Editing Skinny Puppy (section)

==History==
===Formation and first releases (1982–1985)===
Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 as a side project for Kevin Crompton in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia.<ref name="Reed (2013) p. 172">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=172}}</ref> Crompton was dissatisfied with the [[Pop music|pop]] direction of the band he was in, [[Images in Vogue]], and began Skinny Puppy with the intention of doing something more compelling and experimental.<ref name=IiVbio>{{cite web|last1=Mercer|first1=Laurie|title=Images in Vogue Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/images-in-vogue-mn0000910004|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701221852/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/images-in-vogue-mn0000910004|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> Images in Vogue had become a popular act in [[Vancouver]], achieving several radio hits<ref name="GeoStraight">{{cite web|last1=Lucas|first1=John|title=From the Vault: A Vancouver Classic by Images in Vogue|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/612136/vault-vancouver-classic-images-vogue|website=The Georgia Straight|date=9 January 2016|publisher=straight.com|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916211327/http://www.straight.com/blogra/612136/vault-vancouver-classic-images-vogue|archive-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> and opening for groups such as [[Duran Duran]], [[Depeche Mode]], and [[Roxy Music]].<ref name="PNTinterview">{{cite web|last1=Burnsilver|first1=Glenn|title=Skinny Puppy's Music Was Used for Torture, So They Invoiced the Government|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/skinny-puppys-music-was-used-for-torture-so-they-invoiced-the-government-6588359|website=Phoenix New Times|publisher=phoenixnewtimes.com|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716204958/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/skinny-puppys-music-was-used-for-torture-so-they-invoiced-the-government-6588359|archive-date=16 July 2016}}</ref> Crompton had planned Skinny Puppy to be a side project while he continued his work in Images in Vogue; however, when Images in Vogue relocated to [[Toronto]], Crompton made Skinny Puppy his full-time project.<ref name="IIV">{{cite web|url=http://imagesinvogue.ca/history.html|title=A Short History|publisher=The Official Images in Vogue Site|access-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216221832/http://imagesinvogue.ca/history.html |archive-date=16 February 2006}}</ref> Crompton had already created the name for the project and recorded several songs when he asked Kevin Graham Ogilvie to join. Ogilvie had been a roommate of Images in Vogue member Gary Blair Smith and had met Crompton at a party in late 1982.<ref name="Reed (2013) p. 172" /> To avoid the confusion of having two people named Kevin in one band, the pair created stage names, with Crompton becoming cEvin Key and Ogilvie becoming Nivek Ogre.<ref name="Barclay et al (2011) p. 507">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=507}}</ref>

Using Key's apartment as a studio, the duo began recording songs<ref name="Barclay et al (2011) p. 507" /> and in 1983 with the help of Images in Vogue recording engineer [[Dave "Rave" Ogilvie]] (no relation to Ogre),<ref name="GeoStraight" /> Skinny Puppy released the EP ''[[Back & Forth (EP)|Back & Forth]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy: Back and Forth (1984)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Skinny-Puppy-Back-Forth/release/209957|publisher=discogs|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508021739/https://www.discogs.com/Skinny-Puppy-Back-Forth/release/209957|archive-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> This was the beginning of a long partnership between Skinny Puppy and Rave, who would serve as their producer until 1993, and again in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Ogilvie: 'Credits'|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-ogilvie-mn0000692141/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011102631/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-ogilvie-mn0000692141/credits|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> and was occasionally listed as a member of the band in album liner notes.<ref name="Reed (2013) p. 172" /><ref name="SPdiscography">{{cite web|last1=Lim|first1=Stacy|title=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography|url=http://prongs.org/brap/SP.html|website=Prongs|publisher=Mythos Press|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618174602/http://prongs.org/brap/SP.html|archive-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> Though only 35 copies were ever printed, the self-released ''Back & Forth'' drew the attention of Vancouver startup label [[Nettwerk]], who signed the band later that year.<ref name="Reed p. 174">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=174}}</ref> The first live Skinny Puppy show was held at the Unovis art gallery in Vancouver in February 1984; the British group [[Alien Sex Fiend]] were among the 300 people in attendance.<ref name="Reed p.173">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=173}}</ref>

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Ogre has said that Skinny Puppy acted as an escape for Key, who wished to distance himself from Images in Vogue: "He was looking for something to break out of [Images in Vogue], and maybe I was it". Key would continue to drum for Images in Vogue until the group relocated to Toronto in 1985. Key's concept behind Skinny Puppy came from the group's first song ever recorded, "K-9". The idea, according to Key, was to create music which explored "life as seen through a dog's eyes".<ref name="Barclay et al (2011) p. 507" /><ref name=Gilmore /> Skinny Puppy also incorporated the use of "B-grade horror movie visuals", including fake blood and props, into their live performances.{{sfn|Barclay et al.|2011|p= 510}} Key justified these "shock gore" antics with the following:

<blockquote>What we're presenting isn't much different from what [the audience] is subjected to in everyday life. For example, a commercial is a very plastic view of existence and reality. When you watch a TV show and see a world with picture-perfect endings, all you have to do is switch the station and watch the news.<ref name="Barclay p.511">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=511}}</ref></blockquote>
[[File:20160305-Frontline-Assembly-E-tropolis-Oberhausen-5668.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A photo of Bill Leeb in 2016|Bill Leeb contributed to several early Skinny Puppy recordings]]
Having scored a record deal with Nettwerk and with interest surrounding the ''Back & Forth'' EP growing, Skinny Puppy was invited to Vancouver's [[Mushroom Studios]] to work on new material.<ref name="Reed p.173" /> It was here that the group recruited [[Bill Leeb]] to perform bass synth and backing vocals.<ref name="Reed p.173" /><ref name="Barclay p.511" /> Like Ogre and Key before him, Leeb created a stage name, Wilhelm Schroeder; "my real name is Wilhelm" said Leeb, "Schroeder we picked out from the guy playing the piano in the [[Charlie Brown]] cartoon".<ref name="eklectiqueinterview">{{cite web | url=http://www.darkwaver.com/eklectique/two/frontline.html | title=Front Line Assembly | work=Eklectique Magazine | last=Porter | first=Alicia | date=8 November 1998 | access-date=30 June 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213519/http://www.darkwaver.com/eklectique/two/frontline.html | archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> Skinny Puppy released their second EP, ''[[Remission (EP)|Remission]]'' in December 1984, almost a year following ''Back & Forth''.

''Remission'' marked the first time Skinny Puppy would collaborate with artist [[Steven R. Gilmore|Steven Gilmore]], who created the album artwork.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy 'Remission': Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/remission-mw0000235047/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011102659/http://www.allmusic.com/album/remission-mw0000235047/credits|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> The EP was initially only released in [[Gramophone record|vinyl]], but was later given a [[compact Cassette|cassette]] release in 1985.<ref name="SPdiscography" /> According to Nettwerk VP of A&R and Marketing George Maniatis, ''Remission'' "grabbed everybody by the you-know-whats" and, for Nettwerk Records, brought with it an association with [[industrial dance music]].<ref name="Bessman1989">{{cite magazine|last1=Bessman|first1=Jim|title=Nettwerk Dances to a Different Beat: Canadian Indie's Product goes Beyond Industrial Sounds|magazine=Billboard|date=4 March 1989|volume=101|issue=9|page=31|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1989/BB-1989-03-04-OCR-Page-0050.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20remission%22|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref> The EP was supported by music videos for the songs "Far Too Frail" and "Smothered Hope",<ref name="Barclay p.511" /> the latter of which being the closest thing to a hit song any North American industrial act had achieved at the time.<ref name="Reed p. 174" />

Skinny Puppy released its first full-length album, ''[[Bites (album)|Bites]]'', in 1985 and was produced by Key and Dave Ogilvie. [[Tom Ellard]] of the Australian electronic act [[Severed Heads]] lent a hand to the production of ''Bites'', acting as a producer and performing various sampling and mixing duties.<ref name="BitesCredits">{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy 'Bites': Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bites-mw0000191740|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625060144/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bites-mw0000191740|archive-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> Described by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine as "techno dance ... a la [[Kraftwerk]]",<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Skinny Puppy 'Bites'|magazine=Billboard|date=5 October 1985|volume=97|issue=40|page=64|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1985/BB-1985-10-05-OCR-Page-0070.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20bites%22|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref> ''Bites'' yielded the underground hit "Assimilate".<ref name="Barclay p.511" /> Key and Ogre opened for [[Chris & Cosey]] on their 1985 Canadian tour as [[Bites (album)|Hell 'O' Death Day]]; some of the material the duo had performed would appear on ''Bites'' as bonus tracks.<ref name="PowerforLiving">{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Ron|title=Skinny Puppy Interview, December 1985 (Power For Living Magazine)|url=http://litany.net/interviews/pfl85.html|website=Litany: Interview Archive|publisher=litany.net|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509230611/http://litany.net/interviews/pfl85.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> One of these bonus tracks, a song called "The Centre Bullet", featured lyrics by [[The Legendary Pink Dots|Legendary Pink Dots]] founder [[Edward Ka-Spel]].<ref name="SPdiscography" /><ref name="Neville1994">{{cite web|last1=Neville|first1=Leigh|title=TEARGARDEN: White Coats and Haloes [appeared in Music From the Empty Quarter #9, March 1994]|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/lpd/archives/interviews/empty94.txt|website=Brainwashed: Interview Archives|publisher=brainwashed.com|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110192933/http://www.brainwashed.com/lpd/archives/interviews/empty94.txt|archive-date=10 November 2006}}</ref>

While Skinny Puppy had become well received by underground audiences in most major urban areas, due in part to their anti-consumerist themes and [[The Cure|Cure]]-like aesthetics, not everyone was friendly to the group. Key described Skinny Puppy as the antithesis of "the [[Bruce Springsteen]] mentality of music", rejecting "Top 40 conformity".<ref name="Barclay p.512">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=512}}</ref> Toronto-based music journalist and DJ Greg Clow recalled [[Michael Williams (Canadian TV personality)|Michael Williams]], who was a [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] for [[Muchmusic]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cowie|first1=Del F.|title=Former MuchMusic VJ Michael Williams (October 29, 2009)|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/former_muchmusic_vj_michael_williams|work=Exclaim!|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918062605/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/former_muchmusic_vj_michael_williams|archive-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> introducing him to Skinny Puppy, describing them as "Canada's answer to [[Depeche Mode]].<ref name="Barclay p.511" />

===Dwayne Goettel and stylistic transition (1986–1987)===
In 1986, Nettwerk made a distribution deal with [[Capitol Records]], allowing Skinny Puppy and others in Nettwerk's roster to expand their respective audiences.<ref name="Barclay p.516">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=516}}</ref> Capitol manager Stephen Powers stated that signing groups such as Skinny Puppy gave the company "a real credibility" with the alternative and college music scenes.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bessman|first1=Jim|title=Is Offbeat Act Ready for Mainstream? Fetchin Rattles Some Bones|magazine=Billboard|date=27 December 1986|volume=98|issue=52|page=34|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1986/BB-1986-12-27-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20capitol%22|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> Skinny Puppy also signed to [[PIAS Recordings|Play It Again Sam]], allowing the group's music to expand into Europe.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Harrison|first1=Tom|title=Vancouver & the West: Adams Discovers Diamond; Underground Surfaces to Mine Musical Motherlode|magazine=Billboard|date=1 February 1986|volume=98|issue=5|page=C-14}}</ref> It was this expansion into the European market that would help to make Skinny Puppy a "cash cow" for Nettwerk in the early years.<ref name="Barclay p.516" /> In a 2007 interview with [[CraveOnline]], Ogre commented on Skinny Puppy's time with Capitol, saying:
<blockquote>We're so lucky to have gotten here, and if we look back on the fact that we were on Capitol Records at a certain point, being distributed and making these albums under budget… there was one year when we were the only band on the label to profit, when [[MC Hammer]] lost a shitload of money. I can still appreciate how odd it was that we had the chance to do that because it doesn't really happen in a lot of cases.<ref>{{cite web|title=Making the Myth with Ogre: CraveOnline Talks to Skinny Puppy Vocalist about their New Album, Mythmaker|url=http://www.craveonline.com/music/158444-making-the-myth-with-ogre|website=CraveOnline|publisher=craveonline.com|access-date=6 July 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=SheriffIsInTown |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote>

Bill Leeb left Skinny Puppy in 1986 to pursue his own musical project, [[Front Line Assembly]].<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title=Bill Leeb: Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-leeb-mn0000063675/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=6 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011122305/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-leeb-mn0000063675/biography|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Leeb gave his reasons for leaving the group stating that his bandmates expressed different ideas from his own and that he had been interested in singing.<ref name="chaoscontrolinterview93">{{cite web|url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/|title=Front Line Assembly|publisher=Chaos Control Magazine|year=1993|access-date=6 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411143127/http://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/|archive-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> Leeb's replacement would be quiet [[Alberta, Canada|Alberta]] native [[Dwayne Goettel]].<ref name="Barclay p.516" /> A classically trained musician, Goettel had been in a duo named Water with vocalist Sandy Weir and had worked with the [[synthpop]] band [[Psyche (band)|Psyche]], among others.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Talevski|first1=Nick|title=Rock Obituaries: Knocking on Heaven's Door|date=2006|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London, UK|isbn=9781846090912|page=212}}</ref><ref name=Emusician/><ref name="SEE Magazine">{{Cite web|url=http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2005/0811/mus7.htm |title=Infectious bite |access-date=14 May 2007 |website=[[See Magazine]] |date=11 June 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223033702/http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2005/0811/mus7.htm |archive-date=23 February 2007 }}</ref>

Skinny Puppy's production values improved with the addition of Goettel, with Key remarking that "Dwayne brought us a whole new sense and aesthetic that we didn't have. Up to that point, we were really punk rock in our approach". Key continued on that "he [Goettel] had an incredible knowledge of equipment and at a very early stage was really the master of sampling, which had really just begun".<ref name=Emusician/><ref name="AllBio"/> Goettel's contributions to Skinny Puppy's second full-length effort, 1986's ''[[Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse]]'', helped to propel the band towards the style of their "chaotic future masterworks".<ref>{{cite web|last1=DiGravina|first1=Tim|title=Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mind-the-perpetual-intercourse-mw0000200383|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=7 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701020816/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mind-the-perpetual-intercourse-mw0000200383|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> To promote the album, the band made an appearance on [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[Brave New Waves]]'' program in September 1986,<ref name="Barclay pp.31-32">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|pp=31–32}}</ref> and released their first single, "[[Dig It (Skinny Puppy song)|Dig It]]".{{sfn|Kern|2010|p=74}} A music video for "Dig It" was produced and received extensive airplay on [[MTV]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web|title=1986 Rock Music Timeline|url=http://www.rockmusictimeline.com/1986.html|website=Rock Music Timeline|publisher=rockmusictimeline.com|access-date=7 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629224908/http://www.rockmusictimeline.com/1986.html|archive-date=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 120 Minutes Archive: 1986–87|url=http://120minutes.tylerc.com/1986-87/|website=The 120 Minutes Archive|publisher=tylerc.com|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

Further promotion for the album came from a world tour with the band [[Severed Heads]]. The tour proved to be a vital learning experience for the group, having encounters with, according to Key, "tour managers and agents that didn't pay us".<ref name=Gilmore /> In 1987, the song "[[Stairs and Flowers]]" was released as a single, as was a new song titled "[[Chainsaw (Skinny Puppy song)|Chainsaw]]".<ref name="Kern p.77">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=77}}</ref> The group attracted the attention of the [[Parents Music Resource Center|Parent Music Resource Center (PMRC)]], which named ''Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse'' one of several albums believed to be "violent, sexually explicit, or condoning substance abuse".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Holland|first1=Bill|title=PMRC is on the Warpath Again|magazine=Billboard|date=4 July 1987|volume=99|issue=27|page=78}}</ref> The album was named by ''[[Melody Maker]]'' magazine as one of the best releases of the year.<ref name="Rocklist">{{cite web|title=Melody Maker End of Year Critics list-1988|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmpage.html#1987|website=Rock List Music|access-date=7 July 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124075354/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmpage.html#1987|archive-date=24 November 2012}}</ref>

Later in 1987 came Skinny Puppy's third full-length album, ''[[Cleanse Fold and Manipulate]]''. Described as "a turning point, where experimentation is just beginning to gel with innovation",<ref>{{cite web|last1=DiGravina|first1=Tim|title=Cleanse Fold and Manipulate: AllMusic Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cleanse-fold-and-manipulate-mw0000651145|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=8 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701002340/http://www.allmusic.com/album/cleanse-fold-and-manipulate-mw0000651145|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> the album marks the point where the group began to explore more political themes, delving into topics such as the [[AIDS epidemic]] and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Shurtluff|first1=Kevin|title=Bulky and Surrealistic: Skinny Puppy|magazine=Alternative Press|date=December 1988|volume=3|issue=14|url=http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|access-date=7 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006021627/http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|archive-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> A song from the album, "[[Addiction (Skinny Puppy song)|Addiction]]" was released as a single.<ref name="Kern p.78">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=78}}</ref> The group later went on tour, with a performance at Toronto's [[Masonic Temple (Toronto)|Concert Hall]] being released on [[VHS]] in 1989 and CD in 1991 as ''[[Ain't It Dead Yet?]]''.<ref name=ExclaimEveryDog>{{cite web|last1=Wolanski|first1=Coreen|title=Skinny Puppy: Every Dog Has Its Day|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/skinny_puppy-every_dog_has_its_day|work=Exclaim!|access-date=8 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918154802/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/skinny_puppy-every_dog_has_its_day|archive-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Also released in 1987 was ''[[Bites and Remission]]'' (through Capitol Records) and ''[[Remission & Bites]]'' (European release, through Pay It Again Sam), both compilations of Skinny Puppy's first two Nettwerk releases.<ref name="Kern p.14">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=14}}</ref>

===Subsequent success (1988–1989)===
Skinny Puppy's live performances had become increasingly elaborate, with Ogre interacting with an onstage [[crucifix]] and other "crudely constructed" stage props.<ref name=ExclaimEveryDog /> Craig MacInnis of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' described their new stage show as "neo-dadaist shock theatre",<ref>{{cite news|last1=MacInnis|first1=Craig|title=Satirical Fuzzbox No Second Bananarama|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=29 May 1987|page=E8}}</ref> while Tom Lanham of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' referred to it as "grotesque".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lanham|first1=Tom|title=Shock-Rockers Take Taboos To Their Heart|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=12 April 1987|page=41|url=http://litany.net/interviews/sanfran041287.html|access-date=12 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509194131/http://litany.net/interviews/sanfran041287.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The band continued to tour in 1988 with the European ''Head Trauma'' tour, supported by [[Edward Ka-Spel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tear Garden|url=http://www.nettwerk.com/label-film-tv/tear-garden|website=Nettwerk Music Group|publisher=nettwerk.com|access-date=12 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914051133/http://www.nettwerk.com/label-film-tv/tear-garden|archive-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> Following the tour, the group returned to the studio to record what Ogre described would be the band's most critical statement regarding [[animal testing]].<ref name="Barclay p.517">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=517}}</ref>
[[File:Nivek Ogre Skinny Puppy 1987.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A photo of Nivek Ogre performing with Skinny Puppy in 1987.|A blood-soaked Ogre performing live]]
Skinny Puppy released their fourth album, ''[[VIVIsectVI]]'', in 1988;<ref name="Kern p.28">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=28}}</ref> the album's name is a pun intended to associate [[vivisection]] with [[Satanism]] (i.e. the "[[Number of the beast|666]] sect").<ref name="VinylPropaganda">{{cite magazine|last1=Spainhower|first1=Mark|title=Skinny Puppy Interview|magazine=Vinyl Propaganda|year=1988|volume=1|issue=8|url=http://litany.net/interviews/vinyl88.html|access-date=12 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009115902/http://litany.net/interviews/vinyl88.html|archive-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> The group's primary aim with the album was to bring attention to the topic of [[vivisection]] and other issues regarding [[animal rights]].<ref name="BloodRock">{{cite magazine|last1=Bonner|first1=Staci|title=Blood Rock: Skinny Puppy's Morbid Extremes|magazine=Spin|date=December 1988|volume=4|issue=9|pages=15|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_5oyYjDeNc_AC#page/n13/mode/2up|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> The album's subject matter also deals with subjects such as [[chemical warfare]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=National Post Staff|title=Vancouver Band Skinny Puppy Says They've Sent a $666K Invoice to U.S. Government for Using Their Music at Guantanamo Bay|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/music/vancouver-band-skinny-puppy-says-theyve-sent-a-666k-invoice-to-u-s-government-for-using-their-music-at-guantanamo-bay|work=National Post|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> environmental waste,<ref name="Graffiti">{{cite magazine|last1=Stern|first1=Perry|title=Skinny Puppy Animal Rights Rule|magazine=Graffiti Magazine|date=November 1988}}</ref> and disease.<ref name="Barclay p.517" /> Lead track "Dogshit" was released as a single in 1988 under the name "[[Censor (single)|Censor]]"; the name change was made by the band when it was decided that the single would not sell well with its original name.<ref name="VinylPropaganda" /> The single "[[Testure]]", which denounced the testing of animals for research purposes,<ref name="Barclay p.517" /> reached No.&nbsp;19 on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]] chart in 1989.<ref name="AMG singles chart">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5447/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Skinny Puppy: Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=14 May 2007}}</ref><ref name="Hotdance">{{cite magazine|title=Hot Dance Music|magazine=Billboard|date=25 March 1989|volume=101|issue=12|pages=30|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1989/BB-1989-03-25-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> 

According to Ogre, "Testure" was intended to be accessible in the hope of spreading their "anti-vivisectionist" message. "It's the only song I think they will be able to play on the radio", he said. "I hope they do play it because it's the only way we can go beyond our ranks and our loyal fans who already understand the message".<ref name="Graffiti" /> "Testure" also featured several well-chosen samples from the film ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'',<ref name=Topsample>{{cite web|last1=Cigéhn |first1=Peter |title=The Top Sampling Groups List: Skinny Puppy |url=http://www.sloth.org/samples-bin/samples/group?entry=Skinny+Puppy |website=Internet Archive: Wayback Machine |access-date=19 July 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030150321/http://www.sloth.org/samples-bin/samples/group?entry=Skinny+Puppy |archive-date=30 October 2004 }}</ref> an animated adventure about two dogs who escape from a research laboratory.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Plague Dogs (1983)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_plague_dogs/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=18 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506155207/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_plague_dogs|archive-date=6 May 2016}}</ref> ''Melody Maker'' named ''VIVIsectVI'' one of the best albums of 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists – 1988|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmpage.html#1988|website=Rocklist|publisher=rocklist.net|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124075354/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmpage.html#1988|archive-date=24 November 2012}}</ref>

Skinny Puppy toured in support of the album, featuring an early incarnation of the [[industrial rock]] band [[Nine Inch Nails]] as their opening act.<ref>{{Cite magazine| title = Getting Down in It| date=March 1990| magazine= [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| issue = 27}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nintourhistory.com/song.php?songid=11 "The Only Time" lyrics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405043058/http://www.nintourhistory.com/song.php?songid=11 |date=5 April 2016 }}, ''nintourhistory.com'', no date.</ref> The concept for the live show revolved around a vivisectionist (played by Ogre) who is eventually transformed into a tortured animal; the idea was to portray the "inner workings of the mind under the strain of vivisection".<ref name="BloodRock" /> The stage show included the mock vivisection of a stuffed dog the band had named Chud.<ref name=ToTheDogs>"Skinny Puppy U.S. tour going to the dogs." [[The Toronto Star]], 4 November 1988.</ref> Following a show in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, Key, Ogre, and tour manager Dan McGee were arrested for "[[disorderly conduct]]" when an audience member, believing the stuffed animal Ogre was "vivisecting" to be a real dog, called the police.<ref>"Skinny Puppy Jailed for Toy Dog Operation." [[The Toronto Star]], 26 October 1988.</ref> Two plainclothes officers entered the group's dressing room demanding they inspect the prop. Following a heated argument, the trio spent the night in jail, but were released the following day after paying a $200 fine.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Silverman|first1=David|title=A Doggone Close Call For L.a.'s Skinny Puppy|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=24 November 1988}}</ref>

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band members began working on [[List of Skinny Puppy side projects|various side projects]]. Key and Goettel were involved with [[The Tear Garden]] (a collaboration with [[The Legendary Pink Dots]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carruthers|first1=Sean|title=The Tear Garden: 'Tired Eyes Slowly Burning' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-eyes-slowly-burning-mw0000194614|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011132929/http://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-eyes-slowly-burning-mw0000194614|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> and [[Doubting Thomas (Canadian band)|Doubting Thomas]] (an outlet for their non-Skinny Puppy instrumentals).<ref>{{cite web|title=Doubting Thomas Biography|url=http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/doubting-thomas|website=Metropolis Records|publisher=metropolis-records.com|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630194904/http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/doubting-thomas|archive-date=30 June 2016}}</ref> The band [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]], a collaboration between Key and Goettel, and Al Nelson, also started when Nettwerk challenged the group to produce an album for as little money as possible.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=Hilt Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011144955/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Ogre struck up a friendship with [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]'s [[Al Jourgensen]], having first worked together during the recording of the [[PTP (band)|PTP]] song "Show Me Your Spine" (featured in the 1987 film ''[[RoboCop]]'').<ref name="prongs/al/ogre" />

For Skinny Puppy's fifth album, ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'', released in 1989, Jourgensen joined Rave as producer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy 'Rabies': Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rabies-mw0000654322/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928014347/http://www.allmusic.com/album/rabies-mw0000654322/credits|archive-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> The album, featuring Jourgensen's electric guitar work and backing vocals, drew mixed reception from fans.<ref name="Thompson (2000)">{{harvnb|Thompson|2000|p=624}}</ref> Despite these reactions, the album was a commercial success, selling 150,000 copies<ref name="Reed p.273">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=273}}</ref> and receiving extensive airplay on college radio.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=College Radio Top 30|magazine=Spin|date=April 1990|volume=6|issue=1|page=140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJ2P1hu6nToC&q=skinny+puppy|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Alternative: Most Added|magazine=The Gavin Report|date=15 December 1989|page=45|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Gavin-IDX/IDX/80s/89/Gavin-Report-1989-12-15-OCR-Page-0047.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> The single "[[Worlock (single)|Worlock]]" – which featured samples of [[Charles Manson]] singing parts of the song "[[Helter Skelter (song)|Helter Skelter]]" from [[The Beatles]]' ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]'', accompanied by a fragmented portion of the songs guitar introduction{{sfn|Whiteley|Sklower|2016|p=105}} – helped to bring the band "massive popularity".<ref name="Reed p.273" /> A video produced for the song, featuring spliced-together footage from dozens of [[horror films]] and a statement denouncing censorship of the genre by the [[MPAA]], was circulated widely as a promotional and bootleg item.<ref name="Official discography"/> The song "[[Tin Omen (song)|Tin Omen]]" was also released as a single{{sfn|Kern|2010|p=82}} and "Hexonxonx" received some airplay on alternative radio.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Alternative Chart|magazine=The Gavin Report|date=16 February 1990|page=64|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Gavin-IDX/IDX/90s/90/Gavin-1990-02-16-OCR-Page-0066.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> In spite of the album's initial mixed reception, Brad Filicky in a 2003 issue of ''[[CMJ]]'' magazine named ''Rabies'' as a classic album, calling it "a masterpiece of the industrial genre".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Filicky|first1=Brad|title=CMJ Silver Salute|magazine=CMJ New Music Report|date=21 July 2003|volume=76|issue=8|page=5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghGxEXpetmAC|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

This period marked the beginning of divisions within the band,<ref name="AllBio"/> as rather than tour in support of ''Rabies'', Ogre joined Ministry while they toured in support of their album ''[[The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste]]'' (1989); Ogre contributed guitars, keyboards, and vocals during the tour.<ref>{{cite web|title='In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up' Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-case-you-didnt-feel-like-showing-up-mw0000690211/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515033620/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-case-you-didnt-feel-like-showing-up-mw0000690211/credits|archive-date=15 May 2016}}</ref> Ogre had also begun working with the Ministry side project [[Revolting Cocks]].<ref name="Barclay p.519">{{harvnb|Barclay et al.|2011|p=519}}</ref> Key was later quoted saying of Ogre's involvement with Ministry and, later on, [[Martin Atkins]]' [[Pigface]] that he sometimes felt "like a wife that's been cheated on".<ref name="IndustrialnatioN No.&nbsp;5">''[[IndustrialnatioN]]'' No.&nbsp;5, 1991.</ref>

===''Too Dark Park'' (1990–1991)===
Following the production of ''Rabies'', a divide grew between the group members,<ref name="24hours">{{cite magazine|title=24 Hours in Vancouver|magazine=Alternative Press|date=February 1992|issue=35|pages=40–46|url=http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|access-date=5 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062850/http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> with Key and Goettel often siding against Ogre, feeling he was more interested in solo work.<ref name="AllBio" /> The group were ultimately disappointed with the outcome of ''Rabies'', with Goettel saying that the completed product was "less within the Skinny Puppy vision", and Key being displeased with Jourgensen's involvement.<ref name="24hours" /> Ogre also expressed his disapproval for the album, claiming that he had "flopped". "The work and artistic environment really weren't there at all either. It was completely negative".<ref name="Barclay p.519" />

Key and Goettel completed work on some of their side projects such as Hilt, releasing their first effort, ''Call the Ambulance (Before I Hurt Myself)'', which was produced by Rave.{{sfn|Thompson|2000|p=800}} Key also reunited with Bill Leeb to form the project known as [[Cyberaktif]]; Goettel acted as an assistant producer and provided some instrumentation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyberaktif 'Tenebre-Vision': Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tenebrae-vision-mw0000057449/credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=25 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011125833/http://www.allmusic.com/album/tenebrae-vision-mw0000057449/credits|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Jourgensen offered Ogre the chance to tour with the Revolting Cocks, having provided vocals on their previous tour.<ref name="prongs.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.prongs.org/ministry/tour-revco88 |title=Ministry – Revolting Cocks Tour 1988 |publisher=Prongs.org |year=2007 |access-date=25 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823070819/http://prongs.org/ministry/tour-revco88 |archive-date=23 August 2016 }}</ref> Ogre refused the offer, citing some occurrences during his time with Ministry which led him to question his friendship with Jourgensen.<ref name="24hours" />
[[File:Nivek Ogre Too Dark Park live 1990.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Photo of Nivek Ogre during Skinny Puppy's 1990 Too Dark Park tour.|Ogre performing during the ''Too Dark Park'' tour, 1990]]
The group, having finished work on their various side projects, returned to the studio and released their sixth studio album, ''[[Too Dark Park]]'', in 1990.{{sfn|Kern|2010|p=38}} Goettel said in a radio interview that the major intentions behind the album were to reevaluate what Skinny Puppy was and create a new style of music to mark the beginning of a new decade.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Peter|title=Dwayne Goettel Interview: WMXM 88.9 Milwaukee, October 1990|url=http://litany.net/interviews/103190.html|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090117/http://www.litany.net/interviews/103190.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> This reevaluation included hiring Jim Cummins (I, Braineater) to design the cover artwork, feeling that their longtime designer Steven Gilmore had lost his creative spark.<ref name="Convulsion1991">{{cite web|title=Interview with Key and Goettel: Convulsion, April 1991|url=https://www.waste.org/~skumm/convulsion.html|website=Waste|publisher=waste.org|access-date=26 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204649/http://waste.org/~skumm/convulsion.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref>

Described as "forceful and consistently abrasive",<ref>{{cite web|last1=Henderson|first1=Alex|title=Skinny Puppy 'Too Dark Park' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/too-dark-park-mw0000317771|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=25 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803034241/http://www.allmusic.com/album/too-dark-park-mw0000317771|archive-date=3 August 2016}}</ref> ''Too Dark Park'' was what Key referred to as the true successor to "the last pure" Skinny Puppy album, ''VIVIsectVI''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Woods|first1=Karen|title=Hilt Intermission|magazine=Alternative Press|year=1990|issue=33|url=http://litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html|access-date=25 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062907/http://litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Critics such as Staci Bonner of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine applauded the use of sampling and stated that the album was a "return to the bloodbath" for the group.<ref name=spin>{{cite magazine|last1=Bonner|first1=Staci|title=Spins|magazine=Spin|date=February 1991|volume=6|issue=11|page=75|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_WwhU7vQ5ancC#page/n73/mode/2up|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> The album yielded the singles "[[Tormentor (single)|Tormentor]]"  and "[[Spasmolytic (single)|Spasmolytic]]", the latter of which spawned a music video directed by [[Jim Van Bebber]].{{sfn|Kern |2010|p=85}} ''Billboard'' called "Spasmolytic" a "delicious mind-altering affair",<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews: Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|date=27 April 1991|volume=103|issue=17|page=67|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1991/BB-1991-04-27-OCR-Page-0095.pdf#search=%22spasmolytic%22|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> a sentiment shared by Wil Lewellyn of Treblezine who included the song in a list of the best underground songs of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewellyn|first1=Wil|title=True Alternative: The Top 100 Songs of the '90's Underground|url=http://www.treblezine.com/24302-top-100-90s-alternative-underground-tracks/|website=Treblezine|date=27 July 2015|publisher=treblezine.com|access-date=25 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729163751/http://www.treblezine.com/24302-top-100-90s-alternative-underground-tracks/|archive-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>

Environmental degradation was a major theme on both the album and the North American ''Too Dark Park'' tour.<ref name="24hours" /> For the tour, Key took on the role of drummer, leaving Goettel as lead keyboardist. Key told ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' that "we could very well have a backing tape and stand behind synths playing two notes on the keyboard, but we've decided to physically strain ourselves and learn additional parts along with what we've already written".<ref name="24hours" /> Onstage theatrics included a segment with Ogre performing on stucco stilts and pneumatic crutches,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tabata |first1=Susanne |title=Skinny Puppy: Bastard Children Of Vancouver Return With The Ultimate Weapon (17 February 2014) |url=http://beatroute.ca/2014/02/17/skinny-puppy/ |website=BeatRoute Magazine |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110517/http://beatroute.ca/2014/02/17/skinny-puppy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ogre being hoisted from the stage by cables, and a backing film featuring scenes of graphic violence,<ref name="24hours" /> most notably sequences from the Japanese film series ''[[Guinea Pig (film series)|Guinea Pig]]''. Ogre later gave insight on the backing film's conception, saying:
<blockquote> We did an experiment ... We've always been accused of celebrating violence for idiotic reasons. [So] we used some images in our show from a film called Guinea Pig. They're these incredibly realistic, but simulated, Japanese [[Snuff film|snuff]] films. We inserted them into this roller-coaster ride of violent images and people were quite disgusted. People were vomiting in front of the stage. People came up to me after the show, saying I was the most disgusting human being-until they found out what it was all about. The whole reason we did that was to see if there was a difference. Will people react differently to something that's real as opposed to something they know is staged? They will. There's a whole different set of emotions people go through. It doesn't look like it looks on TV. It's quite sickening.<ref name="futureshock" /></blockquote>

Ogre, who considered the tour to be a high point in his career, compared the band's performances to something like intense car races. "People go there expecting an accident to happen ... I was really running off that car-crash energy".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Narvaja|first1=Norm|title=Soundcheck: Ogre (4 November, 2009)|url=http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/soundcheck-ogre/Content?oid=1716879|website=Cleveland Scene|publisher=clevscene.com|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref>

Following the tour, Ogre became involved with Martin Atkins' project Pigface in 1991, for a short time becoming the group's lead vocalist.{{sfn|Buckley et al.|2003|p=871}} Pigface included talent from several other industrial groups such as [[William Rieflin]] of Ministry and [[Trent Reznor]] of Nine Inch Nails,<ref name="Convulsion1991" /> who helped record the song "Suck".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramirez|first1=AJ|title=Caught in the Machine: Nine Inch Nails-'Suck'|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/189190-caught-in-the-machine-nine-inch-nails-suck/|work=PopMatters|access-date=26 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729005634/http://www.popmatters.com/post/189190-caught-in-the-machine-nine-inch-nails-suck/|archive-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Ogre and Reznor performed the song together in the live album ''[[Welcome to Mexico... Asshole]]''. Also on the album was a cover of the song "T.F.W.O." from ''Too Dark Park'', led by Ogre.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=Pigface: 'Welcome to Mexico...Asshole' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-mexico-asshole-mw0000085645|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=26 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011132104/http://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-mexico-asshole-mw0000085645|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

In 2003, Alexander Chow of ''Spin'' magazine named ''Too Dark Park'' an essential industrial album, stating that "schizophrenic beats, manic-depressive mumblings, and just the right dose of fist-raising choruses" made for a dance floor favorite.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Chow|first1=Alexander|title=The Spin Record Guide: Essential Industrial|magazine=Spin|date=October 2003|volume=19|issue=10|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3hehP3V7TkC&q=too+dark+park|access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref>

===''Last Rights'' (1992)===
Following ''Too Dark Park'', Skinny Puppy was commissioned by the dance group [[La La La Human Steps]] to compose several songs for their 1991 production ''Infante C'est Destroy'', a duty shared alongside the likes of [[Einstürzende Neubauten]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Walczak|first1=René|title=Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet|magazine=Propaganda|year=1991|issue=17|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|access-date=16 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509174257/http://litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> During this time Ogre made a concerted effort to kick his drug addictions. In an interview with [[CITR-FM]], Ogre discussed his ordeals with [[hepatitis A]] and subsequent hospilization; he also thanked Pigface for looking after him during his "hour of need".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scudeler|first1=June|title=1992 Radio Interview with Nivek Ogre, CiTR/Discorder|url=http://litany.net/interviews/citr92.html|website=Litany|publisher=litany.net|access-date=16 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509172914/http://litany.net/interviews/citr92.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Pigface 1991.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Pigface]]: Nivek Ogre (center) with [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]] (left) and [[Martin Atkins]]]]

Skinny Puppy released their seventh studio album, ''[[Last Rights (album)|Last Rights]]'', in 1992.{{sfn|Kern|2010|p=42}} It was the last album the band released under Nettwerk/Capitol.<ref name="Last Rites">{{cite news|last1=DiPietro|first1=Ben|title='Last Rites' for Skinny Puppy|agency=Associated Press|date=17 August 1992|url=http://litany.net/interviews/assocp92.html|access-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509190132/http://litany.net/interviews/assocp92.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> Relationships between the band members during the album's production were "tense and unhealthy", with Ogre, under the supervision of Rave, coming into the studio at night to perform vocals for the music Key and Goettel composed earlier in the day.<ref name="Reed p.274">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=274}}</ref> Ogre said that the production of ''Last Rights'' acted as a form of therapy which he used to help him come to terms with his addictions. "It's painful for me to be reminded of certain things, but for me to say it never happened is wrong. I'll be glad to put it behind me, but I had to do this".<ref name="Last Rites" />

Described by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' as a "nonstop stretch of horrific soundscapes",<ref name=EWreview>{{cite magazine|title='Last Rights' Review (May 22, 1992)|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/05/22/last-rights|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=16 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019085610/http://www.ew.com/article/1992/05/22/last-rights|archive-date=19 October 2016}}</ref> ''Last Rights'' became the first Skinny Puppy record to chart on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], peaking at No. 193.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 (April 1992)|magazine=Billboard|date=11 April 1992|volume=104|issue=15|page=80|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-04-11-OCR-Page-0076.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20last%20rights%22|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> The album remained on ''Billboard's'' [[Billboard Heatseekers|Heatseekers album chart]] for several weeks, peaking at No. 10.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Popular Uprisings|magazine=Billboard|date=11 April 1992|volume=104|issue=15|page=82|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-04-11-OCR-Page-0078.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20last%20rights%22|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> The track "[[Inquisition (single)|Inquisition]]" was released as a single and included several alternative cuts of the song, as well as the b-side "LaHuman8" (one of the tracks produced for La La La Human Steps<ref>{{cite web |last1=Key |first1=cEvin |title=Song of the Day |url=http://litany.net/sotw/sotw-lh8.html |website=litany.net |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>). A second single, "Love in Vein", was never released, although an unfinished remix intended for it later appeared on ''[[Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4]]'' in 1996.<ref name="Kern p.49" /> A music video was created for the song "Killing Game" which featured a student dance troupe performing in "high-contrast black and white".<ref name="Reed p.274" />

A track titled "Left Handshake" was excluded from ''Last Rights'', leaving a blank track 10 on some copies of the album. Clearance for a lengthy vocal sample from [[Timothy Leary]]'s ''[[Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (Timothy Leary album)|Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out]]'', was approved by Leary, but denied by the [[copyright]] holder, [[Henry G. Saperstein]].<ref name="Official discography"/> Commenting on the ordeal, Key said, "We tried to convince him, but he [Saperstein] said, 'it doesn't matter what Leary said, he doesn't own his own work'".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=DeBonis|first1=Mark|title=cEvin Key Interview|magazine=Skin Trade|year=1993|issue=6|url=http://litany.net/interviews/st93.html|access-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509201742/http://litany.net/interviews/st93.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The song, in which Ogre provides commentary to Leary's instructions for avoiding a "[[bad trip]]",<ref name="NP1">{{cite web|last1=Free|first1=J.|title=Skinny Puppy: the cEvin Key Interview|url=http://www.angelfire.com:80/mn/newpuritanreview/Archives/SkinnyPuppy.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021002011013/http://www.angelfire.com/mn/newpuritanreview/Archives/SkinnyPuppy.html|archive-date=2 October 2002|work=The New Puritan ReView|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> was eventually released on the initial European edition of ''Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4'' in 1996, and on a limited edition single called "[[Track 10]]" sold at the Skinny Puppy reunion concert in 2000 at Dresden.<ref name="Kern p.91">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=91}}</ref>

The stage show for the ''Last Rights'' tour in North America, much like the album itself, was built around a detailed narrative inspired by Ogre's past ordeals with drug abuse.<ref name="Last Rites" /><ref name="futureshock" /> The show involved Ogre interacting with a backing film by way of a [[virtual reality]] machine, a tree made of human heads and fetuses, and numerous other props and costumes.<ref name="futureshock">{{cite magazine|last1=Gitter|first1=Mike|title=Skinny Puppy: Future Shock|magazine=Rip Magazine|year=1992|url=http://litany.net/interviews/rip92.htm|access-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509194646/http://litany.net/interviews/rip92.htm|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> For this tour, Key once more focused exclusively on live drumming, leaving Goettel on keyboard duty.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Interview with Dwayne Goettel|magazine=Black Market Zine|year=1992|issue=10|url=http://litany.net/interviews/drg-blackmarket.sp|access-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923023937/http://litany.net/interviews/drg-blackmarket.sp|archive-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> One incident that occurred at a show in [[Boston]] involved several concert goers climbing on stage and grabbing at Ogre's various masks and props, several of which were stolen. The band's manager, Tim Gore, pursued the thieves but was punched by a security guard. Following the punch, Gore began having issues breathing and was taken to a hospital; the guard was fired as a result of the incident.<ref name="Guiltman">{{cite magazine|last1=Garcia|first1=Sandra|title=The Guiltman Cometh|magazine=B Side|date=Fall 1992|issue=54|pages=38–43|url=http://litany.net/interviews/bside92.html|access-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214435/http://litany.net/interviews/bside92.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref>

===''The Process'', Goettel's death and breakup (1993–1999)===
In 1993, Skinny Puppy contributed the song "Ode to Groovy" to the compilation album ''In Defense of Animals'', released through [[Restless Records]]. The album was named after the animal rights group of the [[In Defense of Animals|same name]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Newman|first1=Melinda|title=Artists Rise to Defend Animal Rights; Divine Showmanship at Radio City|magazine=Billboard|date=25 September 1993|volume=105|issue=39|page=16|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1993/BB-1993-09-25-OCR-Page-0012.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> Though the track is credited to Skinny Puppy, Ogre and Rave were the only people to work on it.<ref>{{cite web|title='In Defense of Animals': Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-defense-of-animals-mw0000104552/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014005704/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-defense-of-animals-mw0000104552/credits|archive-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>

Ogre, Key and Goettel, landed a three-album deal with [[American Recordings (US)|American Recordings]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Artists and Music: Getting the Skinny|magazine=Billboard|date=23 October 1993|volume=105|issue=43|page=18|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1993/BB-1993-10-23-OCR-Page-0014.pdf|access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> and moved to [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] to record ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]'', a concept album inspired by 1960s cult [[The Process Church of The Final Judgment]], with [[Roli Mosimann]] producing.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title='Skinny Puppy: The Process' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-process-mw0000179619|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022101510/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-process-mw0000179619|archive-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> The recording sessions were beset by everything from fires and floods, to the [[Northridge earthquake]]. Mosimann was eventually replaced with Martin Atkins.<ref name="McCaughey96">{{cite magazine|last1=McCaughey|first1=Brian F.|title=Skinny Puppy: A Difficult Process|magazine=RIP Magazine|year=1996|url=http://litany.net/interviews/rip2.htm|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309102511/http://www.litany.net/interviews/rip2.htm|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Atkins' presence exacerbated the rift that was forming between Ogre and the rest of the band.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Greene|first1=Jo-Anne|title='Skinny Puppy' Retrospective|magazine=Permission|year=1996|url=http://litany.net/interviews/permgreen.html|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509213302/http://litany.net/interviews/permgreen.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The band's bickering and excessive drug use made the recording process so long and costly, that American reduced Skinny Puppy's contract to one album. In 1994, Key and Goettel returned to Vancouver with the master tapes, but Ogre remained in Los Angeles and quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995.<ref name="McCaughey96" /> Goettel was found dead of a heroin overdose in his parents' home two months later.<ref name="AllBio"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dwayne Goettel, 31, A Rock Musician (August 27, 1995)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/28/obituaries/dwayne-goettel-31-a-rock-musician.html|work=The New York Times|date=28 August 1995|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507202301/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/28/obituaries/dwayne-goettel-31-a-rock-musician.html|archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>

''The Process'' was eventually completed with Rave and released in 1996. It was dedicated to the memory of Goettel.<ref name="Reed p.277">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=277}}</ref><ref name="The Process CD liner notes" /> It was an overall stylistic departure from their previous albums, prominently featuring untreated vocals, guitar, and more accessible song structures.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bali|first1=Gunnar|title=cEvin Key Interview|magazine=New Life|date=May 1995|url=http://litany.net/interviews/newlife95.html|access-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509173433/http://litany.net/interviews/newlife95.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The liner notes that accompanied the CD included thank-yous to "Electronic Music Lovers" and "Puppy People", followed by the words "The End" in bold type.<ref name="The Process CD liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title-link=The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|title=The Process|type=CD liner notes|others=Skinny Puppy|publisher=American Recordings|year=1996}}</ref> The album charted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 102<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|date=16 March 1996|volume=108|issue=11|page=112|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1996/BB-1996-03-16-OCR-Page-0106.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> and reached the No. 1 spot on ''Billboard'''s Heatseekers album chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=16 March 1996|volume=108|issue=11|page=26|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1996/BB-1996-03-16-OCR-Page-0024.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%22|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>

During the ''Process'' era, a loose-knit art/philosophy collective also known as [[The Process (collective)|The Process]] was formed, with early contributions from Ogre and [[Genesis P-Orridge]], among others.<ref>Farber, Philip H., [http://users.bestweb.net/~kali93/oct98/ogre.htm Interview with Ogre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183700/http://users.bestweb.net/~kali93/oct98/ogre.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}, Paradigm Shift, October 1998, Vol. 1, No. 2</ref> P-Orridge and [[Chris Carter (British musician)|Chris Carter]] jammed with Skinny Puppy during this period, a recording of which was eventually released as ''[[Puppy Gristle]]'' on a limited basis in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Radford|first1=Chad|title=10 Essential Albums from the Outer Reaches of Skinny Puppy's Universe|url=http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13081152/10-essential-albums-from-the-outer-reaches-of-skinny-puppys-universe|website=Creative Loafing|publisher=[[Creative Loafing]]|access-date=6 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107095019/http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13081152/10-essential-albums-from-the-outer-reaches-of-skinny-puppys-universe|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> The creation of the [[Download (band)|Download]] project, which Key and Goettel formed with Mark Spybey and [[Phil Western]], also occurred at this time.<ref name="Interface1997">{{cite magazine|last1=Reed|first1=Alexander|title=The Conscious Subconscious|magazine=Interface|year=1997|url=http://litany.net/interviews/reed-interface.sp|access-date=6 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155031/http://litany.net/interviews/reed-interface.sp|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Downloadbio" /> Download explored everything from electronic improvisation with spoken vocals to [[techno]], and toured in 1996.<ref name="Downloadbio" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kavadias|first1=Theo|title='The Eyes of Stanley Pain' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-eyes-of-stanley-pain-mw0000182376|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=6 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107092907/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-eyes-of-stanley-pain-mw0000182376|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>

Earlier, in 1993, Goettel and Western had issued a [[breakbeat hardcore]] single (under the name aDuck) on their own label, [[Subconscious Records]]. After Goettel's death, Subconscious evolved into a recording studio and record label imprint that Key used to release a number of his own and Skinny Puppy's recordings.<ref name="Interface1997" /> Key also continued to work with The Tear Garden,<ref name=TearBio /> produced industrial/trance music with Western in the side project [[PlatEAU (band)|platEAU]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Plateau Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/plateau-mn0000849424|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=25 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126194855/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/plateau-mn0000849424|archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref> and released his first solo album in 1998.<ref name=Cats />

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Ogre had toured extensively with Martin Atkins' industrial [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] Pigface since 1991, and toured with them again after leaving Skinny Puppy. He recorded material for his side project [[W.E.L.T.|WELT]]. with [[Ruby (British band)|Ruby]]'s Mark Walk before quitting Skinny Puppy, but due to legal issues with American Recordings,<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Twomey|first1=Chris|title=Ogre Unmasked|magazine=Exclaim!|year=1998|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ogr-exclaim.html|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509230255/http://litany.net/interviews/ogr-exclaim.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> this would not see release until 2001 under the new name, [[ohGr]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Viglione|first1=Joe|title='Welt' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/welt-mw0000118235|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221034226/http://www.allmusic.com/album/welt-mw0000118235|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> In the meantime, he toured with [[KMFDM]], and released an album with Martin Atkins under the name [[Rx (band)|Rx]] (also known as Ritalin).<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Best|first1=Chris|title=Rx: An Interview with Ogre|magazine=Lollipop|year=1997|issue=45|url=http://litany.net/interviews/Rx-Lollipop.html|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509215254/http://litany.net/interviews/Rx-Lollipop.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The ohGr and Rx releases included some of Ogre's most positive<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=MacKenzie|title=OhGr Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ohgr-mn0000461276/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227024635/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ohgr-mn0000461276/biography|archive-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> and forward-thinking<ref name=bedsidereview /> songwriting to date. Several collections were released while Skinny Puppy was dormant, including ''[[Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4]]''<ref name="Kern p.49">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=49}}</ref> in 1996, and ''[[The Singles Collect]]'' and ''[[B-Sides Collect]]''<ref name="Kern p.62">{{harvnb|Kern|2010|p=62}}</ref> in 1999. Nettwerk commissioned a [[remix album]] in 1998; titled ''[[remix dystemper]]'', it featured various Skinny Puppy tracks re-worked by artists including [[Autechre]], [[Deftones]], and [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]]. Ogre and Walk also took part, contributing a remix of "Dig It" and an updated version of ''Remission''{{'}}s "Smothered Hope" with new vocals by Ogre.<ref name="SPdiscography" />

In 1999, "Draining Faces" (1987) appeared on the soundtrack for ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-18|title=Listen: The Blair Witch Project-Josh's Blair Witch Mix|url=https://harltonempire.com/2016/09/18/listenthe-blair-witch-project-joshs-blair-witch-mix/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Harlton Empire|language=en-US|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020023829/https://harltonempire.com/2016/09/18/listenthe-blair-witch-project-joshs-blair-witch-mix/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Reunion, ''The Greater Wrong of the Right'' and ''Mythmaker'' (2000–2008)===
In August 2000, Ogre and Key reunited and performed live as Skinny Puppy for the first time since 1992, at [[Doomsday Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P.|magazine=Alternative Press|date=September 2000|issue=146|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509221207/http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The show was meant to be a continuation of the ''Last Rights'' tour, with the stage design taking influence from those performances. Rather than find a replacement for Goettel, the band simply left the keyboard station on stage empty.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Maciol|first1=Alexander|title=Skinny Puppy: Focus Dresden|magazine=Orkus|date=June 2000|url=http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|access-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214613/http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The performance was filmed and recorded, and a live album,  ''[[Doomsday: Back and Forth Series 5: Live in Dresden]]'', was released in 2001; a DVD release was planned but canceled by Nettwerk.<ref name="SPdiscography" /> Live clips of "Testure" and "Worlock" as well as a behind the scenes interview with the band were broadcast on ''Crazy Clip TV'' in Germany<ref>{{cite episode |title=Doomsday Festival 2000 |series=Crazy Clip TV |date=September 2000 |number=39}}</ref> and "Worlock" was included on a [[Video CD|VCD]] compilation by German magazine ''Sonic Seducer'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=VCD Compilation|magazine=Sonic Seducer|date=September 2002|issue=50}}</ref>

Key joined ohGr on drums for its 2001 tour, while Ogre appeared on the track "Frozen Sky" on Key's 2001 album ''[[The Ghost of Each Room]]''. When asked by ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]'' magazine about the future of Skinny Puppy, Key responded:

<blockquote> Our goals for the future are to combine everything, take the best of what we can do with Ogre, and the best of what we have from our past, as well as the future stuff that we can do, and put it into one touring situation which I'm sure will stroll back into bloodville.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Through the Key Hole|magazine=Terrorizer|date=December 2001|issue=95|url=http://litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html|access-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308032744/http://www.litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html|archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref></blockquote>The first new Skinny Puppy track in several years, "Optimissed", appeared on the [[Underworld (soundtrack)|''Underworld'']] soundtrack in 2003.<ref name="Underworld">{{cite web|title=Underworld (Original Soundtrack): Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/underworld-original-soundtrack-mw0000693019/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221034537/http://www.allmusic.com/album/underworld-original-soundtrack-mw0000693019/credits|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Skinny Puppy live at London Astoria, August 10 2005 4.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Skinny Puppy performing live at the London Astoria in 2005.|Skinny Puppy performing live at the [[London Astoria]] in 2005]]

Ogre, Key, Mark Walk and various guests, including [[Danny Carey]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]] and [[Wayne Static]] of [[Static-X]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greater Wrong of the Right: Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-mw0000453952/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928014356/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-mw0000453952/credits|archive-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> recorded the band's ninth studio album, ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'', released in 2004 on [[Synthetic Symphony]], a sub-label of [[SPV GmbH|SPV]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greater Wrong of the Right: Releases|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-mw0000453952/releases|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221034528/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-mw0000453952/releases|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> The album, described by Key as being based in "pseudopop",<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldberg|first1=Michael Alan (30 June 2004)|title=A Puppy's Rebirth|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-puppys-rebirth/Content?oid=1074555|website=East Bay Express|date=30 June 2004|publisher=eastbayexpress.com|access-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151154/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-puppys-rebirth/Content?oid=1074555|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> received generally favorable reviews from critics<ref name="MetaCritic">{{cite web|title = Skinny Puppy&nbsp;– The Greater Wrong of the Right|publisher = [[Metacritic]]|url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right|access-date = 14 December 2016|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314225611/http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right|archive-date = 14 March 2016}}</ref> and landed on several ''Billboard'' charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=12 June 2004|volume=116|issue=24|pages=63, 65}}</ref> A music video was made for the song "Pro-Test" which featured a style unlike many of the group's previous work, so much so that some were unsure if it was an official video.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wittinger|first1=Gyorgy|title=Interview with Ogre|url=http://litany.net/interviews/082205.html|access-date=16 December 2016|work=Danubius Radio Online|date=22 August 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509171645/http://litany.net/interviews/082205.html|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref>

Since there was no tour support for ''The Process'', 2004 marked the formal return of Skinny Puppy, with a full North America and Europe tour; selling out larger than usual venues.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Alisauskas|first1=Jeremy (3 August 2004)|title=Skinny Puppy Returns at the 'Right' Time|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67069/skinny-puppy-returns-at-the-right-time|magazine=Billboard|access-date=16 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406040711/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67069/skinny-puppy-returns-at-the-right-time|archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> Shows in Toronto and Montreal were filmed for the live DVD ''[[Greater Wrong of the Right Live]]'', which was released in September 2005. The DVD included ''Information Warfare'', a documentary made by Morrison about the U.S.-led wars in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greater Wrong of the Right Live|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-live-dvd-mw0001434075|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=16 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221035028/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greater-wrong-of-the-right-live-dvd-mw0001434075|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> The anti-[[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] stance taken by the band at their live shows drew the ire of PABAAH (Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood), which attempted a boycott of college radio stations that played Skinny Puppy.<ref name="The BG News"/>

Skinny Puppy toured Europe again in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martinsson|first1=Karin|title=M'era Luna Festival, Hildesheim, Germany, August 13–14, 2005|url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Reports/meraluna05.htm|website=Release Music Magazine|publisher=releasemagazine.net|access-date=16 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714213324/http://www.releasemagazine.net/Reports/meraluna05.htm|archive-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> and returned to the studio to complete their next album, ''[[Mythmaker]]'', which was released in January 2007. The album reached No. 4 on the Independent Albums Chart, No. 5 on the Dance/Electronic Albums Chart, and No. 17 on the Heatseekers Chart, but barely broke the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=skinny puppy|chart=Dance/Electronic Albums C}} | title=Mythmaker Chart History | magazine=Billboard | access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref> The band's 2007 North American and European tour, titled ''Mythrus'', began in May 2007.<ref name=mythrus >{{cite web|last1=Kahrle|first1=Mikael|title=Skinny Puppy: M'era Luna and North American Tour|url=http://releasemagazine.net/News/news0704b.htm|website=Release Music Magazine|publisher=releasemusic.net|access-date=16 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612134606/http://releasemagazine.net/News/news0704b.htm|archive-date=12 June 2010}}</ref> While some fans longed for the sounds of their earlier days, Ogre, speaking with Electronic Musician, stated the band's intention was to move forward rather than dwell in the past. "Some people think that the stuff we do now is a pale imitation of the past. All of the older stuff had a time and place, and we decided to move forward to where we are now".<ref name=Emusician/>

===''In Solvent See'' tour and ''HanDover'' (2009–2012)===
According to a news posting on the official Skinny Puppy website, the band's next studio album was originally slated for release in October 2009,<ref name="Official News Archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.skinnypuppy.com/news.html|title=Skinny Puppy Official Website News Archive|access-date=13 July 2008|date=8 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615010419/http://www.skinnypuppy.com/news.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}</ref> but the release of this album was delayed due to insolvency issues with the SPV label (thus leading to Ogre naming the 2009 tour the "In Solvent See" tour). These issues were not expected to be resolved until the end of 2009.  However, the "In Solvent See" Tour took place as planned, and began on 30 October.<ref name="Official Skinny Puppy News">{{cite web|url=http://officialskinnypuppy.blogspot.com/2009/10/message-from-band.html|title=Official Skinny Puppy News Site|access-date=20 October 2009|date=20 October 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708055339/http://officialskinnypuppy.blogspot.com/2009/10/message-from-band.html|archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref>

In October 2010, there were reports that the new Skinny Puppy album would be released in February 2011.<ref name="Side-Line Music">{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=45280_0_2_0_C|title=Skinny Puppy album set for February 2011 release|access-date=15 October 2010|date=14 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019071242/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=45280_0_2_0_C|archive-date=19 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elektrospank.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=209%3Anew-delay-for-skinny-puppy-album&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=18 | title=New Delay for Skinny Puppy Album | access-date=3 February 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080512/http://www.elektrospank.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=209:new-delay-for-skinny-puppy-album&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18 | archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> In May 2011, Skinny Puppy announced that they finished recording a new album titled ''[[HanDover]]'', and that they were soliciting it to other record labels for a September 2011 release date.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://officialskinnypuppy.blogspot.com/2011/05/developing-root-system.html | title=Developing a Root System | date=11 May 2011 | access-date=28 May 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823142719/http://officialskinnypuppy.blogspot.com/2011/05/developing-root-system.html | archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref> On 27 August 2011, HanDover was officially confirmed as having a 25 October 2011, release in the United States and a 28 October 2011, release in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.litany.net/posts/2011/08/27/handover-release-date-and-more|title=Handover Release Date|access-date=29 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930014650/http://www.litany.net/posts/2011/08/27/handover-release-date-and-more|archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> Steven R. Gilmore created the artwork for the album once again.<ref>{{cite web |title=Handover (Credits) |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/handover-mw0002213217/credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> The album landed on a number of ''Billboard'' charts, including a spot at No. 168 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 9 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Skinny Puppy Handover Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/skinny-puppy/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>

Skinny Puppy were scheduled to perform at numerous European festivals in the summer of 2010, including the [[Amphi Festival]] in Germany,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.amphi-festival.de/2010/bands.html | title=Bands und programme Amphi Festival 2010 | access-date=22 April 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410171946/http://www.amphi-festival.de/2010/bands.html | archive-date=10 April 2010 }}</ref> the 2010 Waregem Gothic Festival in [[Belgium]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gothicfestival.be | title=Gothic Festival 2010 | access-date=22 April 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522032335/http://www.gothicfestival.be/ | archive-date=22 May 2010 }}</ref> and the Recession Festival in Denmark.<ref name="Recession Festival">{{cite web|url=http://recession.dk/dk2/index.php|title=Recession Festival|access-date=11 April 2010|date=8 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218140708/http://www.recession.dk/dk2/index.php|archive-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> A live album, titled ''[[Bootlegged, Broke and in Solvent Seas]]'' and recorded on the band's 2010 European tour, was released on 12 June 2012.<ref name="LiveAlbum">{{Cite web |url=http://www.litany.net/posts/2012/03/15/skinny-puppy-to-release-live-album |title=Skinny Puppy to Release Live Album |access-date=5 May 2012 |work=litany |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420163303/http://www.litany.net/posts/2012/03/15/skinny-puppy-to-release-live-album |archive-date=20 April 2012 }}</ref>

===''Weapon'', subsequent tours, and Final Tour (2013–2023)===
[[File:Skinny Puppy @ The Vic, Chicago 12-9-2014(3).jpg|thumb|right|alt=Skinny Puppy during the ''Live Shapes for Arms'' tour|Skinny Puppy during the ''Live Shapes for Arms'' tour]]
Skinny Puppy announced that a new album, entitled ''[[Weapon (album)|Weapon]]'', would be released on 28 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barkan|first1=Jonathan|title=Skinny Puppy Announces Release Date for 'Weapon'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3227650/skinny-puppy-announces-release-date-for-weapon/|website=Bloody Disgusting!|date=10 April 2013|publisher=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204506/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3227650/skinny-puppy-announces-release-date-for-weapon/|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> The album was inspired by news brought to the band by a former guard at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] that their music had been used to torture inmates.<ref name="FuseTorture?">{{cite web|last1=Noah|first1=Alan|title=Skinny Puppy: Music as Torture? (21 February, 2014)|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/02/fuse-news-skinny-puppy-guantanamo-torture-music|website=Fuse|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184356/http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/02/fuse-news-skinny-puppy-guantanamo-torture-music|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> Inspiration also came from the [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster]] and from Ogre's personal views on the human species; in an interview with ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', Ogre stated that he "view[s] the human being primarily as a weapon, and a lot of the things that we've created have had disastrous effects on us as a species".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shapiro|first1=Benjamin|title=Nivek Ogre is Totally Doomed (14 May, 2013)|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/nivek-ogre-is-totally-doomed-000991-v20n5/|website=Vice|date=14 May 2013 |publisher=Vice News|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110725/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nivek-ogre-is-totally-doomed-000991-v20n5|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> The album was released to generally favorable reviews from critics,<ref>{{cite web|title=Weapon by Skinny Puppy|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/weapon/skinny-puppy|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217151426/http://www.metacritic.com/music/weapon/skinny-puppy|archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> several noting the 1980s-esque musical style,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spencer|first1=Trey|title=Review: Skinny Puppy-Weapon|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/56788/Skinny-Puppy-Weapon/|work=Sputnikmusic|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Houle|first1=Zachary|title=Skinny Puppy: Weapon|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/173062-skinny-puppy-weapon/|work=PopMatters|date=25 July 2013|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808124641/http://www.popmatters.com/review/173062-skinny-puppy-weapon/|archive-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> and included a re-hashed version of the ''Remission''-era track "Solvent".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+870 | title=Weapon | publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] | access-date=3 March 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310032707/http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+870 | archive-date=10 March 2013 }}</ref>

Key told the ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' that the band had been dissatisfied with ''HanDover''{{'}}s production schedule, noting that it had taken them several years to produce the album. For ''Weapon'', they made a return to the fast-paced, one-song-a-day style of their early years. The decision to remake the song "Solvent" helped to set the album's quickened pace; Key said that the music they were making for the album wouldn't sound correct "If it didn't sound like something we had just made quickly, like in the old days".<ref name="Potent">{{cite web|last1=Feinblatt|first1=Scott (24 January 2014)|title=Skinny Puppy's Rage is Still Potent 30 Years After They Started|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/skinny-puppys-rage-is-still-potent-30-years-after-they-started-6581303|website=OC Weekly|date=24 January 2014 |publisher=ocweekly.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127022118/http://www.ocweekly.com/music/skinny-puppys-rage-is-still-potent-30-years-after-they-started-6581303|archive-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy Live at Primavera Sound 2017.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Nivek Ogre during Skinny Puppy's performance at Primavera Sound, 2017|At Primavera Sound, 2017]]

The band released a music video for the song "Illisit"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barkan|first1=Jonathan|title=Twisted Music Video of the Week Vol. 146: Skinny Puppy 'Illisit' (1 August, 2014)|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3306065/twisted-music-video-week-vol-146-skinny-puppy-illisit/|website=Bloody Disgusting|date=August 2014|publisher=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206104725/http://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3306065/twisted-music-video-week-vol-146-skinny-puppy-illisit/|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> and in October 2013, announced their ''Live Shapes for Arms'' Tour, a North American tour starting in January 2014 at The Observatory in [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana, CA]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boots|first1=Nicci|title=Skinny Puppy Announce Spring 2014 Tour Dates (30 October, 2013)|url=http://music.mxdwn.com/2013/10/30/news/skinny-puppy-announce-spring-2014-tour-dates/|website=Mxdwn|date=30 October 2013|publisher=mxdwn.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184500/http://music.mxdwn.com/2013/10/30/news/skinny-puppy-announce-spring-2014-tour-dates/|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> In early 2014, Ogre and Key sent an invoice of $666,000 to the US government for the use of their music at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the issue to the attention of mainstream media outlets.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Von Bader|first1=David|title=Skinny Puppy Unleashes a Torture Session on Grand Central Miami (10 February, 2014)|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/skinny-puppy-unleashes-a-torture-session-on-grand-central-miami-6440992|website=Miami New Times|publisher=miaminewtimes.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206105841/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/skinny-puppy-unleashes-a-torture-session-on-grand-central-miami-6440992|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cheng |first=William |url=https://archive.org/details/justvibrationspu0000chen/ |title=Just Vibrations: The Purpose of Sounding Good |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-472-07325-2 |location=Ann Arbor |page=[https://archive.org/details/justvibrationspu0000chen/page/83/mode/1up 83] |doi=10.3998/ump.14078046.0001.001 |lccn=2016017738 |url-access=registration |via=the Internet Archive}}</ref> Later in 2014, the ''Alliance of Sound'' tour was announced, with performances by Skinny Puppy, [[VNV Nation]], [[Haujobb]], and [[Youth Code]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barkan|first1=Jonathan|title=Skinny Puppy and VNV Nation Joining for 'The Alliance Of Sound Tour' (23 July, 2014)|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3304303/skinny-puppy-vnv-nation-joining-alliance-sound-tour/|website=Bloody Disgusting|date=23 July 2014|publisher=bloody-disgusting.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103954/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3304303/skinny-puppy-vnv-nation-joining-alliance-sound-tour/|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> However, in early November, Front Line Assembly replaced VNV Nation and the tour was renamed ''Eye vs. Spy'', which was a 17-city North American tour between 28 November to 20 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marotta|first1=Michael|title=Front Line Assembly Replaces VNV Nation on the Alliance Of Sound Tour (at House of Blues 11.30) (7 November, 2014)|url=http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/11/07/frontline-assembly-replaces-vnv-nation-alliance-sound-tour-house-blues-11-30/|website=Vanyaland|date=7 November 2014|publisher=vanyaland.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226165121/http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/11/07/frontline-assembly-replaces-vnv-nation-alliance-sound-tour-house-blues-11-30/|archive-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>

In June 2015, Skinny Puppy performed at the [[Amnesia Rockfest]] in [[Montebello, Canada|Montebello]], Canada, alongside acts such as Ministry and [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramanand|first1=Liz|title=Amnesia Rockfest 2015 Day 1: Linkin Park, The Offspring, Deftones, Ministry + More Read More: Amnesia Rockfest 2015 Day 1: Linkin Park, Offspring + More (23 June, 2015)|url=http://loudwire.com/amnesia-rockfest-2015-day-1-linkin-park-the-offspring-deftones-ministry-more/|website=Loudwire|date=23 June 2015 |publisher=loudwire.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623102640/http://loudwire.com/amnesia-rockfest-2015-day-1-linkin-park-the-offspring-deftones-ministry-more/|archive-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> Following two successful tours with ''Weapon'', the band yet again embarked with Youth Code, this time to play shows across North America in 2015 and across Europe in 2017 under the Down the SocioPath tour,<ref name="ver1">{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy 'Down the Sociopath Tour 2017'|url=https://www.ver.com/featured_work/skinny-puppy-sociopath-tour-2017/|work=VER|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> which dropped all ''Weapon'' tracks and instead introduced many songs from the band's 1996 album, ''The Process'', which had not been accompanied by any live performances due to the death of Goettel in 1995.<ref name="FB1">{{cite web|last1=Key|first1=cEvin|author-link=cEvin Key|title=yes, personally I love the Process. Thats why we played a lot of it on our most recent tour. Its the album that killed us. Kind of like the iceberg that sank the Titanic.|url=https://www.facebook.com/cevinkey/posts/10155377058455851 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/694185850/10155377058455851 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|publisher=Facebook|access-date=21 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}} Unlike the previous tours for ''Weapon'', Down the SocioPath scaled back the theatrics and introduced [[Matthew Setzer]] as a live guitarist.<ref name="DP1">{{cite web|last1=Shultz|first1=Steve|title=Skinny Puppy's shock antics don't disappoint the Boulder Theatre|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2015/11/19/skinny-puppys-shock-antics-dont-dissapoint-the-boulder-theatre/110471/|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=19 November 2015|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> Ogre began these concerts in a white hooded robe which was removed to reveal a suit into which a [[stagehand]] inserted oversized needles.<ref name="work">{{cite web|last1=Nichols|first1=Kathy|title=Skinny Puppy bring politicized industrial, over-the-top theatrics to The Rave|date=17 November 2015|url=http://milwaukeerecord.com/music/skinny-puppy-bring-politicized-industrial-over-the-top-theatrics-to-the-rave/|publisher=Milwaukee Record|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> The ''Down the Sociopath Too Euro 2017'' leg lasted from 30 May to 16 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy's Down the SocioPath too Euro 2017 Tour!|url=https://www.metropolis-records.com/tour/291/skinny-puppys-down-the-sociopath-too-euro-2017-tour|website=Metropolis Records|publisher=metropolis-records.com|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206105822/https://www.metropolis-records.com/tour/291/skinny-puppys-down-the-sociopath-too-euro-2017-tour|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> The tour included stops at the [[Download Festival]] in France,<ref>{{cite web|title=Linkin Park and 15 Others to Open the Festival on June 9th !|url=http://www.downloadfestival.fr/en/news/linkin-park-and-15-bands-open-festival-june-9th|website=Download Festival France|publisher=Download Paris|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908203734/http://www.downloadfestival.fr/en/news/linkin-park-and-15-bands-open-festival-june-9th|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> [[Primavera Sound]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stolworthy|first1=Jacob|title=Primavera Sound 2017 announces ridiculously brilliant line-up (30 November, 2016)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/primavera-sound-2017-line-up-announced-arcade-fire-the-xx-frank-ocean-bon-iver-a7446926.html|work=The Independent|date=December 2016|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206113120/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/primavera-sound-2017-line-up-announced-arcade-fire-the-xx-frank-ocean-bon-iver-a7446926.html|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> and [[Wave-Gotik-Treffen]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hoffert|first1=Jen|title=Summer European Festival Preview (13 April, 2017)|url=http://www.gothicbeauty.com/2017/04/summer-european-festival-preview/|work=Gothic Beauty|date=13 April 2017|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004321/http://www.gothicbeauty.com/2017/04/summer-european-festival-preview/|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>

In February 2023, the "Skinny Puppy: Final Tour" was announced. The tour coincided with the band's 40th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Revolver |title=Skinny Puppy Announced 2023 Farewell Tour |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/events/skinny-puppy-announce-2023-farewell-tour |website=Revolver |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> The initial leg ran from April 5th to May 9th and included a stop at [[Sick New World]] on May 13th. In July 2023, a second leg of The Final Tour was announced, lasting from November 8th to December 5th, after which the group disbanded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skinny Puppy Announce Round 2 of Final Tour |url=https://post-punk.com/skinny-puppy-annonce-round-2-of-final-tour/ |website=Post-Punk.Com |date=25 July 2023 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>