Throbbing Gristle

In 2003, after a rock critic announced he would listen to live Throbbing Gristle CDs for a continuous 24-hour period, band member Chris Carter warned, "I hope your ears don't bleed." He wasn't kidding. Twenty-seven years after a member of British Parliament referred to them as "wreckers of civilization," this English quartet remains best known as inventors of industrial music. For half a decade...