As a divergence from the New Romantic, goth, steampunk and similarly extravagant youth cultures, the idea is to make a statement with as few dress components as possible. Other influences include sci-fi archetypes, such as Lupus Yonderboy of the Panther Moderns and Razorgirl from the cyberpunk literature (characters from the Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson).īelow are some of the main characteristics of the rivethead dress style. Several movies, such as Hardware (1990), Strange Days and Johnny Mnemonic (1995), contain songs by Ministry, KMFDM, Diatribe, Stabbing Westward and other bands who are associated with the rivethead culture. Some parts of the rivethead scene emphasize a post-apocalyptic, dystopian influence, often inspired by movies, e.g.
Additionally, it borrows elements of punk fashion, such as a fanned and/or dyed Mohawk hairstyle, and fetish wear, such as black leather or PVC tops, pants and shorts, along with modern primitive body modifications such as tattoos, piercings and scarification. The rivethead dress style has been inspired by military aesthetics, complemented by fashion "that mimics the grit and grime of industrial sectors in major metropolitan areas". Chemlab singer Jared Louche said he did not remember where the term came from, although he states that this song title was in his mind for years. In the same year, industrial rock group Chemlab-whose members were close friends of Chase-released their debut album, Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar, which had a track called Rivet Head. In 1993, he released Rivet Head Culture, a compilation that contains several electro-industrial and industrial rock acts from the North American underground music scene.
Glenn Chase, founder of San Diego music label Re-Constriction Records, is responsible for the term's meaning in the 1990s. Initially, the term rivethead had been used since the 1940s as a nickname for North American automotive assembly line and steel construction workers and hit the mainstream through the publication of Ben Hamper's Rivethead: Tales From the Assembly Line, which is otherwise unrelated to the subculture.
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