Tank full of Oil: Manufacture

Manufacture

Originally formed as a soundtrack company in 1984, Manufacture eventually turned into a band after performing in front live audiences in Boston with several large video projectors. In 1987 Nettwerk Productions, of Vancouver, Canada, signed Manufacture to make two full length CDs as well as a variety of 12" dance singles. Sarah McLachlan sang "As the End Draws Near" on Manufacture's first album "Terrorvision", which eventually was awarded a platinum single in Canada when the song appeared on her album: "B Sides, Rarities, And Other Stuff".
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Manufacture members Brian Bothwell & Perry Geyer began Manufacture through their mutual hatred of music. They often claimed in interviews that they didn't just hate a type of music, they hated ALL music. Brian Bothwell (a filmmaker/music video director) and Perry Geyer (Audio engineer) began Manufacture as a soundtrack company for horror films, (inspired by a meeting with Richard H Kirk & Steven Malender, from Cabaret Voltaire.).

Manufacture began doing live multi-media shows around the early to mid-1980s. These shows featured large multi-media video projection screens as well as a variety of Special Effects and tons of
sound gear and video gear, a type of show that was virtually unknown in those days. They also had (at the time) an audio/video studio called Corporation X, Which produced music videos, soundtracks, independent films, and music demos, for otherbands. An early client of that studio was Buzz McCoy of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. Manufacture were known by Al Jourgenson, who was a fan. Manufacture were then hired by Al Jourgenson to open for a Ministry show (Twitch tour) and after seeing them live, instantly worked out a deal with WAX! TRAX! for a record, which Al Jourgenson was to produce. Manufacture then became the opening act for several Ministry shows in the mid-west and Chicago, for the remainder of that "tour".
During the pre-production of the record ("Terrorvision"), MANUFACTURE and Al Jourgenson took some time out to Record a 12" REVOLTING COCKS single with Richard 23 (Of Front 242), titled "You Often Forget". The result was a single released by REVCO with Richard 23's lyrics on it and Al & Manufacture's programming, using Manufacture's original sound samples.
When the single was released, No writing credit (they claimed) was given to Manufacture for the work they did on "You Often Forget" and they (allegedly) had disagreements with Al Jourgenson about it. Also a (alleged) rift was placed between Richard 23, Front 242 and Al Jorgenson and eventually they too left WAX TRAX, for Epic. Although (Money and promotional power was Front 242's main reason) Manufacture were then signed to Nettwerk (Through Dave Olgilvy, a co-producer/engineer/live-mixer of Skinny Puppy) The songs Manufacture wrote for Wax! Trax! became the NETTWERK album "Terrorvision". They utilized even more of the same set of original
industrial samples, (the same ones they used for "You Often Forget") which Manufacture had recorded live on location with a demolition company that was destroying a large office building in Boston, MA, USA.