Thought Industry

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Thought Industry
Background information
Origin	Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
Genre(s)	Avant Garde metal Progressive metal Experimental music
Years active	1989 – 2001
Label(s)	Metal Blade Records

American progressive metal band Thought Industry was formed in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1989 by vocalist/bassist Brent Oberlin, drummer Dustin Donaldson (who formed I Am Spoonbender in 1997), guitarist Christopher Simmonds (aka Christopher Lee), and guitarist Steve Spaeth. Spaeth left the band due to internal conflicts with Simmonds and started the band Clockmaker. The position was filled by guitarist Paul Enzio in time for 1992's "Songs For Insects", their Metal Blade Records debut. This was followed up by the art-metal masterpiece "Mods Carve The Pig: Assassins, Toads and God's Flesh". 1996's "Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away" subsequently saw a significant change in the band's sound and lineup when Donaldson was replaced by ex-Clockmaker drummer Jared Bryant. Oberlin switched to guitar and Bassist Herb Ledbetter was added. Thought Industry continued to strip down their lineup and sound with 1997's moody "Black Umbrella", which saw the departure of Lee. Bryant, Enzio and Ledbetter also left the band in 1999 which prompted Oberlin to assemble an entirely new lineup for 2001's magnum opus "Short Wave on a Cold Day". Engineer Mike Roche, who recorded "Black Umbrella" and filled in on bass from time to time, was added as a full time guitarist along with drummer Cameron Taylor, bassist Mark Baldwin and guitarist/keyboardist Jeff Borkowski.

1 Recent Projects
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Recent Projects

As a singer for Cosmonaut, Oberlin released “Pipebomb Full of Nails” in 2004. Cosmonaut’s debut release was on Swollen Lip Records located in Ann Arbor, MI.

Their bio from cosmonautweb.com states:

Two assholes from Lansing (Jamesen’s Brian George and Josh Stacey) met another from Grand Rapids (Veronica Speedwell’s Rodney Johnson), and schemed about a rock-band; but they didn’t have a singer. The aforementioned contacted an asshole from Kalamazoo (Thought Industry’s Brent Oberlin). The Michigan quartet named the group Cosmonaut after minutes of heated debate.

There do not appear to be any new tour dates or news more recent than 2004.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Year	Title	Label
1992	Songs For Insects	Metal Blade
1993	Mods Carve The Pig: Assassins, Toads and God's Flesh	Metal Blade
1996	Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away	Metal Blade
1997	Black Umbrella	Metal Blade
2001	Short Wave On a Cold Day	Metal Blade