"Mankind is its own worst enemy, now having become the very weapons it
wields toward a self destructive path. Nivek Ogre speaks with ReGen on
the topics and circumstances that led to Skinny Puppy’s latest opus,
Weapon.
An InterView with Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy
By Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)
Since the early ’80s, Skinny Puppy has redefined the parameters by which
modern music is judged, creating new and unorthodox sounds and styles
to exemplify the truly experimental nature of industrial music. Tackling
topics as diverse as animal cruelty, pharmaceutical and chemical
dependency, and mental illness and insanity, Skinny Puppy has continued
to explore the darker recesses of human experience. With the band’s
latest opus, titled Weapon, Nivek Ogre, cEvin Key, and Mark
Walk touch on humanity’s evolution toward the modern age through the
advancement of various forms of weaponry, the manipulation of the media,
technology, and information to the degree that mankind has become the
worst weapon of all, the biggest threat to its own perpetuation. Prior
to the album’s release, Ogre spoke with ReGen on his thoughts behind the
album’s concept, life in the criminal age, as well as his insights into
the human body/mind’s healing ability, and his concerns on a culture
intent on entertaining itself to death."
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