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A rivethead or rivet head is a person associated with the industrial dance music scene. In stark contrast to the original industrial culture, whose performers and heterogeneous audience were sometimes referred to as "industrialists", the rivethead scene is a coherent youth culture closely linked to a
- Ben Hamper
After Roger & Me, Hamper's book Rivethead became a national...
- Riverhead, New York
Riverhead is a town in Suffolk County, New York, United...
- Ben Hamper
Jun 12, 2021 · Posted on Jun 12, 2021. By Jan Worth-Nelson. At a back corner table at Churchhill’s, escaping to AC on a muggy Tuesday afternoon in Flint, Ben Hamper takes a swig of his signature Jim Beam and Diet Coke and reflects on the 30 years since the country came to know him as an exuberantly profane, honest and hilariously irreverent blue collar bard.
Rivethead refers to people that are fans or performers of industrial music, which is influenced by electro-industrial, electronic body music, and industrial rock music. Industrial music was started by the band Throbbing Gristle, which ended up forming a genre that is noisy and abrasive...
Who are Rivetheads. Rivethead is fan or performer of industrial music, a late 20th century experimental rock music form characterized by harsh dissonance, heavy percussive elements, and subject matter that is intentionally transgressive.
We wouldn't typically call a dark ambient fan a rivethead. More reserved for the industrial dance (EBM and its derivatives) and industrial rock music groups. Wikipedia actually explains it quite well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivethead
