{{Infobox album | name = Rivet Head Culture | type = compilation | artist = Various artists | cover = Various Artists - Rivet Head Culture.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1993|5|30}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Electro-industrial]] | length = 77:39 | label = [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | producer = | chronology = [[Re-Constriction Records]] V/A | prev_title = [[The Technotic Effect: A Hard Techno Compilation|The Technotic Effect]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Ripped Up and So Sedated]] | next_year = 1993 }}

'''''Rivet Head Culture''''' is a various artists compilation album released on May 30, 1993 by [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000102115|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: ''Rivet Head Culture'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name="virtualnightangelcompilations">{{cite web|first1=Tina |last1=Baumann |first2=Travis |last2=Baumann |url=http://www.virtualnightangel.com/compilations.html |title=Compilations |publisher=Virtual Night Angel |date=2002 |accessdate=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception== A critic at ''Sonic Boom'' praised the ''Rivet Head Culture'' compilation, saying "it amazes me that bands like A-Politiq, Death Method and M.A.S. still remain hidden from record labels" and "[[Chase (label manager)|Chase]] has done the entire industrial music industry a huge favor by digging through the mountains of demo tapes he receives for some of the best unsigned talent in the industry."<ref name="sonicboom">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/rivet.head.culture.html |title=Various Artists: ''Rivet Head Culture'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1995 |volume=3 |issue=8 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{tracklist | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Wicked Painted Sun | extra1 = [[Non-Aggression Pact (band)|Non-Aggression Pact]] | writer1 = Jeff Hillard, Jason Whitcomb | length1 = 2:42 | title2 = Mein Klein Engel (My Little Angel) | extra2 = [[Death Method]] | writer2 = Timothy Wiles | length2 = 4:30 | title3 = Satellite Thought (Taken Out Life) | extra3 = Little Guilt Shrine | writer3 = Dana Gumbiner, Britton Holland, Matt Holland | length3 = 3:57 | title4 = Nose Dive | extra4 = [[Recliner (band)|Recliner]] | writer4 = [[Dan Gatto]], [[Daniel Vahnke]] | length4 = 2:59 | title5 = Perversion (Of the Truth) | extra5 = Stash Krohl | writer5 = Todd Christenson, James Frisch | length5 = 3:23 | title6 = More Like Me | extra6 = [[Hate Dept.]] | writer6 = Steven Seibold | length6 = 3:02 | title7 = Neurozone | extra7 = [[Chemlab]] | writer7 = [[Jared Louche]], Dylan Thomas Moore | length7 = 5:33 | title8 = Raw Dog | extra8 = [[Raw Dog (band)|Raw Dog]] | writer8 = [[Dave Ogilvie]], [[Kevin Ogilvie]], Rose Ogilvie | length8 = 4:39 | title9 = Selfish | writer9 = Shonn Bratlien, Barry Dost, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Smith | extra9 = [[Pain Emission]] | length9 = 4:43 | title10 = Party Girl | writer10 = Dave Creadeau, Boom chr Paige | extra10 = [[Society Burning]] | length10 = 3:32 | title11 = Admire the Question | note11 = Naïve Mix | writer11 = Mark Alan Miller | extra11 = Out Out | length11 = 4:25 | title12 = Progression | writer12 = John D. Norten | extra12 = Blue Eyed Christ | length12 = 4:08 | title13 = Televandalism | note13 = Drive-By Judas Mix | writer13 = Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin | extra13 = STG | length13 = 3:42 | title14 = Cold (Insight) | writer14 = Seann Vowell, Steve Watkins | extra14 = [[Scar Tissue (band)|Scar Tissue]] | length14 = 3:39 | title15 = Black Box | writer15 = William Hayden, Keith York | extra15 = [[Apolitiq]] | length15 = 4:44 | title16 = Send Me to Heaven | writer16 = Steve Lenos | extra16 = The M.A.S. | length16 = 4:25 | title17 = Growing Stronger | note17 = Steroid Mix | writer17 = Mick Hale, R.A. Werner, vMarkus | extra17 = [[Crocodile Shop]] | length17 = 3:58 | title18 = Whitley Park | writer18 = Michael J. Fasano, J. Eliot Goldberg, Jason Thretcher, Ray Usher | extra18 = They Killed Fritz | length18 = 4:13 | title19 = Santa in Flames | writer19 = Jim Coursey, Mark Edwards | extra19 = Fleshhouse | length19 = 5:26 }}

==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Rivet Head Culture'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Rivet Head Culture |title-link=Rivet Head Culture |others=Various artists |year=1993 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>

* [[Chase (label manager)|Chase]]&nbsp;– [[Compiler|compiling]], [[design]], [[typesetting]] * John Gire&nbsp;– [[illustrations]] * Trevor Henthorn&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]] * Kristin Martin&nbsp;– typesetting * Paulkun Noy&nbsp;– design

==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United States | 1993 | [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | [[compact disc|CD]] | IIM-003 |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Rivet-Head-Culture/release/118613 ''Rivet Head Culture''] at [[Discogs]] (list of releases)

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