Late Night Music Club feat. Skinny Puppy

Socio-Poilitcal activism in music is nothing new, but Skinny Puppy had their own special way of bringing it to the viewer through very powerful and often extremely graphic imagery. One could not walk away from a SP concert without knowing their standpoint on an array of subject matter from Right Wing Extremism, Animal Cruelty, and the growing power of the Military Industrial Complex.

If you only heard Puppy once, you would immediately recognize them the second time. Their fusion of dark vocal effects, metal, electronica, and noise core took the world of industrial music by storm during it's infancy.

I was never lucky enough to see Puppy in their prime in the late 80s and early 90s, but did manage to get the closest thing - their Candian reunion concert DVD The The Greater Wrong Of The Right.

Puppy's final album with the late D.R. Gottel was quite the departure from some of their earlier work, but the images and messages were still there and still distinct as when the Back and Forth tape series came out in the early 80s.

Here's one of my favorite tracks off the LP The Process:

Jahya

Weekend College Radio Classic feat. Skinny Puppy

The Process, Skinny Puppy's final LP ( as the original line-up ) in 1996 had Key, Ogre, and Gottel venturing into a more mainstream format in some aspects than at any other time in their career. However, this did not stop them from venturig into areas that many others within the genre would not have thought of.

Candle, the debut single, was a prime example. Still, the unique tones, noise, and lyrics are unique to Puppy. Sadly, D.R. Gottel died of a heroine overdose just months before release of The Process.



Interesting to note are the connections with other bands around the name The Process.

Way Back In 68 - No, Wait - Wrong Date

Today is the anniversary of the Kent State Massacre. And, while some will think of the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - with the reference to "tin soldies", I am reminded of Skinny Puppy's track "Tin Omen"

New Skinny Puppy Album Out Soon

Skinny Puppy has been one of my favorite bands for the last 14 years. It's strange to look at it in those terms, considering the fact that I first heard of them when I started college. In other words, I'm starting to feel a little old.

Anyhow, I just found out that they have a new album coming out the end of this month.



If there is one thing that Puppy has done with as much passion as creating their own unique brand of music, it's their ability to bring various and powerful subjects ( animal cruelty, political injustice, etc ) to the forefront so that their fanbase can become active in their own ways. One great example of this was the concert DVD called Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right. It marked the release of the first LP that Puppy had completed since 1996's The Process. That album also marked the final collaboration that Key and Ogre would have with D.R. Gottel ( who died from a heroin overdose ).

If you've never listened to any Skinny Puppy, you're in for more suprises than you can handle. The new album should prove no different.


Here's one of my favorite tracks off the Process LP : Candle

Kentucky Rock Band Meets Noisecore Remix

My good friend, former roommate, and one-time bandmate David is the keyboardist for the Bowling Green, Kentucky band Technology vs. Horse.

Just like the Charlie Kauffman penned script ( Adaptation ) that their name is derived from, the band is more than meets the eye.

This remix of their track 669 is an homage to not only the spirit of the original song, but to two of my major musical influences: cEVIN Key and D.R. Gottell ( both of Skinny Puppy and Download ).

Technology vs. Horse -- 669 ( Airon Later's Puppygristle Mix )

If you're not familiar with Skinny Puppy or Download, here's some video stimulation.

SKINNY PUPPY --- TIN OMEN



DOWLOAD --- GLASS BLOWER