In 1985, former The Pop Group singer Mark Stewart released As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade, an application of the cut-up style of industrial music, with the house band of Sugar Hill Records (Doug Wimbish, Keith Leblanc, and Skip McDonald).
Adrian Sherwood was a major figure in British dub, as well as working with industrial groups such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ministry, KMFDM, and Nine Inch Nails.
[4] The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and Consolidated from San Francisco,[5][6][7] MC 900 Ft. Jesus from Texas[8][9] and Meat Beat Manifesto from the UK are also early representatives of the style.
Young Black Teenagers featured an industrial-influenced sound on their 1991 self-titled debut album, provided by the Bomb Squad, Public Enemy's production team.
After participating in the jazzcore group Pain Killer with Bill Laswell, Harris's Scorn project delved into dark ambient and industrial hip hop.
The later work of Broadrick's Godflesh,[11] as well as his collaborations with Martin, Ice,[12] Techno Animal,[11] and Curse of the Golden Vampire, are prime examples of industrial hip hop.
Other acts of note would be Nettwerk Records' Consolidated, and P.O.W.E.R, as well as the Swamp Terrorists, SMP aka Sounds of Mass Production, Non-Aggression Pact, and Noisebox.
Croatian-American rapper Marz emerged from Chicago's industrial metal scene, working as an engineer on Ministry's Filth Pig (1996) and playing guitar on Dark Side of the Spoon (1999).
Antipop Consortium,[15] Death Grips,[16] Moodie Black,[17] clipping., Moor Mother, JPEGMAFIA and Dälek are successful examples of contemporary industrial hip hop,[18][19] as are Blades Of Hades, Ho99o9, NAH,[20] and Saul Williams.