Editing Front Line Assembly (section)

{{short description|Canadian electro-industrial band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Front Line Assembly
| image             = Rhys Fulber, Bill Leeb Front Line Assembly.jpg
| caption           = Rhys Fulber (left) and Bill Leeb
| image_upright     = 1.2
| origin            = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Industrial music|Industrial]]|[[electronic body music|EBM]]|[[electro-industrial]]}}
| years_active      = {{start date|1986}}–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Third Mind Records|Third Mind]]|[[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]]|[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]|[[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]|[[Off Beat (label)|Off Beat]]|[[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]]|[[Dependent Records|Dependent]]|[[Zoth Ommog Records|Zoth Ommog]]}}
| spinoffs          = {{hlist|[[Delerium]]}}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Cyberaktif]]|[[Delerium]]|[[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]]|[[Fauxliage]]|[[Fear Factory]]|[[Intermix (band)|Intermix]]|[[Noise Unit]]|[[Pro-Tech]]|[[Chris Peterson (producer)|Revelstoker]]|[[Skinny Puppy]]|[[Synæsthesia (Canadian band)|Synæsthesia]]|[[Unit 187]]|[[Will (band)|Will]]}}
| website           = {{URL|https://www.frontlineassembly.com/}}
| current_members   = [[Bill Leeb]]<br />[[Rhys Fulber]]
| past_members      = Michael Balch<br />[[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]]<br />[[Jeremy Inkel]]<br />[[Jared Slingerland]]
}}

'''Front Line Assembly''' ('''FLA''') is a Canadian [[electro-industrial]] band formed by [[Bill Leeb]] in [[1986 in music|1986]] after leaving [[Skinny Puppy]]. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of [[electronic body music]] and [[electro-industrial]]. The band's membership has rotated through the years, including Michael Balch, [[Rhys Fulber]], and [[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]], all of whom are associated with several other acts.

Since their inception, the group have produced over a dozen studio albums and EPs, several of which have charted on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s Top Dance/Electronic Album chart. The albums ''[[Tactical Neural Implant]]'' and ''[[Hard Wired]]'' are two of the group's most successful records, the former being considered a classic among industrial music fans. They have also produced soundtracks for video games such as ''[[Quake III: Team Arena]]'' (a collaboration with [[Sonic Mayhem]]) and ''[[AirMech]]''.

Over the years, the band's name has sometimes been published as "Front Line Assembly", and sometimes as "Frontline Assembly". The former spelling is the most common, and the band's members have stated that the version with three separate words is preferred.<ref name="sonicenvelopefulberinterview2">{{cite web | url=http://www.sonicenvelope.com/interviews/fulber2.html | title=More "Stuff" Than "Dat" – an interview with Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly | publisher=Sonic Envelope Magazine | last=Blink | first=Anastasia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030926015307/http://www.sonicenvelope.com/interviews/fulber2.html | archive-date=September 26, 2003 | access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref>