Editing Nivek Ogre (section)

===Skinny Puppy===
Ogre's work with Skinny Puppy has primarily been as the lead singer, though he would occasionally contribute work with [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] and [[synthesizer]]s.<ref name="EveryDog" /> The first song he wrote for the group was titled "[[Back & Forth (EP)|Canine]]" and helped establish the philosophy of writing songs about the world as seen through a dog's eyes.<ref name="Afternoon">{{cite journal|title=Dog Day Afternoon|journal=Melody Maker|date=May 21, 1988|url=http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> "It was about a dog watching his master beat his wife and then questioning himself - should he be loyal to the man or rip his head off?"<ref name="Taboos" /> Along with [[Bill Leeb]] (Wilhelm Shroeder), Ogre and Key produced the [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Remission (EP)|Remission]]'' in 1984 and released it through the newly established [[Nettwerk Records|Nettwerk]] label.<ref name="EveryDog">{{cite web|last1=Wolanski|first1=Coreen|title=Skinny Puppy: Every Dog has Its Day (1 February, 2002)|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/skinny_puppy-every_dog_has_its_day|website=Exclaim!|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> Next to follow were two full-length albums, ''[[Bites (album)|Bites]]'' in 1985 and ''[[Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse]]'' in 1986, the latter of which spawned their first single, "[[Dig It (Skinny Puppy song)|Dig It]]".

[[File:Nivek Ogre Skinny Puppy 1987.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A photo of Nivek Ogre performing with Skinny Puppy in 1987.|Nivek Ogre performing with Skinny Puppy in 1987]]

Many of Ogre's early songs, specifically from the album ''Bites'', were about his ex-wife.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stern|first1=Perry|title=Canine Caterwauling|journal=Graffiti|date=September 1986|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/cancat.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> Following ''Bites'', Ogre began to construct more politically and socially minded lyrics such as those for the song "Dig It", which he says describes "a fight to rise above in the work force/ which can turn into your early grave".<ref name="Taboos" /> Ogre's writing would gradually become more "worldly" and "[[ecology]]-minded".<ref name=AintDead>{{cite journal|last1=Walczak|first1=René|title=Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet|journal=Propaganda|date=1991|issue=17|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> [[Animal rights]] and environmental degradation would become recurring elements in Skinny Puppy's music.<ref name="HarshReality">{{cite journal|last1=Luhrssen|first1=Dave|title=Skinny Puppy make the most Harsh Reality|journal=Milwaukee Journal|date=October 26, 1990|url=http://litany.net/interviews/milw102690.html|access-date=June 9, 2016}}</ref> 1988's ''[[VIVIsectVI]]'', written as "a biting commentary on animal rights",<ref name="BloodRock">{{cite journal|last1=Bonner|first1=Staci|title=Blood Rock: Skinny Puppy's Morbid Extremes|journal=Spin|date=December 1988|volume=4|issue=9|pages=15|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_5oyYjDeNc_AC#page/n13/mode/2up|access-date=May 22, 2016}}</ref> spawned the single "[[Testure]]" which peaked at no. 19 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's]]'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Skinny Puppy - Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279535/Skinny+Puppy/chart?f=359|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

Skinny Puppy became known for their [[performance art]] laden live shows, a result of Ogre's use of costumes, props, and fake blood.<ref name="Kleinfeld">{{cite web|last1=Kleinfeld|first1=Justin|title=Skinny Puppy (1 April, 2007)|url=http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|website=Electronic Musician|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> The set design for a live show often falls to Ogre, who usually builds the sets himself.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Chris|title=Report: Skinny Puppy, Live in Toronto|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/report-skinny-puppy-live-in-toronto/|website=Fangoria|publisher=fangoria.com|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520014300/http://www.fangoria.com/new/report-skinny-puppy-live-in-toronto/|archive-date=May 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ogre described the ''[[Too Dark Park]]'' tour as his career high point, during which he ran off what he called "car-crash energy".<ref name="Soundcheck" />

While recording the Skinny Puppy album ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]'' in [[Los Angeles]], a split began to grow between the band members with Ogre on one side and the other two band members, Key and keyboardist [[Dwayne Goettel]], on the other. In 1994, Skinny Puppy completed the master tapes for the album. Key and Goettel returned to Vancouver with the tapes while Ogre decided to stay in Los Angeles. Ogre quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995, two months before Goettel died from a [[heroin]] overdose.<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|publisher=AllMusic.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

He joined the [[Banff Centre]] as an artist-in-residence in spring 2000<ref>{{cite journal |title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P. |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=September 2000 |issue=146 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> before reuniting with Key to perform at the [[Doomsday Festival]] in [[Dresden]] as Skinny Puppy.<ref>{{cite journal|title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P.|journal=Alternative Press|date=September 2000|issue=146|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> Relations improved between the two band members after the performance and they released ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'' in 2004; they followed this up with the release of ''[[Mythmaker]]'' in 2007 and ''[[Handover (album)|hanDover]]'' in 2011.<ref name="AllBio" /> In 2013, inspired by the news that their music had been used for torture at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]], they released the album ''[[Weapon (album)|Weapon]]''.<ref name="FuseTorture?">{{cite web|last1=Noah|first1=Alan|title=Skinny Puppy: Music as Torture? (21 February, 2014)|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/02/fuse-news-skinny-puppy-guantanamo-torture-music|website=Fuse|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> In early 2014, Ogre and Key sent the US government an invoice for $666,000 for the use of their music at the camp.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Flanagan|first1=Andrew|title=Skinny Puppy on Invoicing the U.S. Government: 'I'm Sure BMI and ASCAP would Like to Know' (7 February, 2014)|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5900955/skinny-puppy-on-invoicing-the-us-government-im-sure-bmi-and-ascap|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> Ogre told the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' that "they didn’t even use our actual recordings – they used [[Bootleg recording|bootlegs]], so there was all sorts of hiss and distortion in the mix, which was probably even more disturbing to the person who was having it done to them".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lanham|first1=Tom|title=Skinny Puppy Makes Torturing Music (18 December, 2014)|url=http://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/skinny-puppy-makes-torturing-music/Content?oid=2914589|website=The San Francisco Examiner|publisher=[[San Francisco Examiner]]|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, they embarked on the ''Down the Sociopath'' tour with [[Youth Code]] through North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=SKINNY PUPPY YOUTH CODE US TOUR|url=http://litany.net/posts/2015/08/12/skinny-puppy--youth-code-us-tour|work=Litany.net|access-date=March 22, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807161942/http://www.litany.net/posts/2015/08/12/skinny-puppy--youth-code-us-tour|archive-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> A follow-up tour in Europe entitled ''Down the Sociopath too Euro 2017'' began in May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy's Down the SocioPath too Euro 2017 Tour!|url=https://www.metropolis-records.com/tour/291/skinny-puppys-down-the-sociopath-too-euro-2017-tour|website=Metropolis Records|publisher=metropolis-records.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>