Editing CEvin Key (section)

===The Tear Garden===
Key came in contact with [[The Legendary Pink Dots]] by way of ''The Elephant Table'', a compilation tape shared within the tape trading community.<ref name="Reed p. 173">Reed (2013): p. 173</ref> He met Pink Dots singer [[Edward Ka-Spel]] in 1985 while working as a sound engineer on Ka-Spel's solo tour.<ref name="SideLine">{{cite web |title=Skinny Puppy Fans Attention! The 2009 Album by The Tear Garden (aka cEvin Key and Edward Ka-Spel From The Legendary Pink Dots) to be Re-released on Vinyl! (November 14, 2016) |url=http://www.side-line.com/skinny-puppy-fans-attention-the-2009-album-by-the-tear-garden-aka-cevin-key-and-edward-ka-spel-from-the-legendary-pink-dots-to-be-re-released-on-vinyl/ |website=Side-Line |publisher=Side-Line Music Magazine |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=November 14, 2016 }}</ref> Key presented Ka-Spel with some recordings he had made, believing that Ka-Spel's voice would work well with them; Ka-Spel agreed after listening to the tapes.<ref name=Westword>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Tom |title=Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots Talks About Changes and Tear Garden (October 10, 2010) |url=https://www.westword.com/music/edward-ka-spel-of-the-legendary-pink-dots-talks-about-changes-and-tear-garden-5714696 |website=[[Westword]] |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=October 20, 2010 }}</ref> The pair formed [[The Tear Garden]] soon after and, with Dave Ogilvie as producer, released a self-titled EP later in the year.<ref name="SideLine" /> Goettel joined Key and Ka-Spel for the release of ''[[Tired Eyes Slowly Burning]]'' in 1987. The album featured the song "You and Me and Rainbows", which ran close to 17 minutes long.<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=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The album was noted for using a mixture of [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]] and electronic influences.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning |journal=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=January 23, 1988 |page=B6}}</ref>

The band released the albums ''[[The Last Man to Fly]]'' and ''Sheila Liked the Rodeo'' in 1992, both the product of a single five hour recording session. Key said that most of the material from ''Sheila Liked the Rodeo'' was recorded by engineers in secret while the band was in the midst of a jam session.<ref name="Masuo">{{cite journal |last1=Masuo |first1=Sandy |title=The Tear Garden |journal=B-Side |date=March 1994 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/bside94.html |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Key said of the recording session:

<blockquote>There's a certain greatness to knowing that the tape isn't rolling and knowing that the song that you're playing is simply the last time you'll ever hear it, if your in a jamming, improvisational mode. And then going in and hearing that somebody actually recorded it is just ... the ultimate gift I guess.<ref name="Masuo" /></blockquote>

Their 1996 album ''[[To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide]]'' featured a more subdued style in the wake of Goettel's death,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=To Be an Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-be-an-angel-blind-the-crippled-soul-divide-mw0000076170 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> and they returned in 2000 to release ''[[Crystal Mass]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Rich |title=Crystal Mass - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crystal-mass-mw0000102567 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Starting in 2016, the band ran a successful [[PledgeMusic]] campaign to support their new album, ''The Brown Acid Caveat'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Veronac |first1=Alex |title=KaSpel and Key Return to The Tear Garden (August 11, 2017) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/the-tear-garden-the-brown-acid-caveat-edward-ka-spel/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> which was released on July 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Veronac |first1=Alex |title=The Tear Garden - The Brown Acid Caveat (July 30, 2017) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/reviews/the-tear-garden-the-brown-acid-caveat/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>