Pigface

Hailed by some

as "an aggressive new alternative-rock Frankenstein," Pigface grew to

become a fierce juggernaut with a malleable line-up that could be as limited as

the individual members personal phone books, or as packed with possibilities as

the Yellow Pages. Egos where willingly surrendered for the greater good: the

onstage fire-eater at a Pittsburgh show was just as important as the

participation of then-fledgling Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor.

Fans going to the shows expecting a rote regurgitation of the stuff found on the

debut 1991 Pigface document, Gub, were left screaming and shaking

their sweaty bodies in wild abandon, or scratching their heads down to

skull-surface trying to make sense of it all.



 



At close

inspection, its obvious that Pigface has become much more than the

convenient, yet dubious tag of "super group." A strategy for the creation of

uncompromising music, Pigface has been a farm team (belly dancer

Christine Petro added some color to U2s PopMart tour), as well as a

launch pad for underground mavens to reinvent themselves. The collective

fostered the aesthetic growth of former Silverfish screamer Lesley

Rankine (heard here on "Chickasaw", and "Ten Ground and Down") into the sultry

grooves of Ruby. Ditto for the career of former Gaye Byker On Acid

Mary Hoxley, who later ascended from "grebo" obscurity to British dance-rock

royalty in Apollo 440. Pigface also acted as a rampart where established

musicians-such as Tools Danny Carey and Red Hot Chili Peppers

Michael "Flea" Balzary could stretch out in ways their parent bands would not

let them. The communal spirit of the music was also enough of a force to make

the music industry adjust its cloudy spectacles to take notice (reportedly, the

last word in Skinny Puppy's American Recordings contract is "Pigface").

But don't think for a nanosecond that all that activity and accomplishment was

only felt onstage in a self-congratulatory back-slapping marathon: Just prior to

his signing to the nothing Records label, Marilyn Manson launched an ad

hoc ensemble names Mrs. Scabtree, that featured other like-minded Ft.

Lauderdale, Florida freaks. When pressed for details, Manson described the group

as "a Pigface-kind of thing." Time has proven that Pigface was an

idea that has ignited both musicians and audiences alike.



 



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Jason Pettigrew Alternative Press



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