History Music / PitchShifter

* IconicLogo: The PSI eye.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: They mix IndustrialMetal with DrumAndBass, jungle music, HardcorePunk and AlternativeMetal. Yeah, sounds quite fetched, but they actually made it work.

* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISing: "Un-United Kingdom".

* MyCountryTisOfTheeISing: "Un-United Kingdom".

* ContemptibleCover: ...Well, once you realize what/who it is. The album cover of ''Industrial'' is a movie still taken from the film ''Blue Velvet'', lifted directly from the scene where [[spoiler: Frank Booth [[PrettyLittleHeadshots gets shot in the head]].]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Around a 9 for ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'', 9-8 for ''Desensitized'', 8-7 for ''Infotainment'', and then ranging from 6 to 8 for ''www.pitchshifter.com'' onwards.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'' owe quite a bit to early-period Godflesh. It's even theorized that the blurred face on the cover of ''Industrial'' is that of Justin Broadrick. [[note]]Though unfortunately, this theory is in fact false. See ContemptibleCover above for more info on that.[[/note]]

A British industrial-metal (and later on, electronic-rock) band formed in 1989. Initially playing a minimalistic, sludgy, and very heavy variation of industrial metal reminiscent of ''Streetcleaner''-era Music/{{Godflesh}}, Pitch Shifter later added elements from electronica, such as drum 'n bass and jungle-inspired percussion, resulting in positive critical attention and relatively good (though still modest) sales for releases like ''www.pitchshifter.com''. Since their (to date) last album release ''PSI'' in 2002, the band has become largely dormant, only playing the occasional festival and releasing an EP, though there have been rumours of a new album flying around since 2009, with a new album scheduled for release in 2012.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'' owe quite a bit to early-period Godflesh. It's even theorized that the blurred face on the cover of ''Industrial'' is that of Justin Broadrick. [[noote]]Though unfortunately, this theory is in fact false. See ContemptibleCover above for more info on that.[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}}: The band was full of these durimg the ''Desensitized'' and ''Infotainment'' period of their careers, and made a point to let everyone know that they ''weren't'' part of the neo-Nazi variety.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'' owe quite a bit to early-period Godflesh. It's even theorized that the blurred face on the cover of ''Industrial'' is that of Justin Broadrick.

A British industrial-metal (and later on, electronic-rock) band formed in 1989. Initially playing a minimalistic, sludgy, and very heavy variation of industrial metal reminiscent of ''Streetcleaner''-era {{Godflesh}}, PitchShifter later added elements from electronica, such as drum 'n bass and jungle-inspired percussion, resulting in positive critical attention and relatively good (though still modest) sales for releases like ''www.pitchshifter.com''. Since their (to date) last album release ''PSI'' in 2002, the band has become largely dormant, only playing the occasional festival and releasing an EP, though there have been rumours of a new album flying around since 2009, with a new album scheduled for release in 2012.

* {{Vaporware}}: As of 2014, the album originally scheduled for 2012 has yet to materialize.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: They mix IndustrialMetal with drum and bass, jungle music, HardcorePunk and AlternativeMetal. Yeah, sounds quite fetched, but they actually made it work.

* ''www.pitchshifter.com'' (1998)

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: They mix IndustrialMetal with drum and bass, jungle music, HardcorePunk and AlternativeMetal. What more could you ask for?

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: They mix IndustrialMetal with drum and bass, jungle and AlternativeMetal. What more could you ask for?

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Around a 9 for ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'', 9-8 for ''Desensitized'', 8-7 for ''Infotainment'', and then going back to an 8 for ''www.pitchshifter.com'' onwards.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Around a 9 for ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'', 9-8 for ''Desensitized'', 8-7 for ''Infotainment'' declining to around 5-6 for ''www.pitchshifter.com'' onwards.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: As the band's sound has changed, so has frontman J.S. Clayden's appearance. Compare his look in the page photo to [[http://www.last.fm/music/Pitchshifter/+images/55216815 this photo]] from the ''Submit'' EP.[[hottip:*:J.S. is the kneeling guy closest to the camera]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Around a 9 for ''Industrial'' and ''Submit'', declining to around 5-6 for ''www.pitchshifter.com'' onwards.

A British industrial-metal (and later on, electronic-rock) band formed in 1989. Initially playing a minimalistic, sludgy, and very heavy variation of industrial metal reminiscent of ''Streetcleaner''-era {{Godflesh}}, PitchShifter later added elements from electronica, such as drum 'n bass and jungle-inspired percussion, resulting in positive critical attention and relatively good (though still modest) sales for releases like ''www.pitchshifter.com''. Since their (to date) last album release ''PSI'' in 2002, the band has become largely dormant, only playing the occasional festival and releasing an EP, though there have been rumours of a new album flying around since 2009.