ThouShaltNot

Smith Alexander Reed is an American musicologist and musician. He was the leader of the industrial music group ThouShaltNot from 1998 to 2013, and since 2013 has led the project Seeming. As of 2026, he is a professor of music at Ithaca College. His academic works include the book Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, a co-authored 33 1/3 volume on the Flood LP by They Might Be Giants, and a monograph on Laurie Anderson's Big Science LP.