Hailed by some
as "an aggressive new alternative-rock Frankenstein," Pigface grew to
become a fierce juggernaut with a malleable line-up that could be as limited as
the individual members personal phone books, or as packed with possibilities as
the Yellow Pages. Egos where willingly surrendered for the greater good: the
onstage fire-eater at a Pittsburgh show was just as important as the
participation of then-fledgling Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor.
Fans going to the shows expecting a rote regurgitation of the stuff found on the
debut 1991 Pigface document, Gub, were left screaming and shaking
their sweaty bodies in wild abandon, or scratching their heads down to
skull-surface trying to make sense of it all.
At close
inspection, its obvious that Pigface has become much more than the
convenient, yet dubious tag of "super group." A strategy for the creation of
uncompromising music, Pigface has been a farm team (belly dancer
Christine Petro added some color to U2s PopMart tour), as well as a
launch pad for underground mavens to reinvent themselves. The collective
fostered the aesthetic growth of former Silverfish screamer Lesley
Rankine (heard here on "Chickasaw", and "Ten Ground and Down") into the sultry
grooves of Ruby. Ditto for the career of former Gaye Byker On Acid
Mary Hoxley, who later ascended from "grebo" obscurity to British dance-rock
royalty in Apollo 440. Pigface also acted as a rampart where established
musicians-such as Tools Danny Carey and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Michael "Flea" Balzary could stretch out in ways their parent bands would not
let them. The communal spirit of the music was also enough of a force to make
the music industry adjust its cloudy spectacles to take notice (reportedly, the
last word in Skinny Puppy's American Recordings contract is "Pigface").
But don't think for a nanosecond that all that activity and accomplishment was
only felt onstage in a self-congratulatory back-slapping marathon: Just prior to
his signing to the nothing Records label, Marilyn Manson launched an ad
hoc ensemble names Mrs. Scabtree, that featured other like-minded Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida freaks. When pressed for details, Manson described the group
as "a Pigface-kind of thing." Time has proven that Pigface was an
idea that has ignited both musicians and audiences alike.
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Jason Pettigrew Alternative Press
Pigface "Broadcast from
Radio China" split 7"
Recorded in Beijing in October 2006,
"Broadcast From Radio China" is the first souvenir of Pigface's Chinese
incarnation, as well as the first vinyl release from Pigface in well
over a decade. Limited edition on red vinyl, with ten different covers
all hand singed and numbered by Martin Atkins. The B-side is one
of Invisible's new Beijing artists,
Snapline, with their song "Close
Your Cold Eyes".
Available Now! This 3CD remastered re-issue includes unreleased bonus tracks,
plus the remix album "Below The Belt" and the out-of-print live album
"Eat Shit You Fucking Redneck"! Volume 4 in the Pigface deluxe reissue
series!
Includes "Headfuck", with remixes from Pitchshifter, Godhead,
Chris Vrenna, Thrill Kill Kult, Bile, and more... "Clubhead", the 60
minute non-stop megamix by DJ Omegaman... "Dubhead", mixed by Chris
Haskett (aka DJ Linux, formerly of The Rollins Band)... the glitched up
fucked up interpretations of "Bithead", courtesy of Defragmentation...
and "Crackhead", reworked by DJ? Acucrack and the Cracknation crew. All
five discs plus a Pigface laminate! Limited to 500 copies!
The first studio album in five years!
Features past and present members of: Kittie, Dope, gODHEAD, Moby, PiL,
The Clash, Ministry, Tweaker, Revolting Cocks, NIN, Bile, Nocturne,
VooDou, Thrill Kill Kult, Nitzer Ebb, Hate Dept, LoLo, Darling Kandie
and many, many more.
Featuring performances from Trent Reznor
(NIN), Ogre (Skinny Puppy), David Yow (Jesus Lizard), En Esch (KMFDM),
Chris Connelly (RevCo, Ministry), William Rieflin (Ministry, REM),
Martin Atkins (PiL, Killing Joke), and more!!! Engineered by Steve
Albini. All three releases have been remastered at the Mattress
Factory Studio and combined into a 2CD set. Package also includes
three Pigface cards featuring photos from the era in which these albums
were released.
2 CD
set featuring Genesis P-Orridge, Ministry's Louis Svitek, and former
Killing Joke drummer Paul Ferguson. Members of Chemlab and industrial
poetess Meg Lee Chin also contribute.
Now, after four studio
releases, three remix collections, four live albums & 10 tours comes the
double-disc collection The Best of Pigface. The first disc sports a bevy
of 'face-offs remastered for your stringent high-fidelity needs,
including "A******" (starring Skinny Puppy's charismatic frontman Ogre),
"Suck" (the taut minimalist groove worked by Trent Reznor), the
brooding "Empathy" (intoned by Swans founder Michael Gira) and the
Chicago rock summit "Point Blank," featuring electronic-rock icons Chris
Connelly and Paul Barker playing alongside Big Black/Shellac founder
Steve Albini. The second disc features previously unreleased tracks
starring the likes of Pixies founders Frank Black and Joey Santiago,
Dean Ween, and other aural ephemera.
Pigface "Feels Like Heaven...Sounds Like Shit!" CD
Remixes from "Notes from
thee Underground," including SickAspFuck - the Evil Mothers' "Sick
Culture" mixed with Pigface's "Fuck It Up" - became a 1 club hit!
This new DVD contains
live footage from Pigface on the United I Tour in spring 2003. This
incarnation of Pigface includes Chris Connelly, Curse Mackey, Krztoff,
Groovie Mann, Lacey Conner, and Martin Atkins.
This 2 DVD set contains all of
the footage from the LONG out of print "Glitch" and "Son of a Glitch"
videos, plus photo galleries and more. Features Trent Reznor,
Chris Connelly, Ogre, Martin Atkins, and more!!
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THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welcome To The Batcave’ book, along with this year’s bitcrushed message from the creature in the Batcave Pram. All set in a spooky Bladerunner environment!
So dress to kill … prepare for a thrill & Expect the unexpected!
The Batcave will be open from 10pm till 3am. Tickets £15 available from www.ticketweb.co.uk and Resurrection Records.
More info at www.specimenbatcave.net
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