86年成立的老牌乐队Front Line Assembly，其成员Bill Leeb和Rhys Fulber均来自加拿大温哥华，是上世纪加拿大著名的工业电子乐队Skinny Puppy的成员，共同的音乐理念使他们脱离Skinny Puppy，创立了Front Line Assembly乐队，冷硬工业电子风格一直是乐队的标志。乐队成立并参与了一些合辑后，于一九八七年推出乐队同名专辑，并很快拥有了三支热门单曲“The Initial Command”、“State of Mind”、“Corrosion”。一九八九年的专辑《Gashed Senses ＆ Crossfire》开始转向工业舞曲，在此后进行的欧洲巡演中乐队完成了第一张现场专辑《simply，Live》。一九九零年推出第一张电子音乐专辑《Caustic Grip》，四年后推出的士高味道的工业舞曲专辑《Tactical Neural Implant》。一九九七年Rhys Fulber离队，由Chris Peterson接替。乐队在近十二年的时间以惊人的创造力和速度发行了二十九张专辑，但这些专辑的数量不是很大，尤其是乐队早期的作品更是凤毛麟角。 by Jason AnkenyFront Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber — who initially joined on as a studio assistant — and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front Line Assembly issued its first three full-length efforts — The Initial Command, State of Mind, and Corrosion — on a monthly basis between December 1987 and February 1988. Later in 1988, Corrosion, a subsequent mini-album titled Disorder, and a number of exclusive bonus tracks were compiled and released as Convergence.In 1989, the group returned with the album Gashed Senses & Crossfire, which contained the dance-flavored singles Digital Tension Dementia and No Limit. A European tour in support of the record yielded a live album — titled simply Live — that was released and deleted on the same day in a limited edition of 4,000 pressings. After Balch departed Front Line Assembly in 1990, Fulber stepped in as a full partner; the streamlined duo soon released the electro-styled album Caustic Grip, while 1992s Tactical Neural Implant found the groups music moving in a harder-edged disco direction. By 1994, the sound evolved yet again, with the album Millennium displaying a newfound reliance on guitars; both the title track and This Faith scored as club hits. Fulber departed the lineup by 1997, while his replacement Chris Peterson debuted with 1998s Monument. Implode appeared one year later. Sticking with a heavy dose of synth pop trance and throbbing melodies, Leeb and Peterson issued Epitaph in fall 2001. Rhys Fulber returned for the 2001 album Civilization and remained for the 2006 release Artificial Soldier, which found guitarist/keyboardist Jeremy Inkel joining the band. The remix album Fallout followed in 2007.