Dow Jones and the Industrials were a
new wave band from
West Lafayette, Indiana
West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city, ...
, from 1979 until 1981. During this time, they released a split LP with
the Gizmos
The Gizmos were an American punk band formed in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, in 1976. The original band was made up of Ken Highland, Eddie Flowers, Ted Niemiec and the members of a group called Cerberus; Rich Coffee, Dave Sulak, Rick Cza ...
, entitled "Hoosier Hysteria", and a self-titled 7-inch EP, both released in the year 1980 alone.
A track of theirs, "Ladies With Appliances", was also featured on the "Red Snerts" compilation.
Originally, the band consisted of Greg Horn on guitar and vocals, Chris Clark on bass and vocals, Tim North on drums, and
Brad Garton
Brad Garton (born 1957) is an American composer and computer musician who is professor of music at Columbia University.
He has written, or helped to write, a number of computer music applications, including Real-Time Cmix, music synthesis and si ...
(known by his nickname as "Mr. Science") on keyboards. The use of the keyboard, and the band's flirtation with electronic sounds, meant that Dow Jones and the Industrials hinted towards the post-punk sound of bands that would follow them.
In 1981, the band's track "Ladies With Appliances" was featured on the Red Snerts compilation released by Gulcher Records. By this time, Chris Clark had left, to be replaced by Jenny Sweeny on bass.
Brad Garton
Brad Garton (born 1957) is an American composer and computer musician who is professor of music at Columbia University.
He has written, or helped to write, a number of computer music applications, including Real-Time Cmix, music synthesis and si ...
had also left the group. He appeared as "Mr. Science" on the compilation, contributing a track entitled "Mr. Science".
After the demise of Dow Jones and the Industrials, Greg Horn went on to form the
synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...
band
Tone Set with Galen Herod. During the years 1983 to 1990, he also released two solo cassettes, both in a similar stylistic vein as that of Tone Set. He has also released material under the name Pointless, produced music for Japanese TV commercials, and for Nickelodeon's "Eureeka's Castle".
In 2016, Family Vineyard issued the discography compilation album ''Can't Stand the Midwest'', which collects the entirety of their ''Hoosier Hysteria'' and ''Dow Jones and the Industrials'' records, as well as previously unreleased demo and live material.
Discography
* ''Hoosier Hysteria'' split LP with
the Gizmos
The Gizmos were an American punk band formed in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, in 1976. The original band was made up of Ken Highland, Eddie Flowers, Ted Niemiec and the members of a group called Cerberus; Rich Coffee, Dave Sulak, Rick Cza ...
(1980,
Gulcher Records
Gulcher Records is an independent record label founded in Bloomington, Indiana by Bob Richert in the mid-1970s, as one of the earliest small independent labels and fanzines in the area. They have released music for acts such as John Cougar Mellen ...
)
* ''Dow Jones and the Industrials'' 7-inch (1980, Hardly Music Records)
* ''Can't Stand the Midwest'' compilation album (September 2016, Family Vineyard)
References
External links
Tone SetArticle about Dow Jones and the Industrials, Tone Set and Greg Horn's solo projects
Remembering Dow Jones and the IndustrialsArticle about Dow Jones and the Industrials history.
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Punk rock groups from Indiana
West Lafayette, Indiana