Someone who enjoys the darker industrial side of
techno, or more accurately, the more aggressive stompy side of industrial
music. The rivethead is ridiculed equally by the old school industrial fans as well as the newer cyber crowd, but is usually too busy stomping to Caustic, Feindflug or
Die Krupps to give a damn. Rivetheads are commonly thought of as being supremely elitist but behind those outsized military goggles there often lies a knowing sense of humour--hell, you'd need one if you dressed for
war just to go clubbing.
"You
call yourself a rivethead? I invented that shit. You wanna stomp to Death Method, you owe me royalties." --
Chase of Reconstriction records (he may or
may not have actually said this)