Hate Dept.

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Hate Dept.
Genres Industrial rock, punk rock
Years active1991present
Labels
MembersSteven Seibold (1991present)
Nick Meade
Jae Stevens
Ivan Kazak
Past membersSteven 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
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Matthew Z Belcher [2]
Website hatedept.com

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]

Contents

Early years and Initial releases: 1991-1996

Hate 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

Hate 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

In 2014 Seibold released a trilogy of albums available for remixing by fans on Bandcamp.

Discography

Studio albums
EPs

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References

  1. Brown, Sonya, "Show Review: Hate Dept. w/Thresher, Village Idiot & Written In Ashes", In Music We Trust, March 20, 1999
  2. 1 2 Seibold, Steven, "Hate Dept. on MySpace Music", 19 December 2009, accessed 26 December 2009
  3. 1 2 DJ Tish, "Hate Dept. Interview with Siebold", Conducted March 15, 1996
  4. Prato, Greg. "Hate Dept. – Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  5. Frampton, Megan (15 Apr 1996). "RPM" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc. 46 (470): 17. ISSN   0890-0795 . Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. "Hate Dept. – Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  7. Helms, Colin (15 February 1999). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc. 57 (605): 16–19. ISSN   0890-0795 . Retrieved 18 December 2021.