# I finally just saw Skinny Puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952 "2004-06-18T00:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/21 "2004-06-23T22:51:32Z")
Okay, I asked around and two possibilities that were thrown out for this one are **:Wumpscut:**'s “Wreath of Barbs” and perhaps something by **Snog**. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/22 "2004-06-23T23:14:18Z")
Beers, Steers and Queers? Naaaaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/23 "2004-06-24T03:19:57Z")
I’ll probably have to call the Vic and see if the sound guy remembers. It’s going to drive me nuts. It wasn’t Wumpscut nor RevCo and 99% sure it wasn’t snog. Sounded fairly recent (as trends in music go). Like I said, it was very VNVish with remarkably static/sparse melodies/synth lines and similar vocals. I dunno, I’ll have to go out to the clubs and bother the DJs. On the plus side, I recently read that Industrial was coming back, which is good. I have to wonder though, are they talking about Wax Trax-style or are the EBM guys just adding guitars? ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/24 "2004-11-10T11:35:44Z")
Local show rocked, they’re shooting the tour DVD in Montréal and Toronto. Got passes for a small after-show gathering, but Mr. Ogre never showed, Mr. Key could not have been more gracious, or taller. [Vantage Point](http://www.dkhcp.com/ogrelive.jpg) [Autographs](http://www.dkhcp.com/ticket.jpg) [Mr. Key and I](http://www.dkhcp.com/kkey.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/25 "2004-11-10T15:41:41Z")
They’re _here_? Bugger! When? I should check [torontogoth.com](http://torontogoth.com) more often. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/26 "2004-11-10T18:26:38Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > I saw Skinny Puppy in '87. God, I’m so old. God, Skinny Puppy is so old 😛 . > > Shall I tell you the story about how I got the DJ to play Dig It at my senior prom and cleared the dance floor? Well, actually, that _is_ the story, but it was a good moment. > > cantara, I’m so jealous. I just missed Bauhuas’ last tour (ie, I was old enough to want to go and not old enough to get in. I also missed the last tour Iggy Pop took all his clothes off :() You must be from Canada - eh? I saw Skinny Puppy in I think 86 — in Calgary – I got a gig poster on my website for it. When I went to Vancouver in 88 - those guys used to wander the streets screaming - “Death Death” - and they used to drink at the Love Affair – I think I lost interest in them after having met them (actually I got into some much harder music, and just wasn’t interested at all in Skinny Puppy after Smothered Hope). I had a cassette that I bought of Smothered Hope where the second side was recorded backwards – I sold it to some guy for $50 saying it was a rare edition – I don’t know if it was – but I just wanted the money for beer. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/27 "2004-11-10T18:39:46Z")
They’re playing Chicago again, but the Congress theater makes it impossible to get tickets. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/28 "2004-11-10T18:48:21Z")
Here is the gig poster – I think it was 86 or 87. [http://punkhistorycanada.ca/gallery/show.php?photo=718](http://punkhistorycanada.ca/gallery/show.php?photo=718) ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/29 "2004-11-10T19:54:56Z")
_snerk_ We hired 'em for the Frostbite Music Festival way back in the early eighties…it was one of the only bands that Yukoners actively bailed on. They started with a full audience, by the time they were done two songs there were ten people left. Most of them festival crew. I heard they sucked so hard the building nearly imploded - this coming from die-hard Clash, Sex Pistols, and Plasmatics fans. Sounds like by now they’ve learned summat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952/30 "2004-11-10T21:23:51Z")
tisiphone - they still weren’t too great yet at the gig in Calgary … one of my friends was utterly in love with Skinny Puppy - so she forced me to go with her. By the way – tisiphone - I’ve sent an email to you via the address you’ve listed here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-just-saw-skinny-puppy/250952.md?page=1)