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n. (context slang English) An aficionado of industrial music.
Wikipedia
A rivethead or rivet head is a person associated with the industrial dance music scene. Unlike the original industrial movement (the members of which are sometimes referred to as "industrialists"), the rivethead scene had coherent youth culture with a discernible fashion style. The scene and its dress code emerged in the late 1980s on the basis of e lectro-industrial, EBM and i ndustrial rock music. The associated dress style is militaristic with hints of punk aesthetics and fetish wear.
Rivethead or rivet-head may (aside from the head of a rivet) refer to:
- A rivethead, obsolete (ca. 1940s) slang for an American automotive industry assembly line worker
- A rivethead, in the 1980s a slang for a member of the heavy metal subculture, especially an Iron Maiden fan
- A rivethead, in the 1990s onward, a participant in the subculture surrounding electro-industrial, EBM and industrial rock music
- Rivethead, a punk rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota on Recess Records in the early 2000s; members went on to form Dear Landlord, Banner Pilot, and Off with Their Heads.
Usage examples of "rivethead".
The water from what looked like an ordinary rivethead splashed momentarily on his chest, but he did not connect the spray with the beam from the Commander's weapon which had devoured him as he slept.