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===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>