SPK

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SPK is an Australian industrial music group known for its pioneering role in the early industrial and experimental music scenes of the late 1970s and 1980s.

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instanceOf Australian musical group
EP
industrial music group
musician
musician
single
studio album
studio album
studio album
studio album
vocalist
activeYearsEnd 1990
activeYearsStart 1978
associatedAct Einstürzende Neubauten NERFINISHED
Nurse With Wound NERFINISHED
Throbbing Gristle NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Australia
genre EBM NERFINISHED
dark ambient
electronic music
experimental music
industrial music
noise music
post‑industrial music
synth‑pop
hasAlbum Information Overload Unit NERFINISHED
Leichenschrei NERFINISHED
Machine Age Voodoo NERFINISHED
Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers NERFINISHED
hasEP Auto‑Da‑Fé NERFINISHED
hasMember Graeme Revell NERFINISHED
Neil Hill NERFINISHED
Sinan Leong NERFINISHED
hasSingle Metal Dance NERFINISHED
influenced industrial music scene of the 1980s
later noise and power electronics artists
lyricalTheme institutional violence
mental illness
political repression
nationality New Zealander
notableFor pioneering role in early industrial music
thematic focus on psychiatry and social control
use of harsh noise and found sounds
originalName SePuKu NERFINISHED
Société Psychologique NERFINISHED
Solipsik NERFINISHED
originCity Sydney NERFINISHED
performanceStyle use of disturbing medical and psychiatric imagery
performer SPK NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1981
1982
1984
1986
recordLabel Caroline Records NERFINISHED
Ink Records NERFINISHED
M Squared NERFINISHED
Mute Records NERFINISHED
Side Effects NERFINISHED
WEA NERFINISHED
World Serpent Distribution NERFINISHED
role co‑founder of SPK
founder of SPK
vocalist of SPK

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