Skinny Puppy discography

Further information: List of songs recorded by Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy discography
Studio albums12
EPs2
Live albums4
Compilation albums11
Singles14
Video albums3
Music videos10

The Canadian electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy has released twelve studio albums and two extended plays along with a number of live albums, compilations, and singles. The group formed in 1982 and released its debut EP, Back & Forth, in 1984.[1] Later that year, Skinny Puppy was picked up by Nettwerk and released another EP, Remission, in December 1984. The band's first studio album, 1985's Bites,[2] was its last with the original lineup of vocalist Nivek Ogre and producer / multi-instrumentalist cEvin Key; Dwayne Goettel joined in 1986,[3] and the band released its next two albums, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse and Cleanse Fold and Manipulate, in 1986 and 1987 respectively.[1]

VIVIsectVI (1988), Skinny Puppy's fourth album, was one of the band's most well-received efforts, placing on Melody Maker's best of 1988 list and garnering several retrospective accolades.[4][5][6] Bradley Torreano of AllMusic hailed the album as a masterpiece, and Jim Harper of the same publication saw VIVIsectVI as the beginning of electro-industrial music.[7][3] Rabies followed VIVIsectVI in 1989 and marked the band experimenting with industrial metal thanks to the influence of Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen.[8][9] Key and Goettel expressed dissatisfaction with the album,[10] and Skinny Puppy quickly returned to the studio for its sixth album, 1990's Too Dark Park.

Too Dark Park was another critical highlight of the band's career,[3][11][12][13] and Key described it as a return to form for Skinny Puppy.[10][14][15] In 1992, with the band on the brink of dissolution due to Ogre's worsening drug addiction,[16][17] Last Rights was released and saw the band pushing further into extreme noise territory.[18][19] The making of Skinny Puppy's next and eighth album, The Process (which would eventually be released in 1996), was fraught with difficulties both internal and external; the band shifted to a new record label with a new recording studio and new producers, Ogre left, Goettel died of a heroin overdose, and the band ultimately dissolved with the album unfinished.[20] Following dissolution, Skinny Puppy released several compilations and a live improvisation album titled Puppy Gristle (which had been recorded in 1993).[21] Ogre and Key reunited in 2000 and a year later released a live album documenting Skinny Puppy's revival.[22] The band returned to the studio and released The Greater Wrong of the Right in 2004, Mythmaker in 2007, HanDover in 2011, and Weapon in 2013.[1]

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  2. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Skinny Puppy – Bites". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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  4. ^ "Albums of the Year". Melody Maker: 57. December 24, 1988. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Morgan, Chris (2012-10-10). "10 Essential Industrial Albums". Treble. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Callwood, Brett. "10 Classic Industrial Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Industrial Music". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Skinny Puppy – VIVIsectVI". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "24 Hours in Vancouver". Alternative Press. 25: 40–46. February 1991. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  9. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Skinny Puppy – Rabies". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Interview with cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel". Convulsion. April 1991. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Skinny Puppy – Too Dark Park". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  12. ^ "The 10 Best Industrial Albums That You Need in Your Record Collection". Louder Sound. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  13. ^ "ReGen Magain's Top 10 Industrial Albums". ReGen Magazine. 2007.
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  16. ^ Ogre, Nivek (1992). "Request Video: Ogre Interviewed by KDOC-TV" (Interview). Interviewed by Gia DeSantis. Los Angeles: KDOC-TV.
  17. ^ Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A. D.; Schneider, Jason (1 June 2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. p. 507. ISBN 9781554909681.
  18. ^ D., Willie. "Skinny Puppy – Last Rights". Sputnikmusic. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  19. ^ Gitter, Mike (1992). "Skinny Puppy: Future Shock". Rip Magazine. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  20. ^ Huey, Steve. "Skinny Puppy – The Process". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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