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===Skinny Puppy=== According to Key, the concept behind Skinny Puppy was to create music from the point of view of a dog whose "tail’s trodden on" and can only bark and growl.<ref name="DogDay">{{cite magazine|title=Dog Day Afternoon|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=May 21, 1988|url=http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005200550/http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> The self-published EP ''[[Back & Forth (EP)|Back & Forth]]'' was released in 1984; only 35 copies of the tape were produced. Key brought in Leeb (under the name Wilhelm Schroeder) and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie to help record their second EP, ''[[Remission (EP)|Remission]]''. Terry McBride helped pay for the production and signed them to his new indie label, [[Nettwerk Records]].<ref name="Reed p. 174">Reed (2013): p. 174</ref> A follow-up [[LP record|LP]], ''[[Bites (album)|Bites]]'', was released the following year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Bites - Skinny puppy Overview |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bites-mw0000191740 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> Key hired [[Dwayne Goettel]] to play with Skinny Puppy in 1986 after it had become apparent that Leeb was uninterested in touring.<ref name="Barclay p.516">Barclay et al. (2011): p. 516</ref> Key felt that Goettel's technical abilities and knowledge of [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] helped give the band a new identity.<ref name=Emusician>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|title=Skinny Puppy gets respect|access-date=January 29, 2019|website=[[Electronic Musician]]|date=April 1, 2007|last1=Kleinfeld |first1=Justin |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143336/http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|archive-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> Key's partnership with Goettel strained his relationship with Ogre, who they felt was more interested in pursuing a solo career.<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=Skinny Puppy - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312231137/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography |archive-date=March 12, 2016 }}</ref> Key was displeased with Ogre inviting [[Al Jourgensen]] for the 1989 production of ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'', telling ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' that he believed Jorgensen had intended to break the band up.<ref name="24hours">{{cite magazine|title=24 Hours in Vancouver|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=February 1992|issue=35|pages=40–46|url=http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|access-date=January 29, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062850/http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> Key's relationship with Ogre continued to worsen during the recording of ''[[Last Rights (album)|Last Rights]]''. In a 1991 interview with ''[[Propaganda (magazine)|Propaganda]]'' magazine, he expressed his frustration regarding the recording of the album: <blockquote>Ogre is a different person from what I first knew, and I just can't bear to deal with it. It's something that I have to walk away from ... Every year there seems to be a promise and hope that we'll be able to talk, and we'll forget about all the things that have a lot to do with ego. Forget about ego and get into the studio and do something we originally wanted to do, which is just to make music that we'll listen to and be genuine fans of.<ref name="prop1">{{cite journal|last1=Walczak|first1=René|title=Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet|journal=[[Propaganda (magazine)|Propaganda]]|date=Autumn 1991|issue=17|url=http://litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509174257/http://litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote> When their contract with Nettwerk ended in 1992, the band signed with [[Rick Rubin]]'s [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] and moved to [[Los Angeles]] to begin recording ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Small Faces |journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 30, 1994 |page=71}}</ref><ref name="Ankeny" /> Ogre quit the band in 1995 and Goettel died of a heroin overdose shortly thereafter; Key managed to salvage ''The Process'', and released it in 1996.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Rommie |title=Skinny Puppy - The Process (American) |journal=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=March 29, 1996 |page=23}}</ref> He disbanded Skinny Puppy following Goettel's death, saying, "I found it appropriate at the time to put an end to the group ... It's always difficult when you lose a close friend like that".<ref name="Hopper">{{cite journal |last1=Hopper |first1=Kevin |title=Skinny Puppy is Ready to Howl Again After Time Off |journal=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |date=October 15, 2004 |page=15}}</ref> In 1998, Key ran into Ogre at a [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] reunion concert and discussed the possibility of working together in the future.<ref name="Pettigrew">{{cite journal |last1=Pettigrew |first1=Jason |title=See the Light, Feel the Heat |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=October 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap123.html |issue=123 |page=58}}</ref> As his relationship with Ogre improved, German promoters began asking if they would be interested in performing as Skinny Puppy once more.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Maciol|first1=Alexander|title=Skinny Puppy: Focus Dresden|magazine=[[Orkus magazine|Orkus]]|date=June 2000|url=http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|access-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214613/http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> On August 20, 2000, Key and Ogre reunited in for a one-off performance as Skinny Puppy at the [[Doomsday Festival]] in [[Dresden]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P.|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=September 2000|issue=146|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|access-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509221207/http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> and in 2001 Key performed with Ogre as a touring drummer for the latter's [[ohGr]] project. The pair reformed Skinny Puppy in 2003 and signed with European label [[SPV GmbH|SPV]], releasing ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'' a year later. Key said that the way the band recorded music had not changed much from before, but that the advancement of technology had greatly improved the process.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Derdeyn |first1=Stuart |title=Band Sends Bill for Gitmo 'Gig' |journal=[[The Province]] |date=February 27, 2014 |page=C3}}</ref> The band followed the album with the release of ''[[Mythmaker]]'' in 2007 and ''[[HanDover]]'' in 2011.<ref name="Ankeny" /> Skinny Puppy released the album ''[[Weapon (album)|Weapon]]'' in 2013 and later sent an invoice totaling $666,000 to the [[United States Department of Defense|US Department of Defense]] for the use of its music during torture sessions at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]. Key explained that he was troubled by the use of their music as a means of torture and that the invoice was not meant for "financial gain".<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|last1=Michaels|first1=Sean|title=Industrial Band Skinny Puppy Demand $666,000 After Music Is Used in Guantánamo Torture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/07/skinny-puppy-payment-guantanamo|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030631/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/07/skinny-puppy-payment-guantanamo|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status=live|date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>
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