Editing Nivek Ogre (section)

==Early life==
Ogre was born on December 5, 1962, in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada.<ref name="DancesDevils">{{cite web|last1=Lucas|first1=John|title=Nivek Ogre Dances with His Devils (19 November, 2008)|url=https://www.straight.com/article-170729/dancing-devil|website=[[The Georgia Straight]]|date=November 19, 2008 |publisher=straight.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref> From a young age, he had imagined working in a studio as a singer, believing it was his own "[[manifest destiny]]".<ref name="Soundcheck">{{cite web|last1=Narvaja|first1=Norm|title=Soundcheck: Ogre (4 November, 2009)|url=http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/soundcheck-ogre/Content?oid=1716879|website=[[Cleveland Scene]]|publisher=clevscene.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref> He was also interested in magic and had attempted to become a magician, joining the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]]. He entertained his parents with magic shows, during which his tricks would often fail humorously.<ref name="Westword">{{cite web|last1=Santoni|first1=Dan|title=Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie) on how ohGr Differs from Skinny Puppy and the Death of Michael Jackson (7 December 2011)|url=http://www.westword.com/music/ogre-kevin-ogilvie-on-how-ohgr-differs-from-skinny-puppy-and-the-death-of-michael-jackson-5706023|website=[[Westword]]|publisher=Denver Westword|access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref> He described his childhood as "introverted", and that he would take refuge in watching [[monster movies]]; he also enjoyed the [[horror fantasy]] writings of [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].<ref name="TheKnow">{{cite web|last1=Shultz|first1=Steve|title=Skinny Puppy Fears for Mankind, Teases Secret Project (16 November, 2015)|url=http://theknow.denverpost.com/2015/11/16/skinny-puppy-fears-for-mankind-teases-secret-project/110243/|website=[[The Denver Post]]|date=November 15, 2015 |publisher=The Denver Post|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>

As a child, he was fascinated with words and would spend time in his basement writing poetry.<ref name="Westword" /><ref>{{cite interview |last=Ogre |first=Nivek |interviewer=Corey Goldberg |title=Litany Webchat with Ogre and Jason Alacrity |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXsljF0a50 |publisher=Litany |date=November 18, 2013 |access-date=March 8, 2019|time=26:30}}</ref> He would write several pages at a time and then play around with what he had written. "From that, I developed a keen sense of how words sound, how they can phonetically sound and be changed. How words obviously have different meanings and with a slight displacement can take on almost a surreal meaning". This interest in language and vocabulary stemmed from his love of music and lyrics.<ref name="Westword" /> His subsequent musical stylings were informed by the likes of [[Brian Eno]], [[Syd Barrett]], and [[Kraftwerk]].<ref name="UnRated">{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Jackie Lee|title=ohGr: Devil Details an Ogre's Perspective; Interview with Nivek Ogre (10 December, 2008)|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/articles/Archive/2008/ohGr.cfm|website=UnRated Magazine|publisher=UnRated|access-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210044900/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/articles/Archive/2008/ohGr.cfm|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> He has cited [[the Cure]]'s ''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''[[Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)]]'', and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]'s ''[[Organisation (album)|Organisation]]'' as pivotal records during his youth.<ref name="UnRated"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2023/03/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-ogre-and-cevin-key-of-skinny-puppy/|title=5 Albums I Can't Live Without: oGre and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy|last=Lentini|first=Liza|date=March 31, 2023|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref> Ogre said that [[Joy Division]]'s ''[[Unknown Pleasures]]'' introduced him to "the dark side of music"; he soon found himself gravitating towards musicians such as [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Portion Control (band)|Portion Control]], and [[Front 242]].<ref name="Mackie">{{cite journal |last1=Mackie |first1=John |title=Welcome to the Weird World of One Rock's Most Bizzare Bands |journal=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=October 1, 1988 |page=H13}}</ref>

Ogre left Calgary for [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] at the age of twenty. "Vancouver has an edge to it; an attitude; an arrogance when it comes to music. I came there as a young 20-year-old from Calgary and entered into a world I’d never seen before".<ref name="Luv-A-Fair">{{cite web|last1=Tabata|first1=Susanne|title=Terminal City Confidential: The Story of Luv-A-Fair and the Death of Disco in Vancouver (3 February, 2014)|url=http://beatroute.ca/2014/02/03/terminal-city-confidential-february-2014/|website=[[BeatRoute Magazine]]|publisher=BeatRoute|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> In 1982, he attempted to start a record distribution company using borrowed money, a venture that ultimately failed. He was further troubled by the death of his father and a divorce from his wife.<ref name="Taboos">{{cite journal|last1=Lanham|first1=Tom|title=Shock-Rockers take Taboos to their Heart|journal=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=April 12, 1987|page=41|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/sanfran041287.html|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> Ogre was roommates with [[Images in Vogue]] member Gary Blair Smith when he met [[cEvin Key]] (Kevin Crompton), the drummer for Smith's band, at a party.<ref name=Reed172>Reed (2013): p. 172</ref> He also met future collaborator [[Steven Gilmore]], whom he learned had also attended [[Ernest Manning High School]] in Calgary.<ref name="Luv-A-Fair" /> Key asked Ogre to join his project, [[Skinny Puppy]], an invitation he accepted.<ref name=Reed172 /> Images in Vogue recording engineer [[Dave Ogilvie]] also signed up.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lucas|first1=John|title=From the Vault: A Vancouver Classic by Images in Vogue|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/612136/vault-vancouver-classic-images-vogue|website=[[The Georgia Straight]]|date=January 9, 2016 |publisher=straight.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref> The pair adopted stage names to avoid the confusion brought by having two people named Kevin in one group.<ref name=Barclay507>Barclay (2011): p. 507</ref> (cEvin Key and Nivek (Kevin spelled backwards) Ogre)