Foetus
Biography
Despite the constant shifts in name (from Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel to Foetus Uber Frisco to Foetus All Nude Revue) and the less frequent variations in aesthetics (all focused around the same unforgiving sonic attack), the music manufactured under the prolific Foetus umbrella was solely the product of one J.G. (Jim) Thirlwell. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Thirwell relocated to London in 1978, where he conceived the basic Foetus concept -- impenetrable panaramas of extremist noise built on tape loops and syncopated rhythms -- as an alternative to the constraints of rock music.
Finding no takers for his work, Thirlwell created his own label, Self Immolation, to issue his debut single "OKFM," which appeared under the first of the innumerable variants of the Foetus name, Foetus Under Glass. As You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, he released his full-length debut, Deaf, later that year. Thirwell spent the next several years exploring his brand of industrial sounds as a solo artist, issuing a steady stream of LPs, EPs, singles and compilations before adopting another alias, Clint Ruin, and teaming with ex-Swan Roli Mosimann in 1986 to record the album Dirtdish as the duo Wiseblood.
Selected Discography
Get "Sink" if you can!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Lotsa great early stuff... (you ain't tasted nothing til you.ve got Foetus on yer breath!!!!)
|
||
How about adding my favorite Scraping Foetus Off the Wall albums--Nail and Hole?!
|
||
Foetus is kicking your a**, even if you're too dense to realize it. It loves you that much.
|
||
I am searching to no end for Diablos in musica. It was an EP he did in the 80's. Agree..."LIN k I N PARK"??????? ? ?
|
||
J.G. Thirlwell is currently scoring "The Venture Brothers" which shows on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim"
|
| report abuse |
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2006 All Media Guide, LLC.