As much as I love industrial and all its derivatives, I think its pretty hard to pin Foetus to a particular genre. Thirlwell really is one of the few artists who successfully manages to mash up a huge variety of musical styles. My point is, that Killing Joke, while a great band in their own right, never made a song reminiscent of big band era jazz.
@TheCreepsAreAlright I will never understand Reznor-reverance (especially under a foetus vid, or next to Patton) "Inspired by" and "ripping-off" are 2 very different things. True innovation is truly hard to come by. Reznor is a Wax Trax hack. It's in his bio... :)
@TheCreepsAreAlright A difference of opinion isn't a shunning, to be fair. Reznor was sweeping up (literally) Wax Trax as a night janitor and sweeping TG, RevCo, Meat Beat, etc, etc's musical droppings as well. So, there is historical fact and there's adolescent drama. *sigh*
@ellenpea Obviously you haven't truly read Reznor's bio as stated below. He literally swept up Right Track studios in Cleveland. Wax Trax rejected Reznor and ironically was bought out by TVT with money made in part by sales of PHM. As for ripping off Reznor has always said he took a lot of influence from Ministry.
The thing that I remember most about Foetus is getting my hands on the albums. I made the mistake more than once of passing over them for something else. BAD MOVE! I later learned how much of an underground favorite Thirlwell was. By the end of the 80's I did manage to pick up Wash/Slog, Calamity Crush, the NAIL album (my personal favorite), and a few other 12in singles. I never did get HOLE or THAW. But I'm older and wiser now. I just kill someone and take their stuff...hide da body..
eBay is your friend. Altho' I didn't pass over the albums the first time round, like you did (d'oh), I've been able to fill in the gaps now I am all grown up and getting paid. Now I just need that box-set without any vinyl box and I am about done ...
@JustAnotherPunk You lucky bastard. I did manage to see Thirlwell in Berkeley only once...which is why I passed on those albums initially. Good show...but I opted for Nick Cave and some Laibach instead. Looking back - I realize a 12 year period like, '83 to about '95, was an amazing period of GOOD music taking place. And then Limp Biskit showed up and it all went to shit. So much harder to find really good groups now.
@jackkoffin1 The man seems to have infinite patience for the editing process and as far as ingenuity goes, well, the results speak for themselves. I couldn't do it either.
J.G. Thirlwell, aka Clint Ruin, The Godfather of Industrial Music. He has influenced, remized and produced so many artists. He has also refused to be pigeon holed into a single genre also. His jazz, classical and experimental projects are thought provoking and have great depth.
@Eldeecue actually Killing Joke could technically be considered the founding fathers of industrial rock/metal, they predated Foetus by 3-4 years, just listen to Turn to Red, Killing Joke, and Whats THIS For....!
@hellchild65 How dare you come here with your "facts" and "knowledge." Seriously, it's refreshing. For the purposes of intellectual debate, Pink Floyd's "Umma Gumma" used similar technology as KJ and TG in the early 60's, that would predate ALL else mentioned. The industrial before the industrial. (just to keep our labels and pidgeonholes alive and well.) ;)
This song is beautiful and so is Thirlwell.
soulessENERGY 1 week ago
One word. Godflesh.
megaterra69 2 months ago
Foetus Über Allez!
ManDayGreen 2 months ago
holy crap that was awesome
deepjew 3 months ago
As much as I love industrial and all its derivatives, I think its pretty hard to pin Foetus to a particular genre. Thirlwell really is one of the few artists who successfully manages to mash up a huge variety of musical styles. My point is, that Killing Joke, while a great band in their own right, never made a song reminiscent of big band era jazz.
56kagogo 3 months ago
Three gods I believe in, musically:
J.G. Thirlwell
Trent Reznor
Lee Ranaldo
TheCreepsAreAlright 5 months ago
@TheCreepsAreAlright
...you forgot Mike Patton...
ComedyTerrorism420 3 months ago
@ComedyTerrorism420 FUCK. HOW DID I FORGET MIKE.
TheCreepsAreAlright 3 months ago
@TheCreepsAreAlright I will never understand Reznor-reverance (especially under a foetus vid, or next to Patton) "Inspired by" and "ripping-off" are 2 very different things. True innovation is truly hard to come by. Reznor is a Wax Trax hack. It's in his bio... :)
ellenpea 2 months ago
@ellenpea *sighs* I have been shunned...
TheCreepsAreAlright 2 months ago
@TheCreepsAreAlright A difference of opinion isn't a shunning, to be fair. Reznor was sweeping up (literally) Wax Trax as a night janitor and sweeping TG, RevCo, Meat Beat, etc, etc's musical droppings as well. So, there is historical fact and there's adolescent drama. *sigh*
ellenpea 2 months ago
@ellenpea Obviously you haven't truly read Reznor's bio as stated below. He literally swept up Right Track studios in Cleveland. Wax Trax rejected Reznor and ironically was bought out by TVT with money made in part by sales of PHM. As for ripping off Reznor has always said he took a lot of influence from Ministry.
AKINZJ1 3 weeks ago
How did you squeeze all one videos in here, oh 'FoetusVevo'?
PDXCHawk 6 months ago
I worship this man
luridlorea 7 months ago
The thing that I remember most about Foetus is getting my hands on the albums. I made the mistake more than once of passing over them for something else. BAD MOVE! I later learned how much of an underground favorite Thirlwell was. By the end of the 80's I did manage to pick up Wash/Slog, Calamity Crush, the NAIL album (my personal favorite), and a few other 12in singles. I never did get HOLE or THAW. But I'm older and wiser now. I just kill someone and take their stuff...hide da body..
sparkybonehead 1 year ago
@sparkybonehead
eBay is your friend. Altho' I didn't pass over the albums the first time round, like you did (d'oh), I've been able to fill in the gaps now I am all grown up and getting paid. Now I just need that box-set without any vinyl box and I am about done ...
JustAnotherPunk 4 months ago
@JustAnotherPunk You lucky bastard. I did manage to see Thirlwell in Berkeley only once...which is why I passed on those albums initially. Good show...but I opted for Nick Cave and some Laibach instead. Looking back - I realize a 12 year period like, '83 to about '95, was an amazing period of GOOD music taking place. And then Limp Biskit showed up and it all went to shit. So much harder to find really good groups now.
Funny that...
sparkybonehead 3 months ago
A Big Fuck you to Sony for fucking over Thirlwell.
jasonbigelow 1 year ago
I wish I had the patience and the ingenuity to do the type of editing this video required.
jackkoffin1 1 year ago 4
@jackkoffin1
it is really impressive.
kmfdmgodlike 1 year ago
@jackkoffin1 The man seems to have infinite patience for the editing process and as far as ingenuity goes, well, the results speak for themselves. I couldn't do it either.
zipurhed 1 year ago
I want his suits.
FathomZero 1 year ago
J.G. Thirlwell, aka Clint Ruin, The Godfather of Industrial Music. He has influenced, remized and produced so many artists. He has also refused to be pigeon holed into a single genre also. His jazz, classical and experimental projects are thought provoking and have great depth.
amani358 1 year ago 3
@amani358 He refuses to be pigeon-holed into a single genre, like "industrial."
JK tho. He is a great musician. And when I call him a "musician," I can't use that term lightly.
eksortso 1 year ago
@amani358
Godfather of Industrial rock/metal, yes (along with Chrome) but....yeah, Industrial Records kind of predates him.
Eldeecue 9 months ago
@Eldeecue actually Killing Joke could technically be considered the founding fathers of industrial rock/metal, they predated Foetus by 3-4 years, just listen to Turn to Red, Killing Joke, and Whats THIS For....!
hellchild65 5 months ago
@hellchild65 2 words - Throbbing Gristle
ellenpea 2 months ago
@ellenpea killing joke were around the same time as TG in the mid-late 70's
hellchild65 2 months ago
@hellchild65 How dare you come here with your "facts" and "knowledge." Seriously, it's refreshing. For the purposes of intellectual debate, Pink Floyd's "Umma Gumma" used similar technology as KJ and TG in the early 60's, that would predate ALL else mentioned. The industrial before the industrial. (just to keep our labels and pidgeonholes alive and well.) ;)
ellenpea 2 months ago
If more musics videos were like this, I would like music videos.
DoctorKidkill 1 year ago 2
yes yes hells yes..
blixle 2 years ago 6
awesome. pure awesome.
burntthing 2 years ago 6