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'''Kollaps''' was an industrial-synthpop band formed in the mid 1980s -1987 [https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16014coll5/id/37207/rec/1] by [[Exotic Birds]] members [[Andy Kubiszewski]], Doug Beck, Richard Carpenter (all also in [[and others as a side project and as a way for them to experiment with industrial music that wouldn't fit with the Exotic Birds]], another early band ' musical aesthetic. [[Trent Reznor]] , who was also in)Exotic Birds, and others. Reznor was in the band Kollaps for a period of time before starting [[Nine Inch Nails]]. They often billed themselves as "Cleveland's answer to [[Skinny Puppy]]." [https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16014coll5/id/37162/rec/4] The band's name comes from the title of experimental group Einstürzende Neubauten's first album. Kollaps (the band) only released one three-track demo EP on cassette and 7" vinyl in 1987.
[[Richard Patrick]] was also a member of the band, recalling, "I was in this band called Kollaps. And I joined Kollaps in the beginning; it was like this ridiculous thing that...I didn't really understand what we were doing because I wasn't really familiar with industrial. ...And [Trent] saw me again with Kollaps later on...because he was in this band Kollaps with me. And then he left and went off and got a record deal..."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDT4UWJ14s4&t=900]