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Skinny Puppy performing live in London, 2005
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Industrial, Electro-industrial |
| Years active | 1982–1995 2000 2003–present |
| Label(s) | Subconscious Communications Synthetic Symphony ex-Nettwerk ex-American Recordings ex-Play It Again Sam |
| Associated acts | ohGr Download Doubting Thomas W.E.L.T. platEAU The Tear Garden Front Line Assembly Ministry |
| Website | skinnypuppy.com |
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| cEvin Key Nivek Ogre Mark Walk Justin Bennett |
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| Dwayne Goettel Dave "Rave" Ogilvie Wilhelm Schroeder (Bill Leeb) William Morrison |
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Skinny Puppy is an industrial band, formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Electro-industrial is a musical outgrowth of the EBM and Post-industrial scene In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Subconscious Communications (originally Subconscious Records) is an Independent record label based in Toluca Lake, California. SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records. Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and CEvin Key of Skinny Puppy during 1994 Doubting Thomas is an industrial band formed by two members of Skinny Puppy: CEvin Key and the late Dwayne Goettel. WELT was a briefly extant side-project between members of industrial bands Skinny Puppy and Ministry. PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring CEvin Key and Phil Western. The Tear Garden is a psychedelic / gothic / electronic band formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and CEvin Key Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed Ministry was an American Industrial metal band founded by Frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981 cEvin Key (pronounced "Kevin Key" or "Seven Key" is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961) who was a founding Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the industrial band Skinny Mark Walk is an American composer producer Multi-instrumentalist and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy and OhGr. Dwayne Rudolph Goettel ( February 1 1964 - August 23 1995) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician Bill Leeb {born Wilhelm Anton Leeb, 21 September 1957, Vienna, Austria) is a Electronic musician. William Morrison (also known as Bill Morrison) is a Canadian born Juno Award -nominated Music video director, Documentary film director Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images In Vogue, Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Ogilvie) soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project. cEvin Key (pronounced "Kevin Key" or "Seven Key" is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961) who was a founding Images in Vogue was a Canadian New Wave group in the 1980s The band was formed in 1981 in Vancouver, and originally consisted of vocalist Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the industrial band Skinny Over the course of a dozen studio albums and many live tours, Key and Ogre have been the only constant members. Other members have included Dwayne Goettel (1986–1995), Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (long-time associate, producer, and "unofficial" fourth member until 1995, no relation to Ogre), Mark Walk (2003–present), and a number of guests, including Bill Leeb (1985–1986, under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder), Al Jourgensen (1989), and many others. Dwayne Rudolph Goettel ( February 1 1964 - August 23 1995) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician Mark Walk is an American composer producer Multi-instrumentalist and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy and OhGr. Bill Leeb {born Wilhelm Anton Leeb, 21 September 1957, Vienna, Austria) is a Electronic musician. Al Jourgensen (born October 9, 1958 in Havana, Cuba) is an American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the Industrial
Self-releasing their first cassette in 1984, Skinny Puppy soon signed to Vancouver label Nettwerk, anchoring its early roster. See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm From their Nettwerk debut EP Remission in 1984 to their 1992 album Last Rights, Skinny Puppy developed into an influential band with a dedicated cult following,[1] fusing elements of ambient, noise, new wave, electro and rock music and making innovative use of sampling. Remission is a 1984 EP by Skinny Puppy. It was later re-released on CD with extra tracks added to make it a full-length Album. Last Rights is an album released in 1992 by Canadian electronic group Skinny Puppy. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording Over the course of several tours of North America and Europe in this period, they became known for theatrical, horror-themed live performances and videos, drawing attention to issues such as animal testing and chemical warfare. Animal testing or animal research is the use of non-human Animals in scientific experimentation. Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy.
In 1993, Skinny Puppy left Nettwerk and long-time producer Rave, signing with American Recordings and relocating to Malibu, California, where drug problems and tension between band members plagued the recording of their next album, The Process. This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The Process is a 1996 album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. Many factors complicated the recording of The Process. Ogre quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995, and Goettel died of a heroin overdose two months later. The album was completed with Rave and released in Goettel's memory in 1996. Key and Ogre, already active in a number of other projects, went their separate ways, reuniting for a one-off Skinny Puppy concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany, in 2000. This is a list of Side projects of the prominent industrial band Skinny Puppy, who have released twelve albums and toured extensively since 1982 The Doomsday Festival was a two-day Music festival held August 19-20 2000, at the Ostragehege in Dresden Germany. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German Reforming Skinny Puppy in 2003 with Mark Walk, they have since released two albums on the German label Synthetic Symphony, and toured extensively. SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records.
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Inspired by the music of Nocturnal Emissions, Portion Control, and The Legendary Pink Dots,[2] music which had been accessible to the band primarily via tape exchange,[3] Skinny Puppy experimented with analog and digital recording techniques, composing multi-layered music with synthesizers, drum machines, acoustic percussion, tape-splices, found sounds, distortion, samplers, and conventional rock music instruments. Nocturnal Emissions is a Sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from Electro-acoustic, Musique concrete Portion Control is a British electronic and industrial band from South London The Legendary Pink Dots ( LPD) are an Anglo - Dutch Experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980 Cassette culture refers to the trading of home-made audio cassettes usually of rock or alternative music For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an The term found art &mdashmore commonly found object (objet trouvé or readymade &mdashdescribes Art created from the undisguised but often modified They also incorporated samples from films and radio broadcasts into their songs, and applied liberal amounts of distortion and other effects to Ogre's vocals, which were often delivered in the stream of consciousness style. Lyrical themes included animal rights, politics, religion, horror, drug abuse, disease, and environmental degradation; these themes were often lyrically and conceptually intertwined. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos The distinction between horror and terror is a standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic literature and film (Radcliffe 1826 Varma 1966 Crawford Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a Psychoactive drug or Performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as Air, Water and Soil; the destruction Skinny Puppy's often informal, improvisational approach to musical composition is indicated by use of the term brap, coined by them and defined as a verb meaning "to get together, hook up electronic instruments, get high, and record". [4]
Skinny Puppy were noted for theatrical and confrontational live performances that blended performance art with music,[5] especially in an ambitious period that spanned their Head Trauma (1988), VIVIsectVI (1988), Too Dark Park (1990), and Last Rights (1992) tours. This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Live performances involved periods of musical improvisation, film projections, and elaborate stage props and machines. Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental On-stage theatrics included Ogre being suspended from racks and cables, play with a hangman's noose, Key cutting steel with an angle grinder, and mock executions of Ogre and George H.W. Bush. Hangman's Knot is a 1952 western movie written and directed by Roy Huggins. An angle grinder is a handheld Power tool used for cutting grinding and Polishing. A mock execution is a method of psychological Torture, whereby the subject is made to believe that he is being led to his execution George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 [6] The band also worked with directors such as William Morrison and Jim Van Bebber on a number of music videos, the themes and style of which typically mirrored their live performances. William Morrison (also known as Bill Morrison) is a Canadian born Juno Award -nominated Music video director, Documentary film director Jim Van Bebber is an American film director Van Bebber attended Wright State University where he studied cinema A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics
Skinny Puppy formed in 1982–1983 from the partnership of cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton; instruments) and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie; vocals) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. cEvin Key (pronounced "Kevin Key" or "Seven Key" is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961) who was a founding Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the industrial band Skinny Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Key was dissatisfied with the pop direction of his then-current band Images in Vogue, and began Skinny Puppy with the intention of doing something more raw and experimental. Images in Vogue was a Canadian New Wave group in the 1980s The band was formed in 1981 in Vancouver, and originally consisted of vocalist Initially Key had planned Puppy to be a side project while he continued his work in Images, however, when Images in Vogue relocated to Toronto, Key made Skinny Puppy his full time project. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario [7] Key had already created the name of the project and the concept of music from a "dog's eye view" when Ogre joined, and it was with this idea that they recorded their first cassette Back and Forth (self-released, 1984) with help from Dave "Rave" Ogilvie. Back and Forth was the self-published debut album of Skinny Puppy, released in 1984 Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician This was the beginning of a long partnership between Skinny Puppy and Rave, who would serve as their producer until 1993, and again in 1995, and was occasionally listed as a member of the band in album liner notes. Back and Forth drew the attention of Vancouver startup label Nettwerk, who signed the band later that year. Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm The first live Skinny Puppy show was at Unovis in Vancouver in February 1984.
"Assimilate"
The dark electro-pop styles of their debut EP Remission (1984) and first album Bites (1985) earned the band a fan base. Remission is a 1984 EP by Skinny Puppy. It was later re-released on CD with extra tracks added to make it a full-length Album. Bites is an album by Skinny Puppy released as an LP under Nettwerk in 1985 Tom Ellard of Severed Heads lent a hand to the production of the Bites track "Assimilate", which, with its chorus of "rot and assimilate!", became one of the band's first underground hits. Thomas (Tom Ellard (born 1962 is an Australian Electronic musician most well known as the founding member of the electronic and Industrial music For the 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch, see A Severed Head. Severed Heads was an Australian Other popular songs from this period included "Smothered Hope", "The Choke", "Dead Lines", "Last Call", and "Far Too Frail".
Key and Ogre opened for Chris & Cosey on their 1985 Canadian tour as Hell 'O' Death Day; some of this material appeared on later Skinny Puppy releases. Chris & Cosey are a band formed in 1981 consisting of partners Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, both previously members of Industrial music pioneers Bill Leeb (working under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder), an early friend of the band, was never listed as a member in album liner notes, but contributed bass synth to a handful of tracks and was a touring member in 1985. Bill Leeb {born Wilhelm Anton Leeb, 21 September 1957, Vienna, Austria) is a Electronic musician. Bill Leeb {born Wilhelm Anton Leeb, 21 September 1957, Vienna, Austria) is a Electronic musician. The bass synthesizer (or "bass synth" is an Electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies By 1986 he had left the band to form Front Line Assembly. Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed Dwayne Goettel (synthesizers and samplers) joined Skinny Puppy in 1986; his band Water had opened for Skinny Puppy in Edmonton the previous year. Dwayne Rudolph Goettel ( February 1 1964 - August 23 1995) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Classically trained as a pianist/keyboardist, Goettel had previously worked with the synth pop band Psyche, among others. Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Psyche are a Canadian dark Synthpop band now based in Germany. [5][8]
Their audience expanded with a distribution deal with Capitol Records/EMI, while Play It Again Sam issued a number of their releases in Europe. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Their production values continued to improve with the addition of Goettel on Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (1986) and Cleanse Fold and Manipulate (1987). Mind The Perpetual Intercourse is a 1986 album by Skinny Puppy. Cleanse Fold and Manipulate is a 1987 album by Skinny Puppy. Track listing "First Aid" – 430 " Addiction [5][9] Skinny Puppy performed live in-studio on CBC Radio's Brave New Waves program in September 1986, while M:TPI's "Dig It", the band's first single and video, received a fair amount of airplay on Toronto's CFNY-FM. CBC Radio is the Radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Brave New Waves was a Canadian radio program which was aired weeknights from midnight to 4 a " Dig It " is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1986 album Mind The Perpetual Intercourse. CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM. Other prominent songs from this period include "Addiction" (remixed by Adrian Sherwood and released as a single in 1987), "Chainsaw", (released as an EP in 1987), "Stairs and Flowers" (released as a 12" single in the US in 1987), "Deep Down Trauma Hounds", and "One Time One Place". Addiction is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1987 album Cleanse Fold and Manipulate. Adrian Sherwood (born 1958 in London) is an English Record producer best known for his work Chainsaw is an EP by the band Skinny Puppy. It contains original material as well as additional material taken from their albums Bites Stairs & Flowers is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Mind The Perpetual Intercourse.
Skinny Puppy toured in 1985 (North America), 1986 (North America and Europe), and 1987 (North America); a live performance at Toronto's Concert Hall in 1987 was released on VHS (1989) and CD (1991) as Ain't It Dead Yet?. Ain't it Dead Yet? is a recording of Canadian electronic group Skinny Puppy 's performance at the Toronto Concert Hall on May 31, 1987 during
"Testure"
Over time, the band became outspoken advocates for animal rights, and used the Head Trauma tour (Europe, 1988) and VIVIsectVI tour (North America, 1988) to draw attention to the issue. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. The title of the album VIVIsectVI (1988) was a pun intended to associate vivisection with Satanism (ie. VIVIsectVI (pronounced "Vivisect Six" is a 1988 album by Skinny Puppy. For other uses of the word see Satanism (disambiguation. Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and context the "666 sect"). The Number of the Beast is a concept from the Book of Revelation of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. [8] The album's lyrics dealt with criticism of pollution, chemical warfare, deforestation, rape, cocaine addiction, and the promotion of sexual abstinence to stop the spread of AIDS/HIV. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy. Deforestation is the conversion of Forested areas to non-forest land for use such as Arable land, Pasture, urban use logged area or wasteland Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Cocaine dependence (or addiction) is physical and psychological dependency on the regular use of Cocaine. Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of Sexual activity. Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Lead track "Dogshit" was released as a single in 1988 under the name "Censor", while the single "Testure", which denounced the vivisection of animals for research purposes, reached #19 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1989. Censor is a single by the band Skinny Puppy created for the song "Dogshit" " Testure " is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1988 album VIVIsectVI. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco [10] A music video was produced for "Testure", featuring footage of a man being tortured by monstrous-looking surgeons, augmented with clips from The Plague Dogs and Unnecessary Fuss, and included a statement denouncing vivisection. The Plague Dogs is a 1982 Animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. Unnecessary Fuss is a film produced by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA showing footage Key and Ogre were arrested for "disorderly conduct" at a 1988 concert in Cincinnati, Ohio after an audience member, believing the stuffed animal Ogre was "vivisecting" to be a real dog, called the police. A stuffed animal is Toy Animal sewn from Cloth, [11][12]
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band members also worked on various side projects. This is a list of Side projects of the prominent industrial band Skinny Puppy, who have released twelve albums and toured extensively since 1982 Key and Goettel were involved with The Tear Garden (a collaboration with The Legendary Pink Dots), Doubting Thomas (an outlet for their non-Skinny Puppy instrumentals), and the rock band Hilt. The Tear Garden is a psychedelic / gothic / electronic band formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and CEvin Key The Legendary Pink Dots ( LPD) are an Anglo - Dutch Experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980 Doubting Thomas is an industrial band formed by two members of Skinny Puppy: CEvin Key and the late Dwayne Goettel. Hilt was a collective group of Vancouver musicians usually referred to as a side project of the group Skinny Puppy. Ogre struck up a friendship with Ministry's Al Jourgensen, and joined Ministry and some of its side projects on their live tours. Ministry was an American Industrial metal band founded by Frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981 Al Jourgensen (born October 9, 1958 in Havana, Cuba) is an American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the Industrial For the next Skinny Puppy album, Rabies (1989), Jourgensen joined Rave as producer. Rabies is a 1989 album by Skinny Puppy. It was released on CD, cassette, and LP by Nettwerk Records in Canada The album, featuring Jourgensen's electric guitar work on several tracks, drew mixed reviews, although the singles "Tin Omen" and "Worlock" (which paired a riff sampled from The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" with a clip of Charles Manson singing the song) became enduring favorites among many fans. Tin Omen is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1989 album Rabies. for the Archbishop of Liverpool see Derek Worlock Worlock is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Rabies " Helter Skelter " is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles on The White Album A video produced for "Worlock", featuring spliced-together footage from dozens of horror films, and a statement denouncing censorship of the genre by the MPAA, was circulated widely as a promotional and bootleg item. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers [2]
This period marked the beginning of divisions within the band,[9] as rather than tour in support of Rabies, Ogre joined Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour as an additional vocalist. The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is the fourth studio album by Industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1989 through Sire / Warner Key was later quoted as saying of Ogre's involvement with Ministry and Martin Atkins' Pigface during this period that he sometimes felt "like a wife that's been cheated on". Martin Clive Atkins (born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959) is a drummer and Session musician best known for his work Pigface is an Industrial rock group formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. [13]
"Shore Lined Poison"
Their next album Too Dark Park (1990) built on the harsh electronic rock of previous albums, yielding the spastic singles "Tormentor" and "Spasmolytic". Too Dark Park is a 1990 music album by the Industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Tormentor is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from their album Too Dark Park. Spasmolytic is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Too Dark Park. Environmental degradation was a major theme on songs such as "Nature's Revenge" and "Shore Lined Poison", while layers of background noise grew to a crescendo on the album's closer "Reclamation". The Too Dark Park tour (North America, 1990) included the band's most graphic backing film to date, featuring everything from Budd Dwyer's televised suicide, to animal experimentation, to nerve gas attacks in the Iran-Iraq War. Robert "Budd" Dwyer ( November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician who on the morning of January Animal testing or animal research is the use of non-human Animals in scientific experimentation. Nerve agents (also being referred to as nerve gases, though these chemicals are liquid at room temperature are a class of Phosphorus -containing organic chemicals Ogre was restrained in a stage piece called "The Chair of No Cares" and injected with various substances, then prowled the stage on large metal stilts. For the journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group, see Stilt Stilts are Waders in the same Bird family as the Similar sequences were featured in the "Spasmolytic" music video, directed by Jim Van Bebber. Jim Van Bebber is an American film director Van Bebber attended Wright State University where he studied cinema
The next album Last Rights (1992) pushed the dark noise of Too Dark Park further into experimental territory. The stage show of its accompanying tour (North America, 1992) was built around a detailed narrative that involved Ogre interacting with a backing film, a "virtual reality" machine, a bleeding crucifix, and a large, rotating device called "The Tree of No Cares" from which dangled severed heads and pornographic magazines. A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one fixed to a cross" is a cross with a representation of Jesus ' body or corpus The 1992 single "Inquisition" included the b-side "Lahuman8", one of several pieces commissioned by the contemporary dance group La La La Human Steps for their 1991 production Infante C'est Destroy. " Inquisition " is a song by the band Skinny Puppy released as a single from their album Last Rights. Contemporary dance is the name given to a group of 20th century Concert dance forms La La La Human Steps is a leading Québécois Contemporary dance group in Canada, known for its energetic acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced A second single, "Love In Vein", was never released, although some of the remix and b-side material intended for it later appeared on Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4 (1996). Love in Vein was a planned single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1992 album Last Rights. Brap Back & Forth Series 3 & 4 is a Compilation album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. The "Killing Game" video and tour backing film were directed by William Morrison. William Morrison (also known as Bill Morrison) is a Canadian born Juno Award -nominated Music video director, Documentary film director
A track titled "Left Handshake" was excluded from Last Rights, leaving a blank track 10 on some copies of the album. Clearance for a lengthy vocal sample from Timothy Leary's Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1967) was approved by Leary, but denied by the copyright holder. Timothy Francis Leary ( October 22, 1920 &ndash May 31, 1996) was an American Writer, Psychologist, Futurist Turn On Tune In Drop Out is an album credited to Timothy Leary. [2] The song, in which a crazed Ogre responds to Leary's instructions for avoiding a "bad trip", was eventually released on the initial European edition of Brap (1996) and on a limited edition single called "Track 10" sold at the Skinny Puppy reunion concert in Dresden (2000). Bad trip is a slang term for a psychedelic crisis, a disturbing experience sometimes associated with use of a psychedelic drug such as LSD, salvinorin " Left Handshake " - Limited to 1000 copies Track listing Left Handshake (439
"Morter"
Ogre, Key, and Goettel signed a contract with American Recordings and moved to Malibu, California, in 1993 to record The Process, a concept album inspired by 1960s cult The Process Church of The Final Judgment, with Roli Mosimann producing. This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The Process is a 1996 album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. Many factors complicated the recording of The Process. The Process, or in full The Process Church of the Final Judgment, commonly known by non-members as the Process Church, was a religious group that flourished in the Roli Mosimann is a Drummer, Electronic musician and Record producer whose contributions range from industrial to pop. The recording sessions were beset by everything from fires to the Northridge earthquake, and Mosimann was eventually replaced with Martin Atkins. Martin Clive Atkins (born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959) is a drummer and Session musician best known for his work Atkins' presence exacerbated the rift that was forming between Ogre on the one hand, and Key and Goettel on the other. The band's bickering and excessive drug use made the recording process so long and costly that American reduced Skinny Puppy's contract from three albums to one. In 1994, Key and Goettel returned to Vancouver with the master tapes, but Ogre remained in Los Angeles and quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Goettel was found dead of a heroin overdose in his parents' home two months later. [9] The Process was eventually completed with Rave, released in 1996, and dedicated to the memory of Goettel. It was an overall stylistic departure from their previous albums, prominently featuring untreated vocals, guitar, and more accessible song structures. The liner notes that accompanied the CD included thank-yous to "Electronic Music Lovers" and "Puppy People", followed by the words "The End" in bold type. [14]
During the Process era, a loose-knit art/philosophy collective also known as The Process was formed, with early contributions from Ogre and Genesis P-Orridge, among others. The Process is an art and philosophy collective formed in the early 1990s "Neil Megson" redirects here For the soccer player see Neil Megson (soccer. P-Orridge and Larry Thrasher of Psychic TV jammed with Skinny Puppy during this period, a recording of which was eventually released as Puppy Gristle in a limited edition in 2002. Larry Thrasher ( 1959 -) is an American experimental musician Psychic TV (sometimes spelled Psychick TV) or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic punk electronic and experimental music Puppy Gristle is an album released as a part of cEvin Key's subscription-service "From the Vault" in 2002 under the Skinny Puppy name These jams partly inspired the creation of the Download project, which Key and Goettel formed with Mark Spybey and Phil Western in 1994. Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and CEvin Key of Skinny Puppy during 1994 Dead Voices on Air is Mark Spybey 's Experimental and Industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France. Phil Western (born August 12, 1971) is a Vancouver -based musician who is a founding member of the bands Download, PlatEAU, Download explored everything from electronic improvisation with spoken vocals to minimal techno and IDM, and toured in 1996. Minimal techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that is considered a minimalist sub- Genre of Techno. Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre name invented in the early 1990s by the creators of an American online mailing list Earlier, in 1993, Goettel and Western had issued a breakbeat hardcore single on their own Subconscious Records, and after Goettel's death in 1995, Subconscious evolved into a recording studio and record label imprint that Key used to release a number of his own and Skinny Puppy's recordings. Breakbeat hardcore ( Rave music) is a derivate of Acid house that combines 4-to-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats and is associated with UK Rave scene Subconscious Communications (originally Subconscious Records) is an Independent record label based in Toluca Lake, California. Key also continued to work with The Tear Garden, produced ambient techno and chill out music with Western in the side project platEAU, and released his first solo album in 1998. The Tear Garden is a psychedelic / gothic / electronic band formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and CEvin Key Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring CEvin Key and Phil Western.
Ogre had toured extensively with Martin Atkins' industrial supergroup Pigface since 1991, and toured with them again in 1995 after leaving Skinny Puppy. SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after Pigface is an Industrial rock group formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. He recorded material for his side project W. E. L. T. with Ruby's Mark Walk before quitting Skinny Puppy, but due to legal issues with American Recordings, this would not see release until 2001 under the new name ohGr. Ruby was a UK/US band consisting of Scottish singer Lesley Rankine and American producer Mark Walk, formed in Seattle Washington Mark Walk is an American composer producer Multi-instrumentalist and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy and OhGr. ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. In the meantime, he guested with KMFDM in 1997 and 1999, and released an album with Martin Atkins under the name Rx (also known as Ritalin). KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ℞ or Rx was a one-off side project by Skinny Puppy band member Nivek Ogre, in collaboration with Invisible Records founder Martin The ohGr and Rx releases included some of Ogre's most pop-oriented songwriting to date. Ogre and Mark Walk also contributed several tracks to the Descent II game soundtrack. Descent II is a 3D First-person shooter Video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing the
"Smothered Hope (Ogre & Mark Walk remix)"
Several collections were released while Skinny Puppy was dormant, including Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4 in 1996 and The Singles Collect and B-Sides Collect in 1999. Brap Back & Forth Series 3 & 4 is a Compilation album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. The Singles Collect is a compilation album by Skinny Puppy, released in 1999 B-Sides Collect is a compilation album by Skinny Puppy, released in 1999 Nettwerk commissioned a remix album in 1998; titled remix dystemper, it featured classic Skinny Puppy tracks re-worked by a diverse range of artists, including IDM pioneers Autechre, alt-metal band Deftones, rapper/hip hop producer Guru and Industrial mainstay KMFDM. A remix album is an Album consisting mostly of Remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material Remix dystemper is a 1998 remix album of Skinny Puppy tracks by various artists Autechre are an English Electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth both natives of Rochdale, England. Deftones is a rock band from Sacramento California formed in 1988 consisting of Guru (born Keith Edward Elam, July 17 1966 is an American Rapper, and the lyrical half of the hip-hop group Gang Starr, together with KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. Ogre and Mark Walk also took part, contributing a breakcore remix of "Dig It" and an updated version of Remission's "Smothered Hope" with new vocals by Ogre. Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented
In 2000, Ogre and Key reunited and performed live as Skinny Puppy for the first time since 1992 at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden. See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels The Doomsday Festival was a two-day Music festival held August 19-20 2000, at the Ostragehege in Dresden Germany. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German This unique concert was professionally filmed and recorded, and while a DVD never materialized, live clips of "Testure" and "Worlock" were broadcast on the Crazy Clip Show in Germany and "Worlock" was included on a VCD compilation by German magazine Sonic Seducer in 2002. The live album Doomsday: Back and Forth Series 5: Live in Dresden was released in 2001. Doomsday Back and Forth Vol 5 Live in Dresden is a live CD from the band Skinny Puppy.
Key joined ohGr on drums for its 2001 tour, while Ogre appeared on the track "Frozen Sky" on Key's 2001 album The Ghost of Each Room. ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. See also 2001 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2001 Record labels tHe gHost oF eAch room is an album by CEvin Key released in 2001. The first new Skinny Puppy track in several years, "Optimissed", appeared on the Underworld soundtrack in 2003. Underworld is the original Soundtrack album released for the 2003 film of the same name. Ogre, Key, Mark Walk and various guests, including Danny Carey (Tool) and Wayne Static (Static-X) recorded the new Skinny Puppy album, The Greater Wrong of the Right, released in 2004 on Synthetic Symphony (a sub-label of SPV, their European distributor since the mid-1990s). Mark Walk is an American composer producer Multi-instrumentalist and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy and OhGr. Daniel Edwin "Danny" Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Lawrence Kansas, U Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Wayne Static (born Wayne Richard Wells) is an Static-X is an Industrial metal band Formed in 1994 they are signed to Warner Bros The Greater Wrong of the Right is a 2004 album by Skinny Puppy. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records. SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records. The new Skinny Puppy sound was in a similar vein as The Process, with a somewhat more rock-oriented style. "Pro-Test", the band's first music video since 1996, was rather different than any of their previous video work, featuring a showdown between rival breakdancing/krumping crews. Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a Street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among Krumping is an urban Street dance -form that began in South Central Los Angeles by Tight Eyez and Big Mijo
"Pasturn"
Skinny Puppy toured North America and Europe in support of the album in 2004, joined by William Morrison on guitar and Justin Bennett (ex-Professional Murder Music) on drums. William Morrison (also known as Bill Morrison) is a Canadian born Juno Award -nominated Music video director, Documentary film director Professional Murder Music is an industrial band from Los Angeles, California. Shows in Toronto and Montreal were filmed for the live DVD Greater Wrong of the Right LIVE, which was released in September 2005. The Greater Wrong of the Right LIVE is a 2- DVD set from Skinny Puppy. The DVD included Information Warfare, a documentary about the U. S. -led wars in Iraq made by Morrison. The anti-Bush administration stance taken by the band at their live shows drew the ire of PABAAH (Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood), which attempted a boycott of college radio stations that played Skinny Puppy. The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America FireHollywood, originally named Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood (or PABAAH) was a U [6][15] Skinny Puppy toured Europe again in 2005, and returned to the studio to complete their twelfth album, Mythmaker, which was released in January 2007. Mythmaker is the latest album by the industrial group Skinny Puppy. While some fans longed for the sounds of their earlier days, the band stated their intention to move forward rather than dwell in the past,[5] and played a mixture of new and old material at their shows, including material from the back catalog that had never been performed live before. The band's 2007 North American and European tour, titled Mythrus, began in May 2007. According to a recent SkinnyPuppy. com news update, the band's next studio album is due early 2009.
Despite little mainstream airplay, several Skinny Puppy releases have charted in North America and Europe, and their influence on industrial and electronic music is considerable. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Widely considered originators of a unique sound and live performance style,[8][16][17] Skinny Puppy are also known as pioneers of industrial rock and electro-industrial,[8][18][19] genres in which they may be seen to have spawned "a litter of like-minded bands". Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Electro-industrial is a musical outgrowth of the EBM and Post-industrial scene [8] Their influence extends from independent acts like Tin Omen, to mainstream stars Nine Inch Nails, who opened for Skinny Puppy for a short time on their 1988 North American tour. Tin Omen may refer to Tin Omen (band Tin Omen (song [20] Trent Reznor also acknowledged that Skinny Puppy's "Dig It" inspired the very first Nine Inch Nails track written that became the first hit song, "Down in It". Trent Reznor (born Michael Trent Reznor on May 17 1965 is an American Musician, singer producer, and Multi-instrumentalist. " Dig It " is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1986 album Mind The Perpetual Intercourse. " Down In It " (also known as Halo 1) is a single by Nine Inch Nails, released in 1989 [21] Cleopatra Records released a tribute album titled Hymns of the Worlock in 1998. Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles -based Independent record label. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions
Key and Ogre are active in a number of other projects. This is a list of Side projects of the prominent industrial band Skinny Puppy, who have released twelve albums and toured extensively since 1982 Key has released several solo albums, and major side projects include Doubting Thomas, Download, platEAU, and The Tear Garden. Doubting Thomas is an industrial band formed by two members of Skinny Puppy: CEvin Key and the late Dwayne Goettel. Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and CEvin Key of Skinny Puppy during 1994 PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring CEvin Key and Phil Western. The Tear Garden is a psychedelic / gothic / electronic band formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and CEvin Key Key also works as Scaremeister, his film scoring alter ego, having previously contributed to John Debney's score for End of Days (1999). John Debney (born in Glendale California, 18 August 1956) is an award-winning American film composer who received an Academy Award End of Days is a 1999 action / horror / fantasy Film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Peter Hyams.
Ogre's main project outside Skinny Puppy is ohGr, which released two albums, Welt (2001) and SunnyPsyOp (2003), and toured in 2001. ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Welt is a 2001 industrial Album by OhGr. Track listing All songs written by Ogre and Mark Walk. SunnyPsyOp (2003 is the second Album by industrial band OhGr. Ogre toured with KMFDM in 1997 and contributed vocals to their albums Symbols (1997) and Adios (1999). KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable non-alphabetic symbols (see cover art but usually cataloged as Symbols. Adios, the eleventh studio album released by KMFDM, was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label Wax Trax! Records He also toured extensively with Pigface (1991–1995) and Ministry (1987–1990) and appeared on a number of Pigface and Ministry-related recordings during this period. Pigface is an Industrial rock group formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. Ministry was an American Industrial metal band founded by Frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981
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