Editing Dwayne Goettel (section)

===Growing tensions and side projects (1989–1992)===
In 1989, Skinny Puppy released the album ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'' which featured [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] frontman [[Al Jourgensen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Rabies - Skinny Puppy Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rabies-mw0000654322 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> The album was a commercial success for the group<ref name=ExclaimEveryDog /> but had received a mixed reception from fans.<ref name="Thompson (2000)">Thompson (2000): p. 624</ref> Goettel had initially been happy with the album, saying that he enjoyed working with Jourgensen and that it was his favorite Puppy album to date.<ref name="DRG1990">{{cite web|title=Interview with Dwayne Goettel, 1990|url=http://litany.net/interviews/dwayne90.html|publisher=Litany |date=1990 |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> "We all like it, and I can see the worry in people's eyes, but it doesn't worry us. We did it, and we like it, and I'm not worried about doing another just like it, you know?"<ref name="DRG1990" /> He thought it was natural for Skinny Puppy to team up with Jourgensen and make an album, and believed it was the best option at the time.<ref name=PeterDay>{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Peter|title=Dwayne Goettel Interview: WMXM 88.9 Milwaukee, October 1990|url=http://litany.net/interviews/103190.html|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090117/http://www.litany.net/interviews/103190.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> He later changed his position, telling ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' in 1991 that while some of the material on ''Rabies'' was good, the completed product was "less within the Skinny Puppy vision", a sentiment his bandmates agreed with.<ref name="24hours" /> He told Peter Day of [[WMXM]] 88.9 that ''Rabies'' was simply the result of a crossroads of ideas:

<blockquote>  Almost in a way it allowed us to go back and re-emphasize where it is we're coming from in the first place ... I mean, at the time the way things were going, Ogre was exploring a lot of things and wanted to go out and do things and at the same time, Kevin and myself were doing other projects. It seemed natural, it seemed like the thing that was required at that time ... Skinny Puppy fans were writing us saying, 'What's happened to you guys you guys aren't gonna go all hard core on us now.' Obviously were not going to do a Ministry trip exactly. What good is it if everybody is listening to hardcore guitars right now. Skinny Puppy obviously is going to flirt with it, but that's Al's trip, so he can take it and go wherever that's supposed to go.<ref name=PeterDay /></blockquote>

Conflict arose within the band, with Goettel and Key often siding against Ogre, who they felt had lost interest in working with Skinny Puppy and wanted a solo career.<ref name="AllBio">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Skinny Puppy: Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312231137/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography|archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> Following the production, Goettel and Key took a brief hiatus from the group and moved to [[Toronto]] to work on other projects.<ref name=Gilmore>{{cite news|last1=Gilmore|first1=Steven|title=The Peril's of Puppy|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ipso89.htm|work=Ipso Facto Magazine|issue=7|date=1989|access-date=19 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009115925/http://litany.net/interviews/ipso89.htm|archive-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> The duo formed [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]] with Key's longtime associate Al Nelson and released the album ''Call the Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself'' in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raggett |first1=Ned |title=Hilt - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> Goettel said he preferred the atmosphere when recording with Hilt to that of Skinny Puppy, believing it to be more enjoyable experience.<ref name="Convulsion1991">{{cite journal|title=Interview with Key and Goettel |url=https://www.waste.org/~skumm/convulsion.html |journal=Convulsion |publisher=Waste |date= April 1991|access-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204649/http://waste.org/~skumm/convulsion.html |archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref> Another project, [[Doubting Thomas (band)|Doubting Thomas]], served to showcase the material the duo had written for Skinny Puppy but was considered "too mellow" to make the cut.<ref name=Gilmore /> Goettel also helped with Key and Bill Leeb's project called [[Cyberaktif]], which he said was his least favorite of the side projects.<ref name="AltHilt">{{cite magazine |last1=Woods |first1=Karen |title=Hilt Intermission |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=1990 |issue=33 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html |access-date=31 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062907/http://litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html |archive-date=11 October 2016 }}</ref> Pleased with the work he was doing, Goettel was unsure if Skinny Puppy would ever return from the fallout of ''Rabies''. "Just the fact that there was so much satisfaction coming from outside Skinny Puppy led to that feeling of 'The End'".<ref name="24hours" />

However, the duo returned to Vancouver and reunited with Ogre at [[Mushroom Studios]] to produce 1990's ''[[Too Dark Park]]''.<ref name="Mushroom">{{cite journal |last1=Marchand |first1=Francois |title=Five Landmark Recordings From Mushroom/Hipposonic |journal=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |date=March 23, 2013 |page=58}}</ref> A year later, the group were recording their final album for [[Nettwerk Records]], ''[[Last Rights (album)|Last Rights]]''. The production was "tense and unhealthy" with the band working in shifts; Goettel and Key would use the studio by day while Ogre came in at night under the supervision of producer [[Dave "Rave" Ogilvie]].<ref name=Reed274>Reed (2013): p. 274</ref> Goettel and Key had access to new digital editing equipment which allowed them to spend more time on post-production than on previous records. For the track "Download", Goettel spent two months collecting and composing an array of sounds to be used for the song, and with the assistance of Anthony Valcic, edited them together during a 14 hour long session.<ref name="bside1">{{cite journal|last1=Garcia|first1=Sandra|title=The Guiltman Cometh|journal=B Side|date=October 1992|pages=38–43, 54|url=http://litany.net/interviews/bside92.html|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214435/http://litany.net/interviews/bside92.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, Goettel returned with Key and [[Legendary Pink Dots]] singer [[Edward Ka-Spel]] for the release of [[The Tear Garden]]'s ''[[The Last Man to Fly]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=The Tear Garden: The Last Man to Fly (Nettwerk-Capitol) |journal=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=June 14, 1992 |page=C5}}</ref> having joined them previously for 1987's ''[[Tired Eyes Slowly Burning]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=Tired Eyes Slowly Burning - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-eyes-slowly-burning-mw0000194614 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=31 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011132929/http://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-eyes-slowly-burning-mw0000194614 |archive-date=11 October 2016 }}</ref>