A Chronology of Skinny Puppy
Unfinished/test/shitty version October 18, 2003
Notes:
| When | What | Documentation, links, etc. |
| '74 | cEvin Key forms his first band called the Fuck Brothers with friend Dick Hardy and records their first 'album' on the same day. | |
| '74 | The Fuck Brothers make another album, with a bunch of friends involved, called Live at Istanbul. Recorded over an old Tangerine Dream 8-Track, the songs were interspersed with crowd noise. The tape was stolen. | |
| '75 | cEvin Key plays in a band called Bastille | |
| '77 | cEvin Key joins No Exit. They change their name to Illegal Youth after the name No Exit is 'stolen' by another band (who later recorded under the name). | |
| '80 - '81 (?) | cEvin thinks up a band called The Dragon Experience, but it never comes together. | |
| April 29, 1981 | Images in Vogue is formed, with cEvin Key as a founding member. | |
| '81 | cEvin Key thinks up an experimental project called Skinny Puppy to feature himself, Joe Vizvary, and Dale Plevin. | |
| '82 or '83 | cEvin and Ogre meet at a party (?), after a previous wordless encounter at Safeway. | |
| '82 | Dwayne records a demo called Torture with The Pinstripe Club, later called Psyche after he left. | Psyche: Misguided Angels |
| February 23, 1982 | Dave Ogilvie is introduced to Images in Vogue at their concert. | |
| May '83 | Images in Vogue's tour ends | |
| May '83 | Ogre begins an approximately year-long stay as Gary Blair Smith's roommate | |
| May '83 | To A Baser Nature is recorded by cEvin and Joe Vizvary at Images in Vogue's Povell St. warehouse. cEvin adds further loops and effects (using Joe's PCM41 delay) at home. | Back and Forth Series 2 |
| Summer - November '83 | Ogre becomes involved in Skinny Puppy and much of Back and Forth is recorded | Back and Forth Series 1/2 |
| Fall '83 | Images in Vogue's first major release | |
| December '83 | Images in Vogue begin using their Hamilton St. recording/rehersal warehouse and tour both with Bryan Adams and as a headlining act. | |
| January 21, 1984 | Sleeping Beast, the first Skinny Puppy track in a studio, is recorded at Mushroom, completing Back and Forth Series 1. | Back and Forth Series 1/2 |
| Early '84 | Back and Forth Series 1 is released in an edition of 35 copies | |
| Early '84 | Backing tapes for the Unovis show are recorded at the Hamilton St. warehouse. | |
| February '84 | Skinny Puppy's first live performance at the Unovis in Vancouver. IIV's monitors are used as a PA, with no sound man. | Brap CD-Rom video/audio of K-9 |
| March '84 | Images in Vogue tour with Duran Duran, leading to a marked change in their demographic. Don Gordon leaves the band. | |
| April '84 | Images in Vogue continue to tour | |
| May/June '84 | Images in Vogue record their In The House LP in Los Angeles | |
| July/August '84 | cEvin records Remission in Vancouver while the IIV LP is mixed in L.A. | Remission |
| September - December '84 | Sporadic Images in Vogue touring. | |
| December '84 | Remission EP released | Remission |
| January '85 | Short Images in Vogue tour. Bites bedtracks recorded at the Hamilton St. warehouse using IIV gear. | Bites |
| February '85 | Images in Vogue records and mixes LP | |
| Feburary '85 | First Skinny Puppy show with Wilhelm Schroeder at the New York Theatre in Vancouver, with Rave mixing the sound and Joe Vizvary running the stage monitors. The Smothered Hope and Far Too Frail video footage is from this show. | Smothered
Hope video Far Too Frail video Possibly the Brap CD-Rom footage which is backed by Smothered Hope and paired with K-9 |
| February '85 | Skinny Puppy perform live at the Luv-a-fair in Vancouver. | |
| February '85 | The band Voice, featuring Dwayne Goettel (at this point still unrelated to Skinny Puppy) record their Anno Di Voce EP. | Voice: Anno Di Voce |
| Early or Mid '85 | cEvin and Ogre open as Hell 'O' Death Day for Chris and Cosey. The material from this project eventually became the bonus tracks on the Remission cassette and CD and were configured into the various editions of Bites | |
| Early or Mid '85 | The Tear Garden's Oo Ee Oo is recorded, though Edward's vocals must have been added at a later date. | The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning |
| March - May '85 | Images in Vogue tours | |
| May '85 | Skinny Puppy performs at University of British Columbia (possibly). | Bootleg video may exist (?!?!?) |
| May - June '85 | Tom Ellard's Severed Heads perform at Luv-a-fair in Vancouver and he produces the recording of Assimilate | |
| June 16, 1985 | cEvin's last show with Images in Vogue | |
| July '85 | Images in Vogue's Save It video is filmed, in which cEvin appears | |
| July 7, 1985 | Skinny Puppy perform live at the New York Theatre in Vancouver for the second time. | ![]() Handbill provided by Joachim Plorin. The Assimilate video is clearly from a different performance than Smothered Hope/Far Too Frail: Ogre is wearing different clothes, the scaled down Bites-tour version of the stage set is used, etc. Even though the video itself was produced before Smothered Hope/Far Too Frail, it seems that the show at which it was shot was at a later date. If it was shot at the New York Theatre (as reported) it must be from this date. |
| August '85 | cEvin helps out with Images in Vogue's 12" remix of Save It and teaches Derrick Gyles, his replacement, the drum parts. | Images in Vogue: Save It 12" |
| Mid '85 - September 30, 1985 | Bites is released (the date of June 5th currently given by Nettwerk's site is almost surely incorrect) | Bites Bites charted on CHRW 94.7 FM on Sept. 30, so it must have been released sometime before then |
| Bites tour | Beginning in Canada, continuing down the east coast, followed by further dates in the U.S. The tour was planned to finish up with a short stay in Europe in February but this did not happen. | Dates assembled from interviews and other sources |
| Novemeber 1, 1985 | New York Theatre in Vancouver | Their third performance at the venue |
| November 11, 1985 | The Diamond club in Toronto | Bootleg audio exists and at least part of the show was professionally filmed |
| November 13, 1985 | the Pariah or Zinc (?) in Canada | |
| November 17, 1985 | Club Holiday or Foufounes Electrique in Montreal | |
| November 20, 1985 | Halifax | |
| November/December '85 | Edmonton | Opening band was Water, featuring Dwayne Goettel on keyboards. cEvin and Dwayne meet for the first time at this show. |
| December '85 | The Kitchen in New York City | 12/?/85 setlist |
| December 5, 1985 | The 9:30 Club in Washington, DC | Their first U.S. show on a bill with the
Volcano Suns which also the occasion of the first-known
Puppy related internet posting: a bad review by an
attendee.![]() |
| December 10, 1985 (?) | Cleveland, OH | |
| December 14, 1985 (?) | The Joz in Chicago, IL | |
| December 16, 1985 (?) | Cafe Voltaire in Milwaukee, WI | |
| December 17, 1985 | Club Degenerate in Minneapolis, MN | interviewed by Ron Clark for 'Power for Living' (thanks to Jeff Ashley) |
| December 26, 1985 | New York Theatre in Vancouver | ![]() Image snagged off Ebay |
| December 29 (?), 1985 | Sessions at Mushroom, likely devoted to the Flu project (which may have began as early as May or June '85). |
| Early - Mid '86 | The recording of Mind:TPI, during which Wilhelm leaves the band. Dwayne is drafted as his replacement around the summer (possibly August). | Mind:TPI |
| Early - Mid '86 | Edward Ka-Spel performs three solo shows in Vancouver and one in Seattle (all with sound by cEvin) followed by the recording of the Tear Garden EP | The Tear Garden: The Tear Garden |
| May '86 | Dig It 12" is released | Dig It |
| Summer '86 | Expo festival in Vancouver with Test Dept. and Einstuerzende Neubauten, whose performances were co-organized by Puppy. Puppy was set to perform but the show was cancelled after another band urinated onstage. Puppy's performance was moved to the University of British Columbia. | |
| September 5, 1986 | Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse is released | Mind:TPI |
| September 24, 1986 | The Tear Garden's eponymous EP is released | The Tear Garden: The Tear Garden |
| Mind:TPI tour | Moving from Canada to Europe and ending up in the U.S., the tour lasted from September through December. Much, if not all, of this tour was co-headlined with Severed Heads. a; GRUMH also appeared on some dates. Sometimes referred to as the "Dig It / Bigot" tour as Dig It was their current single and Come Visit the Big Bigot was the current Severed Heads album. | Dates pieced together from various sources, with major help from Todd Zachritz and period (!) internet posts by Greg Earle (forwarded to me by cQ). Many dates in conflict and/or questionable. |
| September 24, 1986 | Federation Hall at the University of Waterloo in Ontario | ![]() Image snagged off Ebay Review |
| September 29, 1986 | Skinny Puppy perform live in-the-studio for the CBC Brave New Waves radio show. Last Call on Brap is from this performance. After the performance the entire band took part in an on-air interview. | 9/29/86 setlist Last Call on Brap |
| September 30, 1986 | Foufounes Électriques in Montreal | Date thanks to Alex Veronac |
| Septmember (?) '86 | Vancouver | bootleg video exists |
| October 2, 1986 | Disonville, Preau | |
| October 4, 1986 (?) | Brussells | mentioned in Sept. 29 interview |
| October 5, 1986 | Futurama Festival (headlined by Nick Cave) in Deinze, Brielpoort Belgium | mentioned in Sept. 29 interview confirmed here |
| October 8, 1986 | Live performance of Dig It on FM radio in Den Haag | |
| October 11, 1986 | Brap | |
| October 14, 1986 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| October 16, 1986 | Gothenberg, Sweden | |
| October 20, 1986 | Kir in Hamburg, Germany | |
| October 21, 1986 | Logo, Bochum Germany. The live recording of Brap from the collection of the same name is from this performance. | ![]() Brap |
| October 23, 1986 | Metropol in Aachean, Germany | |
| October 26, 1986 | Strassbourg, Germany | |
| November 3, 1986 | Batschskapp in Frankfurt, Germany | |
| November 4, 1986 | Live completely improvised performance with members of Severed heads, a;GRUMH , & Snowy Red at Munchen Limit | |
| November 8, 1986 | Cultural Foyer in France | |
| November 17, 1986 | Porter Hall at Carleton University in Ottowa, Canada | |
| November 19, 1986 | The Palladium in New York City, NY | |
| November 20, 1986 | Paradise Club in Boston, MA | |
| November 21 or 22, 1986 | Cat Club in New York City, NY | |
| November 23, 1986 | The Pyramid Club in Richmond, VA | |
| November 24, 1986 | East Side Club in Washington D.C. (originally planned for the 9:30 club) | |
| November 25, 1986 | Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland, OH | |
| November 26, 1986 | St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, MI | |
| November 28, 1986 | Two sets at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, IL | |
| December 1, 1986 | Antenna in Memphis, TN | |
| December 2, 1986 | 688 in Atlanta, GA | |
| December 6, 1986 | The Bowery in Oklahoma City, OK | |
| December 4 or 9, 1986 | Niemans in Baton Rouge, LA | |
| December 10, 1986 | The Roxy in Los Angeles, CA | ![]() Image provided by cQ Bootleg video exists |
| December 11, 1986 | The Stone in San Francisco, CA | ![]() |
| December 13, 1986 | The Hub in Seattle, WA (originally planned for Moore Theatre) | ![]() Image provided by cQ |
| '87 | Ogre, Rave, and Rose Ogilvie collaborate in the studio on Aftermath, a project which never saw official release (but which may be connected to the later Raw Dog track). | |
| Cleanse Fold & Manipulate tour | The first leg of the CFM tour, covering North America. Edward Ka-Spel opened for some, if not all, of these dates | |
| April 10, 1987 | Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA | ![]() |
| April 13, 1987 | I-Beam in San Francisco, CA | Date thanks to Brent Crandall |
| April 26, 1987 | Cave Club (?) | ![]() Image provided by ??? |
| April 28, 1987 | Nieman's in Baton Rouge, LA | |
| May 15, 1987 | Cabaret Metro in Chicago, IL | |
| May 21, 1987 | The East side in Washington | Washington post review |
| May 23, 1987 (?) | New York, NY (possibly) | Date taken from possible Ka-Spel show |
| May 24, 1987 (?) | Boston, MA (possibly) | Date taken from possible Ka-Spel show |
| May 25, 1987 (?) | Club Flamingo in Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| May 27, 1987 | Porter Hall at Carleton University in Ottowa, Canada (see link) | ![]() Image provided by Peter Pauer |
| May 31/June 1, 1987 | Ain't It Dead Yet? is recorded and filmed live at the Toronto Concert Hall (scheduled for the 31st, it most likely ran past midnight, hence the commonly accepted date of the 1st). | Ain't It Dead Yet? |
| June 7 - 15, 1987 | Most of Tired Eyes Slowly Burning is recorded by Edward, cEvin, Dwayne, Rave, Lee Salford, Lisa, and Ogre (some of the material may very well have been prepared by cEvin and Dwayne beforehand, however). | The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning |
| June 25, 1987 | Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate is released | Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate |
| July 14, 1987 | The Kitchen in New York, NY | |
| November 24, 1987 | Tired Eyes Slowly Burning is released | The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning |
| Head Trauma tour | The second leg of the CFM tour, covering Europe and featuring Edward Ka-Spel as an opening act | Dates from various sources including major help from Todd Zachritz and a poster from the German leg supplied by Alex Veronac |
| April '88 | Berlin (?) | Wall homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| April '88 | Denmark (?) | 'Buzz-off' homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| April 14, 1988 | Leiden or Appledorn, Holland (The Centre Bullet is performed during Edward Ka-Spel's opening set with cEvin on synth and guitar). | 'Nothing unusual' homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| April 16/17, 1988 | Milky Way in Amsterdam, Holland | Beer and backstage homevideo clips on Brap CD-rom (the show began just before midnight on the 16th and continued past the day change) |
| April 18, 1988 | Bochum in Zeche, Germany | |
| April 19, 1988 | Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany | |
| April 20, 1988 | Mannequin in Alexandra, Copenhagen | images (external link) |
| April 21, 1988 | Goteberg, Sweden | Backstage clip on Brap CD-rom |
| April 22, 1988 | Malmo Stadt in Hamburg, Germany | |
| April 25, 1988 | Loft in Berlin, Germany | |
| April 26, 1988 | Veto in Salzgitter | |
| April 27, 1988 | Luxor in Köln, Germany | |
| April 28, 1988 | Batschkapp in Frankfurt, Germany | |
| May 1, 1988 | Foyer St. Arbogast, Strassbourg, France (The Centre Bullet is performed during Edward Ka-Spel's opening set with cEvin on synth and guitar). | audio (external link) |
| May 2, 1988 | Röhre in Stuttgart, Germany | |
| May 3, 1988 | Manege in Munchen, Germany | |
| May 4, 1988 | Posthof, Linz | |
| May 5, 1988 | Kennedy's, Wien | |
| May 6, 1988 | Kulusic in Zagreb Yugoslavia (now Croatia) | date info courtesy of Tomas and ropot.com |
| May 7, 1988 | Cankarjev Dom in Ljublana Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | date info courtesy of Tomas and
ropot.com rehersal homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| May 10, 1988 | Haus Der Jugend in Ludwigshafen, Germany | Performed Anger |
| May 11, 1988 | Geneve | |
| May 12, 1988 | Lille Halle | |
| May 15, 1988 | Fabrik in Coesfeld | |
| May '88 | Brussels, Belgium (?) | Homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| May '88 | Switzerland (?) | C.H.U.D. homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| May 21, 1988 | Greyhound in London, England (last show of the tour) | ![]() ![]() Image snagged off of Ebay and provided by??? Backstage homevideo clip on Brap CD-rom |
| Mid '88 | VIVIsectVI recorded | VIVIsectVI |
| Mid '88 | Zxy World is recorded during the VIVIsectVI sessions in Toronto, later to be released as a Doubting Thomas track on Paradigm Shift. | |
| September 12, 1988 (?) | VIVIsectVI is released | VIVIsectVI |
| VIVIsectVI tour | Various dates throughout the U.S. and Canada. | Dates obtained from a Capitol press ad and other sources provided by Todd Zachritz |
| October 9, 1988 | Variety Arts in Los Angeles, CA | |
| October 14, 1988 | Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX | Poster |
| October 15, 1988 (?) | Austin, TX (maybe a second date?) | |
| October 16, 1988 | Oklahoma City, OK | |
| October 18, 1988 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| October 20, 1988 | Cabaret Metro in Chicago, IL | ![]() Image provided by ??? Professionally filmed |
| October 21, 1988 | Phantasy Theatre in Cleveland, OH | |
| October 22, 1988 | Detroit, MI | The site of CHUD's theft by a concert goer and ultimate retrieval by the band |
| October 23, 1988 | Bogart's Cincinnatti, OH | The site of Puppy's infamous arrest after an audience member thought the stage show was real and called the police. Upon realizing it was a false alarm, the police nabbed cEvin, Ogre, and road manager Daniel McGee on 'disorderly conduct' |
| October 24, 1988 | After a no contest plea at Hamilton County Municipal Court, the band escapes with a $200 fine. | Brap CD-rom |
| October 25, 1988 | Huntington, WV | |
| October 26, 1988 | Columbus, OH | |
| October 28, 1988 | Richmond, VA | |
| October 30, 1988 | Washington, DC | |
| October 31, 1988 | Irving Plaza in New York, NY | |
| November 2, 1988 | Trenton, NJ | |
| November 3, 1988 | Boston, MA or Cambridge, Ontario | |
| November 5, 1988 | Montreal, Quebec | |
| November 6, 1988 | The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario | Ticket stub provided by Alex Veronac |
| '89 | Rabies is recorded | Rabies |
| '89 | The Cyberaktif project is recorded | |
| '89 (-'90?) | Doubting Thomas sessions, during which the Infidel album and Father Don't Cry EP are recorded and assembled (partly utilizing previously unreleased tracks originally intended as potential Skinny Puppy material). Blowfish, released in 1997 on Paradigm Shift, is recorded. | |
| '89 | Hilt's Call the Ambulance (Before I Hurt Myself) is recorded | Hilt: Call the Ambulance (Before I Hurt Myself) |
| November 20, 1989 | Rabies is released | Rabies |
| Late '89 - Early '90 | After finishing Rabies, Ogre and Rave return to Chicago with Al Jourgensen to work on The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste and Beers, Steers and Queers | Ministry: The Mind is a
Terrible Thing to Taste Revolting Cocks: Beers, Steers and Queers |
| Dec 31, 1989 - Early '90 | Ogre tours with Ministry in support of The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Ministry: In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up |
| October 25 or 30, 1990 | Too Dark Park is released | Too Dark Park |
| Too Dark Park tour | 41 Shows across North America (though if the Spasmolytic sleeve is to be believed, there was at least one additional show in Denver) | Dates compiled from Nettwerk press info (via Todd Zachritz) and other sources |
| October 30, 1990 | First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN | |
| October 31, 1990 | Central Park Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI | |
| November 1, 1990 | Mississippi Nights in St. Louis, MO | |
| November 2, 1990 | Riviera in Chicago, IL | |
| November 3, 1990 | IU Alumni Hall in Bloomington, IN | |
| November 6, 1990 | Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH | |
| November 7, 1990 | Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH | |
| November 8, 1990 | Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, OH | |
| November 9, 1990 | Latin Quarter in Detroit, MI | ![]() Image from ??? |
| November 10, 1990 | The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario | Ticket stub provided by Alex Veronac |
| November 11, 1990 | The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario | Handbill provided by Alex Veronac |
| November 13, 1990 | Le Spectrum in Montreal, Quebec | |
| November, 15 1990 | Paramount Performing Arts in Springfield, MO | |
| November 16, 1990 | The Ritz in New York City, NY | |
| November 17, 1990 | Palace Performing Arts in New Haven, CT | |
| November 19, 1990 | Ritchie Colliseum in Washinton, DC | |
| November 20, 1990 | Metropol in Pittsburgh, PA | |
| November 21, 1990 | Painter's Mill Theatre in Baltimore, MA | Live images here (external link) |
| November 23, 1990 | Boathouse in Norfolk, VA | |
| November 24, 1990 | 1313 Club in Charlotte, NC | |
| November 25, 1990 | Masquerade in Atlanta, GA | |
| November 27, 1990 | Central City in Gainsville, FL | |
| November 28, 1990 | Melbourne Auditorium in Melbourne, FL | |
| November 29, 1990 | Club Passion in Miami, FL | |
| November 30, 1990 | Beacham Theatre in Orlando, FL | |
| December 1, 1990 | Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL | |
| December 5, 1990 | Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City, OK (apparently changed from original location of Cains Ballroom in Tulsa, OK) | ![]() Ticket Stub provided by Kelly Tice |
| December 6, 1990 | The Institute in Dallas, TX | Pass provided by Joe Lucyk Spasmolytic |
| December 7, 1990 | The Institute in Dallas, TX | Spasmolytic |
| December 8, 1990 | Arcadia Theatre in Dallas, TX | Spasmolytic |
| December 9, 1990 | Numbers in Houston, TX | Ticket Stub provided by Tenebrae Spasmolytic |
| December 10, 1990 | Numbers in Houston, TX | Ticket Stub provided by Joe
Lucyk Spasmolytic |
| December 11, 1990 | Mirage in Austin, TX | |
| December 12, 1990 | Gothic Theatre in Denver, CO | ![]() Image provided by Satcha S. |
| December 13, 1990 | After the Gold Rush in Phoenix, AZ | |
| December 14, 1990 | Palladium in Los Angeles, CA | Image provided by cQBootleg audio exists Brap |
| December 15, 1990 | Iguanas in Tijuana, Mexico | |
| December 17, 1990 | Ventura Theatre in Venutra, CA | |
| December 18, 1990 | Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA | Bootleg audio exists Spasmolytic |
| December 20, 1990 | Melody Ballroom or Fox Theatre in Portland, OR | ![]() Image provided by HarshStoneWhite |
| December 21, 1990 | Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA | |
| December 22, 1990 | Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC |
| '91 | Spasmolytic EP released | Spasmolytic |
| Spring '91 | Ogre tours with Pigface | |
| April 18, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Miami, FL | |
| April 19, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Becham Theatre in Orlando, FL | |
| April 24, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Marquee in NYC | |
| April 25, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Pittsburg, PA (possibly) | |
| April 26, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA | |
| May 1, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the El Mocambo in Toronto | Toronto Star mention |
| August '91 | Last Man to Fly and Sheila Liked the Rodeo are recorded. The keyboards which would later end the Last Rights album are recorded by Martijn de Kleer during these sessions (without his knowledge!). | The Tear
Garden: The Last Man To Fly The Tear Garden: Sheila Liked the Rodeo The Tear Garden: Extract from the Empathy Session on Kollabaris Download on Last Rights |
| Mid - Late '91 | Last Rights is recorded (finished in November at the latest) | Last Rights |
| October 4, 1991 | Pigface's Welcome to Mexico...Asshole is released, featuring Ogre on recordings from the tour earlier in the year | |
| October - ??? '91 | Ogre tours with Pigface | |
| October ??, 1991 | Ogre performs with
Pigface at the Temple Theatre in Tacoma, WA After the show, Ogre and Raymond Stonehouse record a 10 hour jam session. |
External link mentioning jam session at Pracice Pads Unlimited |
| October ??, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Portland, OR | |
| October 14, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at The Edge in Palo Alto, CA | |
| October 15, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at Slim's in San Francisco, CA | |
| October 16, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the I-Beam in San Francisco, CA | |
| October 17, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Anaconda in Santa Barbara, CA | |
| October 18, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Palace in LA, CA | |
| October 20, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at Sound FX in San Diego, CA | |
| October 21, 1991 | Ogre performs with Pigface at Cabaret Metro in Chicago | |
| October '91 | Ogre performs with Pigface in El Paso, TX | |
| Late' 91 | Ogre tours with Pigface in Europe. During this tour he contracts Hepatitis A and after missing a few shows he undergoes drug treatment. Ogre credits this event and tour with forcing him to end his drug addiction. | |
| January 28, 1992 | Last Rights is released | Last Rights |
| May 8, 1992 | The Last Man to Fly is released | The Tear Garden: The Last Man To Fly |
| Last Rights Tour | Dates across North America, with a stop/vacation in Hawaii and a return to Chicago for the final show. A followingm European leg was planned but cancelled. | Visit my in-depth Last Rights tour page. Dates provided by Todd Zachritz and other sources. |
| May 20, 1992 | Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL | Special press and guest only mini promotional show featuring an introduction to the tour by Ogre, Tim Gore and Bill Morrison and performances of Harsh Stone White/Brap/Tin Omen/Worlock |
| May 22, 1992 | Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL | Performed Spasmolytic and Assimilate as encore |
| May 23, 1992 | Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL | |
| May 26, 1992 | Rave in Milwaukee, WI | Bootleg audio exists |
| May 27, 1992 | First Avenue in Minneapolis, MI | |
| May 29, 1992 | Agora in Cleveland, OH | |
| May 30, 1992 | State Theatre in Detroit, MI | |
| May 31, 1992 | Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH | |
| June 2, 1992 | Bogart's in Cincinnatti, OH | |
| June 4, 1992 | Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario | Performed Spasmolytic and Assimilate as encore |
| June 5, 1992 | Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario | |
| June 6, 1992 | Le Spectrum in Montreal, Quebec | Performed Spasmolytic as
encore Bootleg audio exists |
| June 8, 1992 | Avalon Ballroom in Boston, MA | |
| June 9, 1992 | The Ritz in New York City, NY | ![]() Image provided by ??? |
| June 10, 1992 | City Limits in Pittsburg, PA (cancelled due to the venue not meeting stage requirements) |
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| June 12, 1992 | Trocadero in Philadeplhia, PA | |
| June 13, 1992 | Washington DC (apparently changed from Lee District Rox Center in Alexandria, VA) |
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| June 15 or 16, 1992 | Center Stage in Atlanta, GA | |
| June 18, 1992 | Cameo Theatre in Miami, FL | Bootleg audio and video exist |
| June 19, 1992 | Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, FL | |
| June 20, 1992 | Beechum in Orlando, FL | |
| June 23, 1992 | State Palace Theatre in New Orleans, LA | ![]() Image provided by Alex Veronac |
| June 24, 1992 | Unicorns in Houston, TX | ![]() Image provided by Alex Veronac |
| June 25, 1992 | TX | |
| June 26, 1992 | Bronco Bowl in Dallas, TX | ![]() Bootleg video exists |
| June 27, 1992 | Oklahoma City, OK(?) | |
| June 29, 1992 | Kansas City(?) | |
| June 30, 1992 | Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS | Possibly performed Reclamation and Scrapyard |
| July 2, 1992 | Gothic Theatre in Denver, CO | ![]() Image provided by Satcha S. |
| July 3, 1992 | Gothic Theatre in Denver, CO | ![]() Image provided by Satcha S. |
| July 4, 1992 | Phoenix, AZ(?) | |
| July 5, 1992 | Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA | Bootleg audio exists |
| July 6, 1992 | Melody Hall in Portland, OR (originally planned to be at RkCandy) | ![]() ![]() Images provided by HarshStoneWhite |
| July 7, 1992 | Warfield in San Francisco, CA(?) | |
| July 8, 1992 | Warfield in San Francisco, CA | |
| July 9, 1992 | Terrace Theatre in Ventura,CA or Foxx in Portland, OR(?) |
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| July 10, 1992 | Palladium in Los Angeles, CA | |
| July 16, 1992 | Hawaii | |
| July 17, 1992 | Hawaii | |
| July 21, 1992 | Cabaret Metro in Chicago, IL (originally planned to be a return to Vic Theatre) |
Bootleg audio and video exist |
| July 25, 1992 | Ogre and Rave perform Ode to Groovy live at the Medicine Show at the Palladium in LA, CA |
| Late '92 | Basic ideas for the songs that would become The Process are written and demoed. | |
| Late '92 | No More Ghosts written and recorded by cEvin. The track was released on a compilation in '97 | Resonance |
| Late '92 | Power is written and recorded by Dwayne at home | |
| December 1 -21, 1992 | Ogre tours with Pigface on the
'Fook You '92' or 'Fook Christmas' tour (Pigface toured further in January and February of '93, but Ogre did not participate). |
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| December 1, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Denver, CO | |
| December 2, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface at The Bridge in San Francisco, CA | |
| December 3, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Seattle, WA | |
| December 4, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface Vancouver, BC | |
| December 5, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Portland, OR | |
| December 6, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface at The Oasis in San Jose, CA | |
| December 7, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in LA, CA | |
| December 8, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Phoenix, AZ | |
| December 9, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in El Paso or Albequerque | |
| December 10, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in San Antonio, TX | |
| December 11, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Houston, TX | |
| December 12, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Dallas, TX | |
| December 14, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Tulsa, OK | |
| December 15, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Atlanta, GA | |
| December 16, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA | |
| December 18, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Ritz in NYC | |
| December 19, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Buffalo, NY | |
| December 20, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Toronto, Ontario | |
| December 21, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Detroit, MI | |
| December 22, 1992 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Chicago, IL | |
| April 16, 1993 | Sheila Liked the Rodeo is released. | The Tear Garden: Sheila Liked the Rodeo |
| '93 | Dwayne's solo 12", Power, is released under the name aDuck. | |
| '93-'94 | Skinny Puppy signs a three-album deal with American Recordings. They agree to work without Rave in the role of an LP's producer for the first time ever. | |
| November '93 | The band moves to a house in Malibu to build Shangri-La studios and record the album while simultaneously living there. Despite delays due to wildfires and earthquakes, they begin recording with Roli Mosimann as producer. | |
| November '93 | A 45 minute live jam (known as Puppy Gristle) with cEvin, Dwayne, Genesis P' Orridge, Larry Thrasher, and Ken Marhsall is recorded. Ogre later overdubs a vocal. This session partly inspired the formation of the Download project. Portions of it later appeared as Download's Fire This Ground and Gristle Dog Corr as well as on Psychic TV's Electric Newspaper series. The full recording (including Ogre's vocal) was issued in 2002 as part of the limited edition From the Vault series. | Skinny
Puppy: Puppy Gristle Download:Fire This Ground Download:Gristle Dog Corr Psychic TV: Electric Newspaper Issues 2 and 3 |
| '94 | Roli is let go and Martin Atkins is brought in to produce. Martin brings Mark Walk in as engineer and Ken Marshall is let go. Inter-band tensions begin to take over. | |
| April 26, 1994(?) | Atkins delivers a 'version of the album' to the label, accompanied by a letter accusing cEvin and Dwayne of shutting him out from participating in mixing it. | |
| June '94 | cEvin and Dwayne return to Vancouver and set up Subconscious Studios to finish the album, first with Greg Reely and then by themselves. Ogre begins to work on the W.E.L.T. project with Mark Walk in L.A. | |
| Mid to late '94 | cEvin and Dwayne record T.H.C. and Majickal Horse at Subconscious Studios, later to be released as Doubting Thomas tracks on the Metropolis Records re-release of the Father Don't Cry EP. | |
| Mid to late '94 | I Still Ate Her recorded, later to be released as a Download track on a CD with the magazine Future Music and as a cEvin Key solo track on Wild Planet. | |
| October 21, 1994 | Ogre makes a surprise guest appearance during Psychic TV's live performance at Sin-O-Matic in LA | Usenet post (external link) Thanks to cQ for pointing this out. |
| October - November '94 | Ogre appears at a few shows on the Pigface tour | |
| October 31, 1994 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Limelight in NYC | |
| November 15, 1994 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Phoenix, AZ | |
| November 16, 1994 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Las Vegas, NV | |
| November 17, 1994 | Ogre performs with Pigface in LA, CA | |
| November 18, 1994 | Ogre performs with Pigface in San Francisco, CA (possibly) | |
| November '94 | Rave rejoins the team to help finish the Process in Vancouver. | |
| '95 | Ogre and Mark Walk record the W.E.L.T. album in Seattle and also do some additional work on The Process. | |
| March '95 | American decides to renegotiate the deal down to one record. cEvin doesn't agree and the label freezes the budget on the final mix, which was two-thirds complete. | |
| Mid '95 | Much of the material from Download's Furnace, Microscopic, Sidewinder, The Eyes of Stanley Pain, and Charlie's Family is recorded during jam sessions with cEvin, Dwayne, Philth,and Mark Spybey at Subconscious Studios. Zonk Lift from Paradigm Shift is also recorded at this time. | |
| June 12, 1995 | Ogre leaves the band, effectively ending Skinny Puppy. | |
| July '95 | With the contract negated by Ogre's departure, American officially drops Skinny Puppy. | |
| August 23, 1995 | Dwayne R. Goettel dies of a drug overdose. | |
| Fall '95 | After Dwayne's death, American allows Rave to finish mixing the album. Rave completes a satisfactory mix, but does not re-record or fix some of things he originally intended to work on. | |
| September 27, 1995 | The final master for The Process is submitted. | Sonicnet story |
| November- December '95 | Ogre tours with Pigface | |
| November 29, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Memphis, TN | |
| November 30, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Atlanta, GA | |
| December 1, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Chicago | |
| December 2, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Detroit | |
| December 3, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface at the Odeon Concert Club in Cleveland, OH | |
| December 4, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in Philadelphia | |
| December 5, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in NYC | |
| December 6, 1995 | Ogre performs with Pigface in London (possibly) | |
| December '95 | The Tear Garden reconvenes and records To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide at Subconscious Studios. The compilation tracks Georgie the Parasite, Message 3, and Things Go Bump in the Night also recorded at this time. | |
| '96 | Al Nelson records two new Hilt tracks with cEvin at Subconscious Studios | |
| February '96 | The Process is released. | |
| April '96 | The North American version of Brap and Download's Sidewinder are released on the same day. | |
| May '96 | Download's The Eyes of Stanley Pain is released. | |
| Summer '96 | Download's Charlie's Family soundtrack is released as a limited edition item available only on the Download tour and later through Nettwerk's mail order dept. The album was later reissued in an unlimited edition. | |
| November '96 | The Tear Garden's To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide is released. |