My Favorite Bands that were on NOTHING Records:

Well, if you haven't read my blog post about record labels that I wish were still around, you can find that here! If you have read that, you would have noticed a record label called NOTHING Records that I mentioned that I wish was still around, well today's blog is about NOTHING Records and my favorite bands that were signed to that label, other than Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. So, here's my favorite bands that were signed to that label:

1. This one is pretty obvious, their mix of pop, hiphop, and electronics I find highly inspirational and may not have influenced Twitch in the early years, but definitely in the recent years is: Pop Will Eat Itself! I remember when I first came across this band... I remember listening to them in a music store for the first time from one of their earlier albums (before they were signed to NOTHING), and they didn't really jump out at me, and I thought it was kinda funny that they were called Pop Will Eat Itself, and their music was kind of poppy and catchy... it wasn't until many years later (sometime in the early 2000's) that a DJ at one of the local clubs here played "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" and after hearing that for the first time I loved it! It was such a good song... so eventually I went and purchased the album "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos"... It's too bad they dissolved after this album, I felt like this was probably their strongest album. I would have liked to see them produce more stuff, with Clint Mansell as their lead vocalist. I know the other vocalist Graham Crabb eventually restarted the project... and released a new album (I haven't heard it yet), but yeah... this was one of my favorites off the NOTHING Records label. If it wasn't for "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos", I wouldn't have started to pick up what's in their back-catalogue, even though initially it didn't seem to stick out to me, and kinda was more poppy than their NOTHING release. If you haven't checked them out, I would highly suggest picking up "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos" and take a listen! Here's "Ich Bin Ein Auslander":

2. Here's another band that was a favorite off the NOTHING roster; Prick! Now, I had seen their music video for "Animal" when I was younger, probably on a late night show on Much Music or something like that. Initially, I thought it was good, but at the time I felt the video was a little weak, and didn't really fit the NOTHING roster... then a few years ago, I was searching for stuff on Youtube, and I came across a playlist containing their full first "self-titled" album. I took a listen to it, and I realized I actually really liked them. I think what turned me off initially with the video for "Animal" was that I felt like everyone was jumping on the Industrial Rock bandwagon (it was getting very popular at the time), and I felt like it wasn't dark and angsty enough... but after listening to the full album a few years ago (probably 5 or 6), I realized they were actually pretty good, and I think I was too young to really appreciate the music and videos for what they were, when I initially heard them. If you haven't checked Prick out, here's "Animal", I suggest taking a really good listen to their stuff, especially their first "Self-titled" album:

3. Ok, the third band off the NOTHING roster might be a surprise to you folks, they didn't actually stick around for too long, but the music is excellent... it is Rob Halford's 2wo. Loooooong time ago (1998 sometime), I first heard 2wo, after my girlfriend at the time had returned from Germany, and she popped it into the CD player, I had no idea that it was Mr. Halford, and once again thought it was another artist jumping on the industrial rock bandwagon, because that what was popular at the time... but I quickly learnt, that it was Rob Halford, and that a lot of the production on the album was actually Reznor and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie adding elements after the songs were actually completed, and they kinda rebuilt the tracks... and that is why the tracks had that industrial element to them. Even though I initially thought it was another artist jumping on the industrial rock bandwagon, I actually thought, at the time, it wasn't all that bad. After all these years listening to this again, it really isn't all that bad, and it was kinda cool that Rob Halford did this, it was so different from Judas Priest, and really strayed off the path for most of his artistic output, but yeah this was definitely a favorite! Here is "I am a Pig":

These were my favorite bands off the label besides Mr. Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) himself, and Marilyn Manson. What are your favorite bands off NOTHING Records?