I definitely agree that there were more dimensions to Skinny
Puppy than the horror/goth element of the band. Unfortunately, all too
often, Skinny Puppy are usually mentioned as "one of the bands I used to
listen to when I was a goth kid". (Then again, Puppy were my very first
concert experience ever... VIVSECT VI tour, at the Variety
Arts Center in L.A., fall of 1988... though I was hardly a goth kid. :)
While I dig Speedy J's "A Shocking Hobby", the more beaty tracks keep
reminding me of the beats and noises that Skinny Puppy, Coil, Severed
Heads etc. churned out in the late 80s.
But that final track on Puppy's "Last Rights" -- "Download" -- just defies
any genre pigeonholing in the electronic phylum. That song is just a
silencer. It not only demands but captures your attention. I'm
unfortunate enough to own the CD with the 40 second offsetted mastering
fuck-up, but thankfully the 40 seconds of silence after this track just
adds something even more to it.
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Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
KUCI 88.9 fM in Irvine, CA -- Orange County
"I FOCUSED... THE MAGNIFYING GLASS...
THAT BROUGHT THE DOWNFALL OF ICARUS!"
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