Canadian band with members cEvin Key (keyboards, percussion) and Nivek Ogre (vocals), founded in late 1982 in Vancouver, BC. They got a contract at Nettwerk via the demo tape "Back And Forth" and released their first EP "Remission" in 1984. Their records were released in Europe by Play It Again Sam [PIAS].
They released their first LP "Bites" in 1985, now with member Wilhelm Schroeder (better known as Bill Leeb) on keyboards. In 1986, Schroeder was replaced on keyboards by Dwayne R. Goettel (then in the group Psyche (2)). Over a career spanning 20+ years and as many releases, Skinny Puppy has remained fresh and vital to its many fans, and is considered as one of the most important bands in the industrial/gothic/ebm genre, inspiring such acts as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson.
Skinny Puppy disbanded for a time, following the death of Goettel by overdose in August 1995. Their final album "The Process" was completed and released in early 1996, and quickly became a bridge that earned the band many new fans. After a 5 year absence, they reformed in 2000 for a one-off concert appearance at the Doomsday festival in Dresden, Germany (which has since been released as Back And Forth, Vol. 5 in 2001). The first studio album since their reformation "The Greater Wrong Of The Right" was released after years of anticipation in 2004. They embarked on a worldwide tour in support, and a DVD has been released documenting the North American leg. 2007 saw the release of "Mythmaker", and in 2011 the band released its final album with label SPV, "hanDover". They signed with Metropolis Records in 2012, and released the live album "Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas". The band released their 12th studio album "Weapon" on May 28, 2013.
They released their first LP "Bites" in 1985, now with member Wilhelm Schroeder (better known as Bill Leeb) on keyboards. In 1986, Schroeder was replaced on keyboards by Dwayne R. Goettel (then in the group Psyche (2)). Over a career spanning 20+ years and as many releases, Skinny Puppy has remained fresh and vital to its many fans, and is considered as one of the most important bands in the industrial/gothic/ebm genre, inspiring such acts as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson.
Skinny Puppy disbanded for a time, following the death of Goettel by overdose in August 1995. Their final album "The Process" was completed and released in early 1996, and quickly became a bridge that earned the band many new fans. After a 5 year absence, they reformed in 2000 for a one-off concert appearance at the Doomsday festival in Dresden, Germany (which has since been released as Back And Forth, Vol. 5 in 2001). The first studio album since their reformation "The Greater Wrong Of The Right" was released after years of anticipation in 2004. They embarked on a worldwide tour in support, and a DVD has been released documenting the North American leg. 2007 saw the release of "Mythmaker", and in 2011 the band released its final album with label SPV, "hanDover". They signed with Metropolis Records in 2012, and released the live album "Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas". The band released their 12th studio album "Weapon" on May 28, 2013.
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May 20, 2022At this point I have to digress and state that I am one of those people who only, or who mostly, likes cats and not dogs. To say it another way, I do not especially like dogs with the exception of the toy dogs and a few species of the larger dogs like huskies and mau-mau's or chou-chou's or whatever they're called.
As shown I am a liberal thinker. I can handle unconventional views and unorthodox behavior. But where I draw the line is when somebody actually celebrates animal cruelty and animal suffering: on the inside cover of the 'Process' album on the left side you will see, above the tribute to Dwayne Goettel, an extremely troubling, extremely tasteless photograph of a starving, emaciated, haunted-looking dog who is looking back at the camera. This again is a photograph of a "skinny puppy."
The message, there, is that Dwayne Goettel can screw, we're happy to be rid of you, fuck you, can you see everyone we're shitting on Dwayne even in while he's lying in his grave.
This type of behavior typifies cEvin Key's and Ogre's sadistic, malicious view towards people and most everything else. They had plenty of reasons to hate Dwayne Goettel. He was a fantastic keyboardist but in everything else he was a total fuck-up. He was not the type of person, for example, who would be receptive to the idea of meticulously preparing his trash, recycling, and yard-waste materials for disposal each week. He would have been unreceptive to the idea of a mailbox post that was straight up and level in his front yard. He would not have liked being told to pick up his cigarette butts off the ground. He was totally unreceptive to the mysterious letter I sent to Skinny Puppy in late 1994 warning them of a fabulous murder conspiracy coming at them from Canadian and U.S. intelligence and their militaries. He was a moron, an intelligent imbecile, but neither he, nor any Skinny Puppy fans, ever deserved the completely disgusting album art on the 'Process' album.
That album art and the two people behind it are shining examples of the Tragically Hip---the Too Cool, the last Elvises, the supercool punk-rock superstars.
(I am aware that there is or was a popular Canadian band known as the Tragically Hip. I have not heard any of their music and I am not interested in their music. They must suck badly if the Canadian Prime Minister felt compelled to issue a eulogy and testimonial about the lead singer when he died of brain cancer, saying that he represented the best of Canadian culture and tradition.)