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Perhaps only industrial-adjacent, I felt these pioneering and quirky Japanese synth wizards should get a little love. The part at 1:33 makes my inner child feel alive.

Killer single version blowing away the one found on the “Mama Womb Womb” LP from 1989.

Can’t find much info about this gang of late ‘80s New York goths. Catchy tune, very anthemic. Luckily they aren’t a boring Sisters of Mercy clone. Dëx Cröix released this one double-sided single in 1989 and then promptly disappeared into the night. For good.

Clint Ruin aka JG Thirlwell aka Foetus. Great song. Massive, driving industrial rock. Whenever Lunch collaborates with someone you know it’s gonna be good.

Former LA hardcore punks go full-on crossover thrash metal, as per the times. Badass song that deserves more love. What say you?

The Hitmen are a long-forgotten UK new wave / post-punk act. “Bates Motel” would receive regular rotation on MTV’s Elvira Halloween specials. Hitmen singer, Ben Watkins, would eventually form the EBM-pop band The Flowerpot Men, who’d land a spot on the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off soundtrack with “Beat City.”

After the Flowerpot Men’s dissolution, they briefly changed names to Sunsonic and shortly thereafter Ben Watkins would finally receive mainstream attention when he formed his most famous project - Juno Reactor!

The Cassandra Complex were kind of a weird band. They straddled the line somewhere between post-punk, darkwave and EBM (electronic body music).

Unfortunately for these “lost” UK post-punks, they were never really the most consistent group; however instead, scattered across their discography are some absolute bangers. Come the ‘90s they looked to KMFDM for inspiration eventually releasing their magnum opus, 1993’s “Sex and Death.”

The song here “Too Stupid to Sin” might be my favorite with those razor-sharp, sizzling guitar riffs that just don’t quit.