History YMMV / Whitehouse

** "Why You Never Became A Dancer" became well-known on the Internet due to the famous ''Website/IshkursGuideToElectronicMusic'' sampling it as an example of power electronics music. The song's opening line (CAN I SUGGEST? YOU GET FUCKED!) also become infamous.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the earlier material, while groundbreaking for pushing the limits of industrial music and extreme electronics, sounds very crude and immature when looked back on today, especially compared to more artful artists like Music/{{Merzbow}} or even Whitehouse's own material made after their 1990 reunion. Heavily bootlegged albums, particularly ''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (the album which coined the term [[TropeNamers "power electronics"]]), can suffer more--the only exposure modern audiences tend to get is via cheaply-made needle drops.

* MemeticMutation: "Why You Never Became A Dancer" became well-known on the Internet due to the famous ''Website/IshkursGuideToElectronicMusic'' sampling it as an example of power electronics music. The song's opening line (CAN I SUGGEST? YOU GET FUCKED!) also become infamous.

* MemeticMutation: "Why You Never Became A Dancer" became well-known on the Internet due to the famous ''Website/IshkursGuideToElectronicMusic'' sampling it as an example of power electronics music.
** An infamous fan-made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNKgah948s video]] of the song featuring a looped clip of a smiling woman has gained lots of traction throughout the web. It gets to the point where "Why You Never Became A Dancer" can arguably be considered a SignatureSong for people on the Internet.

* MemeticMutation: "Why You Never Became A Dancer" became well-known on the Internet due to the famous Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music sampling it as an example of power electronics music.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the earlier material, while groundbreaking for pushing the limits of industrial music and extreme electronics, sounds very crude and immature when looked back on today, especially compared to more artful artists like Music/{{Merzbow}} or even Whitehouse's own material made after their 1990 reunion. Heavily bootlegged albums, particularly''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (the album which coined the term [[TropeNamers "power electronics"]]), can suffer more--the only exposure modern audiences tend to get is via cheaply-made needle drops.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Try And Be Grateful" has a sampled piece of organ music playing faintly in the background, completely uninterrupted and unacknowledged throughout the course of the entire song. It doesn't even end--it just cuts out when the song's over.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Try And Be Grateful" has a sampled piece of organ music playing faintly in the background, completely uninterrupted and unacknowledged throughout the course of the entire song.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Try And Be Grateful" has a sampled piece of organ music playing faintly in the background, completely uninterrupted and unacknowledged throughout the course of the song.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The 2000s albums aside, Whitehouse isn't known for their evolving sound. Also, they are notorious for frequently re-recording the same tracks over again: for instance, "A Cunt Like You" aka "Just Like a Cunt" was re-leased on three albums and one limited single.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the earlier material, while groundbreaking for pushing the limits of industrial music and extreme electronics, sounds very crude and immature when looked back on today, especially compared to more artful artists like {{Merzbow}} or even Whitehouse's own material made after their 1990 reunion. Heavily bootlegged albums, particularly''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (the album which coined the term [[TropeNamers "power electronics"]]), can suffer more--the only exposure modern audiences tend to get is via cheaply-made needle drops.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the earlier material, while groundbreaking for pushing the limits of industrial music and extreme electronics, sounds very crude and immature when looked back on today, especially compared to more artful artists like {{Merzbow}} or even Whitehouse's own material made after their 1990 reunion. Heavily bootlegged albums, particularly''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (the album which coined the term [[TropeNamers "power electronics"]]) which has never been digitally remastered and reissued, can suffer more as poorly made vinyl and tape rips circulate.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The aforementioned 2000s albums aside, Whitehouse isn't known for their evolving sound. Also, they are notorious for frequently re-recording the same tracks over again: for instance, "A Cunt Like You" aka "Just Like a Cunt" was re-leased on three albums and one limited single.

* ItsDifferentSoItSucks: The more rhythmic albums from the 2000s.
* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: The aforementioned 2000s albums aside, Whitehouse isn't known for their evolving sound. Also, they are notorious for frequently re-recording the same tracks over again: for instance, "A Cunt Like You" aka "Just Like a Cunt" was re-leased on three albums and one limited single.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Some of the earlier material, while groundbreaking for pushing the limits of industrial music and extreme electronics, sounds very crude and immature when looked back on today, especially compared to more artful artists like {{Merzbow}} or even Whitehouse's own material made after their 1990 reunion. Heavily bootlegged albums, particularly''Psychopathia Sexualis'' (the album which coined the term [[TropeNamer "power electronics"]]) which has never been digitally remastered and reissued, can suffer more as poorly made vinyl and tape rips circulate.