and P.T.R.
 
(Used with permission - www.sonic-boom.com/industrial)
 
 
1.Hair on your hands. 
2.Looking for hair on your hands. 
3.Finding Hair on your hands. 
4.Shaving half the hair on your hands off, and putting the rest in dreadlocks. 
5.You take your power drill back to the shop because it's out of tune. 
6.The man at the Black and Decker shop knows you like it tuned to 'D'. 
7.Your washing machine has the BPM of each cycle on a label on the front. 
8.You try to make your Hoover feed back. 
9.Your food mixer also does remixes by Luxa/Pan, Coil and KMFDM. 
10.The only German you know means 'Destroying New Buildings'. 
11.You are working on a side-project with someone. 
12.You are working on a side-project, without having a main project. 
13.You thought that the 'Main' in 12 was a pun. 
14.You are working on a side project with someone who worked on a side project with someone who worked on a side project with someone who worked on a side project with someone who was in Pigface.
15.You go to a concert and end up enjoying the roadworks outside more. 
16.You don't even go to the concert because the roadworks sound so good. 
17.The council has placed a court order to keep you 500 meters away from roadworks. 
18.When you sing in the shower, you still use a fuzzbox. 
19.You record in the shower - the acoustics are great, and the electric shocks give you a buzz. 
20.You can't wait to be able to neurowire your personal stereo right into your head - no headphones required. 
21.You'll still wear headphones though. 
22.People can't tell if you are dancing or having a fit. 
23.You believe Nine Inch Nails have sold out. 
24.You secretly want to be Trent Reznor. 
25.The idea of being used to test experimental new technology appeals to you. 
26.You believe real instruments to be primitive. 
27.You do not quite understand what is meant by real in the above statement. 
28.You are happy when no one has ever heard of your favorite band. 
29.When someone else "discovers" you're favorite band, you find another favorite band. 
30.You accost Christians with pamphlets on the street. 
31.You look at Satanists and smile. 
32.You know that Marilyn Manson are a Cock Rock band with a sampler. 
33.You know quite a number of people who actually like Marilyn Manson. 
34.You know quit a lot of people that like Marilyn Manson and NIN and deny both. 
35.You used to have pieces of electrical equipment tied into your dreads. 
36.You have shaved parts of your head. 
37.You shaved parts of your head because you were tied of dragging electrical equipment along with you. 
38.You have an unhealthy interest in burning things. 
39.You have the scars to prove it. 
40.You have an unhealthy interest in dangerous sex. 
41.You have the scars to prove it. 
42.You have ten albums from Wax Trax. 
43.You have one Einsturzende album. 
44.The first gig your band ever sold out started as a contract to knock a wall through. 
45.You end up listening to the bus instead of your personal stereo. 
46.You consider a band to have sold out if you find someone else likes them. 
47.Al Jourgensen is the devil. This is your central belief, and what gets you through the days. 
48.Your car alarm plays 'Jesus Built My Hotrod'. 
49.Your Car stereo plays Jesus built My Hotrod on a permanent loop. 
50.You never have to overtake anyone, they just move out the way. 
51.Off cliffs if necessary. 
52.Your first band split because everyone wanted to play lead angle-grinder. 
53.You first band split because no one wanted to play oil drums. 
54.Your music equipment weighs more than your van. 
55.Your music equipment is your van.
 

 
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