Editing Bill Leeb (section)

==Career==
Leeb began his musical career with [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[Skinny Puppy]] in 1984 under the pseudonym '''Wilhelm Schroeder''',<ref name="rad1radiointerview" /> contributing [[bass synth]] and occasional backing vocals to a few of their [[sound recording and reproduction|recordings]] and concerts. He left in 1986 and formed his own industrial project [[Front Line Assembly]] with Michael Balch, and later [[Rhys Fulber]]<ref name="sosinterview">{{cite journal |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/jan95/frontlineassembly.html |title=Bill Leeb: Front Line Assembly |last=Humberstone |first=Nigel |journal=[[Sound on Sound]] |publisher=SOS Publications Group |location=[[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom]] |date=January 1995 |access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> and [[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]]. Though Front Line Assembly has had consistent underground success, Leeb's most widely known efforts are through his side project [[Delerium]], which had a major [[hit record|hit]] in the late 1990s with "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]".<ref name="allmusic">{{Allmusic |class=artist |id=bill-leeb-mn0000063675 |tab=biography |label=Bill Leeb: ''Artist Biography by Steve Huey'' |first=Steve |last=Huey |access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> Leeb composed the soundtrack to the 1999 video game, ''[[Quake III Arena]]'', of which the expansion pack, ''Team Arena'', was composed by his band, Front Line Assembly.

In 2017, Leeb appeared as guest singer on the single ''A Shiver of Want'', a release of [[John Fryer (producer)|John Fryer]]'s project Black Needle Noise.<ref name="shiversingle">{{cite web |url=http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2017/05/review-black-needle-noise-w-bill-leeb.html |title=Review: Black Needle Noise w/ Bill Leeb – 'A Shiver Of Want' |last=Palfrey |first=Sean |date=3 May 2017 |website=Intravenous Magazine |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref>

In 2022, Leeb contributed vocals for Black Asteroid's single ''Methane Rain''.<ref name="methanesingle">{{cite web |url=https://post-punk.com/black-asteroid-debuts-new-single-methane-rain-featuring-front-line-assembly/ |title=Black Asteroid Debuts New Single "Methane Rain" Featuring Front Line Assembly |last=Teeple |first=Alice |date=May 17, 2022 |website=post-punk.com |access-date=December 17, 2023}}</ref>

In June 2024, American label [[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]] announced Leeb's first solo album ''[[Model Kollapse]]'', to be released on September 13, 2024.<ref name="regenmagfirstsolo">{{cite web |url=https://regenmag.com/news/news-front-line-assembly-releases-latest-warmech-remix-with-deep-infirmary-metropolis-records-announces-solo-album-debut-from-bill-leeb/ |title=Metropolis Records announces solo album debut from Bill Leeb |last=Yücel |first=Ilker |date=June 28, 2024 |website=regenmag.com |access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref> The first single ''Terror Forms'' was released on July 9 along with a video.<ref name="sidelineterrorforms">{{cite web |url=https://www.side-line.com/bill-leeb-launches-first-single-from-upcoming-solo-debut-terror-forms-out-now/ |title=Bill Leeb launches first single from upcoming solo debut: 'Terror Forms' – Out now  |last=Van Isacker |first=Bernard |date=July 9, 2024 |website=side-line.com |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> Metropolis released the second single ''Demons'' on August 9, 2024, that was also accompanied by a video.<ref name="regenmagdemons">{{cite web |url=https://regenmag.com/news/news-bill-leeb-addresses-technologys-effects-on-creativity-with-second-single-and-music-video-from-upcoming-solo-debut-front-line-assembly-releases-latest-warmech-remix-with-mvtant/ |title=Bill Leeb addresses technology’s effects on creativity with second single and music video from upcoming solo debut |last=Yücel |first=Ilker |date=August 9, 2024 |website=regenmag.com |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref> Leeb explained that the idea of a solo album was suggested by Metropolis founder Dave Heckman, who passed away before the album's release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chaoscontrol.com/bill-leeb-interview-model-kollapse/|title=Bill Leeb discusses his debut solo album, "Model Kollapse"|date=12 September 2024}}</ref>

===Dispute with Trent Reznor===
In an interview with music magazine ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' in 1992, [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]] made derogatory remarks about Front Line Assembly, calling them "a textbook case of a band" for industrial music and their music "monotonous, boring, uninspired bullshit".<ref name="spinnininterview">{{cite magazine |last=Greer |first=Jim |date=March 1992 |title=Nine Inches of Love |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_spin_1992-03_7_12/page/n45/mode/2up |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |location=New York City |publisher=Camouflage Associates |volume=7 |issue=12 |page=41 |issn=0886-3032 |oclc=970690651 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Before the release of the issue, Reznor sent Leeb an apology letter. In one of their following issues, ''Spin'' printed part of the apology, in which Reznor expressed that he "should have thought before opening [his] mouth", along with a response from Leeb in which he implores Reznor to "think before making such ludicrous statements" and that he hopes "that others will use a little more thought before they go out of their way to put others down".<ref name="ninreaction">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 1992 |title=Point Blank: Letters: Pretty Hate Mail |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_spin_1992-06_8_3/page/n13/mode/2up |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |location=New York City |publisher=Camouflage Associates |volume=8 |issue=3 |page=12 |issn=0886-3032 |oclc=970690651 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Acting===
In 1990, Leeb appeared in the trailer for the horror movie ''Chunk Blower'' together with [[Dwayne Goettel]] from [[Skinny Puppy]],<ref name="dmchunkblower">{{cite web |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/chunk_blower_the_unfinished_horror_film_starring_members_of_skinny_puppy |title='Chunk Blower', the unfinished horror movie starring members of Skinny Puppy |last=Hall |first=Oliver |date=January 14, 2016 |website=Dangerous Minds |access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> playing one of the victims of a killer. Due to the lack of funding, the movie was never made.<ref name="fangoriachunkblower">{{cite magazine |last=Alexander |first=Chris |date=January 2014 |title=The Politic Spasmolytic |url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_329/page/n53/mode/2up |magazine=[[Fangoria]] |location=Atlanta |publisher=The Brooklyn Company |issue=329 |page=54 |issn=0164-2111 |oclc=46637019 |access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> Director [[Jim Van Bebber]] and Leeb would later use footage from the trailer in the video for the single "[[Caustic Grip#Singles|Virus]]".