Editing Laibach (section)

== Legacy, influence and innovation ==
Despite emerging on the rich and vibrant [[Yugoslav rock scene]], Laibach is widely considered to be the only Yugoslav band to achieve large popularity in Western Europe during the existence of SFR Yugoslavia.<ref name="Janjatović171"/> The band has influenced a number of acts, has been paid tribute by several projects and has been a subject of several books and documentary films.

=== Tributes ===
In 1999, a tribute album to Laibach entitled ''Schlecht und Ironisch – Laibach Tribut'' (''Bad and Ironic – Laibach Tribute'') was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Schlecht-Und-Ironisch-Laibach-Tribut/release/466365 |title=Various – Schlecht Und Ironisch – Laibach Tribut (CD, Comp) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |access-date=6 November 2009 |archive-date=2 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902051217/http://www.discogs.com/Various-Schlecht-Und-Ironisch-Laibach-Tribut/release/466365 |url-status=live }}</ref> Canadian [[industrial metal|industrial]] [[doom metal]] band [[Zaraza]] released a Laibach tribute EP entitled ''Montrealska Akropola – A Tribute to Laibach'' (''[[Montreal]] Acropolis – A Tribute to Laibach'') in 2004.<ref name="Janjatović172">{{harvnb|Janjatović|2024|p=170-172}}</ref>

=== Martial music ===
Some early material by Laibach and later [[neoclassical (Dark Wave)|neoclassical]] releases by the band, such as the album ''[[Macbeth (album)|Macbeth]]'', were influential on certain artists within the [[martial industrial]] music genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/music-database/band/814762f818c7862ad5cb144b4aed6a2151dcc/biography|title=Radio Swiss Jazz - Music database - Band|website=Radioswissjazz.ch|access-date=19 July 2021|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070510/http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/music-database/band/814762f818c7862ad5cb144b4aed6a2151dcc/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Rammstein ===
Laibach is often cited as an influence for the popular German [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] band [[Rammstein]]. The parallel is regularly made between the bands regarding their aesthetics and deep male vocals both groups share and with their respective backgrounds of originating from former socialist countries.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9941678 |title= Mitä tapahtuu, kun fasismia flirttaileva rock-bändi päätyy kommunistidiktatuuriin? |publisher= Yle |date= 2017 |website= yle.fi |access-date= 24 May 2020 |archive-date= 9 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043631/https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9941678 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://psychotroniccinema.com/2017/07/21/liberation-day-with-laibach-and-director-morten-traavik/ |title= LIBERATION DAY – INTERVIEW WITH LAIBACH AND DIRECTOR MORTEN TRAAVIK |publisher= The Psychotronic Cinema |date= 2017 |website=psychotroniccinema.com |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/laibach-cares-more-about-your-freedom-than-you-do/|title=Laibach Cares More About Your Freedom Than You Do|publisher=Vice|date=2014|website=vice.com|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625225250/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ry4356/laibach-cares-more-about-your-freedom-than-you-do|url-status=live}}</ref>

When asked about the topic in an interview, the guitar player of Rammstein, [[Richard Kruspe]], claimed Rammstein to have a more emotional approach instead of the more "intellectual" style of Laibach. In the same interview the keyboard player of Rammstein [[Christian Lorenz]] drew a parallel between the deep voices of [[Till Lindemann]] and Milan Fras but considered this to be the only similarity between the two music groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Bdg9QVs54| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211110/d7Bdg9QVs54| archive-date=2021-11-10 | url-status=live|title= Rammstein VIVA JAM Interview 1997 (English)  |publisher= VIVA JAM |date= 1997 |website=youtube.com |access-date=24 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The documentary film ''Liberation Day'' ends with a notice stating that a member of a certain [[industrial metal]] band was supposed to be interviewed for the film about the influence Laibach had on their earlier work, but it had to be removed due to the prospect of arrest or a fine from the district court of Berlin towards the makers of the film. This, and the early promotional material for the film<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberationday.film/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LIBERATION-DAY-PRESS-KIT-2016.pdf |title=LIBERATION-DAY-PRESS-KIT-2016 |publisher=VFS FILMS |date=2016 |website=liberationday.film/ |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128075725/http://www.liberationday.film/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LIBERATION-DAY-PRESS-KIT-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> suggest that it was [[Paul Landers]] who was to appear in the film. 

When members of Laibach were asked by an interviewer about Rammstein "stealing" from them, they responded: "Laibach does not believe in originality... Therefore, Rammstein could not 'steal' much from us. They simply let themselves get inspired by our work, which is absolutely a legitimate process. We are glad that they made it. In a way, they have proven once again that a good 'copy' can make more money on the market than the 'original'. Anyhow, today we share the territory: Rammstein seem to be a kind of Laibach for adolescents and Laibach are Rammstein for grown-ups."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/139/laibach.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818164446/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/139/laibach.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 August 2004|title=Interview: Laibach|access-date = 22 April 2007}}</ref> Laibach would later provide a remix for the Rammstein single "[[Ohne dich]]".{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

=== Rankings ===
Laibach album ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (album)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'' was proclaimed in 2006 the 7th on ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' list of Ten Greatest Tribute Albums of All Time.<ref name="Janjatović172"/> The album ''[[Opus Dei (album)|Opus Dei]]'' was included in 2008 in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref name="Janjatović172"/> The same album was polled in 2015 as the 86th on the list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Albums published by the Croatian edition of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="rollingstone84">{{cite magazine|title=Rolling Stone – Specijalno izdanje: 100 najboljih albuma 1955 – 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=S3 Mediji|location=Zagreb|issue=Special edition|pages=84|language=hr}}</ref>

=== Books and documentaries ===
Laibach has been the subject of several books:
* ''NSK Monography'' (1992),<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Interrogation Machine: Laibach and NSK'' (2005) by Alexei Monroe,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Celostna umetnina Laibach: fragmentarni pogled'', (''The Laibach Integral Artwork: A Fragmentary View'', 2014) by Barbara Borčič,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Laibach: 40 godina večnosti'' (''Laibach: 40 Years of Eternity'', 2021) by Teodor Lorenčič.<ref name="Janjatović171"/>

The band has also been the subject of several documentaries:
* ''Laibach: Victory Under the Sun'' (1988), directed by [[Goran Gajić]],<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Bravo'' (1993), directed by Peter Vezjak and Daniel Landin,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Laibach: A Film from Slovenia'' (1993), directed by Daniel Landin and Chris Bohn,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''[[Predictions of Fire]]'' (1996), directed by Michael Benson,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''Divided States of America – Laibach 2004 Tour'' (2006), directed by Sašo Podgoršek,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''[[Liberation Day (film)|Liberation Day]]'' (2016), directed by Ugis Olte and Morten Traavik,<ref name="Janjatović171"/>
* ''LP Film Laibach'' (2017), directed by Igor Zupe.<ref name="Janjatović171"/>