Powerman 5000 in Tempe

Powerman 5000 is an American industrial metal band formed in Boston in 1991 by vocalist Spider One. The band is best known for the album Tonight the Stars Revolt! and its songs “When Worlds Collide” and “Nobody’s Real”; “Bombshell” later became another staple of its catalog. Powerman 5000 played Ozzfest in 1999, during the touring cycle for Tonight the Stars Revolt!. In 2000, the band moved onto stadium stages as part of Metallica’s Summer Sanitarium Tour, whose lineup also included Korn, Kid Rock and System of a Down.

Aesthetic Perfection is an American industrial-electronic project founded by singer, songwriter and producer Daniel Graves in 2000. Its catalogue ranges across dark electro, EBM, synthpop and industrial rock, including the albums A Violent Emotion, All Beauty Destroyed, ‘Til Death and Into the Black. “The Dark Half,” “Antibody” and “Gods & Gold” are among its best-known songs. In 2012, Aesthetic Perfection supported Rammstein on the North American leg of the Made in Germany 1995–2011 Tour. After that arena run, the project returned to headline touring in clubs and theatres across North America and Europe, performing as Graves fronting a live band built around electronic programming, guitar and drums. The project has appeared at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig and M’era Luna in Hildesheim. Aesthetic Perfection has also performed at multiple editions of Cologne’s Amphi Festival.