You're both on the right track--NIN and Skinny Puppy were 2 of Canada's finest industrial bands back in the mid-to-late '80s signed to Vancouver BC's indie label, Nettwerk Productions--another labelmate being Canuck cult industrial veterans, Severed Heads. So you can definitely see the connection between these 3 acts as far as feeding off each other's sound, at least on NIN's earlier material in the late '80s.
Skinny Puppy tends to rock harder, are more lyrically political and macabre-sounding in their music; the band were very much political activists as well as fervent vegans, anti-vivisectionists who were also highly active in the animal-rights org. PETA.
I first heard of Skinny Puppy back in 1986 from seeing the video for "Dig It" on MuchMusic which got me following other Canadian indie acts also signed to Nettwerk. Before then, I never guessed Canada for being a hotbed for indie and alternative talent...or even having a video music channel that far excelled MTV in the variety of music videos played around the clock, i.e., REM, the Replacements, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, & Kate Bush. Amazing what you can learn by clocking hrs. upon hrs. in satellite TV viewing back in the days when we couldn't get cable out in the boonies of New Hampshire, just two channels when we used the master antenna! Eeek, the horrors!! LOL
@pharmageek Where do you get your information?! NIN is American and wasn't created until 1988. Skinny Puppy was far into their career and had already established themselves as one of the first industrial artists in 1988. NIN was going through birthing pains when Ogre was touring with Ministry and Skinny Puppy had released Rabies.
@pharmageek Where do you get your information?! NIN is American and wasn't created until 1988. Skinny Puppy was far into their career and had already established themselves as one of the first industrial artists in 1988. NIN was going through birthing pains when Ogre was touring with Ministry and Skinny Puppy had released Rabies.
No, I cannot see the connection of the three bands feeding off of each other's sounds. You're confusing NIN with Ministry. There is NOTHING about NIN that is new or innovative and Reznor basically copied and ripped off SP and Ministry. Reznor has even gone on record...
No, I cannot see the connection of the three bands feeding off of each other's sounds. You're confusing NIN with Ministry. There is NOTHING about NIN that is new or innovative and Reznor basically copied and ripped off SP and Ministry. Reznor has even gone on record saying that Ministry and SP are the "real deal" and NIN is just a piddely little "top 40 band" when he was expression his humility about working with Jorgensen's project, 1000 Homo DJs.
You're both on the right track--NIN and Skinny Puppy were 2 of Canada's finest industrial bands back in the mid-to-late '80s signed to Vancouver BC's indie label, Nettwerk Productions--another labelmate being Canuck cult industrial veterans, Severed Heads. So you can definitely see the connection between these 3 acts as far as feeding off each other's sound, at least on NIN's earlier material in the late '80s. Skinny Puppy tends to rock harder, are more lyrically political and macabre-sounding in their music; the band were very much political activists as well as fervent vegans, anti-vivisectionists who were also highly active in the animal-rights org. PETA. I first heard of Skinny Puppy back in 1986 from seeing the video for "Dig It" on MuchMusic which got me following other Canadian indie acts also signed to Nettwerk. Before then, I never guessed Canada for being a hotbed for indie and alternative talent...or even having a video music channel that far excelled MTV in the variety of music videos played around the clock, i.e., REM, the Replacements, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, & Kate Bush. Amazing what you can learn by clocking hrs. upon hrs. in satellite TV viewing back in the days when we couldn't get cable out in the boonies of New Hampshire, just two channels when we used the master antenna! Eeek, the horrors!! LOL
@pharmageek Where do you get your information?! NIN is American and wasn't created until 1988. Skinny Puppy was far into their career and had already established themselves as one of the first industrial artists in 1988. NIN was going through birthing pains when Ogre was touring with Ministry and Skinny Puppy had released Rabies.
@pharmageek Where do you get your information?! NIN is American and wasn't created until 1988. Skinny Puppy was far into their career and had already established themselves as one of the first industrial artists in 1988. NIN was going through birthing pains when Ogre was touring with Ministry and Skinny Puppy had released Rabies.
No, I cannot see the connection of the three bands feeding off of each other's sounds. You're confusing NIN with Ministry. There is NOTHING about NIN that is new or innovative and Reznor basically copied and ripped off SP and Ministry. Reznor has even gone on record...
No, I cannot see the connection of the three bands feeding off of each other's sounds. You're confusing NIN with Ministry. There is NOTHING about NIN that is new or innovative and Reznor basically copied and ripped off SP and Ministry. Reznor has even gone on record saying that Ministry and SP are the "real deal" and NIN is just a piddely little "top 40 band" when he was expression his humility about working with Jorgensen's project, 1000 Homo DJs.