26 Facts About Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group formed in Vancouver in 1982.

Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 as a side project for Kevin Crompton in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Crompton had planned Skinny Puppy to be a side project while he continued his work in Images in Vogue; however, when Images in Vogue relocated to Toronto, Crompton made Skinny Puppy his full-time project.

Skinny Puppy incorporated the use of "B-grade horror movie visuals", including fake blood and props, into their live performances.

Remission marked the first time Skinny Puppy would collaborate with artist Steven Gilmore, who created the album artwork.

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Skinny Puppy released its first full-length album, Bites, in 1985 and was produced by Key and Dave Ogilvie.

Capitol manager Stephen Powers stated that signing groups such as Skinny Puppy gave the company "a real credibility" with the alternative and college music scenes.

Skinny Puppy signed to Play It Again Sam, allowing the group's music to expand into Europe.

Skinny Puppy toured in support of the album, featuring an early incarnation of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails as their opening act.

Goettel said in a radio interview that the major intentions behind the album were to reevaluate what Skinny Puppy was and create a new style of music to mark the beginning of a new decade.

Skinny Puppy released their seventh studio album, Last Rights, in 1992.

In 1993, Skinny Puppy contributed the song "Ode to Groovy" to the compilation album In Defense of Animals, released through Restless Records.

Nettwerk commissioned a remix album in 1998; titled remix dystemper, it featured various Skinny Puppy tracks re-worked by artists including Autechre, Deftones, and Guru.

Skinny Puppy toured North America and Europe in support of the album in 2004, joined by William Morrison on guitar and Justin Bennett on drums.

Skinny Puppy toured Europe again in 2005, and returned to the studio to complete their next album, Mythmaker, which was released in January 2007.

In May 2011, Skinny Puppy announced that they finished recording a new album titled HanDover, and that they were soliciting it to other record labels for a September 2011 release date.

Skinny Puppy were scheduled to perform at numerous European festivals in the summer of 2010, including the Amphi Festival in Germany, the 2010 Waregem Gothic Festival in Belgium, and the Recession Festival in Denmark.

Skinny Puppy announced that a new album, entitled Weapon, would be released on 28 May 2013.

In June 2015, Skinny Puppy performed at the Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, Canada, alongside acts such as Ministry and The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Skinny Puppy is noted for theatrical and controversial live performances which blend performance art with music.

Widely considered originators of a unique sound and live performance style, Skinny Puppy are known as pioneers of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres.

Band inspired a tribute album, Hymns of the Worlock: A Tribute to Skinny Puppy published by Cleopatra Records, which features groups such as Crocodile Shop and The Electric Hellfire Club.

Skinny Puppy provided a remix for the Motley Crue song "Hooligan's Holiday"; Nikki Sixx reported that the band "just dumped the whole song in the computer and went off".

Skinny Puppy's music has been included in the soundtracks of films such as Bad Influence, An American Werewolf in Paris, The Blair Witch Project, Underworld, and Saw II, among others.

Ogre's main project outside Skinny Puppy is ohGr, which has released five albums, Welt, SunnyPsyOp, Devils in my Details, UnDeveloped, and TrickS .

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Skinny Puppy have accused the US military of using their music to torture inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, without the band's knowledge or permission.