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Skinny Puppy
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Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy

Country:
Kanada / Canada

Date of establishing :
1982

Music genere:
industrial

WWW:
http://www.skinnypuppy.com
https://web.facebook.com/OfficialSkinnyPuppy/

Band members:

Nivek Ogre
cEvin Key
Dwayne R. Goettel

Past members:
Wilhelm Schroeder (Bill Leeb)
Mark Walk
Justin Bennett
 

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.

More than their peers or any new-jack pretenders operating in the electronic milieu, charismatic frontman/conceptualist Ogre and electronics avatar cEvin Key have always reacted against the greater consciousness. Their 14th album, hanDover, centers not only on the unbridled greed of the world's financial organizations and the governments that enable them, but the climate of political impotence which makes people resign their fate, no matter how insidious the situation gets.
In typical Skinny Puppy form, hanDover finds the duo moving forward while still maintaining that sense of aural discovery that has been a hallmark of their 26-year career. Aided by longtime associates Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall and Mark Walk, Ogre and Key have delivered an album that mirrors today's cultural uncertainty.

It its nearly three decades of existence, Skinny Puppy has established itself as a groundbreaking innovative voice in the world of electronic music. Fearless in both its musical experimentation and voicing a stance on the issues of our times, the new album, "Weapon", is no exception. "Weapon" stands as a commentary on that which it is named after, or more specifically, to the concurrent glorification of the gun culture and simultaneous horror at the devastation the gun can cause. Given this view, the pop undertones of the albums opening “"Wornin"” and the compelling counterpoint of the vocals and lyrics seem to reflect our mass media homogenization of an instrument of death into an entertainment centerpiece.