History
Industry was founded in 1978 by guitarist, composer and studio engineer Andrew Geyer, drummer Mercury Caronia and vocalist Sean Kelly, as Industrial Complex. The band's name was later changed to Industry. Caronia and Geyer worked with experimental electronic music, odd time signatures, tape loops, synths, and innovative guitaring into various methods of recording.
In 1981, Andrew Geyer left the band. Guitarist Brian Unger, new lead singer Jon Carin and Rudy Perrone (who was previously in a progressive rock band called Cathedral, with Mercury) joined the group. They signed to Capitol Records.
Their best-known single, "State of the Nation", broke through the European charts between 1983 and 1984, earning them a place as the support act for artists auch as Billy Idol, Talk Talk and INXS. The second single from the same album, "Still of the Night" was less successful. The band split in 1984.
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