Hate Dept.

Hate Dept. is an American industrial/punk rock band, formed in 1991 by Steven Seibold.^[4] Seibold is a multi-instrumentalist who writes, records and releases Hate Dept. albums with minimal outside help. He formed Hate Dept. in 1991 in reaction to fickle 'electro' audiences and antipathy towards live electronic bands, taking his sound in a more punk direction.^[3]

Hate Dept.
Genres	Industrial rock, punk rock
Years active	1991–present
Labels	21st Circuitry Neurotic Restless Underground Offbeat Artoffact Mars Colony
Members	Steven Seibold (1991–present) Nick Meade Jae Stevens Ivan Kazak
Past members	Steven Ortiz Mark Greco Charles Hunt [1] Rob Robinson Jamie Leighton[2] Coby Basset Ryan Daily Shawn Sutherland[3] James Pratt Scott "Phrog" Elgram Craig Longiotti Diana O'Donahue Paul Neiser Jeff Smith Trey Miller Chad Danley Garret Craig Jason Gildner James Agnew Dean Love Q Matthew Z Belcher[2]
Website	hatedept.com

Early years and Initial releases: 1991-1996

Hate Dept.'s debut album in 1994, Meat.Your.Maker, appeared in Rolling Stone's Top 10 alternative albums, while Seibold was nominated 'Best New Talent' by Keyboard magazine. Omnipresent, the second release by the group, was reviewed in Rolling Stone and Alternative Press and spent eight weeks on the CMJ RPM chart, peaking at #7.^[5]

Moderate success and subsequent releases: 1996-2013

Hate Dept. had a brief period of commercial success after the release of the third album Technical Difficulties. The only single, Release It, earned radio airplay in 50 North American markets. The song peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Dance chart.^[6] The release also peaked at #49 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 and #7 on the CMJ RPM Charts.^[7]

Seibold joined Pigface in 2001, touring and recording with Martin Atkins in several projects. During this time, Hate Dept. released their fourth album Ditch in 2003. Although the band had publicly announced the release of the fifth studio album, A New Ghost. Production stalled and for years, fans were left with little more than rumors of random, unavailable songs.

In August 2013, 10 years after the release of Ditch, the album New Ghost, was released.

Later years to present: 2013-present

In 2014 Seibold released a trilogy of albums available for remixing by fans on Bandcamp.

Discography

Studio albums

• meat.your.maker (1994, 21st Circuitry)
• Omnipresent (1996, Neurotic)
• Technical Difficulties (1998, Restless)
• DITCH (2003, Underground, Inc.)
• New Ghost (2013, Awful Noise)

EPs

• Mainline E.P. (1995, Neurotic)
• The Remix Wars: Strike 3 – 16 Volt vs. Hate Dept (1996, 21st Circuitry)