Editing Skinny Puppy (section)

==Influence and legacy==
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Despite little mainstream airplay, several Skinny Puppy releases have charted in North America and Europe, and their influence on [[industrial music|industrial]] and [[electronic music]] is considerable.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Skinny Puppy 'The Greater Wrong of the Right' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/18/skinny-puppy-the-greater/0bf304b7-bad5-48e6-bcff-aa7733f21fde/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=Robert |title=The Dark Arts (August 1, 2004) |url=https://www.emusician.com/gear/the-dark-arts |website=[[Electronic Musician]] |access-date=25 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325005642/https://www.emusician.com/gear/the-dark-arts |archive-date=25 March 2019 }}</ref> Widely considered originators of a unique sound and live performance style,<ref name="SEE Magazine"/><ref name="AllMusic Goettel bio" /><ref name="Pollstar">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7906|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509023533/http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7906|url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2007 |title=The Myth of Skinny Puppy |access-date=14 May 2007 |website=[[Pollstar]] |date=7 May 2007}}</ref> Skinny Puppy were also known as pioneers of the [[industrial rock]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Canadian Rocker, 31, of Heroin Overdose |journal=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |date=26 August 1995 |page=C10}}</ref> and [[electro-industrial]] genres.<ref name="Bark Back">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/skinnypuppy/articles/story/6056448/skinny_puppy_bark_back |title=Skinny Puppy Bark Back |last=Adem Tepedelen |date=20 May 2004 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301073038/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/skinnypuppy/articles/story/6056448/skinny_puppy_bark_back |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 September 2017 }}<!--Available via Internet Archive only, with an original being deleted on current RS' site.--></ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reed |first1=James |title=Breakout Star Grimes Creates a Darker Pop |journal=[[Boston Globe]] |date=25 March 2012 |page=N2}}</ref> They were one of the earliest groups to help popularize industrial music, and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' recognized Ogre as the "first industrial rock star".<ref name="Essential">{{cite journal |last1=Gold |first1=Jonathan |last2=Kendrick |first2=David |title=It's the Industrial Revolution |journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 April 1992 |page=62}}</ref> Their gloomy and androgynous aesthetic helped attract the attention of the [[Goth subculture|goth scene]], from which they were able to draw a larger female audience than any previous industrial group.<ref name="Reed (2013) pp. 175-176">{{harvnb|Reed|2013|pp=175–176}}</ref> By the end of the 90s, they had sold some two million records for Nettwerk worldwide,<ref name="Barclay p.516" /> and two of their releases, ''Remission''<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Album Certifications – Skinny Puppy – Remission (January 31, 2000) | date=31 January 2000 |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Remission%20Skinny+Puppy |publisher=[[Music Canada]] |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref> and ''Bites'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Album Certifications – Skinny Puppy – Bites (August 5, 1994) | date=5 August 1994 |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Bites%20Skinny+Puppy |publisher=Music Canada |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> were certified gold in Canada.

Their music has spawned "a litter of like-minded bands",<ref name="SEE Magazine"/> including industrial rock project [[Nine Inch Nails]], who opened for Skinny Puppy for a short time on their 1988 ''VIVIsectVI'' tour.<ref name="AMG NIИ">{{cite web|author=Steve Huey|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5033|pure_url=yes}}|title=Nine Inch Nails: Biography|access-date=24 November 2006|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> [[Trent Reznor]] also acknowledged that Skinny Puppy's "[[Dig It (Skinny Puppy song)|Dig It]]" inspired the very first Nine Inch Nails track written, "[[Down in It]]".<ref name="NIN Spin 1996">{{Cite magazine|last=Weisbard|first=Eric|date=February 1996|title=Sympathy for the Devil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=td2yO_T3DPEC&pg=PA34|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=Spin Media LLC|volume=11|issue=11|pages=34–42, 96|issn=0886-3032|access-date=23 February 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp|38}} Canadian synth-pop artist [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]] includes Skinny Puppy as an influence on her music, having grown up in Vancouver's industrial music scene.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Chris|title=No Room for Grimes in a Genre Box|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/no-room-for-grimes-in-a-genre-box/2012/09/06/3335160a-f1ed-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=6 September 2012|access-date=26 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313053310/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/no-room-for-grimes-in-a-genre-box/2012/09/06/3335160a-f1ed-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html|archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="out">{{cite web|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/02/21/catching-grimes-claire-boucher|work=Out|title=Catching up with Grimes' Claire Boucher|date=21 February 2012|access-date=3 June 2016|author=Williams, Alex Taylor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823043627/http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/02/21/catching-grimes-claire-boucher|archive-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> Sara Taylor of the [[Electronic body music|EBM]] group [[Youth Code]] has said that the song "Worlock" was "one of the most influential songs" she had ever heard.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Sara|last2=George|first2=Ryan|title=Youth Code's Top 10 Industrial Songs that have Nothing to do with Nine Inch Nails|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/09/11/youth-codes-top-10-industrial-songs-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-nine-inch-nails/|website=Self-Titled|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701210038/http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/09/11/youth-codes-top-10-industrial-songs-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-nine-inch-nails/|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> Other artists impacted by Skinny Puppy's music include [[Marilyn Manson]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Du Shane|first1=Tony|title=Skinny Puppy / Among Industrial Music Band's Fans are Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson, and once You're in, it's a Lifelong Commitment (21 June, 2007)|url=http://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Skinny-Puppy-Among-industrial-music-band-s-fans-2585209.php|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=21 June 2007|publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005838/http://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Skinny-Puppy-Among-industrial-music-band-s-fans-2585209.php|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cherry|first1=Robert|title=Ex-Skinny Puppy Ogre has Sense and Sensitivities|newspaper=Plain Dealer (Cleveland)|date=8 June 2001|page=18|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/060801.html|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212052625/http://www.litany.net/interviews/060801.html|archive-date=12 December 2015}}</ref> [[Chester Bennington]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Caramanica|first1=Jon|title=Chester Bennington Brought Rock Ferocity to Linkin Park's Innovations (20 July, 2017)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/arts/music/chester-bennington-linkin-park.html?mcubz=0|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 July 2017|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909010519/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/arts/music/chester-bennington-linkin-park.html?mcubz=0|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> [[Moby]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Weingarten |first1=Christopher |title="Play" 10 Years Later: Moby's Track by Track Guide to 1999's Global Smash (2 July 2009) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/play-10-years-later-mobys-track-by-track-guide-to-1999s-global-smash-80650/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2 July 2009 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> [[Jonathan Davis]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chapstick |first1=Kelsey |title=Jonathan Davis: Korn, Deftones, Bizkit Were "Last Guard of Big, Real Rock Bands" (5 November 2018) |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/jonathan-davis-korn-deftones-bizkit-were-last-guard-big-real-rock-bands |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |date=5 November 2018 |publisher=Revolver |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[Daron Malakian]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=OConnor |first1=Roisin |title=Daron Malakian: 'There's Always Gonna be a Bad Guy Causing Some Kind of Ruckus' (20 July 2018) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/daron-malakian-interview-scars-on-broadway-dictator-album-system-of-a-down-a8456116.html |work=The Independent |date=20 July 2018 |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[3Teeth]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Epstein|first1=Dan|title=3TEETH: Meet Tool's Handpicked 2016 Tourmates (22 December, 2015)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/3teeth-meet-tools-handpicked-2016-tourmates-20151222|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 December 2015|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910083351/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/3teeth-meet-tools-handpicked-2016-tourmates-20151222|archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> [[Foals (band)|Foals]] vocalist [[Yannis Philippakis]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lavery|first1=Lisa|title=Something Searing: Yannis Philippakis Of Foals' Favourite Albums (26 August, 2015)|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/18633-foals-yannis-philippakis-favourite-albums-interview?page=2|website=[[The Quietus]]|date=26 August 2015 |publisher=The Quietus|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> [[Al Jourgensen]],<ref name="PNTinterview" /> [[Chris Vrenna]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Van Buskirk |first1=Eliot |title=Skinny Puppy Discusses Star Wars' Influence on Its Music (30 October 2007) |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/10/skinny-puppy-di/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[John Grant (musician)|John Grant]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Derdeyn |first1=Stuart |title=John Grant comes to Vancouver to cast a spell with Love Is Magic (12 December 2018) |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/john-grant-comes-to-vancouver-to-cast-a-spell-with-love-is-magic |website=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |publisher=Postmedia |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[Mortiis]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buljeta |first1=Marija |title=Interview with Mortiis: All You Ever Wanted to Know and Then Some (20 April 2017) |url=http://www.altvenger.com/interview-with-mortiis-all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-and-then-some-more/ |website=Altvenger |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> Blush Response,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hindle |first1=Ben |title=Fresh Kicks 56: Blush Response (Live), An exclusive live set from the EBM techno talent... (12 January 2018) |url=https://djmag.com/news/fresh-kicks-56-blush-response-live |website=[[DJ Mag]] |date=12 January 2018 |publisher=Thrust Publishings |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[Celldweller]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Danny |title=Electro-Rock Futurist Celldweller Talks Modular (23 November 2015) |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/electro-rock-futurist-celldweller-talks-modular-630996 |website=[[MusicRadar]] |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> [[Finite Automata (band)|Finite Automata]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Suicide Commando with Finite Automata & Gregorio Franco |url=https://events.ajc.com/event/suicide-commando-with-finite-automata-gregorio-franco-34triheeiu |website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> [[Shooter Jennings]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lash |first1=Jolie |title=Shooter Jennings Gives Late Father an Industrial Makeover |url=https://theboot.com/shooter-jennings-gives-late-father-an-industrial-makeover/ |website=[[The Boot (website)|The Boot]] |date=8 October 2008 |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> [[Death Grips]] vocalist [[MC Ride]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trujano |first1=Christian |title=Summer Music: Death Grips Revives Industrial Music (8 July 2018) |url=https://lavozdeanza.com/uncategorized/2018/07/08/summer-music-death-grips-new-album-brings-industrial-music-back-to-life/ |website=La Voz News |date=9 July 2018 |publisher=La Voz |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[X Marks the Pedwalk]], [[Wumpscut]], [[Haujobb]],<ref>{{harvnb|Reed|2013|p=278}}</ref> [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pryor|first1=Terrance|title=Skinny Puppy will leave you Spellbound|url=http://www.axs.com/skinny-puppy-will-leave-you-spellbound-11793|website=AXS|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718073329/http://www.axs.com/skinny-puppy-will-leave-you-spellbound-11793|archive-date=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jenison|first1=David|title=Story: Orgy|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/18f04.html|website=In Music We Trust|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616210126/http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/18f04.html|archive-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> [[Filter (band)|Filter]],<ref name=reverbfilter>{{cite web|last1=McMahon|first1=Chris|title=Reverb Interview: Filter's Richard Patrick|url=https://reverb.com/news/reverb-interview-filters-richard-patrick|website=Reverb|date=10 March 2016 |access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701155635/https://reverb.com/news/reverb-interview-filters-richard-patrick|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> [[Front Line Assembly]],<ref name="mphistory">{{cite web | url=http://www.mindphaser.com/archive/history/ | title=History | publisher=Mindphaser.com | access-date=3 June 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204084113/http://www.mindphaser.com/archive/history/ | archive-date=4 February 2014 }}</ref> [[Orphx]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keating|first1=Daryl (1 November 2016)|title=Orphx's First Album in Five Years Was Inspired by Industrial Decay and Uncertainty of the Future|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/orphx-pitch-black-mirror-interview/|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=November 2016 |access-date=26 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116011045/http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/orphx-hamilton-pitch-black-mirror-stream-interview|archive-date=16 November 2016}}</ref> [[JPEGMAFIA]],<ref>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa6_UiNtsmE</ref>[[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Exposito|first1=Suzy (18 August 2016)|title=Meet Crystal Castles' New Singer Edith Frances|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/meet-crystal-castles-new-singer-edith-frances-w435121|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=26 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124042101/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/meet-crystal-castles-new-singer-edith-frances-w435121|archive-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> [[AFI (band)|AFI]] side project [[Blaqk Audio]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Skye Fadroski |first1=Kelli |title=AFI Frontman, Guitarist On Their Latest Blaqk Audio Album: 'We Don't Really Fit the Genre Exactly' (3 May 2016) |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/05/03/afi-frontman-guitarist-on-their-latest-blaqk-audio-album-we-dont-really-fit-the-genre-exactly/ |website=[[Orange County Register]] |date=3 May 2016 |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> and [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] vocalist [[Attila Csihar]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Grow|first1=Kory|title=Mayhem's Long, Dark Road to Reviving a Black-Metal Classic (9 February, 2017)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/mayhems-long-dark-road-to-reviving-a-black-metal-classic-w462545|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=9 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209184703/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/mayhems-long-dark-road-to-reviving-a-black-metal-classic-w462545|archive-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>

The band inspired a tribute album, ''Hymns of the Worlock: A Tribute to Skinny Puppy'' published by Cleopatra Records, which features groups such as [[Crocodile Shop]] and [[The Electric Hellfire Club]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Hymns of the Worlock: A Tribute to Skinny Puppy – Various Artists|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hymns-of-the-warlock-tribute-to-skinny-puppy-mw0000040065|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909011820/http://www.allmusic.com/album/hymns-of-the-warlock-tribute-to-skinny-puppy-mw0000040065|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> Skinny Puppy's remix album ''[[Remix dystemper]]'' includes contributions from a wide array of musicians such as electronic music DJ [[Josh Wink]], [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]], [[KMFDM]], [[Deftones]], and former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=Jon|title=Remix Dys Temper – Skinny Puppy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/remix-dys-temper-mw0000043623|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909014907/http://www.allmusic.com/album/remix-dys-temper-mw0000043623|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> Vrenna's solo project, [[Tweaker (band)|Tweaker]], opened for Skinny Puppy during their 2004 North American tour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy North American Tour 2004|url=http://full-worm-garden.webs.com/tourpage.htm|website=Full Worm Garden|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629090614/http://full-worm-garden.webs.com/tourpage.htm|archive-date=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tweaker Touring with Skinny Puppy|url=http://www.theninhotline.net/news/permalink/1087666466|website=The NIN Hotline|access-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630175603/http://www.theninhotline.net/news/permalink/1087666466|archive-date=30 June 2016}}</ref> [[Danny Carey]] from [[Tool (band)|Tool]] and [[Wayne Static]] of [[Static-X]] provided drums and backup vocals, respectively, for the song "Use Less" from ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]''.<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=3 June 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>

Ogre worked with KMFDM on several occasions, touring with them in 1997<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/10/entertainment/ca-62405/2 | author=Boehm, Mike | title=A Haus Divided | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=10 December 1997 | access-date=4 June 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416115638/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/10/entertainment/ca-62405/2 | archive-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref> and providing vocals on the song "Torture" from their album ''[[Symbols (album)|Symbols]]'' (the song also features production from Dave Ogilvie)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hinds|first1=Andy|title=Symbols – KMFDM|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/symbols-mw0000028951|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908202538/http://www.allmusic.com/album/symbols-mw0000028951|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> as well as for the songs "That's All" and "Full Worm Garden" from 1999's ''[[Adios (KMFDM album)|Adios]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boldman|first1=Gina|title=Adios – KMFDM|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adios-mw0000034498|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908205414/http://www.allmusic.com/album/adios-mw0000034498|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> Skinny Puppy also provided a remix for the [[Mötley Crüe]] song "[[Hooligan's Holiday]]"; [[Nikki Sixx]] reported that the band "just dumped the whole song in the computer and went off".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rosen|first1=Craig|title=Elektra Keeps Current with the Crue|magazine=Billboard|date=5 February 1994|volume=106|issue=6|page=14|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1994/BB-1994-02-05-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22skinny%20puppy%20music%20video%22|access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref>

Skinny Puppy's music has been included in the soundtracks of films such as ''[[Bad Influence (1990 film)|Bad Influence]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Influence – Original Soundtrack|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-influence-mw0000208215|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908205418/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-influence-mw0000208215|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> ''[[An American Werewolf in Paris]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=An American werewolf in Paris – Original Soundtrack|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/an-american-werewolf-in-paris-mw0000595702|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908205403/http://www.allmusic.com/album/an-american-werewolf-in-paris-mw0000595702|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The Blair Witch Project: Josh's Blair Witch Mix [Enhanced Disc]|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blair-witch-project-joshs-blair-witch-mix-enhanced-disc-mw0000242553|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908205358/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blair-witch-project-joshs-blair-witch-mix-enhanced-disc-mw0000242553|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> ''[[Underworld (2003 film)|Underworld]]'',<ref name="Underworld" /> and ''[[Saw II]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Saw 2 – Original Soundtrack|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/saw-2-mw0000170980|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908202516/http://www.allmusic.com/album/saw-2-mw0000170980|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> among others. The group was given a brief role as the "gang of goons" in the 1995 dark comedy film ''[[The Doom Generation]]''.<ref name="westword" /> The 1996 Video Game ''[[Descent II]]'' included original music from Ogre and Mark Walk,<ref>{{cite web|title=Descent II (Video Game) Soundtrack|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Descent-II-Soundtrack/release/1379271|publisher=discogs|access-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027145737/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Descent-II-Soundtrack/release/1379271|archive-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> while the 2014 [[PlayStation]] exclusive ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' featured the song "Rodent" from the album ''Rabies''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Justin|title=LittleBigPlanet 3 Review: Knitting Lessons|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/littlebigplanet-3-review-knitting-lessons/|website=Engadget|date=18 November 2014 |publisher=AOL Tech|access-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812024210/https://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/littlebigplanet-3-review-knitting-lessons/|archive-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>

[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] included Skinny Puppy in their 1996 list of "100 underground inspirations of the past 20 years."<ref name="ap-11-100-1996">{{cite journal |last1=DeMarco |first1=Laura |editor=Michael Shea |title=100 Underground Inspirations of the Past 20 Years |journal=Alternative Press |date=1996 |volume=11 |issue=100 |pages=39–56 |publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. |location=Cleveland, OH |issn=1065-1667}}</ref>

While discussing the possibility of Nine Inch Nails being inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], [[Richard Patrick]] of the band Filter remarked "what about Skinny Puppy?", going on to say that while Nine Inch Nails is the more famous of the two, Skinny Puppy were one of the first groups to craft "scary and mean" industrial music.<ref name=reverbfilter />