S. Alexander Reed

{{Short description|American academic and musician}} {{use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}}

{{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix =  | name = S. Alexander Reed | honorific_suffix = | image = Seeming Electrixmas 2.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Reed performing as Seeming in 2017 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}} | birth_place = | other_names = Alexx Reed | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards =  | awards =  | website = {{url|https://salexanderreed.com/}} | education = {{ulist|[[College of Wooster]] (B.Mus., B.A., 2001) |[[University of Pittsburgh]] (M.A., 2003)<ref name="f933">{{cite web | title=Eighty-three chambers to freedom (M.A. thesis)|first=S. Alexander|last=Reed | website=University of Pittsburgh Library| url=https://pitt.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01PITT_INST/e8h8hp/alma9943639323406236 | access-date=2026-02-19}}</ref>}} | alma_mater = [[University of Pittsburgh]] (Ph.D., 2005) | thesis_title = The Musical Semiotics of Timbre in the Human Voice and Static Takes Love's Body | thesis_url = https://pitt.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01PITT_INST/e8h8hp/alma9999379282606236 | thesis_year = 2006 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = [[Mathew Rosenblum]] | academic_advisors = | influences =  | era = | discipline =  | sub_discipline =  | workplaces =  | doctoral_students =  | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = ''[[Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music]]'' (2013) | notable_ideas = | influenced =  | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}

'''Smith Alexander Reed''' is an American academic and musician. He was the leader of the [[industrial music]] group [[ThouShaltNot]] from 1998 to 2013, and since 2013 has led the project [[Seeming]]. {{As of|2026}}, he is a professor of music at [[Ithaca College]]. His academic works include the 2013 book ''[[Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music]]''. As described in a review of ''Assimilate'', Reed is an example of a "fan-scholar".<ref name="h857" />

==Academic== Reed attended the [[College of Wooster]] for his undergraduate degrees. He then studied music under [[Mathew Rosenblum]] at the [[Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences]] of the [[University of Pittsburgh]]. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2005, he taught at the [[College of William & Mary]], [[The University of Florida]], and the [[Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music]] at [[New York University]].<ref name="w227">{{cite web | title=Alex Reed | website=Ithaca College | url=https://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/sreed | access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> In 2013, Reed joined the faculty of [[Ithaca College]]. Reed founded the Popular Music Study Group of the [[American Musicological Society]],<ref name="n657">{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Popular Music Study Group | date=2020-12-23 | url=https://amspop.wordpress.com/about/ | access-date=2026-02-20}}</ref> and served on the board of the US branch of the [[International Association for the Study of Popular Music]].<ref name="w227" />

In 2013, Reed published ''[[Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music]]'', which received coverage in both academic<ref name="a715">{{cite journal | last=Brown | first=Steven Caldwell | title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music | journal=Rock Music Studies | volume=1 | issue=2 | date=2014-05-04 | issn=1940-1159 | doi=10.1080/19401159.2013.855422 | pages=193–195 | url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19401159.2013.855422 | access-date=2025-11-03| url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="h857">{{cite journal | last=Upton | first=Rob | title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. By S. Alexander Reed | journal=Music and Letters | volume=96 | issue=3 | date=2015 | issn=0027-4224 | doi=10.1093/ml/gcv044 | pages=498–500 | url=https://academic.oup.com/ml/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ml/gcv044 | access-date=2025-11-03| url-access=subscription }}</ref> and popular<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/industrial-music-the-ultimate-protest-music/ |title=Industrial Music: The Ultimate Protest Music? |website=WNYC |access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=Keith|last=Moliné|issue=361|date=March 2014|page=78|work=The Wire|title=Assimilate: A Cultural History of Industrial Music by S. Alexander Reed}}</ref> press, and awards from the [[American Musicological Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amsmusicology.org/page/ams75pays |title=AMS 75 PAYS Subventions |website=American Musicological Society |access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421112139/https://www.amsmusicology.org/page/ams75pays|archive-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> and the [[Association for Recorded Sound Collections]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsc-audio.org/awards/awards2014.html |title=2014 Winners: ARSC Awards for Excellence |website=Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) |access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225192335/http://www.arsc-audio.org/awards/awards2014.html|archive-date=2015-12-25}}</ref> In particular, a review in [[Music and Letters]] favorably compared his writing to [[Andy Greenwald]] and [[Dayal Patterson]].<ref name="h857" />

Reed co-authored a book in 2014 published by [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] on the album [[Flood (They Might Be Giants album)|Flood]] by [[They Might Be Giants]]<ref name="p441">{{cite book | last1=Reed | first1=S. Alexander | last2=Sandifer | first2=Phillip | title=They Might Be Giants' Flood | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | publication-place=New York | date=2014 | isbn=978-1-62356-829-0 | page=}}</ref> as part of its [[33 1/3]] series. He published a book on the [[Laurie Anderson]] album [[Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)|Big Science]]<ref name="g683">{{cite journal | last=Murphy | first=Maria | title=Review: Laurie Anderson's ''Big Science'', by S. Alexander Reed | journal=Journal of Popular Music Studies | volume=36 | issue=2 | date=2024-06-01 | issn=1533-1598 | doi=10.1525/jpms.2024.36.2.127 | pages=127–129 | url=https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/36/2/127/200863/Review-Laurie-Anderson-s-Big-Science-by-S | access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> in 2022, and later gave invited lectures on his work at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]<ref name="q839">{{cite web | title=Musicology Colloquium Archive | website=Musicology | date=2025-01-08 | url=https://blogs.iu.edu/jsommusicology/colloquium/archive/ | access-date=2026-04-03}}</ref> and the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="v690">{{cite web | title=Alex Reed - American Musicological Society | website=YouTube | date=2024-03-06 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgLzRs_ZMoY | access-date=2026-03-08}}</ref>

Reed has provided media commentary on topics such as industrial group [[KMFDM]] and their supposed influence on mass shooters [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]],<ref name="i740">{{cite web | last=Elassar | first=Alaa | title=How a European industrial rock band opposed to violence got tied to school shootings in America | website=CNN | date=2024-12-21 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/us/kmfdm-band-wisconsin-school-shooting/index.html | access-date=2026-02-21}}</ref><ref name="j948">{{cite web | last1=DeLucia | first1=Julian | last2=Banda | first2=Kaeleigh | title=Q&A: Professor works to debunk harmful myths about music | website=The Ithacan | date=2025-01-22 | url=https://theithacan.org/58772/news/qa-professor-works-to-debunk-harmful-music-myths/ | access-date=2026-02-21}}</ref> and on the lives of [[Genesis P-Orridge]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Feedback: Alex Reed Talks Genesis P-Orridge |date=March 18, 2020 |url=https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4iwlxkqegsul8gtdmpggx/Alex-Reed-Talks-Genesis-P-Orridge-SiriusXM-Volume-106-3-16-20-Feedback.mp3?rlkey=5o4wmjn0h9jcefb8wk7t8z30c&e=1&dl=0|work=SiriusXM Volume}}</ref> and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].<ref name="p180">{{cite web | last=Aceto | first=Matt | title=Ithaca College Professor of Music Alex Reed Remembering the life of rock and roll icon Ozzy Osbourne. | website=607 News Now - Cortland & Ithaca | date=2025-07-24 | url=https://607newsnow.com/podcasts/ithaca-college-professor-of-music-alex-reed/ | access-date=2026-02-21}}</ref>

==Music== Reed has stated that his first exposure to industrial music was as a preteen, from [[mixtape]]s that boys had given to his older sister. He eventually became active in the industrial scene as a performer, [[Disc jockey|DJ]], [[promoter (entertainment)|promoter]], writer, and [[zine]] archivist.<ref name=curcio>{{cite web | last=Curcio | first=J | title=Assimilate. Conversation with S. Alexander Reed | website=Medium | date=2019-06-27 | url=https://medium.com/modern-mythology/assimilate-3625634ddcb7 | access-date=2026-03-08}}</ref> Some of Reed's early recordings were released under the name "Thou Flaming Minister".<ref name="w786">{{cite web | title=F.A.Q. | website=ThouShaltNot | url=http://www.thoushalt.net/newsite/faq.shtml | access-date=2026-03-10}}</ref>

===ThouShaltNot=== [[Image:ThouShaltNot logo.png|thumb|ThouShaltNot logo]] Drummer Aaron "Foo" Fuleki, who shared a dorm with Reed as freshmen at Wooster, joined ThouShaltNot shortly after its founding in 1999.<ref name="w786" /> ''[[Outburn]]'' reviewed their 2000 self-titled album as 91/100, praising its variety.<ref>{{cite journal|work=[[Outburn]]|issue=13|issn=1542-1309|title=Review: ThouShaltNot|date=January 2000}}</ref><ref name="w905">{{cite web | last=Pan | first=Marcus | title=REVIEW: ThouShaltNot | website=legendsmagazine.net | url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/102/thoush.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040307123112/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/102/thoush.htm | archive-date=2004-03-07 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-03-10|date=2001}}</ref> Reed relocated to Pittsburgh in 2001 for graduate school; guitarist Jeremy David Long joined the group after Reed saw him perform with the opening band for a [[Faith and the Muse]] concert there.<ref name="w786" /> A second full-length, ''The Holiness of Now'', was released in 2001<ref name="v663">{{cite web | last=Ventarola | first=Mike | title="The Holiness Of Now" | website=legendsmagazine.net | url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/117/thoush.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024131318/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/117/thoush.htm | archive-date=2004-10-24 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-03-10|date=2002}}</ref> and reissued by [[Dancing Ferret Discs]] in 2003. They were a featured band at GothCon 2002 in [[New Orleans]].<ref name="q285">{{cite web | title=GothCon 2002 schedule - Saturday| website=gothcon.com | date=2001 | url=http://www.gothcon.com/saturday.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011028065112/http://www.gothcon.com/saturday.html | archive-date=2001-10-28 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-02-21}}</ref> The 2002 outtakes collection ''You'll Wake Up Yesterday'' included a parody of "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" titled "If I Only Were A Goth".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/246|title=ThouShaltNot: You'll Wake Up Yesterday|first=TG|last=Mondalf|work=Chain D.L.K.|date= August 19, 2002}}</ref><ref name="j892">{{cite web | year=2004 | first1=Kim |last1=Mercil|first2=Mike |last2=Ventarola|title=INTERVIEW: Thou Shalt Not | website=legendsmagazine.net | url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/137/intthou.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040131165932/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/137/intthou.htm | archive-date=2004-01-31 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-03-10}}</ref> Dancing Ferret also released full-length albums ''The White Beyond'' in 2003<ref name="n339">{{cite journal | title=Sonic Seducer 11/2003 mit Tiamat-Titelstory + 15 Track CD, Im Mag: Nightwish, Deine Lakaien, Frontline Assembly, In Strict Confidence, Monnspell u.v.m. | website=[[Sonic Seducer]] | date=November 2003 | url=https://sonic-seducer.de/online-shop/sonic-seducer/ausgaben-2003/sonic-seducer-2003-11-mit-grosser-tiamat-titelstory-und-cd-beilage/ | language=de | access-date=2026-03-10}}</ref><ref name="y099">{{cite web | first=Marcus|last=Pan|date=2004|title=REVIEW: Thou Shalt Not – "The White Beyond" | website=legendsmagazine.net | url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/137/revthou.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040131164652/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/137/revthou.htm | archive-date=2004-01-31 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-03-10}}</ref><ref name="m644">{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett| title=The White Beyond | website=AllMusic | date=2003-09-02 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-white-beyond-mw0000323930 | access-date=2026-03-10}}</ref> and ''Land Dispute'' in 2006,<ref name="b201">{{cite web | last=Jentzen | first=Aaron | title=ThouShaltNot | website=Pittsburgh City Paper | date=2006-05-25 | url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment-2/thoushaltnot-1337206/ | access-date=2026-03-12}}</ref> the latter featuring contributions by [[Chris Moore (music producer)|Chris Moore]].<ref name="w786" />

===Seeming=== [[Image:Seeming logo.png|thumb|Seeming logo]] With Reed's move to [[Ithaca, New York]] in 2013, ThouShaltNot disbanded, and Reed and Fuleki formed the new project Seeming. The debut Seeming album, ''Madness and Extinction'', was released in 2014. Pop music critic [[Ben Rayner]] of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' described its musical style as "cathedral-sized electronic soundscapes consistently whipped to a windblown frenzy."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/04/25/reasons_to_live_nq_arbuckle_seeming_big_scary.html|title=Reasons to Live: NQ Arbuckle, Seeming, Big Scary|date=April 25, 2014|website=Toronto Star|first=Ben |last=Rayner}}</ref> German music magazine ''[[Sonic Seducer]]'' called "The Burial" from ''Madness and Extinction'' "the darkest pop song you've ever danced to".<ref name="c370">{{cite web | title=Exklusive Album-Previews: Vorstellung der Post-Goth-Newcomer Seeming | website=Sonic Seducer | date=2014-03-14 | url=https://sonic-seducer.de/exklusive-album-previews-vorstellung-der-post-goth-newcomer-seeming/ | language=de | access-date=2026-02-20|quote=Zur Vorabsingle „The Burial“, heißt es weiter, es sei die düsterste Pop-Single, zu der man je getanzt haben wird.}}</ref>

''SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual'' was released in 2017, with guest appearances by noise artist [[Merzbow]] and rapper (and at the time [[Cornell University]] doctoral student) [[Sammus]]. Author and journalist [[Kieron Gillen]] ranked opening track "Doomsayer" as one of his top 40 tracks of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kierongillen.substack.com/p/051-we-live-in-the-shadow-of-a-book|title=051: We Live In The Shadow Of A Book Avalanche|first=Kieron|last=Gillen|website=kierongillen.substack.com}}</ref> ''[[Sonic Seducer]]'' reviewed the album as tension-filled and impactful.<ref name="c388">{{cite web | title=Seeming "SOL – A Self-Banishment Ritual" | website=Sonic Seducer | date=2017-11-14 | url=https://sonic-seducer.de/seeming-sol-a-self-banishment-ritual-cd-rezension-review-kritik/ | language=de | access-date=2026-02-20|first=Thomas |last=Pilgrim}}</ref>

2020 album ''The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity'' was co-produced by [[Sarah Hennies]], who also contributed percussion, and included guest vocals by [[Bill Drummond]] of [[the KLF]]. ''[[The Big Takeover]]'' premiered the video for "Go Small" and favorably reviewed the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bigtakeover.com/news/VideoPremiereGoSmallbySeeming|title=Video Premiere: "Go Small" by Seeming|website=The Big Takeover|date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

Within the industrial music community, Seeming's recordings have rated highly. ''A Model of Control'' ranked Seeming's three albums tenth, first, and third respectively in their year-end lists for 2014, 2017, and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/best-of-2014/490/|title=Countdown: 2014: Albums|date=December 16, 2014|work=A Model of Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/5194/|title=Countdown: 2017: Albums|date=December 12, 2017|work=A Model of Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/8522/|title=Countdown: 2020: Albums|date=December 15, 2020|work=A Model of Control}}</ref> They later named ''SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual'' the best album of the 2010s, describing it as "a release of towering intensity, belief, and scope".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/7503/|title=/Countdown/2010s/Albums/20-01|date=April 13, 2020|work=A Model of Control}}</ref> Additionally, they ranked "The Burial" and "End Studies" as the best tracks of 2014 and 2020 respectively, and "Talk About Bones" as the eighth-best track of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/best-of-2014/492/|title=Countdown: 2014: Tracks|date=December 9, 2014|work=A Model of Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/8480/|title=Countdown: 2020: Tracks|date=December 8, 2020|work=A Model of Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/5137/|title=Countdown: 2017: Tracks|date=December 5, 2017|work=A Model of Control}}</ref> ''I Die:You Die'' listed ''Madness and Extinction'' and ''SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual'' as their top albums of 2014 and 2017 respectively, and ''The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity'' as the second best album of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2014/12/18/i-die-you-dies-top-25-of-2014-top-5/|title=I Die: You Die's Top 25 of 2014: Top 5|date=December 18, 2014|work=I Die: You Die}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2017/12/14/i-die-you-dies-top-25-of-2017-5-1/|title=I Die: You Die's Top 25 of 2017: 5-1|date=December 14, 2017|work=I Die: You Die}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2020/12/17/best-of-2020-top-5/|title=Best of 2020: Top 5|date=December 17, 2020|work=I Die: You Die}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Thou Flaming Minister=== * "Upwards of the Hilt" appears on the compilation ''Transmission Vol. 1'' (1996, New World Order Records) * Remix of "Disevolve" by Zia appears on the ''Disevolve EP'' (1998, Zia Music)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ziaspace.com/resources/1998_Disevolution.jpg|title=Zia - Disevolution|date=1998|work=Zia}}</ref> * ''Excavate'' cassette (1998, independent; only distributed at their first concert) * ''Catalepsy'' (1998, independent short-run CD-R)

===ThouShaltNot=== ====Albums==== * ''The Deepest Ice'' (1999, self-released demo album) * ''ThouShaltNot'' (2000, ADSR Musicwerks) * ''The Holiness of Now'' (2001, ADSR Musicwerks; reissued by [[Dancing Ferret Discs]] in 2003) * ''The White Beyond'' (2003, Dancing Ferret Discs) * ''Land Dispute'' (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs)

====EPs==== * ''You'll Wake Up Yesterday'' (2002, ADSR Musicwerks) * ''Vier Factor No. 1'' (split with [[The Crüxshadows]], [[Paralysed Age]], and [[The Dreamside]], 2003, Dancing Ferret Discs) * ''The Projectionist'' (2005, independent release) * ''New World EP'' (2008, independent release)

====Remixes==== * [[Hungry Lucy]] - ''Glo'' - "Telltale Shot," "Stay" (on European version) (2003 Alpha Matrix / Hungry Media) * [[Furnace St.]] - ''People'' - "Sunday Driver" (2003, Furnasty Music) * [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] - ''Crazyshow'' - "Inside Out" (2003 Alphaville) * [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]] - ''Reflections of Rage'' - "Voices" (2004, Dancing Ferret Discs) * [[Lunascape (Belgian band)|Lunascape]] - ''Mindstalking'' - "Mindstalking" (2005, Dancing Ferret Discs) * [[Iris (American band)|Iris]] - "Imposter" - ''[[Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer]]'' (2010, Metropolis Records) * [[Caustic (band)|Caustic]] - "Chewing Glass at the Zoo" - ''Douche Ex Machina'' (2011, Metropolis Records)

====Compilation appearances==== * "Trench Warfare (Midnight mix)" on ''Only Sorrow'' (2001, Ellen Claire Lawrence Memorial Scholarship) * "The Sting (Proto mix)" on ''Chartreuse Translucent Sampler'' (2001, Chartreuse Translucent) * "Cardinal Directions (Directionless mix)" on ''Asleep By Dawn, vol. 1'' (2003, Asleep By Dawn) * "When Everyone Forgets" on ''[[Where's Neil When You Need Him?]]'' (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs) * "Sick" on ''[[Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer]]'' (2010, [[Metropolis Records]])

===Seeming=== All music by Seeming is released on [[Artoffact Records]]. ==== Albums ==== * ''Madness and Extinction'' (2014) * ''SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual'' (2017) * ''The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity'' (2020) * ''The World'' (2025)

==== EPs ==== * ''Silent Discovery'' (2014, released on [[8-track tape]]) * ''Worldburners'' (2015) * ''Faceless'' (2017) * ''Talk About Bones'' (2017) * ''Monster'' (2020)

===Solo=== * ''Better Roads EP'' (2004, independent release) * ''The Gothic'' (2018, independent release) * ''Midnight to Midnight'' (2020, independent release), written in 24 hours as the first album of 2020

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | last=Reed | first=S. Alexander | title=[[Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music]] | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=New York | date=2013 | isbn=978-0-19-983260-6}} *{{cite book | last1=Reed | first1=S. Alexander | last2=Sandifer | first2=Elizabeth | title=[[They Might Be Giants]]' [[Flood (They Might Be Giants album)|Flood]] | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | publication-place=New York | date=2014 | isbn=978-1-62356-915-0|series=[[33 1/3]]}} *{{cite book | last=Reed | first=S. Alexander | title=[[Laurie Anderson]]'s [[Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)|Big Science]] | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=New York | date=2022 | isbn=978-0-19-092602-1}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://salexanderreed.com/ Personal site] * [https://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/sreed Faculty profile at Ithaca College]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Alexander}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:21st-century American male musicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American industrial musicians]] [[Category:College of Wooster alumni]] [[Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni]] [[Category:Ithaca College faculty]]