Skinny Puppy: Classic or Dud?

(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)

I thought it was because spelling something backwards is "evil".

Just had to share.

so is this a mini-tour or what?

Oh, and Alex? I don't think I have that kind of power but if they happen to play it... um I guess you can give me credit if you really want to. ;)

The only album of theirs I really liked was Rabies. Feel free to write my opinion off completely.

(like the process, eh? hrm ...)

Once more, ilX makes me spend all my money.

As for the new album.... it's kicking my ass. Hmm, maybe I should have mentioned there was a new album to go with the tour earlier, eh? :)

I wouldn't say it's like The Process (which has grown on me) all that much. Yeah, some of the elements are there, but it's more of a progression from that and other avenues they have explored before and since. I don't absolutely love everything on the album, but I could safely say there isn't anything I outright hate, which puts it ahead of Rabies (Fascist Jock Itch anyone?) and The Process (Cult... ugh) as far as I'm concerned. And there are at least five tracks that I really, really like (I'mmortal, Ghostman, Use Less, Goneja and DaddyuWarbash.) More are really growing on me each time I listen to it.

One might be tempted to say it's more accessible, and in many ways it is. Those that might have been turned off by Ogre's vocals before (never an issue for me... far from it) might find this one much easier to listen to. Some of the songs are downright catchy. Their sense of humor is also much more evident this time. Yeah, they're in a better mood than they were with... well, everything else, but I'm certainly not going to fault them that. People expecting to hear a rehash of older stuff will be disappointed, I'm sure. As for me, I've had it on repeat since yesterday. I'm really looking to seeing some of this stuff done live.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NT2V/qid=1085579085/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9644138-0400640?v=glance&s=music

I'm completely psyched for this new album, shocker. Also, "Fascist Jock Itch" was probably the one time that the Ministry pastiche craze of the time actually worked.