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General name for works of J.G. Thirlwell (aka Clint Ruin, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus & others) - commonly, if simplistically - described as industrial. Many name variations have been used during his four-decade spanning career, beginning with the first proper album Deaf in ‘81, using the name You’ve Got Foetus on Your Breath. Since the mid-’90s, ‘main project’ releases (excl. projects like Manorexia), have simply used the name Foetus.
Other name variations used at some point in time or another include Foetus Art Terrorism / F.A.T., Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel, The Foetus All-Nude Revue, Foetus Eruptus, Foetus Uber Frisco / Foetus Over Frisco, Foetus Under Glass, Phillip And His Foetus Vibrations, Foetus Corruptus, Foetus Interruptus, Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe, Foetus Inc. & The Foetus Symphony Orchestra.
Frenetically creative, and playing only by his own rules, Thirlwell has never stopped experimenting and evolving his sound. While his music is most often outside of any genre, it is most frequently described as Industrial or No-Wave. His earlier music is usually quite harsh and distorted, although since Love, his music has become increasingly orchestral and symphonic, sometime sounding like a full orchestra, but is actually only J.G Thirlwell himself, though sometimes assisted by guest musicians on select tracks. His latest album, Hide, goes even further in this direction than Love did, beginning with an operatic piece sung by Abigail Fischer.
Frenetically creative, and playing only by his own rules, Thirlwell has never stopped experimenting and evolving his sound. While his music is most often outside of any genre, it is most frequently described as Industrial or No-Wave. His earlier music is usually quite harsh and distorted, although since Love, his music has become increasingly orchestral and symphonic, sometime sounding like a full orchestra, but is actually only J.G Thirlwell himself, though sometimes assisted by guest musicians on select tracks. His latest album, Hide, goes even further in this direction than Love did, beginning with an operatic piece sung by Abigail Fischer.
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MindlessMachina wrote:
Easiest way to file Foetus in a collection is, "on top."
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michaelXERO wrote:
I just love how almost all his albums are just one word. It makes them so much easier to file in my CD collection.
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Auland wrote:
Consider me converted. I now follow the ways of Foetus.
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SoulShock wrote:
"Nose is runnin', feet is smellin' (Foetus melon?)"
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BigBoiBrady wrote:
It amazes me that all the artsy freaks I know have never even heard of foetus. He's probably the biggest genius in underground music that I've ever heard of.
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Ollemann wrote:
This stuff is pretty intense.
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MindlessMachina wrote:
juansebastianpj, prefiero "Mortage," "Mighty Whitey," "Hammer Falls," "Verklemmt," "They Are Not So True," "Slung," y "Mutapump. Es no me disco favorito de Foetus pero es mejor que la mayoria de los discos
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DaniRai wrote:
mola en cantidad
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juansebastianpj wrote:
tengo GASH (1995), disco que me gusta muchísimo, en especial por "mortgage", "mighty whitey", "take it outside godboy" o "mutapump". para quedar sin aliento, señores!
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Fatacapra wrote:
this man is a freaking genius!
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popefilter wrote:
”It's all been done...” How utterly depressing. If there were any validity to that, there would be no point in anticipating new releases ever again. Music would cease to be a living artform and would be nothing more than a collection of museum pieces dispassionately maintained as a passing curiosity. No, there are too many examples in other genres of music of artists coming along and breathing new life into a stagnant genre. It can happen in industrial. I really hope it does, because what lines the shelves at Hot Topic has more in common with modern country than industrial music.
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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
originality is all about who hides their sources best... fuck that's good.
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IndustrialHz wrote:
"Nonsense." This is not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. As far as I am concerned originality is all about who hides their sources best ;)
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yozhka wrote:
awesome
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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
delude yourself all you want, but my own insignifcance dictates that, yes, it's all been done.
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MindlessMachina wrote:
"It's all been done." Nonsense.
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IndustrialHz wrote:
anyone else ever thought of Mighty Whity as having a breakbeat
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IndustrialHz wrote:
"It's not the sound but the spirit that I find lacking. Raw experimentalism is few and far between in a genre made up of 4/4 beats and Evil Dead samples. Who are the new pioneers?" It's all been done. As far as i'm concerned the cycle of post-industrial leads to nu-metal, Marilyn Manson, mainstream rock and pop. let's embrace it
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MindlessMachina wrote:
A lot of people making "industrial" music these days just due to it impress other people or fit into a certain mold, adopting a certain aesthetic in hopes someone pays attention to their existence. As I see it, it's more about them imitating each other musically to fit into a certain social scene more than artistry.
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Tzkik0 wrote:
"its harder than neubauten" Whaaaat, just no.
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