Skinny Puppy: Classic or Dud?

By the way, VI VI sect VI had the BEST LONGBOX EVAH.

A year later he was drunk and diving in a river in Virginia and he died cracking his head on the river bottom - he was by himself, so when he hit the bottom, he was knocked out and he drowned.

So now when I hear Skinny Puppy it's nothing but bad associations. Kinda neat audio-collage technique they developed tho, I guess.

...and don't forget "deadlines" (that torrid guitar)!

Although, I too thought Last Rights was unlistenable for a year after I bought it until I final saw the light (and it was dark).

Ah, but don't forget, we have more "cheese" to look forward to: Live Braps & outakes (84 to '92)to be out soon...

But I always thought "love in vein" on Back & Forth Vol.4 was somehow far more gutwrenching than the "last rights" version. I dunno, something about that one has the darkest warp to me.

vivisect vi, bites, and rabies are my favorites i think.

i swear... mark my words... in my next few years, if we haven't started seeing it already as electro clash folds over itself... etc etc... skinny puppy and the like will become references for new underground bands... (if they already secretly aren't...)

there's too much to mine and shove off of...
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(This is also an interesting thread in that I didn't expect to see contributions from Ally and Gareth when I reread it!)

But hey, if anyone was upset about missing them live, they will get a chance very soon. They are touring extensively this year, first with a warm-up mini-tour in the U.S. in June (dates are still being announced), then Europe in July (dates also still being announced) and then a much larger tour of North America in late summer and the fall (no dates announced yet.) Whether you like the new album or not (release date: May 24th/25th), it would still be worth going to see them live. At least I think so. But I'm biased. ;)

At least at a Puppy show I know I can stand up front and run the risk of getting non-descript bits of goop (and gods know what else) flung in my direction. Hey, this is appealing to some folks!

While I think there's a good chance that a Boston date will be added soon, If they don't show up for the warm-up tour, they most definitely will hit it on the return trip. Rumor is that they are doing 20 dates on this side of the Atlantic before heading to Europe. They've only announced six shows in the States so far:

Portland- Roseland Theater June 11th
Seattle- Showbox June 12th
Chicago- Vic Theater June 15th and 16th (16th is sold out)
Philadelphia- Electric Factory June 23rd
Atlanta- Masquerade June 25th

http://cc.com/event_detail.html?eventID=201842

Boston- Avalon June 19th

Tickets go on sale May 7th at 10am.

(Which I think you should do, of course.)

DC- 930 Club June 22nd

Oh, and I'll list the dates announced so far in Europe too:

Paris- La Locomotive July 11th
Amsterdam- Paradiso July 13th
Sweden- Arvika Festival July 15th
Germany- Zillo Festival July 17th
Belgium- Dour Festival July 18th
London- The Forum July 19th

Well at least I have some idea of what week they'll be in NYC, if not the actual day.

Fri June 11, 2004 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Sat June 12, 2004 Seattle, WA Showbox
Tue June 15, 2004 Chicago, IL Vic Theater
Wed June 16, 2004 Chicago, IL Vic Theater
Thu June 17, 2004 Detroit, MI TBA
Sat June 19, 2004 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
Sun June 20, 2004 New York, NY Irving Plaza (YES!!!)
Mon June 21, 2004 New York, NY Irving Plaza (double YES!!!)
Tue June 22, 2004 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Wed June 23, 2004 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Fri June 25, 2004 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Sat June 26, 2004 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Sun June 27, 2004 Houston, TX Club V
Tue June 29, 2004 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Thu July 1, 2004 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
Fri July 2, 2004 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Sun July 4, 2004 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim

I'll actually be in town. Hmm....

Er?

Well, having two people named Kevin in the band was proably too confusing for their acid-fried brains.

cEVIN and Ogre have been living in L.A. for over a decade now? It's really easy to spot cEVIN at a show...look for the Klingon.

So, otherwise, WTF about this whole reunion? Who is in the lineup besides Krompton and Ogilvie? Who's taking over for Goettel (r.i.p.)?

(Note: Skinny Puppy were my very first concert ever. I'm somehow feeling really NOT into this reunion, and I'm not sure why)

Vivisectvi is really good but I don't think the bonus tracks/EP at the end of CD copies was a good idea, the tracks are fine and there's some albums I love having the bonus tracks (lots of 4AD EPs at the end of albums) but it didn't work for me this time. Clips from films seem to bother me when I know what the film is, I find it a little distracting at times.

i had never heard Funguss before (the other 2 bonus tracks are 12" b-sides). i dig it.

i've been listening to The Centre Bullet again lots recently and it seems amazing to me it was only ever a CD bonus track, although of course it has a second life as a Tear Garden song too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRdbFMZghH8

They're done, having just completed a four-night stand in L.A. Interesting separate interviews with Ogre and Key.

Full respect, wish I had made the journey to see the tour. They stand near Bauhaus for me in the echoing influence of oppressive darkness always taken one step further. I think Too Dark Park was the peak. Am also a HUGE stan for the Hilt side project. I have more minutes listening to Hilt than SP I think...

Deej got me onto the Doubting Thomas album and omg it's so good? Like how did I not know about this prior.

Better late than never!

fucked up that i've never heard this before either

You terrible person or something

I got given that as a youngish teenager (who was mostly in to fairly mundane stuff) by my uncle who used to tour with them and it kind of altered how I saw music. Haven't heard it in years tho

Half of my answering machine messages from my freshman year of college were recordings of various Doubting Thomas songs.

my taste the last three years has shifted to 'djp's taste in 1992' to a dramatic degree

Take some Dan and some Ned and you mix em up in a pot / Sprinkle a little stirmonster on top

damn never even heard of this before, sandwiched between two great SP albums even

xpost A fine approach, even if I am biased by default.

I'm convinced Dwayne Goettel was the Cliff Burton of Skinny Puppy.