Godflesh was formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1988 by Justin Broadrick
(born 1968, Birmingham) as guitarist, vocalist, and programmer, and B. C. Green
(born 1967, Birmingham) as bassist and programmer; their early work emerged from
the duo’s previous band Fall of Because. The pair released the self‑titled
Godflesh EP on the Swordfish label in 1988, followed by the full‑length
Streetcleaner in 1989 on Earache Records, which established their industrial
metal style. Subsequent albums Pure (1992), Selfless (1994), Songs of Love and
Hate (1996), Us and Them (1999), and Hymns ...