Hate Dept. is an American industrial/punk rock band, formed in 1991 by Steven Seibold.[4] Seibold is a multi-instrumentalist who writes, records and releases Hate Dept. albums with minimal outside help. He formed Hate Dept. in 1991 in reaction to fickle 'electro' audiences and antipathy towards live electronic bands, taking his sound in a more punk direction.[3]
Hate Dept. | |
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| Genres | Industrial rock, punk rock |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Members | Steven Seibold (1991–present) Nick Meade Jae Stevens Ivan Kazak |
| Past members | Steven Ortiz Mark Greco Charles Hunt [1] Rob Robinson Jamie Leighton[2] Coby Basset Ryan Daily Shawn Sutherland[3] James Pratt Scott "Phrog" Elgram Craig Longiotti Diana O'Donahue Paul Neiser Jeff Smith Trey Miller Chad Danley Garret Craig Jason Gildner James Agnew Dean Love Q Matthew Z Belcher[2] |
| Website | hatedept |
Early years and Initial releases: 1991-1996
editHate Dept.'s debut album in 1994, Meat.Your.Maker, appeared in Rolling Stone's Top 10 alternative albums, while Seibold was nominated 'Best New Talent' by Keyboard magazine. Omnipresent, the second release by the group, was reviewed in Rolling Stone and Alternative Press and spent eight weeks on the CMJ RPM chart, peaking at #7.[5]
Moderate success and subsequent releases: 1996-2013
editHate Dept. had a brief period of commercial success after the release of the third album Technical Difficulties. The only single, Release It, earned radio airplay in 50 North American markets. The song peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Dance chart.[6] The release also peaked at #49 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 and #7 on the CMJ RPM Charts.[7]
Seibold joined Pigface in 2001, touring and recording with Martin Atkins in several projects. During this time, Hate Dept. released their fourth album Ditch in 2003. Although the band had publicly announced the release of the fifth studio album, A New Ghost. Production stalled and for years, fans were left with little more than rumors of random, unavailable songs.
In August 2013, 10 years after the release of Ditch, the album New Ghost, was released.
Later years to present: 2013-present
editIn 2014 Seibold released a trilogy of albums available for remixing by fans on Bandcamp.
Discography
edit- Studio albums
- meat.your.maker (1994, 21st Circuitry)
- Omnipresent (1996, Neurotic)
- Technical Difficulties (1998, Restless)
- DITCH (2003, Underground, Inc.)
- New Ghost (2013, Awful Noise)
- EPs
- Mainline E.P. (1995, Neurotic)
- The Remix Wars: Strike 3 – 16 Volt vs. Hate Dept (1996, 21st Circuitry)
References
edit- ^ Brown, Sonya, "Show Review: Hate Dept. w/Thresher, Village Idiot & Written In Ashes", In Music We Trust, March 20, 1999 [1]
- ^ a b Seibold, Steven, "Hate Dept. on MySpace Music", 19 December 2009, accessed 26 December 2009 [2]
- ^ a b DJ Tish, "Hate Dept. Interview with Siebold", Conducted March 15, 1996
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Hate Dept. – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ^ Frampton, Megan (15 Apr 1996). "RPM" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 46 (470). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 17. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Hate Dept. – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ^ Helms, Colin (15 February 1999). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 57 (605). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 16–19. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 18 December 2021.