Of two electronic music groups, The Prodigy or Front 242, which group gained popularity earlier?
Front 242 Front 242 is a Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. Pioneering the style they called electronic body music, they were a profound influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.
Electro-industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups, either from Canada or the Benelux. In the early 1990s, the style spawned the "dark electro" genre, and in the mid-/late-1990s, the "aggrotech" offshoot. The fan base for the style is linked to the rivethead subculture.