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jack [psychicmodulation] · Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:33 pm

Nobody sounds like SP, but these side projects/related bands will probably be of interest:

cEvin kEy (All of his solo stuff)
The Tear Garden
The Legendary Pink Dots
Download ('Stanley Pain' era is the best)
Doubting Thomas
Dead Voices on Air
Cyberaktif
Hilt (As mentioned earlier, doesnt sound like SP, but it is a Key/Goetell project, and is also great music)
Puppy Gristle (This was a limited edition, but I think they did a second pressing)
Phil Western (The album Dark Features is his best)
Aduck (If you can find any, this was Dwayne's solo stuff, mostly only exists on compilation albums)

jackson · Post by **jackson** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:44 pm

xoxos wrote:there's been several releases over the years of old tape material - 'back and forth/fourth'/'brap' - http://www.subconsciousstudios.com maybe nettwerk ?

hmm, "brap" sounds familiar. Not sure

Anyway, thanks for the info.

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:05 am

xoxos wrote:waah! w/o wishing to disrespect whomever actually did this production.. i found gwotr's production comparatively vapid.. stacks of minor chords and timestretches but doesn't capture essence like low tech analog mixes of cf+m.. the timbres of gwotr are more conventional.. distorted synth percussion, analog bleeps from everywhere..

I agree, I liked Puppy's early stuff better. Later they lost whatever dark edge they had IMO. Download had a few good recordings though.

ammoniad · Post by **ammoniad** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:22 am

I almost forgot....early Mentallo and the Fixer has a bit of Puppy going for them. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" is a
good place to start.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:19 am

So we have pretty much established that mo-one sounds like Skinny Puppy unless they are vapid rip-offs like NecroFacility but there is plenty of stuff out there that will appeal to you if you really like the Pups.
NUMB - Death on the Installment Plan sounds more like SP than they ever did. It is an absolute masterpiece.
X Marks the Pedwalk - Human Desolation and The Killing Had Begun
yelworC - These guys provide the link between SP and EBM.
amGod - Former yelWorc guy and its even better. Get the box-set, you won't be dissappointed.
Mentallo & the Fixer - Revelations 23 is easily their best.
Killing Joke - What's This For? is very Puppyish in its outlook, if considerably more dated.
Anything you can find that is produced by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie will almost certainly have that traademark Skinny Puppy sound. Diatribe's first 4-track MCD is a classic example, as is 16 Volt's Motorskills.

Oh, and for the record, I think we have a few songs that have a certain Puppy-ish bent to them, mostly our slow songs, and I'm sure we would both rather be associated with them than the bands mentioned in the post on the first page.

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:39 pm

BONES wrote: NUMB - Death on the Installment Plan sounds more like SP than they ever did. It is an absolute masterpiece.

True, vastly underrated record, and killer production to boot. Really needs a big sound system to come alive totally.

Scot Solida · Post by **Scot Solida** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:01 pm

Numb would have been my suggestion, too...I like the first album most, but I enjoyed each of them mentioned (it's pretty hard to find an angrier song than "Bliss"...my favorite of their harder stuff).

Tear Garden, too...especially the first couple of records (available as "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning"), though "To Be an Angel Blind" couldn't be further away from Puppy. Edward's more introspective lyrics and delivery might be the total antithesis of Ogre's voice...(with the exception of LPD's "Pleasure Palace").

Pink Dots are far spacier and more psyche than Skinny Puppy...though "Nemesis Online" and "Asylum" might be a good segue between the two bands.

I have always loved Skinny Puppy, though I lost interest after Too Dark Park. I saw them in '87 (holy shit...nearly 20 years ago!)...fantastic, creative performance. I think I preferred both the live gigs and the albums when they were cobbled together with spare change (and body parts).

Still, to this day, I have a strong admiration for Cevin Key's work. I always find it worth a listen.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:34 pm

Mmm, I'm going to have to dig into the CD crates and find 16 Volt again. I really don't think of SP when I listen to them, but they do kick ass.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:50 pm

Some more recent Frontline Assembly has a Skinny Puppy feel...and perhaps you'd also like Das Ich...

[ xerocreep ] · Post by **[ xerocreep ]** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:58 pm

Also, just to toss some more out there, a few of the bands on the small French label "AudioTrauma" have a good puppy-esque industrial vibe. A bit more shrill though. Especially F.Y.D. and Chrysalide.

...and although probably not readily apparent a lot of my work as Full.System.Failure is heavily Skinny Puppy influenced.

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:59 am

My vote is for Suicide Commando.
He doesn't sound like Puppy at all, but there is some of the horror movie feel in his work.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:52 pm

Well, how'd it go, ExMachina? Find anything you like?

Nuisances Sonores · Post by **Nuisances Sonores** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:06 am

I'd would like to hear something related to SP best stuff but you gotta move to an another dimension, galaxy, time period ... etc

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:56 am

BONES wrote:Well, how'd it go, ExMachina? Find anything you like?

(ponders... 'music for cats' released shortly after 'the cat inside' by burroughs..)\

hows about "hey, what bands are like skinny puppy so that we can log all internet sales of their music.."

Bands Resembling Skinny Puppy