Skinny Puppy is a Canadian band Influenced by pioneering industrial bands such as Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire or Suicide. Skinny Puppy was born in 1982 in Vancouver. Formed by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie). It is considered an important and influential band in the electro-industrial genre. In 1985, Key and Ogre were joined by Wilhelm Schroeder who participated in the recording of the first album Bites before giving way to Dwayne Goettel. The arrival of the latter directs the group in a fusion of industrial music, gothic and electronic which finds a first outcome on Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse, Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate and VIVIsectVI, respectively released in 1986, 1987 and 1988.