Pigface

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Template:Infobox musical artist Pigface is an American industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.<ref name="Buckley"/>

History

Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour,<ref name="allmusic-bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen recruited musicians such as Nivek Ogre and Chris Connelly to join the lineup. Also joining was drummer Martin Atkins, to play alongside Bill Rieflin, then Ministry’s regular drummer. Atkins later stated that while he enjoyed performing with a second drummer, he felt the lineup was capable of more than functioning as what he has described as "a Ministry cover band." After the tour, Atkins and Rieflin decided to continue working together and invited several of their tourmates to join. This led to the formation of Pigface, conceived as a revolving-door collaboration with various experimentally minded musicians, many of whom, especially in the early years, had also recorded for the influential industrial label Wax Trax! Records. Rieflin left the band after the first tour, leaving Atkins as the sole founder of the group.

Trent Reznor was also an early collaborator,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> before Nine Inch Nails became a household name. "Suck", co-written and sung by Reznor, was something of an underground hit, and Reznor later re-recorded the song for the Broken EP.

With hundreds of musical collaborators to recording and performing with Pigface, it has ensured that each album, tour, and song is unique. However, this practice has led to some negative criticism due to a perceived lack of continuity.

In 2009, Full Effect Records, a Detroit-based label, announced the signing of Pigface.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Pigface album, 6, a collection of songs already recorded over the span of the previous five years, was released soon after the announcement was made. Unlike with the previous releases, there was no tour to support the album.

After a seven-year hiatus, Pigface returned for two Chicago performances in November 2016. The first was a rehearsal show held at Reggie's on November 24. On November 25, the band performed at House of Blues: Chicago. Both shows saw the band performing with several first-time members as well as the return of members like Lesley Rankine, En Esch, Mary Byker, Curse Mackey, Dirk Flannigan and Fallon Bowman.

Several offshoot bands of Pigface, all smaller sized all-star groups featuring Martin Atkins as a common member, have released albums during the time Pigface was active. These bands include Murder, Inc., The Damage Manual, Ritalin, Martin Atkins And The Chicago Industrial League, Spasm, and The Love Interest.

In March 2019, Atkins announced that Pigface would tour again for the first time in fourteen years with thirteen dates scheduled for the East coast and Midwest in November 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On February 12, 2020, a larger, national tour was announced to be taking place throughout May, June and July of that year. However, on April 2, 2020, Atkins made the announcement that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour had been canceled.

Rieflin died on March 24, 2020, from cancer at the age of 59.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Members and collaborators

The following is a partial list of musicians who have contributed to Pigface at some point in the band's history, whether it be appearing live as a band member, performing on an album, or contributing a remix of a Pigface song.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • Buzz McCoy (My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult)
  • Kitty Killdare (My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult)<ref name="queensu"/>
  • Laura Gomel (My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult)
  • Lacey Sculls (Nocturne, Lords of Acid, Halo)
  • Michelle Walters Seibold (Voodou, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Super Sport, Bomb Gang Girlz, Missy Hell)
  • Steven Seibold (Hate Dept., Damage Manual, Super Sport)
  • Lee Fraser (Sheep on Drugs)
  • Skot Diablo (Sheep on Drugs, Diablo Syndrome)
  • Dave Wright (Not Breathing)
  • Amy Larson (Brits Out Of America)
  • Dana Cochrane (Brits Out Of America, Mickey Finn, Babes in Toyland)
  • DJ Jordan Fields
  • FM Einheit (Einsturzende Neubauten)
  • Caspar Brötzmann (Caspar Brötzmann Massaker)
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  • Mark Walk (Ruby, Skinny Puppy, ohGr)
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Discography

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Studio albums

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