Where did they get the name Skinny Puppy? What does it mean?
cEvin had come up with the name Skinny Puppy even before he had met Ogre, while he was doing some experiments on his own (one of which was Meat Flavour). While the name can be interpreted a number of different ways and has many different levels of meaning, the basic idea is that of an abused, neglected animal who doesn’t speak much but when he does it is a pain filled yelp. Early on, the concept for the band was to look at the whole world through the eyes of a dog. This resulted in Ogre’s lyrics for K-9 which became what is in some ways the first Puppy song. What were their influences? There were many bands that were influential to Skinny Puppy. One of the major, early influences was Throbbing Gristle, the band that began the Industrial Records label in the late ’70s. Another heavy influence was the pioneering German synth band Kraftwerk. cEvin said once that when he got his first Kraftwerk album, he got rid of the rest of his record collection and started over. Some have said that ear
