The Grey Wolves are a British Industrial music group. They were formed in 1985 by Dave Padbury and Trevor Ward. See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon...

The band has been credited with pioneering the 'death industrial' subgenre in industrial music. Their work has also been described as 'dark ambient' and as 'power electronics'. They have not limited themselves to simply producing music however, but engage in what they describe as "Cultural Terrorism", issuing manifestos, pamphlets and utilizing the mail art network to get their message across, as well as being an active part of the cassette culture. The Grey Wolves have issued many tapes of their own music. They ahve also been responsible for creating Death Pact International, under whose name anyone was free to record their work, and released their own, and others, collaborations on cassette under this moniker. As well, both members have their own tape label, Open Wound and Sol Niger, both focusing on industrial music. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ... Dark ambient is a genre of downtempo music. ... Power electronics is the technology associated with the efficient conversion, control and conditioning of electric power by static means from its available input form into the desired electrical output form. ... Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cassette culture was in part an offshoot of the mail art movement of the 1970s and 1980s. ...

The Grey Wolves frequently collaborate with other groups. Some of these bands include Academy 23, Kapotte Miziek, Macronympha, Pyschic Workshop, Shock City, Streicher, Sudden Infant, Vandal X, Vidna Obmana, and most often Con-Dom, with whom they have released many split recordings as well. Jump to: navigation, search Academy 23 was the name given to a new project with Andy Martin and Dave Fanning following the demise of the Apostles. ... Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym for Belgian composer and ambient music artist Dirk Serries. ...

The Grey Wolves are controversial because of their use of fascist imagery and have been criticized for this aspect of their presentation. However, while acknowledging the criticism, the group does not apologize for this, instead insisting it is an integral part of their critique of society. Jump to: navigation, search Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

Discography

LPs

• Many Are Called But Few Get Up, Power And Steel
• Victory Through Violence, Robben Island Records
• Catholic Priests Fuck Children, Praxis Dr Bearmann
• Punishment, Tesco Organization
• The Age Of Dissent, Tesco Organization

CDs

• Blood And Sand, Cold Spring Records, 2002
• Incarceration, Blade Records
• Division, Tesco Organization, 2003

Collaboration CDs

• Holy Communion with Con-Dom
• Tesco Disco with Con-Dom

Singles

• "Wealth Of Misery/Lest We Forget", XN Recordings
• Disco Mortem, Releasing Eskimo, a 7" compilation with Macronympha, Hand To, C.C.C.C., Merzbow, No Festival Of Light
• "Zero Tolerance/Dominator" Membrum Debile Propaganda

C.C.C.C. is a noise band from Japan, one of the original bands in this genre, alongside such bands as Merzbow and Incapacitants. ... Jump to: navigation, search Merzbow is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) (born 1956) for most of his experimental noise records. ...

External links

• The Grey Wolves: A Manifestation of the Cultural Terrorist Network official website; includes discography, articles, interviews, lyrics, photographs, and artwork.

• The Grey Wolves live with photos
• Review of Blood and Sand
• Review of Division
• Essay on the use of fascist imagery by industrial groups