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Skinny Puppy \u00a0+ Ventenner Live Review<\/h5>\n
Reviewed by Claudia Black
\n<\/span>Cimmerian Music Blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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30th May 2017<\/p>\n

Kentish Town Forum, London<\/p>\n

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Skinny\u00a0Puppy
\nFacebook page – Skinny Puppy Oficial<\/a>
\nSupport: – Ventenner
\nFacebook Page – Ventenner Official<\/a><\/h6>\n

\u201dSkinny Puppy were on form this evening sharing songs of protest, tracks that question, music that pisses off and provokes a reaction, unlike at a One Direction gig where the only reaction you\u2019d get from me is of moving quite swiftly towards the exit!! The Kentish Town Forum was quite full, not as full as when I saw Rob Zombie as there was space at the back you could still walk through but a good crowd none the less. This would be the first time I have seen Skinny Puppy since they played the same venue around 2005. Nivek Ogre came onstage wearing a hypodermic needle suit, an allusion to his past addiction that needed attention due to the needles coming out or bending.<\/p>\n

There was a triangular display showing projections behind Nivek which complimented the stream of consciousness matter of fact abrasive vocal delivery that was filtered through a vocoder. I always found this vocal delivery sinister and at times disturbing but always fascinating! It\u2019s like listening to someone being garroted whilst they are suspended inside a rusty drainpipe dripping with rancid water. I can almost taste the rusting metal and the cold foulness of the water!! The sound mix was excellent and I found myself shoulder bopping throughout the set as if trying to create some more room for myself inside the aforementioned drainpipe !! Standout tracks that go my shoulders bopping were \u201dFascist Jock Itch\u201d, \u201dDogShit\u201d, \u201dVX Gas Attack\u201d, \u201dWorlock\u201d and \u201dThe Choke\u201d.<\/p>\n

The sound was strong and the vocals did not disappoint in any shape or manner, this was a fully rounded set!!<\/p>\n

It is a shame that I found the Ventenner set disappointing!! In my humble opinion, the sound mix was terrible, there was no sound separation and the bass sounded too loud. I stood stage left, then right and finally centre but the sound still sounded awful!! I think Ventenner are a good band, think NIN\/Numan and the new album \u201dInVidia\u201d is really good from what I have heard so far!! Track one is a screamer!!! I have seen them before at The Hope & Anchor in Islington and the sound there was a darn sight better!! maybe on this occasion the mix was slapdash so as to not upstage Skinny Puppy????\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dOne other thing: T-shirts- is there any chance SkinnT-shirts could be made out of a better quality cotton?? A softer brushed cotton perhaps?? Just saying!!\u201d<\/h6>\n
Skinny Puppy Set list:-<\/h6>\n
1:- Jahya
\n2:- Dogshit
\n3:- Fascist Jock Itch
\n4:- Death
\n5:- Tin Omen
\n6:- T.F.W.O.
\n7:- Curcible
\n8:- Hardset Head
\n9:- Village
\n10:- The Choke
\n11:- Worlock
\n12:- Killing Game
\n13:- Assimilate
\n14:- VX Gas Attack
\n15:- Candle<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

Skinny Puppy – Illisit<\/p>\n