Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter came out of Nottingham in the late 1980s, mixing heavy metal with electronic textures. Their first album, 'Industrial,' arrived in 1991. The...
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Pitchshifter came out of Nottingham in the late 1980s, mixing heavy metal with electronic textures. Their first album, 'Industrial,' arrived in 1991. The band's sound wasn't static, records like 'Desensitized' and 'Infotainment?' showed them pulling in thrash metal and industrial dance elements over time.
Jonathan S. Clayden handled vocals, with Mark Clayden on bass, Stuart Toolin on guitar, and Jason Bowld on drums. The lineup shifted around them, with people like Jim Davies and Matthew Simmons passing through. They put out seven studio albums, including 'www.pitchshifter.net' in 2002.
Songs like 'Genius' and 'W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.' carried Clayden's lyrics, which often leaned into dark or confrontational territory. Their stage presence could be abrasive, and they didn't shy away from provoking a reaction. They kept at it through various changes, sticking to their own version of that industrial-metal blend.
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