Health has been releasing “sad music for horny people” — their description! — since its self-titled debut in 2007. But in the years since, the industrial band comprised of Jake Duzsik, John Famiglietti and B.J. Miller has not only cultivated its own standout, bleak-yet-lush sound that captures the emotional horrors of life set to infectious beats, but also a hilarious social media presence that proves the trio isn’t just all doom and gloom.
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Nineteen years and six full-length albums later — the latest, Conflict DLC, arrived in December 2025 — the band has been touring what seems like endlessly, selling out shows around the world and still finding time to drop releases while on the road. Case in point? On Thursday (April 9), Health released R-Type IV — the fourth in a series of remix albums that have been arriving mere weeks apart (R-Type I was released at the end of February) — with the set dropping just a day before back-to-back sold-out shows in Minneapolis followed by Chicago, with more sellouts ahead in Toronto, Brooklyn, D.C., Nashville and Austin. Not only that, the band has squeezed in collabs over the years with some of industrial and rock’s heavyweights — think Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor (“Isn’t Everyone”), Deftones’ Chino Moreno (“Anti-Life”), Bad Omens (“The Drain”), Lamb of God (“Cold Blood”) and Chelsea Wolfe (“Mean”), for starters. (The NIN and Bad Omens collabs hit Nos. 11 and 7, respectively, on Billboard‘s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.)
Though constantly hard at work, the band finds time to share the lighter side of their lives and personalities, whether they’re touring or not, with bassist Famiglietti (aka Johnny Health) showing off a particularly fun side — and his cat ears! — in social media videos promoting Health’s shows and music. Some of that playfulness comes through via their merch stand, which has offered some — shall we say “fun”? — items for consenting adults, including band-branded condoms and yep, butt plugs.
But the band isn’t the only musical act with adult toys. For example, one Harry Styles launched his Pleasing line of pleasure products in July 2025, after all. What does Health think about the competition? Lead singer Duzsik shares his thoughts on that, the inspiration for their latest album, the record to introduce to people to the industrial genre, dream collabs and more.
1. Where are you in the world right now, and whats the setting like?
Home. Sitting at my desk in Los Angeles.
2. What is the first album or piece of music you bought for yourself, and what was the medium?
Alice In Chains, Dirt. On CD.
3. What did your parents do for a living when you were a kid, and what do or did they think of what you do for a living now?
My mom managed the warehouse of a moving company and my dad worked in a print shop. My family has always been very supportive of music.
4. What’s the first non-gear thing you bought for yourself when you started making money as an artist?
Booze.
5. If you had to recommend one album for someone looking to get into industrial music, what would you give them and why?
People can find a reason to complain about anything, and even if it seems too obvious, I’m going to say Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral. It did more to introduce a worldwide audience to industrial music than any other album. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
6. What’s the last song you listened to?
Bjork, “Hyperballad.”
8. You released Conflict DLC in December. For those who have never listened to Health before, how would you describe the album — and your sound — to encourage them to give the album a listen?
I’d call the sound Neo Industrial. I would say the album is an attempt at creating a collection of sad and dystopic songs that is still somehow fun. It’s not up to me to say if it was a success of not.
9. What topics have been the biggest influences for your most recent music, and why?
The general unraveling of civilization and our abrupt decent into a technocratic nightmare of ignorance and cognitive decline.
10. The band has some pretty fun slogans — “Sad music for horny people” and “cum metal,” for example. How did you come up with those?
John is the slogan man.
11. You’ve got some competition from Harry Styles, who last year started selling his “Pleasing Yourself” line of intimate products such as lube and vibrators, while you started selling butt plugs in 2023. What do you think of this new competition from him, and do you have any new toys planned to challenge his line of products?
If someone in Harry Styles’ camp was inspired by our “non traditional” merch, we would view it as a compliment.
12. It feels like Health is constantly on the road, yet you are also consistently and regularly releasing new music, whether it be new albums or remixes and collabs: two albums, three versions of Disco4 and five versions of R-Type, all between 2020 and end of April 2025. Where do you find the time?!
We try to never get out of the habit of writing new music. It’s just like anything else, once you stop it can be hard to start again.
13. You’ve had some amazing collabs over the years — Trent Reznor, Chino Moreno, Bad Omens and more. Who’s at the top of your dream collab list for next? Who’s been your favorite so far, and why? Any you can tease for the upcoming R-Types?
There are so many dream collabs, it’s hard to narrow it down. Depeche Mode and 2hollis would be high on the list for me. My personal favorite are the ones we did with Xiu Xiu as well as NIN.
14. Your music is, as you’ve put it, “sad,” but your online personas are hilarious, especially on social media. Was it a conscious decision to have such a dichotomy?
It feels like this is a more honest representation of how feel at the current moment. Simply being melancholy and mysterious seems a bit forced in the age of social media. At least for us it would.
15. You’re big into anime. For fans who’ve yet to explore this art form, which anime would you recommend for them to get started? And what are your personal favorites?
Start with the classics: Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll. If you aren’t into it by then, you can stop trying to understand.
16. Speaking of anime, Megan Thee Stallion is also a huge fan, and is launching her own anime series with Amazon Prime. If you could have your own anime series, what would it be about, and which network/streamer would be the best fit?
John says, “A dark fantasy epic on Crunchyroll.”
17. Are there causes or charities involved with that you’d like people to know about?
I have a child, as such I’m very aware of how fortunate he is. In that context, I think charities like Unicef are hugely important and can really help. As a band we work closely with END OVERDOSE, and give out free fentanyl testing kits at our merch tables.
18. What’s your favorite place to listen to and experience industrial music?
In a dark warehouse made of crumbling brick and rusted steel … obviously.
19. What’s the best business decision you’ve ever made?
To stop killing myself with alcohol and drugs, I guess.
20. One piece of advice you’d give to your younger self?
Invest in bitcoin and buy property in New Zealand.
