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Real Name:James George Thirlwell (also Jim Thirlwell or J.G. Thirlwell)
Profile:Native of Melbourne, Australia, J.G. (James George) (Jim) Thirlwell conceived the basic Foetus concept, when he relocated to London in 1978. His first appearance on record is with the post-punk synth-pop group pragVEC; the first Foetus release "OKFM / Spite Your Face" appeared in January 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation label. Relocated this time to New York City in 1984, he operates since then under many monikers: mainly Foetus, but also Wiseblood (with Roli Mosimann of Swans), Steroid Maximus, Garage Monsters (with skater artist The Pizz), Flesh Volcano (teamed with Marc Almond of Soft Cell), Baby Zizanie (a duo with "Cripple" Jim Coleman of Cop Shoot Cop), DJ Otefsu (his DJ'ing alter-ego), and Manorexia. Thirlwell has also produced, (re)mixed and/or performed on vast quantities of recordings including many of the releases on Lydia Lunch's Widowspeak label and artists as diverse as The The, Nurse With Wound, Pantera, Virgin Prunes, Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Coil, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arto Lindsay, Marc Almond, Front 242 and countless others. Thirlwell did the voice-overs for MTV Sports and his music has been used in numerous MTV series shows (i.e.: The Real World, Road Rules), has composed music for The Venture Bros. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, and composed "bumpers" (30-second lead-in / lead-out music) for M2 / MTV2.
URLs:http://www.foetus.org
http://www.myspace.com/foetus
Aliases:Bubba Kowalski, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, J.G. Thirlwell, Karl Satan And The Transvestites From Hell, Manorexia, Phillip Toss, Steroid Maximus
Name Variations: All | Foetus | F.A.T. | Foetus All Nude Revue, The | Foetus All-Nude Revue, The | Foetus And The Transvestites From Hell | Foetus Art Terrorism | Foetus Über Frisco | Foetus Eruptus | Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe | Foetus In Your Bed | Foetus Inc. | Foetus Interruptus | Foetus Nude Revue, The | Foetus Of Excellence, The | Foetus Over Frisco | Foetus Uber Frisco | Foetus Under Glass | Fœtus | J. Foetus | Jim Foetus | Jim Foetus And The Transvestites From Hell | Philip & His Foetus Vibrations | S.F.O.T.W. | Scraping Foetus Off The Void | Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel | You've Got Foetus On Your Breath
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Releases:
Male (DVD-V) Atavistic  
Nail (CD) Some Bizzare  
Deaf (LP, Album, Ltd) Self Immolation 1981
OKFM / Spite Your Face (7") Self Immolation 1981
Wash It All Off / 333 (7") Self Immolation 1981
Ache (LP) Self Immolation 1982
Custom Built For Capitalism (12") Self Immolation 1982
Tell Me, What Is The Bane Of Your Life (7") Self Immolation 1982
Calamity Crush (12") Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1984
Hole (LP + 12") PVC Records 1984
Hole (LP) Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1984
Hole (LP) Nippon Columbia 1984
Hole (CD, Album) Self Immolation 1984
Hole (Cass, Album) PVC Records 1984
Box (Box) Self Immolation 1985
Finely Honed Machine (12") Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1985
Nail (LP, Album) Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1985
Nail (CD, Album) Homestead Records 1985
Nail (LP) Homestead Records 1985
Nail (CD) Self Immolation 1985
Nail (LP) Nippon Columbia 1985
Nail (LP, Album) Rough Trade Germany 1985
Nail (LP, Album) Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1985
Nail (Cass, Album) Homestead Records 1985
Wash / Slog (12") Self Immolation, Some Bizzare 1985
Bedrock (12") Self Immolation 1987
Bedrock (12") Relativity 1987
Ramrod (12", EP) Self Immolation 1987
Hole (CD) PVC Records 1988
Thaw (CD, Album) Self Immolation 1988
Thaw (LP, Album) Self Immolation 1988
Thaw (LP, Album) Torso 1988
Thaw (LP, Album) Rough Trade Germany 1988
'Sink' (CD) Self Immolation 1989
'Sink' (2xLP) Self Immolation 1989
'Sink' (CD) Wax Trax! Records 1990
'Sink' (2xLP) Wax Trax! Records 1990
Butterfly Potion (12") Big Cat UK Records 1990
Butterfly Potion (12") Wax Trax! Records 1990
Butterfly Potion (CD, Maxi) Wax Trax! Records, Self Immolation Records 1990
Butterfly Potion (CD, Maxi) Big Cat UK Records 1990
Reflex Flexi #13 (Flexi, 6") Reflex Magazine, Self Immolation 1990
Butterfly Potion (CD, Single) Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1994
Vice Squad Dick (7") PCP Entertainment 1994
Vice Squad Dick (CD, Maxi) PCP Entertainment 1994
'Sink' (CD) Thirsty Ear 1995
A History Of The Future (CD, Promo) Thirsty Ear 1995
Gash (CD, Album) Big Cat UK Records 1995
Gash (CD, Album) Columbia 1995
Gash (CD, Album) Columbia 1995
Hole (CD, Album) Thirsty Ear 1995
Nail (CD, Album) Thirsty Ear 1995
Null (12") Columbia 1995
Null (12") Big Cat UK Records 1995
Null (CD, Maxi) Columbia 1995
Thaw (CD, Album, RE) Thirsty Ear 1995
Verklemmt / Be Thankful (7", Pic) Columbia 1995
Boil (CD) Big Cat UK Records 1996
Boil (CD) Blue Noise 1996
Boil (CD, Album) Cleopatra 1996
Null / Void (2xCD) Blue Noise 1996
Uberschall 1996 (7") Die Stadt, Überschall Records 1996
Ache (CD, Album, RE, Ltd) Thirsty Ear 1997
Deaf (CD, Album, Ltd) Thirsty Ear 1997
Flesh Volcano / Slut (CD) Some Bizzare 1997
Hole (CD, Album) Some Bizzare 1997
Null / Void (2xCD, EP, Dig) Cleopatra 1997
Null / Void (CD, Album) Big Cat UK Records 1997
Violent Silence / Flesh Volcano (CD) Some Bizzare 1997
Blow (CD) Nois-O-Lution 2001
Blow (2xLP) Nois-O-Lution 2001
Blow (CD) Thirsty Ear 2001
Flow (CD, Album) Thirsty Ear 2001
Flow (CD, Album) Nois-O-Lution 2001
(Not Adam) (CD, Maxi) Birdman Records, Ectopic Ents. 2004
Love (CDr, Promo) Birdman Records 2004
Love (CD, Album + DVD) Birdman Records, Ectopic Ents. 2005
Love (CD, Album, Promo) Birdman Records 2005
Damp (CD, Album) Ectopic Ents. 2006
'Sink' (CD, Comp, Dig) Some Bizzare 2007
Thaw (CD, Album, RE) Some Bizzare 2007
Vein (CD, Album, Enh) Ectopic Ents., Birdman Records 2007
Remixes:
Out Of Nowhere Copulation (CD) Shit For Brains (Foetu... Out Of Nowhere 1990
She Sells Sanctuary Mixes (12", Ltd, Promo, Maxi) She Sells Sanctuary (P... Virgin France S.A. 1993
The Holsten Indie Party (CD) Kick To Kill (The Jim ... EMI Records 1995
Two Fingers My Friends (CD) Kick 2 Kill (Jim Foetu... Rough Trade Germany 1995
Two Fingers My Friends! (CD) Kick 2 Kill (Jim Foetu... Infectious Records 1995
Two Fingers My Friends! (2xCD, Ltd) Kick To Kill (Jim Foet... Infectious Records 1995
Two Fingers My Friends! (2xLP) Kick 2 Kill (Jim Foetu... Infectious Records 1995
Kronik (CD, Album) Forlorn Hypnotic Records 1998
Hat Trick (US Remixes) (12") Hat Trick (Jim "Foetus... Mental Groove Records 2005
Appears On:
Torment And Toreros (2xLP) A Million Manias, A Mi... Some Bizzare 1983
If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't, Please Your Soul (LP) The Only Good Christia... EMI Records 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (LP) The Only Good Christia... EMI Records 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (CD) The Only Good Christia... Some Bizzare 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (Cass, Comp) The Only Good Christia... Capitol Records 1985
Torment And Toreros (2xLP) A Million Manias Some Bizzare 1987
Torment And Toreros (2xCD, Album) A Million Manias Phonogram 1992
Torment And Toreros (2xCD) A Million Manias Some Bizzare 1997
The Trilogy (3xLP, Pic) Mine Is No Disgrace Ipecac 2000
Torment And Toreros (2xCD, Album) A Million Manias Universal Music (Japan) 2004
Tracks Appear On:
Thank You! - A Tribute To The Sisters Of Mercy (CD) First And Last Always Angelwings  
Wahrschauer CD No.8 (CD, Promo) Voidism Wahrschauer Magazine  
An Afflicted Man's Musica Box (LP) Primordial Industry, I... United Dairies 1982
An Afflicted Man's Musica Box (LP) Primordial Industry, I... United Dairies 1982
An Afflicted Man's Musica Box (Cass, Comp) Primordial Industry, I... RRRecords 1982
Bethel (Cass, Comp, Ltd) Piano Piece, Te Deum Not On Label 1983
NME Mad Mix II (Cass) Halo Flamin' Lead New Musical Express 1983
59 To 1 Cassette (Cass, Smplr) Clothes Hoist Not On Label 1984
If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't, Please Your Soul (LP) The Only Good Christia... EMI Records 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (LP) The Only Good Christia... EMI Music 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (LP) The Only Good Christia... EMI Records 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (CD) The Only Good Christia... Some Bizzare 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (Cass, Comp) The Only Good Christia... Capitol Records 1985
Ish (LP) Shut Some Bizzare 1990
Mesomorph Enduros (CD) Incesticide Big Cat UK Records 1992
Mesomorph Enduros (Vinyl, Album) Incesticide Big Cat UK Records 1992
Industrial Revolution (2xCD) Butterfly Potion CEMA Special Markets, Cleopatra 1993
Black Box (A Video Retrospect) Volume 1 (VHS, NTSC) Butterfly Potion Wax Trax! Records 1994
Blackbox - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years. (3xCD) Butterfly Potion (12" ... TVT Records, TVT Records, Wax Trax! Records, Wax Trax! Records 1994
CMJ New Music April - Volume 20 (CD, Promo) Verklemmt College Music Journal 1995
Industrial Revolution First Edition (VHS) I'll Meet You In Polan... Cleopatra 1995
Mind The Gap Volume 9 (CD) Incesticide Gonzo Circus 1996
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (CD) The Only Good Christia... Thirsty Ear 1997
Back To The Penguin Vol. 2 - The Dark Side Of The 80's (CD) The Throne Of Agony BNE - Brand New Entertainment 1998
Industrial Strength Machine Music (CD) Anything (Viva!) Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
The Swinging Reflective - Favourite Moments Of Mutual Ecstasy (2xCD) Brained By Falling Mas... United Dairies 1999
Gothic Industrial Madness (DVD, NTSC) I'll Meet You In Poland Music Video Distributors 2000
Interpretations: Issue One - ShrunkenMan (CD, Maxi) ShrunkenMan Nothing Records 2000
Elegy - Numéro 17 (CD, Smplr) The Need Machine Elegy 2001
Essential Industrial Masters (3xCD + Box) Take It Outside Godboy... Big Eye Music 2001
Mind The Gap Volume 37 (CD) Kreibabe Gonzo Circus 2001
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years (4xCD) Gums Bleed Mute Records Ltd. 2001
SPEX CD #14 (CD) Cirrhosis Of The Heart... Spex Magazine 2001
State Of The Union 2.001 (3xCD, Album, Comp) Quality Control Electronic Music Foundation 2001
Beats Beyond The Underground (2xCD) Shun (Kid606 Mix) Beats Beyond 2002
Dark Decryption - The Electro Remix Selection Vol. 02 (2xCD) Quick Fix (Charlie Clo... XXC 2002
Goth - The Ultimate Collection (2xDVD) I'll Meet You In Poland Music Video Distributors, Cleopatra 2002
No Disco - Mutant Dance Happening (CD) Wash It All Off S.H.A.D.O. Records 2003
Riow Arai's Graffiti Edit Style (Cass) Calamity Crush Spotlight Records (3) 2003
Back To The Penguin - The Dark Sound Of The 80's 1+2 (2xCD, RP, Sli) The Throne Of Agony BNE - Brand New Entertainment 2005
D-Side 28 (CD, Smplr) Thrush D-Side 2005
Elegy Sampler 36 (CD, Smplr) Time Marches On Elegy 2005
Elegy Sampler 37 (CD, Smplr) Miracle (Jay Wasco Remix) Elegy 2005
Some Bizzare Artists - Redefining The Prologue 1981-2006 (CD) Water Torture Some Bizzare 2006
Cut&Go (CDr, Album) Time Marches On Invasion Wreck Chords 2007
Elegy Sampler 49 (CD, Smplr) Time Marches On Elegy 2007
Unofficial Releases:
The New Wave Complex - Volume 15 (CDr) Spite Your Face New Wave Complex  

User Reviews:

Richard_23, Jan 27, 2005

Foetus is not "huge," relatively speaking, because the industry does not view Thirlwell's gift as a commercial product that can be sold (dumped) in bulk like "hit" driven top-40 drivel. JGT launched and released material on Self Immolation when existing labels expressed no interest in his recordings. He somehow managed to be every bit as powerful and uncompromising live when I saw him in Seattle maybe eight years ago. The boot shaped bruise on my former roomate's forehead from a Clint Ruin headkick was enough to get me to the next show. Oh yeah, baby!

"I'll Meet You in Poland Baby," "Anything," "The Throne of Agony," Wiseblood's "0-0 Where Evil Dwells" are personal favorites that never get old. "Wash It All Off" and dammit, every Foetus track deserves special mention as well. Thirlwell is the real deal: authentic, original, unforgettable.

Helpful tip for virgins: It's not loud enough, turn it up. That's why you're perplexed. You'll know when it's right, you'll feel it.

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