Original upload date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:28:13 GMT
Interview with Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy, Valentine's Day 2014 at Webster Hall New York, NY. I've done my best to edit my voice out of the conversation, only leaving a few soundbites in for specific
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question prompts.
This dialogue was very dear to me, and its an absolute shame it was never published. Ogre was incredibly gracious with his time, attention, and honesty - and I sincerely hope and trust that it'll be appreciated here by his audience. As sole owner of this footage/audio I'm publishing the raw interview & b-roll concert footage per fan request.
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Change, Hypocrisy and Acceptance
01:35 - CNN and Information Overload
02:45 - Personal Experience, Krishnamurti, and Perception
04:15 - On-stage assault (I made sure to cut out the attack itself, and obscure the assailant)
04:30 - Empathy informing Morality
05:10 - Animal Consciousness
06:35 - Gallows Laughter
07:25 - Nuclear Power
08:00 - Songwriting Process, The Concept of Weapon
08:55 - Personal Accountability
09:25 - Music as Torture & Military Industrial Complex
12:50 - Fan Responsibility
13:19 - Gitmo Press Association
16:14 - America's Global Responsibility, Post-9/11 Nationalism, Conspiracy
20:13 - Band Relationship with Album Concepts
21:45 - VX Gas Attack in renewed context, Middle East Conflict
23:20 - Heroin
24:27 - The Intent of Weapon as an album
25:17 - Greater Wrong of the Right's relation to Weapon, Terry Holdbrooks
28:00 - Skinny Puppy's role in society
29:15 - Misconceptions and Misrepresentations of Ogre, in his life
31:55 - Motivation
