Skinny Puppy
Biography
Drawing from the pioneering work of artists like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Suicide, the dark avant-industrial group Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally a duo comprised of former Images in Vogue drummer cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), Skinny Puppy followed their debut cassette, Back and Forth, with the EP Remission, the first of many recordings with producer David "Rave" Ogilvie, in 1984.
Keyboardist Wilhelm Schroeder joined the group for 1985's full-length debut, Bites, but was replaced the next year by Dwayne Goettel, whose sampling and synth work proved significant in the development of the Skinny Puppy aesthetic from ominous dance music into a distinct fusion of industrial, goth, and electronic sounds. Subsequent releases like 1986's Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse, 1987's Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate, and 1988's VIVIsectVI further honed the trio's style, as well as introducing the outspoken lyrical agenda that remained a thematic constant throughout much of the group's work.
In 1989, Ministry's Al Jourgensen added vocals, guitars, and production work to Rabies; later, he joined Ogre in the side project Pigface.
Selected Discography
Mythmaker
2007
The Greater Wrong Of The Right
2004
Doomsday
2001
The Singles Collect
1999
The Process
1996
Rabies
1989
Cleanse Fold And Manipulate
1987
They've left out a lot; Too Dark Park, Last Rights, Bites just to name a few.
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How could you forget Too Dark Park?!?!? That's the best CD!! WTF
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wahoo! playing the palladium in wormtown nov 15th...heheh .
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Agreed g man aka aduck was an important part in their music i wonder what they would have sounded like with him today anyway i wouldnt call the process crappy or dance orientated for that matter sp has always switched up their music and some of the more so called dance orientated songs like blue serge or hardset head that was alot of goettel check out his music that he was working on himself its called aduck and one of his songs is on the cd called wild planet check it out
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I agree, SP live is something else. People were moshing AND dancing. And they were dancing to older stuff like Testure, not just the newer more low-key stuff (which you have to admit is still pretty unique).
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I've been into this band for 2+ decades. Their live show was something to behold. Highly recommended.
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Goettel made the band and his death crippled SP and made them a crappy dance band instead of the mind numbing force they were prior to The Process.
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these guys are the greatest thing that ever happened to music...unti l Mike Patton came out of the closet that is.... :)
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Too Dark Park and Last Rights should be here, they are their best ;)
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Ten years ago my mom was convalescing from some rare disease, I left school and we moved to a sterilized high rise apartment in the city near the hospital.
1 bedroom, I slept in the laundry room. There was a lot of downtime, I bought tdp because the cover was pretty and I'd heard them mentioned in association with nine inch nails. Imagine my surprise when I first played it. I couldn't even associate it with music, but one song stuck, perfectly fitting the time, spasmolytic. Except heroin. |
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I remember the first time I ever heard Skinny Puppy. It was love at first ... listen. They will always hold a place in my heart no matter how their sound changes. It just shows how they have grown. Best stage show I have ever seen. Luv them, Luv them, Luv them
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Ahhh Skinny Puppy! Only thing I like more is mr reznor... If you haven't listened since the Process, check out Myth Maker... its much more old school SP, almost Too Dark park like!
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And of course, don't forget: Throbbing Gristle really started "industrial" m u s i c . The released their music on "Industrial Records". SPK also contributed to the Industrial sound.
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Skinny Puppy is consistently the most listened to artist in my 33 years. They got me through the most difficult times of my life. When the s**t hits the fan, I throw on some Puppy and I'm instantly happy and back to "normal".
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I always loved SP - up until Dwayne died and the crappy effort "The Process" came out. Haven't been able to give them a chance since. Still listen to the older stuff occasionally .
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Well jeff your in for an awesome ride sp is awesome and all of their side projects if u want to know what else they arte involved in shoot me an email str8sicc_781 @ y a h o o . c o m
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i just started listening to them today after they showed up on my NIN station
and i f**king fell in love with them |
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I have been listening to Skinny Puppy for years, but never had I thought all the weird techno music I listen to would all add up to them! I'm happy to find them once again :)
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there are a couple albums missing.. Last rights and Too Dark Park.
Also Smothered Hope is the shizzle. :) |
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....his work with Al Jourgensen was most lack luster compared to other SP previous works......I bought my first cassette (MIND: THE PERPETUAL INTERCOURSE) back in 1986, I was looking for some hardcore s**t...saw them in a write up in Thrasher Mag.....boug h t it, listened, at first I was disappointed . . . . then I gave it a good listen....I' m still a fan of Skinny Puppy...!
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Definately my favorite music right here. I f**king love Skinny Puppy, and have since I first heard them when I was about 14.. Seen them twice, can't wait to see them again.. The shows are amazing.. I want to dance with Ogre x.x; I love the lyrics.. They are so abstract in the way they are written, yet have really good messages.
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if anyone thinks skinny puppy is scary im sorry Ohgr is a good friend of my cousins i met him and he is the smartest sweetest thing i ever talked to with a dick hes to brilliant 4 americas fuckkin good hes got some good s**t in store i hear!!! no one partys like fuckkin skinny puppy!!!!!!!
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Skinny Puppy is good, but they are not scary. Music cannot be scary, especially after seeing things that are more horrifying than any movie could ever hope to be, but couldn't because people would object to showing that sort of s**t on screen. Skinny Puppy is good, but they can't be good enough to scare anyone. I mean unless you live in the suburbs and only watch the Notebook over and over again and listen to the Backdoor Boys, in which case you suck.
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Sheika - go back to the sand music!!
Skinny Puppy are the GodFathers to all industrial bands that came later! ex: Ministry |
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Skinny Puppy is a "scare the s**t-out-of- y o u horror film for the ears" AWESOME!!! so glad i saw them live!!!
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Yup, they were around before Ministry. Skinny Puppy is one of the bands along with KMFDM and others that started the industrial revolution.
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