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THE LEGENDARY SKINNY PUPPY (CANADA) LIVE IN THE KOŠICE BARRACKS / KULTURPARK
The Canadian legend of acoustic – industrial music, Skinny Puppy, will play their historically first concert in Košice, Slovakia, on 13th August 2010.
The highly respected pioneers of electronic music of today have gained their prominent position in recent history and have thus become a source of inspiration for such bands as Nails, Front line Assembly, or Marilyn Manson. The post-industrial character of the Košice Barracks / Kulturpark is an ideal place for this concert, which promises a unique musical venture through its atmosphere. The musicians Cevin Key, Nivek Ogre, Mark Walk, and Justin Bennett will introduce their new album In Solvent See which will be released on 29th June. “it is one of the objectives of the project Košice – the European Capital of Culture to invite in the city top bands of world-wide recognition, which have not played here before and make the cultural offer complete for the public in Košice, but also to promote the city of Košice in the European context,” said Tomáš Makara, the dramaturgist of Kulturpark. The price of the ticket in the advance sale is € 18 in the Ticketportal network. The price for the ticket bought on the spot is € 23.
Skinny Puppy came together in the year 1982 and consisted of the multi-instrumentalist, guitar player, percussionist, and keyboard player Cevin Key and the singer and author of lyrics Nivek Orge. A year later they recorded their demo Back and Forth and in the year 1984 they released their first EP Remission in the Canadian Label Network Records. In the year 1985 they released, in the cast extended in keyboard player Wilhelm Schroeder their debut Bites which met with success with both fans and critics in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The compositions “The Choke” or “Assimilate” were also successful in dance hit parades. Dwayne Goettel replace Wilhelm Schoeder in the year 1986 and the band in this cast released their second album Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse. The single “Dig it” immediately got into the Top 10 of the dance top list of the magazine Rolling Stone. The album “Clean, Fold and Manipulate (1987) received excellent reviews in many periodicals, the magazine People included. The tour intended for the promotion of the album “VIVIsectVI” (1988) was grandiose indeed. Excellent sound, impressive lights, and halls overcrowded with enthusiastic fans. After the release of “Too Dark Park” (1990), the album traditionally heaped with positive criticism, the ways of the band members diverged for a time and they made solo projects. Cevin, along with Dwayne, began collaborating in the project with Edward Kaspel from the legendary Pink Dots, while Orge collaborated with Ministry, Revolving Cocks, Pigface, and with the former bass guitar player Killing Joke Raven set up a joint band Welt. In the year 1995 the members of the band were shocked by an unexpected news of Goettel´s death, ho died of heroine overdose. The album “The Process” was released in his honor.
Skinny Puppy : Pro-Test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS-gGYaA8F0
Skinny Puppy : Candle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_X64FDC86s
Skinny Puppy : Dig It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4nyxF0Rm04
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