Editing Skinny Puppy (section)

===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>