Editing Dwayne Goettel (section)

{{short description|Canadian musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Dwayne Goettel
| image           = DGoettel.jpg
| caption         = Goettel in 1986
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| birth_name      = Dwayne Rudolph Goettel
| alias           = aDuck
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1964|2|1}}
| birth_place     = [[High Level]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1995|8|23|1964|2|1}}
| death_place     = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| instrument      = {{flatlist|
* [[Synthesizer]]
* [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]
* [[piano]]
* [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[guitar]]
* [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[trumpet]]
}}
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Electro-industrial]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Good|first1=Dave|title=Yelled at by Skinny Puppy (22 January 2014)|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jan/22/note-yelled-skinny-puppy/|website=[[San Diego Reader]]|publisher=San Diego Reader|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref>
* [[industrial rock]]
* [[Experimental music|experimental]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raven|first1=Daniel|title=Skinny puppy Bites Back (14 June 2007)|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6404035|website=[[Phoenix New Times]]|publisher=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref>
* [[techno]]<ref name="Interface">{{cite journal |last1=Reed |first1=Aleander |title=The Conscious Subconscious (1997) |url=http://litany.net/interviews/reed_interface |journal=Interface |publisher=Litany |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095320/http://litany.net/interviews/reed_interface |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
| occupation      = Musician
| years_active    = 1981–1995
| label           = {{flatlist|
* [[Subconscious Communications]]
* [[Nettwerk Records]]
* [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]]
* [[Wax Trax! Records]]
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Skinny Puppy]]
* [[Download (band)|Download]]
* [[The Tear Garden]]
* [[Doubting Thomas (Canadian band)|Doubting Thomas]]
* [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]]
* [[Cyberaktif]]
* [[Psyche (band)|Psyche]]
* Water
* Voice
}}
}}
'''Dwayne Rudolph Goettel''' (February 1, 1964{{spaced ndash}}August 23, 1995) was a Canadian [[Electronic music|electronic]] musician, best known for his work in the [[industrial music]] group [[Skinny Puppy]]. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around [[Edmonton]], he joined Skinny Puppy in 1986 following the departure of keyboardist [[Bill Leeb]]. A classically trained [[pianist]], he helped to broaden Skinny Puppy's sound with his extensive knowledge of equipment and [[Sampling (music)|sampling]]. He assisted bandmate [[cEvin Key]] on a number of side projects such as [[The Tear Garden]] and [[Doubting Thomas (band)|Doubting Thomas]], and helped form the experimental electronic group [[Download (band)|Download]]. He also created the independent record label [[Subconscious Communications]] with friend and colleague [[Phil Western]] as a means to release his solo work.

In 1993, Skinny Puppy moved to [[Los Angeles]] to produce their eighth studio album, ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]'', through [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]]. The production was marred by rampant drug use and band infighting, and ultimately halted in 1995 when vocalist [[Nivek Ogre]] quit the band. Goettel and Key, in an attempt to salvage the album, returned to Canada with the [[master tapes]]. Goettel went into rehab for his drug addictions and returned to live with his parents in Edmonton. On August 23, 1995, Goettel was found dead at the age of 31 in his parents' home; he had died from a [[heroin]] overdose. ''The Process'' was eventually completed and released in his memory.