Pigface
646223
224492858
2008-07-09T02:29:33Z
Wadems
144213
Dab Prong.
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Pigface
| Img =
| Img_capt =
| Img_size =
| Landscape = yes
| Background = group_or_band
| Alias =
| Origin = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|USA]]
| Genre = [[Industrial rock]]
| Years_active = 1990 - present
| Label = [[Invisible Records|Invisible]]
| Associated_acts = [[Public Image Ltd.]]<br />[[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]<br />[[Killing Joke]]
| URL = [http://www.pigface.net Pigface.net]
| Current_members = [[Martin Atkins]]<br />
| Past_members =
}}
{{for|the succulent plant|Carpobrotus}}
'''Pigface''' is an [[industrial rock]] group formed in [[1990]] by [[Martin Atkins]] and [[William Rieflin]].
Pigface was formed from [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]'s ''The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste'' tour, which produced the ''In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up'' live album and video. For the tour, [[Al Jourgensen]] brought Atkins, [[Nivek Ogre]] and [[Chris Connelly]]. Also on the tour was Rieflin, regular Ministry drummer at the time. While Atkins enjoyed the dynamic of playing with a second drummer, he felt that the lineup was capable of doing much more than being, what he has frequently called, "a Ministry cover band." Once the tour was over, Atkins and Rieflin decided to continue working together and recruited several of their tourmates from the ''The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste'' tour. Pigface was born with the intention of keeping a revolving-door style collaboration with many experimentally-minded musicians, many of whom, especially early on, had recorded for the influential [[industrial music]] record label [[Wax Trax!]].
[[Trent Reznor]] was also an early partner, 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 (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' EP.
Rieflin eventually left Pigface, leaving Atkins in charge. The hundreds of musical collaborators to record and perform with Pigface have ensured that each album, and each song, is unique. However, this practice has led to some negative criticism due to a perceived lack of continuity.
Pigface concerts are characterized by high-energy performances. Frequently there will be upwards of 10 musicians on stage at any time during the show. In addition, members of the audience are occasionally invited on stage for the encore.
==Members (in alphabetical order)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/officialpigface|title=Official MySpace Page: Pigface|author=Martin Atkins|date=2007-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pigface.net/links.html
|title=Pigface website}}</ref>==
* [[Patti Adachi]]
* [[Steve Albini]] of [[Big Black]], [[Rapeman]], and [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]]
* [[Martin Atkins]] of [[Public Image Ltd.]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Brian Brain]], [[Killing Joke]], [[The Love Interest]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Spasm (band)|Spasm]], and [[Murder, Inc. (band)|Murder Inc]]
* [[Matt B]] of [[Concrete Automaton]]
* [[Michael Balch]] of [[Front Line Assembly]]
* [[Paul Barker]] of [[Lead Into Gold]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Revolting Cocks]], [[PTP (band)|PTP]], [[Acid Horse]], [[1000 Homo DJs]], [[Lard (band)|Lard]], [[Pailhead]], U.S.S.A and [[The Blackouts]]
* [[Becky (lunachicks)]] of [[Lunachicks]]
* [[Jenny Bellestar]] of [[The Bellestars]]
* [[Jello Biafra]] of [[Dead Kennedys]],[[Lard (band)|Lard]] and [[Revolting Cocks]]
* [[Michael Bishop (bassist)|Mike Bishop]] (as Beefcake The Mighty) of [[GWAR]], [[Kepone (band)|Kepone]] and American Grizzly
* [[Bella Black]]
* [[Sharkula]] (aka Thigahmahjiggee)
* [[Gry Bagøien]]
* [[Leila Bela]]
* [[Bob Dog (musician)|Bob Dog]] of [[Evil Mothers]]
* Bones (FN Dangoy)
* [[Fallon Bowman]] of Amphibious Assault and [[Kittie]]
* [[Caspar Brötzmann]] of [[Massaker]]
* [[Mary Byker]] of [[Gaye Bykers on Acid]] and [[Hyperhead]]
* [[Danny Carey]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
* [[Meg Lee Chin]] (O' Leary) of Crunch and The Great White Trash
* [[JS Clayden]] of [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]]
* [[Chris Connelly]] of [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[PTP (band)|PTP]], [[Acid Horse]], [[The Love Interest]], [[Finitribe]], [[Murder, Inc. (band)|Murder Inc]], and [[Revolting Cocks]]
* [[Lacey Conner]] of [[Nocturne (band)|Nocturne]]
* [[Arturo De Leon]] of [[Martyr Colony]]
* [[Skot Diablo]] of [[Diablo Syndrome]]
* [[Duane Denison]] of [[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]]
* [[Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon]]
* [[Edsel Dope]] of [[Dope (band)|Dope]]
* [[Taime Downe]] of [[Faster Pussycat]] and [[The Newlydeads]]
* [[Jamie Duffy (musician)|Jamie Duffy]] of [[Acumen Nation]] and [[DJ? Acucrack]]
* [[Hanin Elias]] of [[Atari Teenage Riot]]
* [[FM Einheit]] of [[Einsturzende Neubauten]]
* [[En Esch]] of [[Slick Idiot]] and formerly of [[KMFDM]]
* [[The Enigma]] of [[Jim Rose Circus|The Jim Rose Circus]]
* [[Gus Ferguson]] of [[Test Dept (band)|Test Dept]]
* [[Paul Ferguson]] of [[Killing Joke]], [[Murder, Inc. (band)|Murder Inc]], and [[The Orb]]
* [[Dirk Flanigan]] of [[77 Luscious Babes]]
* [[Michael Balzary|Flea]] of [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[Flour (band)|Flour]]
* [[Frank Black|Black Francis]] of [[Pixies]]
* [[Fuzz (musician)|Fuzz]] of [[Silverfish (band)|Silverfish]]
* [[Michael Gira]] of [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
* [[Joel Gausten]] of [[The Undead]]
* [[Laura Gomel]] of [[My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult]]
* [[Vince H.]] of [[dedFROGZ]]
* [[Mick Harris]] of [[Napalm Death]] and [[Scorn (band)|Scorn]]
* [[Chris Haskett]] of [[Rollins Band]]
* [[Marc Heal]] of [[Cubanate]]
* [[Barbara Hunter]] (Ruchhoft) of [[Roundhead]]
* [[Slymenstra Hymen]] of [[GWAR]]
* [[Penn Jillette]] of [[Penn and Teller]]
* [[Sean Joyce (musician)|Sean Joyce]] of [[Revolting Cocks]]
* [[Fiona Kilpatrick]] of [[Dragster (band)|Dragster]]
* [[Martin King (musician)|Martin King]] of [[Test Dept (band)|Test Dept]]
* [[Algis Kizys]] of [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
* [[Krztoff]] of [[Bile (band)|Bile]]
* [[Keith Levene]] of [[Public Image Ltd.]]
* [[Charles Levi]] of [[My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult]] and [[Silence (band)|Silence]]
* [[Kamela Lise]] of [[Apocalypse Theatre]]
* [[Jared Louche]] of [[Chemlab]]
* [[Lunar]]
* [[Lydia Lunch]]
* [[John Lydon]] of [[Public Image Ltd.]] and the [[Sex Pistols]]
* [[Curse Mackey]] of [[Evil Mothers]] and [[Spasm (band)|Spasm]]
* [[Andy MaGuire (musician)|Andy Maguire]] of [[Dogzilla]]
* [[Groovie Mann]] of [[My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult]]
* [[Jim Marcus]] of [[Die Warzau]]
* [[Buzz McCoy (musician)|Buzz McCoy]] of [[My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult]]
* [[Doug McCarthy]] of [[Nitzer Ebb]]
* [[Jason McNinch]] of [[Lick (band)|Lick]]
* [[Kurt Moore]]
* [[Jason More]]
* [[Hope Nicholls]] of [[Sugarsmack]] and [[Fetchin' Bones]]
* [[Jason Novak]] of [[Acumen Nation]] and [[DJ? Acucrack]]
* [[Nivek Ogre]] of [[Skinny Puppy]], [[ohGr]], [[Revolting Cocks]], and [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
* [[Genesis P-Orridge]] of [[Psychic TV]] and [[Throbbing Gristle]]
* [[Alex Paterson]] of [[The Orb]]
* [[Michael Path]] of [[Indeterminism (band)|Indeterminism]]
* [[Sean Payne (Cyanotic)|Sean Payne]] of [[Cyanotic]]
* [[Eric Pounder]] of [[Pounder]] and [[Dead Voices on Air]]
* [[David Prater]]
* [[Chris Randall (musician)|Chris Randall]] of [[Sister Machine Gun]]
* [[Lesley Rankine]] of [[Silverfish (band)|Silverfish]] and [[Ruby (band)|Ruby]]
* [[Paul Raven]] of [[Prong (band)|Prong]], [[Murder, Inc. (band)|Murder Inc]], and [[Killing Joke]]
* [[Marydee Reynolds (musician)| Marydee Reynolds]] of [[Chainsuck]]
* [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]]
* [[Bill Rieflin]] of [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Revolting Cocks]], [[Acid Horse]], [[PTP (band)|PTP]], [[1000 Homo DJs]], [[Lard (band)|Lard]], [[Pailhead]], [[The Blackouts]], [[Swans (band)|Swans]], [[KMFDM]] and [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]], [[Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3]]
* [[Barb Ruchoft]]
* [[Joey Santiago (musician)|Joey Santiago]] of [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]
* [[Stuart Saint]] of [[Egypticon]]
* [[Patrick Sane]] of [[Evil Mothers]] and [[Boxcar Satan]]
* [[Matt Schultz]] of [[Lab Report]]
* [[Günter Schulz]] of [[Slick Idiot]] and formerly of [[KMFDM]]
* [[Seibold]] of [[Hate Dept.]]
* [[Shonen Knife]]
* [[Siggy]] of [[The Sugarcubes]]
* [[David William Sims]] of [[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[Scratch Acid]]
* [[Jonny Sharples]] of [[Adelleda]]
* [[Snazin Smith]]
* [[Kyle Reiter]]
* [[Pat Sprawl]] of [[Dead Surf Kiss]]
* [[Mark Spybey]] of [[DVOA]]
* [[Ben Stokes (musician)|Ben Stokes]] of [[DHS]]
* [[Louis Svitek]] of [[Mind Funk]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], and [[Front Line Assembly]]
* [[David Suycott]] of [[Stabbing Westward]]
* [[James Teitelbaum]] of [[Evil Clowns]] and [[Left Orbit Temple]]
* [[J. G. Thirlwell]] (AKA Clint Ruin) of [[Foetus (band)|Foetus]], [[Wiseblood]], [[Steroid Maximus]]
* [[Dave Trumfio]]
* [[Joe Trump]] of [[Eliott Sharp's Carbon]]
* [[William Tucker (musician)|William Tucker]] of [[My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult]] and [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
* [[Matt Underwood]] of [[Killing Joke]], [[The Love Interest]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] and [[The Dean]]
* [[Virus]] of [[dope (band)|dope]]
* [[Chris Vrenna]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]] and [[Tweaker (Chris Vrenna)|Tweaker]]
* [[Mark Walk]] of [[Ruby (band)|Ruby]], [[ohGr]] and [[Skinny Puppy]]
* [[Geordie Walker]] of [[Killing Joke]]
* [[Michelle Walters]] of [[VooDou (band)]]
* [[Scott Watanabe]]
* [[Andrew Weiss (guitarist)|Andrew Weiss]] of [[Rollins Band]], [[Butthole Surfers]], and [[Ween]]
* [[Dean Ween]] of [[Moistboyz]] and [[Ween]]
* [[Martin "Youth" Glover]] of [[Killing Joke]]
* [[David Yow]] of [[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[Scratch Acid]]
* [[Betty X]]
* [[Duncan X]] of [[Sheep on Drugs]]
* [[Wayne Static]] of [[Static-X]]
== Partial discography ==
* ''[[Spoon Breakfast EP]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Lean Juicy Pork]]'' (1990) - Interview
* ''[[Gub]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Welcome to Mexico... Asshole]]'' (1991) - live album
* ''[[Fook (album)|Fook]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Washingmachine Mouth]]'' (1993) - remix collection
* ''[[Truth Will Out]]'' (1993) - live album
* ''[[Notes From Thee Underground]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Feels Like Heaven]]'' (1995) - remix collection
* ''[[A New High in Low]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Below the Belt (album)|Below the Belt]]'' (1998) - remix collection
* ''[[Eat Shit You Fucking Redneck]]'' (1998) - live album
* ''[[The Best of Pigface Preaching to the Perverted]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Easy Listening...]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Glitch (album)|Glitch]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Headfuck]]'' (2003)- Remix collection
* ''[[8 Bit Head]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Clubhead Nonstopmegamix #1]]'' (2004)- Remix collection
* ''[[Crackhead: The DJ? Acucrack Remix Album]]'' (2004)- Remix collection
* ''[[Dubhead]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Free For All Tour Demo]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Broadcast from Radio China]]'' (2006) - 7" split with Snapline
== Compilations ==
* ''[[Pigface Vs. The World]]'' (2005) - Compilation
* ''[[Gub]]/[[Welcome to Mexico... Asshole|Welcome To Mexico]]'' (2005) - Remastered
* ''[[The Head Remixes]]'' (2006) - Compilation
* ''[[Fook (album)|Fook]]/[[Washingmachine Mouth]]/[[Truth Will Out]]'' (2006) - Remastered
* ''[[Notes From Thee Underground]]/[[Feels Like Heaven]]'' (2006) - Remastered
* ''[[A New High in Low]]/[[Below the Belt (album)|Below the Belt]]/[[Eat Shit You Fucking Redneck]]'' (2007) - Remastered
==External links==
* [http://www.pigface.net The Official Pigface Site (last updated 02-21-07)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialpigface Pigface on Myspace]
*{{Last.fm|pigface|Pigface}}
* [http://www.invisiblerecords.com/bands/pigface/text.html Various Pigface Articles]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:American industrial music groups]]
[[Category:Illinois musical groups]]
[[Category:American rock music groups]]
[[Category:Supergroups]]
[[Category:Chicago musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1990]]
[[es:Pigface]]
[[fr:Pigface]]