Hate Dept.
Hate Dept. is an American synthesizer-laden post punk band, formed in 1991 by Steven Seibold. The group releases albums and performs music in the same vein as Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy and The Prodigy. Seibold is a multi-instrumentalist who manages to write, record and release Hate Dept. albums without the aid of outside help. He formed Hate Dept. in 1991 in reaction to fickle 'electro' audiences and antipathy towards live electronic bands, taking his sound in a more punk direction.[3]
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| Genres | Post-punk, industrial rock, Coldwave |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Associated acts | Pigface |
| Website | http://www.hatedept.com |
| Members | Steven Seibold (1991 – ) Nick Meade Jae Stevens Ivan Kazak |
| Past members | Steven Ortiz Mark Greco Charles Hunt [1] Rob Robinson Jamie Leighton[2] Coby Basset Ryan Daily Shawn Sutherland[3] James Pratt Scott "Phrog" Elgram Craig Longiotti Diana O'Donahue Paul Neiser Jeff Smith Trey Miller Chad Danley Garret Craig Jason Gildner James Agnew Dean Love Q Matthew Z Belcher[2] |
Hate Dept.'s debut album in 1994, Meat.Your.Maker, appeared in Rolling Stone's Top 10 alternative albums while Seibold was nominated 'Best New Talent' by Keyboard Magazine. Omnipresent, the second release by the group, again entered charts in Rolling Stone and Alternative Press. Hate Dept. had a brief period of commercial success after the release of the third album Technical Difficulties. The only single, Release It, earned radio airplay in 50 North American markets.
Seibold joined Pigface in 2001, touring and recording with Martin Atkins in several projects. During this time, Hate Dept. released their fourth album Ditch in 2003. Although the band had publicly announced the release of the fifth studio album, A New Ghost. Production stalled and for years, fans were left with little more than rumors of random, unavailable songs.
In August 2013, 10 years after the release of Ditch, Seibold announced via Facebook that a fifth studio album, now titled simply, New Ghost, was set for an August 27, independent release. Shortly after the announcement, this statement was posted:
"I'm not ignoring the questions I've been asked about the access and sale of the new album, 'New Ghost', I'm just thinking about the answer. If it is to be considered a luxury to be an 'independent artist', one must treat it as such. We won't disappoint you. You'll hear it August 27th, see it, touch it, feel it and study it, shortly after if you chose to. And, if geography permits, we will perform close enough to you to once again make ears ring, shake hands and embrace..."
New Ghost was released Aug 2013 to much fan praise. He also allowed many fans who he met on Facebook to sing on a chorus vocal in the song Broken Rule, one fan included the singer of the band Gravity Kills. Currently it's available at http://hatedept.bandcamp.com/album/new-ghost-2
In 2014 Seibold began posting videos of himself performing acoustic versions of many Hate Dept. songs discussing with his fans the possibility of acoustic shows in the future.
In 2014 Seibold released a trilogy of remix albums for New Ghost on http://hatedept.bandcamp.com/ When releasing those Hate Dept. became one of the first bands to allow some of there creative fans to remix their songs for actual release. The fans (often going under their project name, solo or band names) featured on the remixes are: Produkt, Slighter, Sweat Boys, Cabo Joe & Chop Shop, Idiot Stare, Nick Meade, Julian Beeston, MSHAA, Murder Love God, Jeff Stumpp, Rijjet Rogets, Slighter, UCNX, I.X.XI, Steven OLaf, Messy Jax, GLI7CH, Ghost Echo, Scant Regard, The Raygun Girls, Robert Zelin, MulpHia, japaneseCARCRASH, Cursed Earth Corporation, Steven Madsen, Great Oz Digital, Microwaved, Holokade, Damsel in the Dollhouse, Slave Unit, mnpltr, Deathproof, ENDIF, Roger "gReen bEAn" Lopez, Kent Ward, musichatesyouall, Saemskin & Covered In Spiders.
Discography
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- Compilation appearances
- Rivet Head Culture - "More Like Me", 1993
- Torture Tech Overdrive - "Flesh Feeds Soul (Perversion '94)", 1994
- Scavengers In The Matrix - "I Am Truth", 1994
- Chaos Compilation - "Thinker", 1994
- Coldwave Breaks - "New Power", 1995
- There Is No Time - "Won't Stay Lit", 1995
- Must Be Mental Vol. II - "Beat Me Up (Hds/Lay Down-mix)", 1995
- Thugs 'N' Kisses - "Bitch", 1995
- 21st Circuitry Shox - "New Power", 1996
- Nekrology - "This Doggie Bites (French Canadian Poodle Remix)", 1996
- Apocalypse Now 1 - "This Doggy Bites", 1996
- Industrial Mix Machine - "Start Digging (The Giver / The Taker)", 1997
- TV Terror: Felching A Dead Horse - "Facts Of Life", 1997
- Industrial War: The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Industrial Music - "Start Digging", 1997
- Coldwave Breaks II - "Anger Impulse", 1997
- Newer Wave - "Master And Servant", 1997
- Resonance - "Blowfish (Thump Junkie Mix)", 1997
- Newer Wave 2.0 - "Planet Earth", 1998
- 21st Circuitry Shox 2 - "Superdrama (Tears Of Joy Mix)", 1998
- Operation 002 - "Release It (Empirion Mix)", 1999
- Wish You Were Queer: A Tribute To Ministry - "Effigy", 1999
- Nod's Tacklebox O' Fun - "You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)", 1999
- Heavy Metal 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Hit Back 2000", 2000
- Various - Heavy Metal 2000 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Sampler - "Hit Back 2000". 2000
- Cyberl@b V2.0 - "Gone", 2000
- Tribute of the Year: A Tribute to Faith No More - "Edge Of The World", 2002
- United: The Sound Of The Underground - "Edge Of The World", 2002
- A Tribute to Marilyn Manson - "The Reflecting God", 2002
- An Industrial Tribute To: Ministry - "Effigy" 2003
- Tributaeminesteriumni - Two CD Tribute Set - "Effigy", 2004
- Septic IV - "California", 2004
- Cold Waves II Sampler - "Better Days", 2013
References
- Brown, Sonya, "Show Review: Hate Dept. w/Thresher, Village Idiot & Written In Ashes", In Music We Trust, March 20, 1999
- Seibold, Steven, "Hate Dept. on MySpace Music", 19 December 2009, accessed 26 December 2009
- DJ Tish, "Hate Dept. Interview with Siebold", Conducted March 15, 1996
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