Skinny Puppy (Photo by Emilie Elizabeth and John Kraw)
In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Skinny Puppy hit the road for the Skinny Puppy: Final Tour featuring special guest Lead Into Gold. Produced by Live Nation, the tour arrives in the DC area for a show at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, April 19.
Said Skinny Puppy: “It’s been 8 long years since we’ve toured and there is no better way to end our run as a group than with a tour celebrating our 40th anniversary.”
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1982. The group is widely considered to be one of the founders of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images in Vogue, Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie).
Watch the official music video for “Smothered Hope” by Skinny Puppy on YouTube:
Skinny Puppy is noted for theatrical and controversial live performances which blend performance art with music.
Ogre once remarked that touring was, for himself, like “dating hydrogen peroxide“, referencing the numerous injuries that he would acquire over the course of touring.
Skinny Puppy releases have charted in North America and Europe, and their influence on industrial and electronic music is considerable.
Widely considered originators of a unique sound and live performance style, Skinny Puppy are also known as pioneers of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres.
Skinny Puppy: Final Tour
W/ Lead Into Gold
The Fillmore Silver Spring
Wednesday, April 19
Doors @ 7pm
$37.50
All ages