Experimental noise band, formed in Boston 1978. Notorious for their early recordings which were exercises in brutal noise, such as their infamous 1985 album Knees and Bones which utilised pneumatic drills, metal percussion and cement mixers as sound sources. Subsequent albums delved into sonic and textural experimentation as the band gradually grew more sophisticated and palatable, however a number of less experimental, commercial industrial albums were released on Wax Trax! in the late 1980s.
Nontheless, Controlled Bleeding's sound varies from album to album and at one time or another has contained elements of dub, free jazz, noise, prog rock, sacred music, dark ambient, classical and musique concr?te.
Also see the band's side-projects & solo work:
Skin Chamber
Joined at the Head
Fat Hacker
Body Clock
Paul Lemos
Paul Lemos & Joe Papa
Swans 57
Asmus Tietchens 104
Cabaret Voltaire 47
Chrome 41
Coil 79
Einsturzende Neubauten 50
Elliott Sharp 9
Lustmord 32
Merzbow 34
Nocturnal Emissions 3
Psychic TV 28
SPK 23
Throbbing Gristle 30
Vidna Obmana 24
Sleep Chamber 20
Test Dept. 20
The Hafler Trio 69
The Legendary Pink Dots 105
The Tear Garden 11
Whitehouse 25
Black Tape For A Blue Girl 24
Dead Can Dance 29
Godflesh 30
Bill Laswell 61
Nurse With Wound 131