Nivek Ogre

Ogre was born on December 5, 1962, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.{{cite web|last1=Lucas|first1=John|title=Nivek Ogre Dances with His Devils (19 November, 2008)|url=https://www.straight.com/article-170729/dancing-devil|website=The Georgia Straight|date=November 19, 2008 |publisher=straight.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}} From a young age, he had imagined working in a studio as a singer, believing it was his own "manifest destiny".{{cite web|last1=Narvaja|first1=Norm|title=Soundcheck: Ogre (4 November, 2009)|url=http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/soundcheck-ogre/Content?oid=1716879|website=Cleveland Scene|publisher=clevscene.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}} He was also interested in magic and had attempted to become a magician, joining the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He entertained his parents with magic shows, during which his tricks would often fail humorously.{{cite web|last1=Santoni|first1=Dan|title=Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie) on how ohGr Differs from Skinny Puppy and the Death of Michael Jackson (7 December 2011)|url=http://www.westword.com/music/ogre-kevin-ogilvie-on-how-ohgr-differs-from-skinny-puppy-and-the-death-of-michael-jackson-5706023|website=Westword|publisher=Denver Westword|access-date=March 20, 2017}} He described his childhood as "introverted", and that he would take refuge in watching monster movies; he also enjoyed the horror fantasy writings of H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe.{{cite web|last1=Shultz|first1=Steve|title=Skinny Puppy Fears for Mankind, Teases Secret Project (16 November, 2015)|url=http://theknow.denverpost.com/2015/11/16/skinny-puppy-fears-for-mankind-teases-secret-project/110243/|website=The Denver Post|date=November 15, 2015 |publisher=The Denver Post|access-date=March 21, 2017}}

As a child, he was fascinated with words and would spend time in his basement writing poetry.{{cite interview |last=Ogre |first=Nivek |interviewer=Corey Goldberg |title=Litany Webchat with Ogre and Jason Alacrity |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXsljF0a50 |publisher=Litany |date=November 18, 2013 |access-date=March 8, 2019|time=26:30}} He would write several pages at a time and then play around with what he had written. "From that, I developed a keen sense of how words sound, how they can phonetically sound and be changed. How words obviously have different meanings and with a slight displacement can take on almost a surreal meaning". This interest in language and vocabulary stemmed from his love of music and lyrics. His subsequent musical stylings were informed by the likes of Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, and Kraftwerk.{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Jackie Lee|title=ohGr: Devil Details an Ogre's Perspective; Interview with Nivek Ogre (10 December, 2008)|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/articles/Archive/2008/ohGr.cfm|website=UnRated Magazine|publisher=UnRated|access-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210044900/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/articles/Archive/2008/ohGr.cfm|archive-date=February 10, 2009}} He has cited the Cure's Pornography, David Bowie's Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Organisation as pivotal records during his youth.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2023/03/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-ogre-and-cevin-key-of-skinny-puppy/|title=5 Albums I Can't Live Without: oGre and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy|last=Lentini|first=Liza|date=March 31, 2023|website=Spin|access-date=June 19, 2024}} Ogre said that Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures introduced him to "the dark side of music"; he soon found himself gravitating towards musicians such as Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, and Front 242.{{cite journal |last1=Mackie |first1=John |title=Welcome to the Weird World of One Rock's Most Bizzare Bands |journal=Vancouver Sun |date=October 1, 1988 |page=H13}}

Ogre left Calgary for Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of twenty. "Vancouver has an edge to it; an attitude; an arrogance when it comes to music. I came there as a young 20-year-old from Calgary and entered into a world I’d never seen before".{{cite web|last1=Tabata|first1=Susanne|title=Terminal City Confidential: The Story of Luv-A-Fair and the Death of Disco in Vancouver (3 February, 2014)|url=http://beatroute.ca/2014/02/03/terminal-city-confidential-february-2014/|website=BeatRoute Magazine|publisher=BeatRoute|access-date=March 21, 2017}} In 1982, he attempted to start a record distribution company using borrowed money, a venture that ultimately failed. He was further troubled by the death of his father and a divorce from his wife.{{cite journal|last1=Lanham|first1=Tom|title=Shock-Rockers take Taboos to their Heart|journal=San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 12, 1987|page=41|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/sanfran041287.html|access-date=March 21, 2017}} Ogre was roommates with Images in Vogue member Gary Blair Smith when he met cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton), the drummer for Smith's band, at a party.Reed (2013): p. 172 He also met future collaborator Steven Gilmore, whom he learned had also attended Ernest Manning High School in Calgary. Key asked Ogre to join his project, Skinny Puppy, an invitation he accepted. Images in Vogue recording engineer Dave Ogilvie also signed up.{{cite web|last1=Lucas|first1=John|title=From the Vault: A Vancouver Classic by Images in Vogue|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/612136/vault-vancouver-classic-images-vogue|website=The Georgia Straight|date=January 9, 2016 |publisher=straight.com|access-date=March 20, 2017}} The pair adopted stage names to avoid the confusion brought by having two people named Kevin in one group.Barclay (2011): p. 507 (cEvin Key and Nivek (Kevin spelled backwards) Ogre)

Ogre's work with Skinny Puppy has primarily been as the lead singer, though he would occasionally contribute work with percussion and synthesizers. The first song he wrote for the group was titled "Canine" and helped establish the philosophy of writing songs about the world as seen through a dog's eyes.{{cite journal|title=Dog Day Afternoon|journal=Melody Maker|date=May 21, 1988|url=http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}} "It was about a dog watching his master beat his wife and then questioning himself - should he be loyal to the man or rip his head off?" Along with Bill Leeb (Wilhelm Shroeder), Ogre and Key produced the EP Remission in 1984 and released it through the newly established Nettwerk label.{{cite web|last1=Wolanski|first1=Coreen|title=Skinny Puppy: Every Dog has Its Day (1 February, 2002)|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/skinny_puppy-every_dog_has_its_day|website=Exclaim!|access-date=March 21, 2017}} Next to follow were two full-length albums, Bites in 1985 and Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse in 1986, the latter of which spawned their first single, "Dig It".

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Many of Ogre's early songs, specifically from the album Bites, were about his ex-wife.{{cite journal|last1=Stern|first1=Perry|title=Canine Caterwauling|journal=Graffiti|date=September 1986|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/cancat.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}} Following Bites, Ogre began to construct more politically and socially minded lyrics such as those for the song "Dig It", which he says describes "a fight to rise above in the work force/ which can turn into your early grave". Ogre's writing would gradually become more "worldly" and "ecology-minded".{{cite journal|last1=Walczak|first1=René|title=Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet|journal=Propaganda|date=1991|issue=17|url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|access-date=September 16, 2016}} Animal rights and environmental degradation would become recurring elements in Skinny Puppy's music.{{cite journal|last1=Luhrssen|first1=Dave|title=Skinny Puppy make the most Harsh Reality|journal=Milwaukee Journal|date=October 26, 1990|url=http://litany.net/interviews/milw102690.html|access-date=June 9, 2016}} 1988's VIVIsectVI, written as "a biting commentary on animal rights",{{cite journal|last1=Bonner|first1=Staci|title=Blood Rock: Skinny Puppy's Morbid Extremes|journal=Spin|date=December 1988|volume=4|issue=9|pages=15|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_5oyYjDeNc_AC#page/n13/mode/2up|access-date=May 22, 2016}} spawned the single "Testure" which peaked at no. 19 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.{{cite magazine|title=Skinny Puppy - Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279535/Skinny+Puppy/chart?f=359|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=March 22, 2017}}

Skinny Puppy became known for their performance art laden live shows, a result of Ogre's use of costumes, props, and fake blood.{{cite web|last1=Kleinfeld|first1=Justin|title=Skinny Puppy (1 April, 2007)|url=http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|website=Electronic Musician|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=March 22, 2017}} The set design for a live show often falls to Ogre, who usually builds the sets himself.{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Chris|title=Report: Skinny Puppy, Live in Toronto|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/report-skinny-puppy-live-in-toronto/|website=Fangoria|publisher=fangoria.com|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520014300/http://www.fangoria.com/new/report-skinny-puppy-live-in-toronto/|archive-date=May 20, 2016|url-status=dead}} Ogre described the Too Dark Park tour as his career high point, during which he ran off what he called "car-crash energy".

While recording the Skinny Puppy album The Process in Los Angeles, a split began to grow between the band members with Ogre on one side and the other two band members, Key and keyboardist Dwayne Goettel, on the other. In 1994, Skinny Puppy completed the master tapes for the album. Key and Goettel returned to Vancouver with the tapes while Ogre decided to stay in Los Angeles. Ogre quit Skinny Puppy in June 1995, two months before Goettel died from a heroin overdose.{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Skinny Puppy: Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography|website=AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}

He joined the Banff Centre as an artist-in-residence in spring 2000{{cite journal |title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P. |journal=Alternative Press |date=September 2000 |issue=146 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html |access-date=February 26, 2019}} before reuniting with Key to perform at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden as Skinny Puppy.{{cite journal|title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P.|journal=Alternative Press|date=September 2000|issue=146|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|access-date=March 22, 2017}} Relations improved between the two band members after the performance and they released The Greater Wrong of the Right in 2004; they followed this up with the release of Mythmaker in 2007 and hanDover in 2011. In 2013, inspired by the news that their music had been used for torture at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, they released the album Weapon.{{cite web|last1=Noah|first1=Alan|title=Skinny Puppy: Music as Torture? (21 February, 2014)|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/02/fuse-news-skinny-puppy-guantanamo-torture-music|website=Fuse|access-date=March 22, 2017}} In early 2014, Ogre and Key sent the US government an invoice for $666,000 for the use of their music at the camp.{{cite magazine|last1=Flanagan|first1=Andrew|title=Skinny Puppy on Invoicing the U.S. Government: 'I'm Sure BMI and ASCAP would Like to Know' (7 February, 2014)|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5900955/skinny-puppy-on-invoicing-the-us-government-im-sure-bmi-and-ascap|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=March 23, 2017}} Ogre told the San Francisco Examiner that "they didn’t even use our actual recordings – they used bootlegs, so there was all sorts of hiss and distortion in the mix, which was probably even more disturbing to the person who was having it done to them".{{cite web|last1=Lanham|first1=Tom|title=Skinny Puppy Makes Torturing Music (18 December, 2014)|url=http://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/skinny-puppy-makes-torturing-music/Content?oid=2914589|website=The San Francisco Examiner|publisher=San Francisco Examiner|access-date=March 23, 2017}} In 2015, they embarked on the Down the Sociopath tour with Youth Code through North America.{{cite web|title=SKINNY PUPPY YOUTH CODE US TOUR|url=http://litany.net/posts/2015/08/12/skinny-puppy--youth-code-us-tour|work=Litany.net|access-date=March 22, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807161942/http://www.litany.net/posts/2015/08/12/skinny-puppy--youth-code-us-tour|archive-date=August 7, 2016}} A follow-up tour in Europe entitled Down the Sociopath too Euro 2017 began in May 2017.{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy's Down the SocioPath too Euro 2017 Tour!|url=https://www.metropolis-records.com/tour/291/skinny-puppys-down-the-sociopath-too-euro-2017-tour|website=Metropolis Records|publisher=metropolis-records.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}

In 1989, Ogre and Al Jourgensen started the side project W.E.L.T. (When Everyone Learns the Truth). Some material was recorded, but the only song they released was turned into Ministry's 1996 song "The Fall", from Filth Pig.{{cite web|last1=Wolanski|first1=Coreen|title=Ministry: Nothing Exceeds like Excess (1 March 2003)|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/ministry-nothing_exceeds_like_excess|website=Exclaim!|access-date=March 26, 2017}} During the recording of The Process in Malibu, Ogre befriended Ruby member Mark Walk.{{cite web|last1=Gourley|first1=Bob|title=Skinny Puppy Frontman Nivek Ogre Interviewed about his ohGr Side Project (2008)|url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/ogre/|website=Chaos Control|date=November 7, 2008 |access-date=March 26, 2017}} They revived the W.E.L.T. project by producing a 14-track album, but this was eventually shelved by their label, American Recordings. Ogre became depressed as a result of the labels decision; he told Exclaim! in 1998 that to relieve the situation, he picked up a book on Pink Floyd and started playing the guitar. "That was really good for me, it was really good therapy. It took hours and hours of time that would have been spent fixating on a problem that there was really nothing I could do about".{{cite journal|last1=Twomey|first1=Chris|title=Ogre Unmasked|journal=Exclaim!|date=1998|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ogr-exclaim.html|access-date=March 26, 2017}}

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Ogre was kept on the label for three years, unable to do anything with the recordings. "It wasn’t until about 2000 that I pulled myself up by the bootstraps and went to see what was going on. I found out that all that time, I could have just walked away from it because no one was going to do anything". Ogre and Walk landed a deal with Spitfire Records, but were unable to retrieve their original master recordings from American. This meant they had to rerecord the entire album, a feat which took them roughly three to four months.{{cite journal|last1=Bayle|first1=Phellon|title=Ogre and the Thief of Welt|journal=MK Ultra Magazine|date=2001|url=https://www.litany.net/interviews/mkultra2001.html|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509180618/http://litany.net/interviews/mkultra2001.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=dead}} Using the new moniker ohGr, the album was released as Welt in February 2001.{{cite web|last1=Viglione|first1=Joe|title=ohGr: Welt Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/welt-mw0000118235|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=March 26, 2017}} A video for the song "Cracker" was produced by Skinny Puppy collaborator William Morrison, who would join the group on tour. Also joining the tour was cEvin Key, who performed drums.

ohGr would produce three more albums including SunnyPsyOp in 2003, Devils in my Details in 2008, UnDeveloped in 2011, all of which landed on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.{{cite magazine|title=ohGr - Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ohgr|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2017}} "What makes ohGr different from Skinny Puppy", Ogre explained to Westword in 2011, "is that Skinny Puppy focuses on sound design with lyrics laid on top, while ohGr bases its music around lyrics". He stated further: "When we're performing live, with ohGr, we strip back a lot of the electronics and the stuff that doesn't need to be there...All the guitars out, all the bass out, when it's played live, and a lot of the keyboards are played live, too".

ohGr released their fifth album, Tricks, on June 18, 2018. The album was funded by a PledgeMusic campaign.{{cite web |title=ohGr: Tricks on PledgeMusic |url=https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ohgr |publisher=PledgeMusic |access-date=June 18, 2018}} The album had been intended for release on October 31, 2017, but the release date was pushed back due to a mastering error.{{cite web |title=ohGr: Tricks Release |url=https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ohgr/updates/90624 |publisher=PledgeMusic |access-date=June 18, 2018}} The band promoted the album with a 32 date North American tour and included three dates for the 2018 Cold Waves festival,{{cite web |last1=Veronac |first1=Alex |title=Ohgr Supports New "Tricks" Album with US/Canada Tour (21 June 2018) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/ohgr-supports-new-tricks-album-with-uscanada-tour/ |website=Release Music Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |access-date=December 30, 2018}} which they had performed in the year prior while supporting KMFDM.{{cite web |last1=Christopher |first1=Michael |title=KMFDM Announce Two New Releases + Fall 2017 U.S. Tour (25 April 2017) |url=http://loudwire.com/kmfdm-announce-two-new-releases-fall-2017-u-s-tour/ |website=Loudwire |date=April 25, 2017 |publisher=Townsquare Media, Inc |access-date=December 30, 2018}} The tour was the first time in 25 years Ogre performed in his hometown of Calgary. The band was supported by Paul Barker's Lead into Gold and Omniflux.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Geoffrey |title=ohGr, Lead into Gold, and Omniflux at Slim's, Wednesday August 15, 2018 |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/slideshows/ohgr-lead-into-gold-and-omniflux-at-slims-wednesday-august-15-2018/ |website=SF Weekly |date=August 16, 2018 |publisher=SF Weekly |access-date=December 30, 2018}}

In January 2019, amid similar stories from other bands, Walk told Billboard that PledgeMusic had owed the band $100,000 in funds raised during the campaign.{{cite magazine |last1=Stutz |first1=Colin |title=PledgeMusic's Failed Promise Leaves Artists in Limbo and the Future of Music Crowdfunding in Jeopardy (February 8, 2019) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8497348/pledgemusic-music-crowdfunding-industry-artist-campaigns-regulation |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 25, 2019}} The company had been unresponsive with regards to when the band would be paid, which had forced them to release the album digitally and tour without merchandise to sell.{{cite web |last1=Trapp |first1=Philip |title=Crowdfunding Platform PledgeMusic Owes Its Artists Thousands (January 24, 2019) |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/pledgemusic-owes-artists-thousands-report/ |website=Alternative Press |date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2019}}

Ogre's first collaboration with Al Jourgensen was in 1987 during the recording of the song "Show Me Your Spine" for the film RoboCop.{{cite web|last1=Macdonald|first1=Cameron|title='Ministry Early Trax' Review (13 January, 2005)|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11779-early-trax-side-trax/|website=Pitchfork|date=January 13, 2005 |publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=March 23, 2017}} The song was recorded by PTP, a side project of Jourgensen's alongside Ministry cohort Paul Barker.{{cite web|last1=Bergstrom|first1=John|title='Ministry Trax! Rarities' (27 February 2017)|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/ministry-trax-rarities/|website=PopMatters|publisher=PopMatters Media|access-date=March 23, 2017}} Jourgensen explained that he "didn't even know who he [Ogre] was, but somebody said he was some singer from somewhere, so I just said "hey man, make yourself useful, get in here and sing".{{cite web|last1=Radio|first1=Joe|title=Interview: Al Jourgensen and Ogre, 1989|url=http://www.prongs.org/ministry/alogre|website=prongs.org|access-date=23 March 2017}} Ogre would later go on tour with Ministry to promote their album The Land of Rape and Honey in 1988. Ogre asked Jourgensen if he would produce the 1989 Skinny Puppy album Rabies, a job he accepted. Jourgensen described his experience with Skinny Puppy as tumultuous since it had been Ogre, not Key and Goettel, who asked for assistance on the record; "Sometimes bad vibes make for great, tension-filled music, and that's what Skinny Puppy thrived on".{{cite book|last=Jourgensen|first=Al|title=Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen|date=July 9, 2013|publisher=Da Capo Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/87 87]|isbn=978-0306822186|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/87}}

Ogre next worked with Jourgensen on the Ministry album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, receiving credit as a writer on the song "Thieves".{{cite web|title=Ministry: The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-taste-mw0000654036|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=March 24, 2017}} Ogre introduced Jourgensen to Toronto native Angelina Lukacin whose voice was recorded for the album closer "Dream Song".Jourgensen (2013): p. 95-96 Ogre joined Ministry on tour contributing guitars, keyboards, and vocals.{{cite web|title='In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up' Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-case-you-didnt-feel-like-showing-up-mw0000690211/credits|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=March 23, 2017}} He said that "Playing with Ministry was insane everywhere, especially during the tour for The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, which had the cage set up at the front of the stage. It became all you saw, the cage separating you from the raging mass of people in front of you". The single "Burning Inside" featured a live cover of the Skinny Puppy song "Smothered Hope",{{cite web|last1=Byrom|first1=Cody D.|title=Ministry Rantology (8 January, 2006)|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5310-rantology/|website=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=March 24, 2017}} with Ogre contributing vocals.{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy Rabies (21 November, 2016)|url=http://www.post-punk.com/skinny-puppy-rabies/|website=Post-Punk.Com|date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2017}}

Ogre had also worked with Jourgensen in the industrial group Revolting Cocks, originally as a touring member. Ogre mentioned that he "had a gas" while on tour, referring to it as an initiation; "My brain was rotating about four feet above my head". He continued to work with the group by providing vocals for their 1990 effort Beers, Steers, and Queers.{{cite news|last1=Gilmore|first1=Steven|title=The Peril's of Puppy|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ipso89.htm|work=Ipso Facto Magazine|issue=7|date=1989}} When Ogre was again invited to tour with the band, he declined, explaining that his friendship with Jourgensen had become strained. "There were a few things that happened between me and him [Jourgensen] that really made me question our whole friendship and his reason for having me down there. So I decided to bow out of the Revolting Cocks tour. If I hadn't, I would have come back totally addicted to heroin".{{cite journal|title=24 Hours in Vancouver|journal=Alternative Press|date=February 1992|issue=35|pages=40–46|url=http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|access-date=March 23, 2017}}

Ogre became involved with Pigface, an industrial music collective formed by Martin Atkins, on their 1990 debut Gub. He sang on the song "Tapeworm"{{cite web|last1=Radford|first1=Chad|title=10 Essential Albums from the Outer Reaches of Skinny Puppy's Universe (5 December 2014)|url=http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13081152/10-essential-albums-from-the-outer-reaches-of-skinny-puppys-universe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809033202/http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13081152/10-essential-albums-from-the-outer-reaches-of-skinny-puppys-universe|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2016|website=Creative Loafing|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and was featured on the 1991 live album Welcome to Mexico... Asshole.{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=Pigface: 'Welcome to Mexico Asshole' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-mexico-asshole-mw0000085645|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} Ogre also contributed to the studio albums Fook (1992){{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Jim|title=Pigface: 'Fook' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fook-mw0000097178|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and Notes from Thee Underground (1994),{{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Jim|title=Pigface: Notes from Thee Underground|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/notes-from-thee-underground-mw0000114703|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and the live album Truth Will Out (1993) as a guitarist.{{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Jim|title=Pigface: Truth Will Out|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/truth-will-out-mw0000104304|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} Ogre again teamed up with Atkins to form the band Ritalin, later renamed Rx. The duo's only release, 1998's Bedside Toxicology, provided a showcase for Ogre's singing, something which he had worked on while spending time in Seattle.{{cite magazine|last1=Best|first1=Chris|title=Rx: An Interview with Ogre|magazine=Lollipop|date=1997|issue=45|url=http://litany.net/interviews/Rx-Lollipop.html|access-date=December 13, 2016}} Ogre also made several contributions to KMFDM, providing vocals for the song "Torture" on their 1997 album Symbols.{{cite web|last1=Hinds|first1=Andy|title=KMFDM: 'Symbols' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/symbols-mw0000028951|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} He joined the band as a guest musician for their Symbols tour. He said of his experience: "There was a really great vibe on that tour and I really got along with all the people and it gave me a chance to laugh maniacally".{{cite magazine|last1=Lamb|first1=Simon Rust|title=Ritalin: Ogre's Over the Counter Prescription|magazine=Fix Magazine|date=1998|issue=23|url=http://litany.net/interviews/fix-ogre.html|access-date=April 2, 2017}} He worked with KMFDM again in 1999, singing on the songs "That's All" and "Full Worm Garden" for the album Adios.{{cite web|last1=Boldmen|first1=Gina|title=KMFDM: Adios|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adios-mw0000034498|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}}

Ogre appeared on The Final Cut's 1991 debut album, Consumed, alongside Chris Connelly,{{cite web|last1=Carruthers|first1=Sean|title=The Final Cut: 'Consumed' Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/consumed-mw0000611231|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and provided Monster Voodoo Machine a remix of the song "Copper Theft" on their 1994 album Defense Mechanism.{{cite web|title=Monster Voodoo Machine: 'Defense Mechanism' Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/defense-mechanism-mw0000121107/credits|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} Ogre worked with Mark Walk on several tracks for the 1996 video game Descent II{{cite web|title=Descent II CD-Audio Tracklist|url=http://www.descent2.com/goodies/music/d2_tracklist.shtml|website=Descent-Network|publisher=descent2.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and later on a remix of "Smothered Hope" for the album Remix dystemper in 1998.{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Skinny Puppy: Remix dystemper|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/remix-dys-temper-mw0000043623|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=April 2, 2017}} The pair also provided a remix of the song "Edge of the World" by The Crüxshadows on their release Shadowbox.{{cite web|last1=Lim|first1=Stacy|title=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography|url=http://prongs.org/brap/SP.html|website=Prongs|access-date=April 2, 2017}} He covered the song "Borderline" by Madonna for the album Virgin Vocies 2000: A Tribute to Madonna{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r470714|title= Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 2 > Overview|last=Pharst|first=Heather|date=March 21, 2000|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and appeared on cEvin Key's 2001 solo album, The Ghost of Each Room.{{cite magazine|title=Through the Key Hole|magazine=Terrorizer|date=December 2001|issue=95|url=http://litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html|access-date=April 2, 2017}} Ogre supplied a remix of the track "Wraith" for John Carpenter's 2014 album Lost Themes{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Gregory|title=John Carpenter Gets Remixed by Zola Jesus, ohGr, JG Thirwell for Deluxe 'Lost Themes' (15 December 2014)|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/john_carpenter_gets_remixed_by_zola_jesus_ohgr_jg_thirwell_for_deluxe_lost_themes_release|website=Exclaim!|publisher=Exclaim!|access-date=April 2, 2017}} and also contributed to the 2015 Demons (1985 film) remix album.{{cite web|title=Exclusive Audio Preview: "DEMONS" Soundtrack Remixes by ohGr and Chris Alexander; Win CDs (29 April, 2015)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-audio-preview-demons-soundtrack-remixes-by-ohgr-and-chris-alexander-win-cds/|website=Fangoria|publisher=Fangoria Entertainment|access-date=March 20, 2017}}

Described by Bill Henderson of The Orlando Sentinel as "disturbing, distorted and disconnected from anything real",{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Bill |title=Skinny Puppy Review (22 February 1987) |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-02-22-0110160136-story.html |website=The Orlando Sentinel |date=February 22, 1987 |access-date=January 18, 2019}} Ogre's vocal style took influence from the likes of Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire and Ian Sharp of Portion Control, and has in turn influenced a number of subsequent artists. "If I can do it and can emote, then anyone has a chance. And you don’t need to be a vocal acrobat to get an emotion across". He started off his career as a "non-singer", with his vocals often heavily treated with effects.{{cite journal |last1=Shaw |first1=Ted |title=Weird Whelps Howl a Message of Modern Mayhem |journal=Windsor Star |date=September 24, 1986 |page=A16}} His guttural and oftentimes unintelligible delivery became a hallmark of Skinny Puppy's music. His lyrics, usually delivered as a stream of consciousness meant to invoke certain images to the listener,{{cite journal |last1=Carey |first1=Jean |title='Park' Outing is no Picnic |journal=Tampa Bay Times |date=November 9, 1990 |page=17}} range from surrealistic to overtly sociopolitical, and explore topics such as vivisection, war, disease, the environment, addiction, and self-determination.{{cite magazine|last1=Shurtluff|first1=Kevin|title=Bulky and Surrealistic: Skinny Puppy|magazine=Alternative Press|date=December 1988|volume=3|issue=14|url=http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|access-date=July 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006021627/http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|archive-date=October 6, 2016}}{{cite journal |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Technology Expands Skinny Puppy's Apocalyptic Sound |journal=Chicago Tribune |date=May 21, 1992 |page=8}} The meaning behind his lyrics is often obscured by the cacophony of music surrounding them. "We're more into creating moods, and within them there's a lot more freedom for people to make up their minds and apply the lyrics to themselves and different situations". When asked if he was bothered by people misinterpreting his lyrics, he replied "art is for interpretation, and interpretation can take on whatever form it wants".{{cite journal |last1=Maher |first1=Sharon |title=Ritalin |journal=Industrial Nation |publisher=Litany |date=1998 |issue=16 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/in16.html |access-date=March 2, 2019}}

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In the mid 90s, fearing that after years of strain he was beginning to lose his voice, he started receiving vocal training and implemented various exercises to save it.{{cite web |last1=Gourley |first1=Bob |title=Ogre of Skinny Puppy Talks about Guantanamo Bay and "Weapon" (November 19, 2013) |url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/skinny-puppy-weapon-interview/ |website=Chaos Control |date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=March 1, 2019}} For the W.E.L.T. project, producer Mark Walk encouraged Ogre to sing without vocal effects, a prospect which initially terrified Ogre, who said the effects were like a protective shield. To boost his confidence, he spent eight months working with his voice to test its capabilities.{{cite journal |title=Toxicologically Speaking or an Evening with Nivek Ogre |journal=Industrial Disinformation Station |publisher=Litany |date=June 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/rxids98.html |access-date=March 2, 2019}} He later said that singing without treated vocals allowed him to express himself in ways he'd never been able to with Skinny Puppy.{{cite journal |title=Ogre Interview |journal=Terrorizer |publisher=Litany |date=April 2001 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/terror.html |access-date=March 2, 2019}} He continued this method with Bedside Toxicology, during the production of which he said he learned that not only could he compose music, but he could also harmonize with his voice. "I have more control over harmonies. In these incremental ways you like grow as an artist, hopefully".

Ogre's live performances have been referred to as performance art,{{cite journal |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=The Thrashing and Gnashing Staturation Point |journal=The Boston Globe |date=May 26, 1987 |page=39}} and are influenced by his interest in the horror films,{{cite journal |last1=Stewart |first1=Kelly |title=The Undeveloped World of Nivek Ogre |journal=Fangoria |date=June 2011 |issue=304 |page=85}} the work of Alice Cooper,{{cite journal |last1=Craig |first1=Terry |title=Skinny Puppy Features Shock Rock |journal=Star Phoenix |date=September 18, 1986 |page=B1}} and his childhood love of magic tricks.{{cite journal |title=We got the Dirt (and Blood!) on Ogre |journal=Outburn |publisher=Litany |date=September 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/outburn.html |access-date=March 2, 2019}} The Los Angeles Times attributed Ogre's theatrics to him becoming "the first industrial rock star".{{cite journal |last1=Gold |first1=Jonathan |last2=Kendrick |first2=David |title=It's the Industrial Revolution |journal=Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 1992 |page=62}} On stage, he employs a wide range of props and costumes, and uses liberal amounts of fake blood despite an allergy to red food dye.{{cite magazine|last1=Gitter|first1=Mike|title=Skinny Puppy: Future Shock|magazine=RIP Magazine|date=1992|url=http://litany.net/interviews/rip92.htm|access-date=September 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509194646/http://litany.net/interviews/rip92.htm|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}{{cite interview |last=Ogre |first=Nivek |interviewer=Corey Goldberg |title=Litany Webchat with Ogre and Jason Alacrity |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXsljF0a50 |publisher=Litany |date=November 18, 2013 |access-date=March 1, 2019|time=20:32}} He considered the Too Dark Park tour to be a career high point and one of his favorites, and included several large set pieces, one of which, the stilt-man, involved Ogre walking on stilts while operating a pair of hydraulic crutches as he lurched towards the audience.{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Chris |last2=Ogre |first2=Nivek |title=The Politic Spasmolytic: Rash Reflections |journal=Fangoria |date=January 2014 |issue=329 |page=55}} When asked if he felt Marilyn Manson had stolen parts of his old stage show for himself, Ogre insisted that Manson had only ever used the stilt-man character, incorporating it into his own show.{{cite web |last1=Tabata |first1=Susanne |title=Bastard Children of Vancouver Return with the Ultimate Weapon (February 17, 2014) |url=http://beatroute.ca/2014/02/17/skinny-puppy/ |website=BeatRoute |access-date=March 2, 2019}}

Despite his work being labeled shock rock, he says that his performances are meant to get the audience to think and see different viewpoints rather than simply gross them out.{{cite journal |last1=Burn |first1=Robyn Lisa |title=Band Stresses Imagery |journal=Fort Lauderdale News |date=May 1, 1987 |page=18}} He toned down the use of props for his performances with ohGr, wanting the shows to instead focus on music.{{cite journal |last1=Cameron |first1=J. |title=ohGr Interview |journal=Slug Magazine |publisher=Litany |date=2001 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/slug2001.html |access-date=March 2, 2019}} He clarified his stance while touring in support of Devils in My Details: "For me, ohGr is not a way to reinvent the wheel but to be open to anything. So it doesn't mean, necessarily, that there's going to be a lot of flash on this tour, because that's more of a Skinny Puppy trademark".{{cite journal |last1=Baret |first1=Nathalie |title=OhGr Cuts Flash but Boosts Weird |journal=Albuquerque Journal |date=December 21, 2008 |page=F5}} He told the San Francisco Examiner that he had disliked his early work with Skinny Puppy, saying that he thought of himself as a "ham-fisted hack". It wasn't until he revisited old concert footage that he changed his mind. "I recently watched a concert video of me cutting a smile into my face during 'Assimilate', and I was creating tension even though I didn't know I was doing it. It all came from my love of magic".{{cite journal |last1=Lanham |first1=Tom |title=Nivek Ogre's ohGr Releases 'Tricks' |journal=San Francisco Examiner |date=August 15, 2018 |page=12}}

Ogre's first attempt at acting came in the form of an audition for the role of Funboy in The Crow, an experience which he described as being dreadful. "That's where for the first time I really hit that wall of 'whoa, this is very different than being on stage'. The read was with [the] male assistant director who was playing the female opposite me in a kind of sexy situation [...] I just lost my shit trying to make this work and thought, 'this isn’t for me'".{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Chris|title=A Very Heavy Metal Halloween: Nivek Ogre (14 October 2014)|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/a-very-heavy-metal-halloween-nivek-ogre|website=Decibel Magazine|date=October 14, 2014 |publisher=Decibel Magazine|access-date=April 15, 2017}} Skinny Puppy were to appear on the soundtrack with the song "Outafter" (which later appeared on the Download album The Eyes of Stanley Pain). However, Ogre nixed the idea as he felt the song sounded too "techno-y"; he later regretted this decision when he found out the film's star Brandon Lee liked the song.{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy InterView: Shapes for Arms - Pt.2 (25 February 2014)|url=http://regenmag.com/interviews/skinny-puppy-interview-shapes-arms-pt-2/|website=ReGen Magazine|date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=April 16, 2017}}

Ogre's first experience acting was alongside his Skinny Puppy cohorts in the film The Doom Generation. The film's director Gregg Araki, a Skinny Puppy fan, invited the band to play as a group of goons who attack a car. cEvin Key sustained several injuries from falling off the car; "[He] landed right on his face. Literally faceplanted into cement". Ogre later stated that, "I don't think we ever heard back from Gregg Araki after that, unfortunately. He's a great director, and it wasn't anything weird between us and him; it was just an odd thing that happened".{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Tom|title=Skinny Puppy's Ogre on Weapon and Learning about the Use of the Band's Music for Torture (24 February 2014)|url=http://www.westword.com/music/skinny-puppys-ogre-on-weapon-and-learning-about-the-use-of-the-bands-music-for-torture-5699881|website=Westword|publisher=Westword|access-date=April 16, 2017}}

Ogre returned to the screen in the 2008 Darren Lynn Bousman film Repo! The Genetic Opera as Pavi, a frequent partier who wears a mask of flesh.{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Susan|title=Repo! The Genetic Opera: Guts and Gusto (21 November 2008)|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/11/21/repo_the_genetic_opera_guts_and_gusto.html|website=Toronto Star|date=November 21, 2008 |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers|access-date=April 16, 2017}} The film was released in 11 theaters worldwide{{cite web|title=Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=repogeneticopera.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=April 16, 2017}} and received mostly negative reviews from critics.{{cite web|title=Repo! The Genetic Opera Reviews|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/repo!-the-genetic-opera|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 16, 2017}} Ogre responded to the criticism, telling Arielle Castillo of the Miami New Times, "I'm not saying it's not without problems, it was a low-budget film [...] There are a few things like editing and connecting things, but it still works, it's still got a lot of heart".{{cite web|last1=Castillo|first1=Arielle|title=Q&A With Ogre of Skinny Puppy, Performing with ohGr at Culture Room Friday (9 December 2008)|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/qanda-with-ogre-of-skinny-puppy-performing-with-ohgr-at-culture-room-friday-6465298|website=Miami New Times|publisher=Miami New Times|access-date=April 16, 2017}} Ogre later appeared as Harper Alexander in the Tim Sullivan film 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams, replacing Giuseppe Andrew who had played the character in the film's 2005 predecessor.{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=David|title=2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (V) (5 August 2010)|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/109499/2001-maniacs-field-of-screams-v-2/?tab=bd-review|website=Bloody Disgusting!|date=August 5, 2010 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=April 16, 2017}}

Ogre reunited with Bousman for the 2012 horror musical short The Devil's Carnival and its accompanying road tour as The Twin.{{cite web|last1=Barton|first1=Steven|title=Ogre Sees Double in Latest Devil's Carnival Art (7 March 2012)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31576/ogre-sees-double-in-latest-devil-s-carnival-art/|website=Dread Central|date=March 7, 2012 |publisher=Dread Central Media|access-date=April 16, 2017}} He returned for the full-length feature sequel, 2015's Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.{{cite web|last1=Gingold|first1=Michael|title=Q&A: Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich Go Through Heaven and Hell on 'ALLELUIA! THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL' (28 September 2015)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-darren-lynn-bousman-and-terrance-zdunich-go-through-heaven-and-hell-on-alleluia-the-devils-carnival/|website=Fangoria|publisher=Fangoria Entertainment|access-date=April 16, 2017}} In 2014, he starred in Scream Park alongside Doug Bradley. In the film, he plays psychotic killer Iggy, who, alongside his partner Ogre (played by Ian Lemmon), hunt down crew members of a decommissioning amusement park.{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Patrick|title=[BD Review] Amusement Park Thriller 'Scream Park' Is Worth the Price of Admission! (12 April 2014)|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3286132/bd-review-amusement-park-thriller-scream-park-is-worth-the-price-of-admission/|website=Bloody Disgusting!|date=April 12, 2014 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=April 17, 2017}} He also appeared in the 2014 film Queen of Blood, the spiritual successor to director Chris Alexander's debut film.{{cite web|last1=Brickley|first1=Sean|title=DVD and Blu-ray Releases: November 10, 2015|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/138590/dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-november-10-2015/|website=Dread Central|date=November 10, 2015 |publisher=Dread Central Media|access-date=April 17, 2017}} Ogre was also featured in the 2016 documentary Diary of a Dead Beat, which follows the career of filmmaker Jim Van Bebber.{{cite web|last1=Koestner|first1=Madeleine|title='DIARY OF A DEADBEAT' (Film Review) (25 March 2016)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/diary-of-a-deadbeat-film-review/|website=Fangoria|publisher=Fangoria Entertainment|access-date=April 17, 2017}}

Ogre is known for being a staunch supporter of animal rights, often condemning animal testing as being "pointless". He has more specifically explained his grievances with cases such as monkeys faces being crushed in laboratories to test car crash physics models or vivisections performed on dogs. He explained his viewpoint in a 2000 interview with Zillo magazine: "No human being would want to endure that kind of torture. Who would want to be locked up in some sterile laboratory? I love animals more than anything."{{cite magazine |last=Fürgut |first=Markus |date=August 2000 |title=Skinny Puppy: Return of a Legend? |url=http://skinnypuppy.inmove.de/english/zillo.html |magazine=Zillo |location=Germany |publisher=Zillo Musikmagazin |access-date=April 25, 2017}} This stance culminated in the 1988 Skinny Puppy album VIVIsectVI and its accompanying stage show, which featured re-enactments of animal experiments with a prop dog. These recreations were so provocative that the band was arrested and fined for being a nuisance to the public.{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Jo-Anne |date=1996 |title=Skinny Puppy Interview |url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/permgreen.html |magazine=Permission |location=United States |publisher=Permission Magazine |access-date=April 25, 2017}} In addition, he opposes factory farming and was a vegetarian for fourteen years, but abandoned the diet citing health problems.{{cite web|access-date=September 8, 2018|url=http://www.maximumink.com/index.php/articles/permalink/skinny_puppy|website=Maximumink.com|title=Skinny Puppy|author=Kimberly E. McDaniel|date=December 2009|publication-date=January 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114231948/http://www.maximumink.com/index.php/articles/permalink/skinny_puppy|archive-date=January 14, 2010}}

In the period between the production of the albums VIVIsectVI and Last Rights, Ogre struggled with substance abuse. His addiction to drugs, coupled with his preference for working with Al Jourgensen, led to him often being the odd one out. Ogre was admitted into hospital while touring with Pigface in Sweden. While there he learned he had contracted hepatitis A, and later went to seek treatment from a rehab center in Edmonton.{{cite interview |last=Ogre |first=Nivek |subject-link=Nivek Ogre |interviewer=June Scudeler |title=Interview with Nivek Ogre |url=http://litany.net/interviews/citr92.html |publisher=CITR/Discorder |location=Vancouver |date=April 24, 1992 |work=CITR-FM |access-date=April 25, 2017}} Reflecting on the turbulent production of 1996's The Process, Ogre said: "We all had drug problems but didn't know it from each other [...] I was in Los Angeles getting clean while the others were doing drugs in Vancouver."{{cite magazine |last=Van Aart |first=Xander |date=September 2005 |title=Skinny Puppy: Freedomfighter to One, Terrorist to Another |url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/kinda05.html |magazine=KindaMuzik |publisher=KindMuzik |access-date=April 25, 2017}} Ogre remains an avid supporter for the legalization of marijuana.{{cite web|title=Top 11 Influential Minds of Industrial Metal (28 August 2014)|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/08/list-em-carefully-top-11-influential-minds-of-industrial-metal/3/|website=Consequence of Sound|date=August 28, 2014 |publisher=Consequence of Sound|access-date=April 26, 2017}}

Writer Jolene Siana had sent Ogre numerous letters over a span of three years during the 1980s. Following a chance meeting with Siana a decade later, Ogre returned these letters, which he had stored away in a box.{{cite web|last1=Harvey|first1=Doug|title=Feral Child (2 June 2005)|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/feral-child-2140048|website=LA Weekly|date=June 2, 2005 |publisher=LA Weekly|access-date=April 26, 2017}} Siana then compiled the letters and published them in the book Go Ask Ogre: Letters From a Deathrock Cutter in 2005.{{cite web|last1=Carpenter|first1=Susan|title=A Happy Ending to Life's Dark Chapter (26 July 2005)|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-26-et-ogre26-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 26, 2005 |access-date=April 26, 2017}}

{{main|Skinny Puppy discography}}

Skinny Puppy

• Remission (1984)
• Bites (1985)
• Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (1986)
• Cleanse Fold and Manipulate (1987)
• VIVIsectVI (1988)
• Rabies (1989)
• Too Dark Park (1990)
• Last Rights (1992)
• The Process (1996)
• The Greater Wrong of the Right (2004)
• Mythmaker (2007)
• HanDover (2011)
• Weapon (2013)

ohGr

• Welt (2001)
• SunnyPsyOp (2003)
• Devils in my Details (2008)
• UnDeveloped (2011)
• Tricks (2018)

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