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Skinny Puppy

Musical Group
Forfans of industrial, electro‑industrial, and ebm; listeners into dark, politicized electronics; admirers of throbbing gristle, cabaret voltaire, front 242, ministry, and front line assembly.
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The Profile

Skinny Puppy are a Canadian electro‑industrial/EBM group formed in Vancouver in 1982 by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie). Pioneers of dark, sample‑heavy industrial music and noted for confrontational, horror‑tinged live shows and animal‑rights advocacy, they were joined mid‑80s by Dwayne Goettel, whose contributions defined their classic period. After disbanding in the mid‑90s following Goettel’s death, they later reformed, releasing new work including The Greater Wrong of the Right and HanDover.

Formed in Vancouver (1982) by cEvin Key and Nivek Ogre; Dwayne Goettel joined later and died in 1995; advocates for animal rights/anti‑vivisection; the video for “Worlock” faced MTV censorship; notable albums include Bites, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse, Cleanse Fold and Manipulate, VIVIsectVI, Rabies, Too Dark Park, Last Rights, The Process, The Greater Wrong of the Right, and HanDover.

Six DeBaser reviews dive into Skinny Puppy’s fiercest eras, from the searing Rabies to the labyrinth of Too Dark Park and the fractured brilliance of Last Rights. Themes of animal rights, censorship, and decay recur amid dense sampling and EBM propulsion. Public history places the Canadians as electro‑industrial pioneers formed in 1982, with Nivek Ogre, cEvin Key, and the late Dwayne Goettel shaping their pivotal sound. Later-era returns like The Greater Wrong of the Right and HanDover show an evolved, precise menace.

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