Editing Dwayne Goettel (section)

===''The Process'' and final years (1993–1995)===
Their contract with Nettwerk complete, the band signed to [[Rick Rubin]]'s [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] and moved to [[Los Angeles]] to begin recording their next album, ''[[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="AllBio" /> Rather than work in shifts as they had in the past, the band decided to record the album together,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Maltezos |first1=Nicholas |title=Skinny Puppy, "The Process" (American Recordings; Running Time: 43:13 11 Tracks) |journal=[[The Record (New Jersey)|The Record]] |date=July 19, 1996 |page=11}}</ref> an idea that was pushed by Rubin.<ref name=Reed275>Reed (2013): p. 275</ref> The production was frequently stalled due to fires and floods, as well as by the [[Northridge Earthquake]].<ref name="McCaughey96">{{cite magazine|last1=McCaughey|first1=Brian F.|title=Skinny Puppy: A Difficult Process|magazine=[[RIP Magazine]]|date=1996|url=http://litany.net/interviews/rip2.htm|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309102511/http://www.litany.net/interviews/rip2.htm|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Band infighting arose once more and was exacerbated by drug problems, including Goettel's increasing reliance on heroin,<ref name=Reed276>Reed (2013): p. 276</ref> a drug he once swore to never use.<ref name="Mondo" /> Concerned with the ineffectiveness of American's producers in getting Ogre to write and sing, Goettel joined Key during band meetings to demand that Rave be brought in to assist.<ref name="WeirdEnergy" /> Tensions were fueled further by the fact that when Ogre did write, he preferred to work with Key's demos instead of Goettel's.<ref name=Terrorizer>{{cite journal |title=Through the Keyhole: Interview with cEvin Key |journal=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |date=December 2001 |issue=95 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html |access-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308032744/http://www.litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html |archive-date=8 March 2016 }}</ref>

Amid the chaos, Goettel found time to work on his more [[techno]] driven solo work, which he made under the pseudonym aDuck.<ref name="Interface" /> To release his work, he and his friend [[Phil Western]] created the independent record label [[Subconscious Communications]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gourley |first1=Bob |title=cEvin KEY Interview From Halloween 1997 Focusing on the Download Project (1997) |url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/download-cevin-key-1997/ |website=Chaos Control |access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref> Together, they released the ''aDuck/Philth'' split [[twelve-inch single]] in 1993. Limited to 200 copies, the single featured the aDuck song "Power" on one side, and a song from Western (who used the name Philth) called "My Heart is Being Touched By Christ" on the other. Another aDuck song, "Phenethylamine Backwash", was released later in the year on a techno compilation compiled by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kern |first1=Jay |title=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography: Other Projects |url=http://www.prongs.org/brap/other.html |website=Prongs |publisher=Mythos Press |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref> That same year, Goettel was credited as a keyboardist on [[Sister Machine Gun]]'s debut ''[[Sins of the Flesh]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=Vincent |title=Sister Machine Gun - Sins of the Flesh Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sins-of-the-flesh-mw0000179747/credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref> In 1995, he helped Key establish the band [[Download (band)|Download]] as a side project to Skinny Puppy. Their first album, titled ''[[Furnace (Download album)|Furnace]]'', was released following Goettel's death.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Download - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/download-mn0000201857/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

Ogre quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995, prompting Rubin to halt funding for the album.<ref name="Reed277">Reed (2013): p. 277</ref> Goettel and Key returned to Vancouver with the master tapes in hand, intending to complete the album there.<ref name="AllBio" /> Following Goettel's death in August, Rubin allotted funds so that Key, with the help of Rave, could see to the completion of the album.<ref name="Reed277" />