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When [[industrial music]] developed in [[England]] in the mid-1970s with [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] and [[Throbbing Gristle]], these groups used electronic instruments, percussion with found objects, and looped samples of "found" soundbites, elements later taken up by Front 242. These techniques can be seen as an extension of the use of electronic sources of sound as musical instruments and percussion with found objects by composer [[Edgard Varèse]].

Front 242 werewas created in [[1981]] in [[Aarschot]], [[Belgium]] by Daniel Bresanutti and Dirk Bergen, who wanted to create music and graphic design using emerging electronic tools. The initial name of ''C-Tec'' was changed to Front 242 because it had greater potential as a subject of graphic design. The first single, ''Principles'', was released late in 1981. Although some members now claim that the name does not have a particular meaning, in an early '90s interview on Dutch TV (the Tragedy >for you< period with slo-mo version of that track playing in background), Daniel Bresanutti said that the '242' part comes from him swearing '242!' instead of 'damn!' when he was young.{{verify source}}.

[[Patrick Codenys]] and [[Jean-Luc De Meyer]] had separately formed a group called ''Under Viewer'' at about the same time, and the two duos joined together in [[1982]]. Bresanutti, Codenys and De Meyer took turns on vocals at first, until they settled on De Meyer as the lead vocalist (early recordings with Bresanutti on vocals have recently been released). De Meyer came to write most of the lyrics. They decided not to use the regular waveform settings on their synthesizers, arguing that creating the waveform for each note was part of the creative process.