Honestly old Puppy material beats the new Puppy material. Even going as far back as Back and Forth. Can't compare in a way its more innovative because the Pups overcame obstacles to create masterpieces. Its just AWESOME.
Correct timecodes are: Assimilate 0:00 Blood On The Wall 6:57 Dead Lines 9:56 Church 16:09 Icebreaker 19:26 Tomorrow 22:41 Dead Doll 27:34 Film 30:01 Love 32:21 The Choke 34:12 Social Deception 40:41 Christianity 43:39 Basement 45:11 Last Call 48:38 Falling 54:33 The Centre Bullet 58:53 One Day 1:08:36
This is one of my all-time favorite albums! I picked it up from a local record shop on a whim when I was 13 or 14 because I just thought it looked cool. Creeped me out and blew me away all at once, brilliant stuff.
Wish I could find a girlfriend that likes Industrial music like you. Super hard to find any decent women out there. Really Sucks to be alone all the time. Godspeed to you through 2022!
Amazing. I thought I’d never see them and was so pissed that I wasn’t old enough in the 80s, when they were starting out…but alas, I’ve seen them several times now! Woohoo!
A lot of the stuff you see labled industrial these days is pretty unimaginative, but there are good bands hiding in there, I promise. Bandcamp in particular has turned me on to some great groups.
@Oblivious Maximus Well Rabies was done with Al Jourgensen, so that might be a good start with Puppy? One thing I would note is that Nettwerk their label added a lot of tracks i.e. Bities had 8 tracks on Vinyl and Cassette, you probably didn't need 6 minutes of Church (church in hell sample for 6 minutes lol...they had a great sense of humour, still do but the original Puppy is by far my favorite)
@@gr3y_eminence Just want to say that I have the original Bites on vinyl, and it is still my favorite by Skinny Puppy and one of my favorite albums by anyone ever. I do wish The Centre Bullet had been on the original; what an incredible ambient industrial work.
Not only the best industrial band, one of the best, most original bands of ANY genre. When you don't care about pleasing the masses and aren't afraid to take a few risks with your mind and body, you get timeless, absolutely golden results. Granted, Dwayne paid with his life, but look what he left behind. When I die, no one will give fuck all except my immediate family. I think I would have rather kaked out early and left a legacy like SP's than live well into old age and leave nothing but a monument to mediocrity. SP made my life more interesting....maybe more so than any other band. \m/
You should listen to the original industrial band. Throbbing gristle! They are still the best . Dark as hell . Do yourself a favor check them out! Listen to hamburger lady.
Idk about industrial, but if you're talking about experimental music and brutal one, i recommend you to check "Igorrr", especially album "Savage Sinusoid"
48!! ahaha!.Damnnit tho, if our taste in music wasn't impeccable. This album is quite simply, beyond reproach I think, esp. this one & "Mind.." ..then I experienced the live concert: Vivisect tour & later on, Too Dark Park but that 1st show(dosed on acid)left an impression! Elevated s.p. to elite status, in my view. It is dark and paranoid in a good way, not unlike Caberet Voltaire in that it comes across they're on your (the listener's) side, telling you watch out! Keep your shit together, & keep your sanity if possible, while navigating the sometimes literal sadism of everyday reality. This music is inscrutable, but it's not without empathy. Another go-to band for paranoid advice that has your best interest at heart, imo: Legendary Pink Dots!
Saw them in 85 and every show that came to Seattle from that point forward except the Greater Wrong Of The Right tour. I would literally be a very different person without this band. :)
As for me, I used to hate Halloween, but after listening to Skinny puppy, I dress like every day is Halloween, thank you Skinny puppy, you saved my Industrial social life!
I went this entire time never getting covid and now I have it. Laying in bed with my headphones listening to this album genuinely is making me feel better. This band has gotten me through so much shit in my life
What are your other 9? Bites/remission are probably the best album/s in existence imo. Proper ambient industrial. Not hard noise. Almost world music. Asian undertones. Harsh beauty.
Feels weird seeing old people comment on here, but I'm relieved I won't grow weary of such amazing sounds. After ten years of listening, since I found out about them when I was about 18, not an single album I can't lose myself in. Truely incredible band.
I was reading Crash: Book 1 of the Obsolescence Trilogy by Chris Muhlenfeld. It's a near future story. In chapter 4 they're listening to "pre-turn of the century music. It was Skinny Puppy...they were amazed it was produced 60 yrs ago". I thought I'd check out some tunes. This is the perfect sountrack for experiencing a story where communication platforms as we know it suddenly fails. I'd heard of SP but never did a deep listen. I'm so loving this album.
So glad I saw them around 1987 in Cleveland. They did not disappoint. Did they ever win there claim against the US Government for using their music with out consent in a prisoner camp? I hope so.
@@mindmy609 they invoiced the Pentagon for that amount, but where did you hear they were awarded it? I don't believe it was even a legal matter, more like a tongue-in-cheek gesture.
BRAP ON!!!!! NO ONE HAS TOUCHED THIS LEVEL OF ORIGINALITY AND INVENTIVNESS REALLY. THEY REALLY WORKED THOSE MACHINES AND THOSE RHYTHMIC PATTERNS! SAMPLES! MESSAGE! THEY PRESENTED THE COMING MAN MADE HELL IN ALBUM FORMAT FOR THE SIGHTED. CHURCH USED TO ONLY BE ON A SINGLE. RUTHLESS!
I'm 43 and let me tell you something, until now I've not listened to much of skinny puppy. I was all NiN and Ministry (some not all) and death metal, some punk, some depeche mode....later on like 3 years someone introduced me to Joy Division, then I really opened up and found Skinny Puppy and things like that. Man, there are alot of bands that I just don't know about. Author and punisher is a recent discovery, you should check them out too (it's one dude really).
I've always been into oldschoolish EBM and Industrial. But I have to say that the newer bands in this genre are REALLY exceptional. You mentioned "Author and Punisher" (I'm going to the concert in Berlin in april): He and "Gesaffelstein" are actually representing the newer generation that appeal to me. :)
45 here. I've heard a lot and seen a lot. Glad you found SP. I was like 12 when I first started listening to them. Seen 3 tours. Met the crew twice. Aquanted with Key. Listen closely
good looks man , yeah ill check punisher .. thanks to you tube i found front line assembly and other bands .. plus only had one skinny puppy CD and front 242 CD from mid 90's now i can peep all there stuff , same with KMFDM all such pioneers .. HAD TWO machines of loving grace CD's growing up .. i appreciate them even more now .. gotta love all types of industrial .. had some circle of dust and skrew growing up too ..
I just discovered Porcupine Tree. I can't stop listening to their album Signify. I've listened to it 7 times in the last 6 days - it's on youtube with a second disc that was later added. It's about 148 mins of pure bliss. Worth checking out.
I remember picking up the cassette from the record store at the mall and listening to it in my car then going and finding every other Skinny Puppy tape I could find.
I remember walking into a record store a long time ago and they had some music playing. I loved the sound of it and asked what it was. It was this album, Icebreaker in particular was the song that was playing, that made me want to know who this was. I have been a fan of theirs ever since and this has been my personal #1 album for a very long time!
May I ask your age bracket? I grew up as an outsider listening to Skinny Puppy in the 80's & 90's but loved it! I know some younger than me love this music also....listen to Front 242 and Bigod 20 if you have a chance...
I’ve had the good fortune of meeting Ogre on a couple of occasions. Skinny Puppy… Their music is like the score to an inescapable nightmare, which takes places within a dream OF A dream…so you never know if the terror will, actually, really ever end! 🫶🖤🦇🦂🕸️
Love Skinny Puppy, and we can also thank Tom Ellard of Severed Heads for his contributions to Assimilate, one of the most wonderful songs I have ever heard. Peace and love ✌️💖🌈
Hi. I am Oliver. I Love Dark or Industrial Music. It is a Masterpiece. It is in my Playlist Of the greatest Songs Of all Time. I Love it so much !!!!! Bye from Oliver.
It says I wrote that stuff below three years ago. Still listening to SP in obsessed binges. I am amazed that more off this album didn't turn up in films. There are multiple pieces that utterly perfect for moody contemplative films. I can only surmise that they were too unknown to the hoy paloy. I suppose to be into SP prior to 2000 meant you were really frigging twisted or something. Anyone know of any films with Skinny Puppy music?
When I listen to older SP I always think - an SP and Lil Ugly Mane collab would be amazing, especially thinking of Oblivion Access and Flick Your Tongue.
When it bites came out I found the soundtrack to my broken teenage life, still can't believe they kicked bill leeb out for "not being talented enough", good for me because I like both bands. Winner winner chicken dinner. Both still put out good stuff!
I remember seeing metal heads Wearing Skinny Puppy Shirts in Junior High and High School I did not know what Skinny Puppy sounded like back then because I listened only to Rap music back then. Know that i Listen to them they sound nothing like metal and I am 42 years old.
i had this one and VivisectVi (always called it vivi-sectomy (not sure why)) on cassettes. Still have the paperwork, but no material. My bro somehow knew where the gold lied. Faawk
"Film" still gives me the creeps. I was listening to a lot of Skinny Puppy again when I started grad school. I was also playing Silent Hill over and over. When you take the elevator to Hell in Silent Hill, that"s what "Film" sounds like. And the piece that follows it, "Love." Makes me think of Silent Hill II, where James finally finds Mary. Then you find out that James like raped her as he kills her. Wow. Yep, that was a good game. I heard it was based on Doestoyevsky and had influences from Lynch and Cronenberg. I've never read Doestoyevsky. Is there a rape or death of a wife in it? Anyone know. Someone could write a literary Ph.D. paper on it!
He only smothered her with a pillow; no sexual violence involved as far as I'm aware. Not like it's much better, I'm just too big a SH fan not to point it out. Also James's gotta look out for other James's lol.
@@jamesoclaire4512 Actually, back right after the game came out, I remember not being sure what that scene represented, where James climbs on to Mary's bed and kills her. Because it feels so sexual, So I did a little research (hey grad school was good for something after all!) and found a discussion/article that said it was supposed to be a rape/murder but they decided to go with ambiguity because of potential backlash. That was almost twenty years ago! But yeah, for me anyhow Bites and Silent Hill will be forever locked in a slow, mutually enhancing eviscerare of passion.
Didn't like this album much when I first bought it because of how many instrumental tracks there were. Now I like it mostly for those instrumental tracks.
