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At Retroactive Records, we are in love with the 90's industrial-metal of bands like Circle of Dust, Brainchild, Klank, Chatterbox, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails. When we came across the Bumpus Hounds demo, we could hardly contain ourselves. How had this industrial-metal treasure stayed so obscure that none of us had even heard of it? How could music this good have flown completely under our radars for almost 30 years? And, lastly - how could we correct this grave injustice? We found Eric Shirey on Facebook, and found out that there was more than just the infamous Bumpus Hounds - the band went on to produce Primary Censor, Abstain, and Coarse. We scrubbed planet earth and the next six galaxies to find digital and physical copies of the music that ended up on this 2-CD Set called INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION. One band evolved into another band, that evolved into another, etc. Read on to learn the complete story.The Bumpus Hounds was a collaboration between Eric Shirey and Neil "Oatmeal" Thompson from Houston, TX-based death metal band Red Ink. Eric wrote most of the lyrics and provided vocals. Neil wrote and programmed the music and some lyrics. "The Pit Dug for the Wicked" was recorded on a Tascam 4-Track Recorder in the Austin, TX apartment of Noise Priest singer Stephen Wagers (aka Stig Stench) in 1992. Wally Shaw of Deitiphobia and Massivivid produced the EP. He also gave the duo a song he wrote for his side project, Icon Tack, to round out the recording. Shaw did a cameo as his rap persona, MC White E, on the track "Temple." Stephen also did guest vocals on the same song. Eric eeked out his vocals and Neil tracked all the guitars and bass in one weekend. The EP was originally distributed on cassette through mail order and only on blank tapes handmade by Eric or Neil."Thrown Away (X-Propagation Mix)" was a reworking of the song off The Bumpus Hounds' EP. Originally put together as a sort of template of where Eric Shirey wanted to go musically with his next project, all the programming and keyboards we...