Respect to
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel
February 1, 1964 - August 23, 1995
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, best known for his work in Skinny Puppy, was born on a farm in Alberta, Canada on February 1,
1964. Dwayne began his music career in the band Psyche
in
1982. He was then recruited to join the band Voice, which
recorded Anno Di Voce in 1985. Dwayne was also a member of
the band Water, a side project of his that opened for Skinny Puppy
in 1985 in Edmonton, Canada. Shortly after that, Skinny Puppy
began looking for someone to take Bill Leeb’s
place. Impressed with Dwayne’s earlier performance, he was
recruited in 1986 to join Skinny Puppy as a keyboardist and
programmer. Dwayne was the youngest member of Skinny
Puppy and the only one to have any type of musical training. Mind: The
Perpetual Intercourse was the first Skinny Puppy album that Dwayne worked on, though the bulk of
Dig It and
One Time One Place were already done.
While working on Skinny Puppy, Dwayne also worked on many
side projects, including: Doubting Thomas, Tear
Garden, Download and Hilt among others. Dwayne appeared briefly
in the movie The Doom Generation and also in the trailer for
the unmade movie Chunk Blower.
In 1993, Dwayne and Phil Western created Subconscious
Records in order to release the Duck/Philth
Split 12”. The label is in operation up to this day, under the direction of cEvin Key. Dwayne remained a member of Skinny Puppy until their breakup in June of 1995 when Ogre
left the
band. His final record with Skinny Puppy, The Process, was
released after his death. Dwayne was 31 when he died on
August 23, 1995 of a heroin overdose.
R.I.P.
aDuck
According to the insert in Paradigm Shift, "aDuck
is the
solo project of Dwayne Goettel
inspired by the early
releases of Aphex Twin and other artists in the now
exploding European/UK electronic scene". Dwayne & Phil Western
originally created Subconscious Records in order to
release the Duck/Philth Split 12" in 1993.
Duck/Philth Split 12" (Sub 001)
Released in 1993, there are only 200 copies of this vinyl.
On one side of the vinyl - This Side- , the Philth song My
Heart Is Being Touched By Christ appears and has the vinyl
etching SUB AQUA. On the other side of the vinyl -That
Side- the Duck song Power appears and has the vinyl
etching HOW GOD YOU MAKE THAT LIKE SO GOOD.
Compilation appearances :
Coordinate 01
aDuck Song: Phenethylamine Backwash
This compilation was released in 1993 and contains the song
Phenethylamine Backwash that will later appear renamed and
somewhat shorter on Wild Planet. Also of note, the Philth
song Sub-Aqua appears on this compilation. This compilation
was produced by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch.
Paradigm Shift (Sub 012)
aDuck Songs: Power & Burnout
Paradigm Shift was released in 1997 by Subconscious
Communications.
According to the Paradigm Shift insert: "Paradigm Shift is
the tenth release from Subconscious, and it is a compilation
that fully represents the past, present and future of the
label. It also acts as a tribute of sorts to the label's
late founder. Not only does Goettel appear on half of the
album's tracks, but he had also intended to use the phrase
"paradigm shift" as a title for one of his works at some
point in the future. Sadly, that future was cut short, but
the title has been adopted for this project in his honour,
and under that banner appear a dozen unreleased/unavailable
tracks from the members of the Subconscious family." Also
worth mentioning, although it never happened, the insert
states that a full length aDuck release would be put out.
Wild Planet (Sub 017)
aDuck Song: Quackerz (Revision)
Wild Planet is Subconscious Communication's second
compilation and was released in 2000. Quackerz (Revision) is
a different mix of Phenethylamine Backwash that appeared on
Coordinate 01.
Dwayne Interviews
Video Interviews:
Skinny Puppy Interview-Global Jungle 1992
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Skinny Puppy Interview 1989 City Limits
Part 1
Part 2
Skinny Puppy & Front Line Assembly Special
Part 1
Part 2
Written Interviews:
Kruger, Brad. "Skinny Puppy: the Blank Generation." Rock
Express, 1987, no. 117, pg. 18.
"Dog Day Afternoon." Melody Maker, 21 May 1988.
Dwayne Goettel. Interview 1990.
Woods, Karen. "Hilt Intermission." Alternative Press, (?)
1990, no. 33.
Dwayne Goettel. Interview by Peter Day. On WMXM 88.9
Milwaukee, 31 October 1990
Tywoniak, Edward. "Skinny Puppy." Mondo 2000, 1991, no. 4.
"24 Hours in Vancouver." Alternative Press, February 1991,
no. 25, p. 40-46
Vancouver April 1991
Walczak, René. "Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet."
Propaganda, Fall 1991, no. 17
Beldo, Jaye C. "Creepy Canadian Canines." Cake, July /
August 1992
Hendrix, Missy. High Times, January 1993, p. 11-12
All of these can be found in the Litany Interview Archive
Audio Interviews:
cEvin Key & Dwayne Goettel - New Life Magazine-Part 1 1988
Dwayne Goettel 1988
Thanks to Bronzebed
aDuck Myspace
