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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1982 – present)

Skinny Puppy is an influential band, formed in 1982 by core members cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (ohGr) (Kevin Ogilvie) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Inspired by the groundbreaking music of Chrome, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, The Legendary Pink Dots, and others, Skinny Puppy experimented with electronic recording techniques and methods. the band composed multi-layered music generally using keyboards, synthesizers, found sounds, drum machines, live percussion, tape splices, samplers, and conventional rock music instruments. Whereas many contemporary remixes and re-edits of songs were created in order to make a song more suitable for dancing or different radio formats, Skinny Puppy approached remixing and re-editing as an artistic process of reinterpreting compositions, often using remixes to push their sound into styles of , and . Skinny Puppy’s often informal, improvisational approach to musical composition is indicated by use of the term brap, coined by them and defined as a verb meaning “to get together, hook up electronic instruments, get high, and record”.

Skinny Puppy’s first two proper releases, Bites and Remission, fall somewhere between the found-sound chaos of early Cabaret Voltaire and the abrasive, futuristic synthpop of the Units or Crash Course in Science. While the intense synth programming, abstract rhythms, and surreal samples—all Puppy trademarks—are present here, the albums owe as much to new wave as to industrial.
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  • skalberg242

    Kivul: Start with the more easy listened stuff, like the Remission-album. Or get The Singles Collect.

    yesterday morning

  • Ashei

    maybe TDP http://youtu.be/tIXU6uF5nzE

    yesterday morning

  • Kivul

    hey guys, can you point me to some good albums to start off? I just can't dig into them on my own, I feel like I do it wrong. Really liked Worclock and went around it, but I can't get hooked yet, and I have a feeling I should.

    Thursday evening

  • Zamari

    colossal_voids: stick to black metal

    Wednesday evening

  • colossal_voids

    fucking overrated shit

    Tuesday morning

  • Ashei

    Cleanse Fold and Manipulate

    Tuesday morning

  • Ezkarpy

    I ♥ you cEvin

    last week

  • spookymaroon

    Omg. Happy late birthday cEvin!

    last week

  • DaniCali4nia

    haPpy belAted biRthDay CEvin!! ... oxo

    last week

  • Tzkik0

    Happy birthday cEvin!

    last week

  • Moerkness

    Why can't we have a main pic of all original SP members like this http://www.lastfm.se/music/Skinny+Puppy/+images/4161234 ?

    12 days ago

  • yeah-punk

    listen I gotta stop but you guys gotta stop harassing this box before I report you I mean it

    12 days ago

  • Zamari

    Whose laughing now....BITCH

    15 days ago

  • skinnydrifter

    good ol trauma hounds

    18 days ago

  • Neue_regel_

    @Justd1e ROFL. Try the Dream Theater or Kamelot shoutboxes. Full of annoying idiot trolls. Barely can stand those.. not even funny.

    18 days ago

  • Konkelo-

    @Tzkik0: Thanks for the link to the video archive! Perfect site, I've been searching for a site like this one!

    20 days ago

  • Sergoy

    Scared? You really are? I'm not scared... Hmph...what are you?

    20 days ago

  • AffectingShades

    Holli Would

    last month

  • PiecesOfQuiet

    Yeah I read about some of the stuff being reworked and put on ohgr as well. I wouldn't be surprised either but subconscious is sold out all the time.

    last month

  • cxt

    twitter.com/skinnypuppy ;E

    last month
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