The Greater Wrong Of The Right [Digipak]

Performer: Skinny Puppy
Producer: Mark Walk; Cevin Key; Mark Walk
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Skinny Puppy: N. Ogre, cEvin Key. Personnel: Wayne Static (vocals); Saki Kaskas, Patrick Sprawl (guitar); Omar Torres, Otto Von Schirach (synthesizer, programming); Traz Damji, Dre Robinson (synthesizer); Danny Carey (drums). Additional personnel: Patrick Sprawl, Saki Kaskas (guitar); Wayne Static, Omar Torres (synthesizer, programming); Traz Damji (synthesizer); Danny Carey, Otto Von Schirach, Dre Robinson. Photographer: Austin Young. Arranger: Skinny Puppy. Its rumored demise having been somewhat exaggerated, Skinny Puppy returns after an eight-year layoff with as poppy and melodic an album as an industrial band worthy of the name can produce. Nivek Ogre's vocals are nearly distortion-free and Cevin Key's dancefloor-ready production is positively smooth compared to the band's previous effort, 1996's THE PROCESS. The socially conscious Canadian noise rockers take several pages out of the Nine Inch Nails playbook with a collection of hooky, practically listener-friendly tracks such as "I'mmortal," with its guileless "Just looking for something" chorus, and "Use Less," which sports an atmospheric, futuristic ambience. It's left up to the death-disco groove of songs "EmpTe," "Past Present," and the post-industrial wasteland tale "Neuwerld" to recall the band's fierce 1980s roots. While Skinny Puppy's sound could never exactly be called lightweight, THE GREATER WRONG OF THE RIGHT signals something of a smoothing-out of rough edges. But the presence of tracks such as "DaddyuWarbash" means the group never totally abandons its signature menace--or its love of intimidating anti-war songs.

Entertainment Weekly (p.124) - "[They] exchange their abrasive soundscapes for a bubblier sonic palette. They also adopt a playful sense of bemusement..." -- Grade: B Alternative Press (p.140) - 4 out of 5 - "[A]n impressive accomplishment form a band who've truly honed their craft."

Vancouver's Skinny Puppy took the somewhat scattershot rage of industrial pioneers like Throbbing Gristle and gave it focus--exploring the endless catalogue of evils of which mankind is capable, all in lyrically graphic detail. Though not as commercially successful as the like-minded if somewhat more rock-oriented Ministry, Skinny Puppy never wavered from their extreme vision. After producing their savage brand of sonic assault for nearly a decade, the band disbanded in 1995 after the heroin overdose death of keyboardist Dwayne Goettel, but reformed in 2000. Skinny Puppy's THE GREATER WRONG OF THE RIGHT album/tour drew the ire of Republicans during the 2004 election for its musical disparagement of President George W. Bush.

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