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| Drawing from the pioneering work of artists such as Throbbing Gristle , Carbaret 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 Ke |
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Drawing from the pioneering work of artists such as Throbbing Gristle , Carbaret 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 (a.k.a. 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. Ultimately, the members' interest in pursuing similar outside projects began to unravel Skinny Puppy: in 1987, Key and Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots recorded the album Their Eyes Slowly Burning under the name Tear Garden, and in 1990, he and friend Alan Nelson worked as Hilt. A major rift began splitting the band apart, and Key and Goettel often sided against Ogre, whom they felt was more interested in pursuing solo work than in keeping the trio intact; drugs had also become a serious problem, but Skinny Puppy nonetheless signed to American Recordings in 1993 and relocated to Los Angeles to begin production work.
The sessions for the album, titled The Process, proved disastrous; for the first time in nearly a decade, David Ogilvie did not oversee production duties, and the group went through several producers, including former Swan Roli Mosimann and Martin Atkins. Flooding and earthquakes further hampered the sessions, and Key was severely injured in a film shoot. After months of recording, Key and Goettel, dissatisfied with Atkins' work, absconded with the master tapes and returned to Vancouver in mid-1994 to finish production. Ogre remained in California, and later announced he was leaving Skinny Puppy to form W.E.L.T. A few months later, on August 23, 1995, Goettel was found dead of a heroin overdose in his parents' home; in his honor, Key and Ogilvie finally completed the album, and The Process was released in 1996. A multimedia history of the band, Brap--Back and Forth, Series 3&4, followed a few months later, while Key returned to his new project, Download. Released in 1998, ReMix Dys Temper featured Skinny Puppy reworkings by Autechre, Neotropic, and Adrian Sherwood in addition to industrial groups like KMFDM and God Lives Underwater.
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skinny puppy was a major influence for NIN. they say that it was NIN that created industrial, but it was really skinny puppy that started it all. NIN gave industrial recognition, but skinny puppy was the creater.
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| | Yep. | Shoebox | Well I think so..
But they only put Nine Inch Nail's influence as Skinny Puppy in biographies or whatever, just because they're in the same genre. From all the interviews I've read of Trent Reznor he not once said anything about Skinny Puppy, but that most of his influences came from David Bowie. But I wouldn't know.
Skinny Puppy did create the genre, but I don't think Nine Inch Nails was even trying to follow a specific genre, their music just got labeled ''industrial'' from the media.
But I'm not suuure... | Shoebox | i have no clue, i think ....... i don't
know,think your all right in some way or
another.it's confuzing. | mansonette2 | Reznor's main influence has been Bowie,
but he is also influenced by Skinny Puppy. In
fact, Skinny Puppy was the biggest influecne
for Pretty Hate Machine, while Bowie was for
The Downward Spiral and for The Fragile. | AIC4LIFE | SKINNY PUPPY IS FUCKING GREAT, AND IT IS TRUE
THAT THEY WERE THE FIRST, SAME WITH FRONTLINE
ASSEMBLY, AND NIN ISN'T COMPLETELY
INDUSTRIAL, THEY ROCK TOO, INDUSTRIAL MUSIC
IS CONSIDERED DARK TECHNO WITH WORDS, NO
GUITARS, ALL DISTORTION, AND SYNTHESIZERS,
MANSON ISN'T INDUSTRIAL EITHER, BUT THEY
DID GRAB SOME IDEAS FROM THEM, MANSON AND NIN
ARE CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL ROCK, NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION. | dark_side | | Well said man | AIC4LIFE | I am speechless. I thought there would be
somewhat intelligent posts here but most of
it is just... moronic.
Oh yes, does anyone remember those stilts MM
used at his concerts back in 2000 (and 1995)?
Nivek Ogre used stilts (better-looking ones)
back in 1990.
| bleurgh | i'm going to have to agree with dark side.
nine inch nails and manson are more
considered industrial rock. | alexhasagun | I thought it was Bowie mostly myself, but
mabye I am wrong. It's funny to me though,
the only two boards about this bands at the
moment I am posting this, are really mostly
about NIN, while most hardcore Skinny Puppy
fans seem to hate NIN, or the ones I know at
least... just thought I'd point that out,
I'll be on my way now. | SaintAngst | Skinny Puppy had influences on Nine Inch
Nails. Nine Inch Nails were the supporting
band of Skinny Puppy when they toured around.
And they also processed a few recordings of
Nine Inch Nails. | Sin | | | |
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