Genuine American Monster | ||||
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Released | December 1, 1999 | |||
Recorded | Ranch Apocalypse, London | |||
Genre | Industrial rock | |||
Length | 66:15 | |||
Label | Rock Records | |||
Producer | Raymond Watts | |||
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Genuine American Monster is an album by Raymond Watts, under the name PIG. It was initially released in Japan in 1999, and did not see a release in the United States until 2002 October 22 on Metropolis Records. The US release adds one song originally from the Prime Evil EP, bringing the album's total running time to 71 minutes and 14 seconds.
Nihil is the seventh studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on April 4, 1995, by Wax Trax! Records. The album marked the return of former band member Raymond Watts and the first appearance of session drummer Bill Rieflin, and was mostly written by frontman Sascha Konietzko.
Raymond Watts is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>.
Praise the Lard is an album by PIG, initially released on Concrete Productions in 1991 and re-released by Cleopatra Records in 1997.
Sinsation is an album by PIG released in Japan in 1995. It was later released in the United States on Nothing Records on 17 September 1996. A music video for the song 'Painiac ' was filmed and scarcely aired on MTV in 1996; making its final broadcast in 2000 on MTV2's A-Z video marathon.
Adios is the tenth studio album released by German industrial band KMFDM. The album was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label, Wax Trax! Records, but it ended up also signaling the break-up of KMFDM itself until the band reformed in 2002. Recorded in Seattle, Washington, this was the last album to feature En Esch and Günter Schulz, who both went on to form Slick Idiot. Following the break-up, founding member Sascha Konietzko created the band MDFMK, before reforming KMFDM in 2002 without Esch or Schulz.
Günter Schulz is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the industrial band KMFDM.
Pigmartyr (2004) is an album by Raymond Watts, a.k.a. PIG. This was the first album he signed as "Watts" instead of "PIG". The First copies were signed and numbered by Raymond Watts. The album was remastered and rereleased through Metropolis under the title Pigmata in 2005, as a PIG album, with three additional tracks mixed by Isaac Glendening of Cesium 137.
Sin Sex & Salvation (1994), is an EP released by KMFDM and Raymond Watts. The artist for it is usually listed as KMFDM vs. PIG. It was recently re-released in 2024. Prior to then, none of the songs had ever been re-released in any other format since its initial release, except for "Fuck Me" which appears on a bonus disc entitled 'The Year of the Pig Collection' accompanying the Canadian release of the "Juke Joint Jezebel" Giorgio Moroder mixes maxi-single, and "Secret Skin" which appears on the 'Year of the Pig' 12" four song vinyl pressing containing "Juke Joint Jezebel" as the caveat. Both were released in 1995 and are OOP as well.
"Juke Joint Jezebel" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM from their 1995 album Nihil. It is KMFDM's most widely known song to date, with around three million copies of the song sold across various releases.
A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick is a 1988 album by Raymond Watts under the moniker PIG. It was reissued in Japan in 1998 by Blue Noise. An extremely low-budget promotional video for "Shit for Brains" exists, and was released on the Best of Berlin Independence Days '88 compilation VHS.
A Stroll in the Pork is a 1992 EP released by Raymond Watts, originally released in the United States by Concrete Records and in the United Kingdom by Contempo Records. It was re-released in 1998 in Japan by Blue Noise Records.
The Swining is a 1993 album released by Raymond Watts. It was released exclusively in Japan, being re-released in the United States by Cleopatra Records in 1999 as part of The Swining/Red Raw & Sore. Music videos for the songs "The Fountain of Miracles" and "The Seven Veils" were filmed but remain unreleased outside Japan. They exist in bootleg form around the internet and YouTube.
Painiac is a 1995 EP released by Raymond Watts. Painiac has only ever been released in Japan. The version of the song that appears on this single is that of an earlier recording than the version that appears on Sinsation.
Wrecked is a 1996 album released by Raymond Watts. Wrecked was originally released in Japan in 1996, and was later released in the United States on 16 September 1997 by Wax Trax/TVT Records. Each release is different, with different track run times, as well as different tracks present. A promotional video for 'Everything' exists, but remains unreleased outside Japan.
Disrupt Degrade & Devastate is a 1999 EP released by Raymond Watts. It features two new tracks, "Disrupt Degrade & Devastate" and "Flesh Fest", as well as a remix of each track and live versions of the songs "Everything" and "The Only Good One's a Dead One", both from Wrecked.
Sow was the musical project of Anna Wildsmith, formed in 1989 and based in France. Raymond Watts, Wildsmith's boyfriend, was also heavily involved in the production of Sow releases. Wildsmith appeared on numerous Pig albums, writing lyrics or performing vocals, such as the song "Cry Baby" from Genuine American Monster. Sow opened for Pigface during their Red Neck, White Trash And Blue Movie Tour in 1998, with Anna Wildsmith also taking the stage for part of the Pigface set. Sow released three albums before Wildsmith’s death from an undisclosed illness on 30 September 2016.
Sick is the second studio album by Sow released in 1998. This album spawned no singles. At this time Sow comprises Anna Wildsmith with "Boys", where the Boys are Raymond Watts, Euphonic, Sascha Konietzko, Hoppy Kamiyama & Optical 8, Martin King, and Günter Schulz.
Dog is the third studio album by Sow released in 2010. At this time Sow comprises Anna Wildsmith with "Boys", where the Boys are Rob Henry, Raymond Watts and Mike Watts.
Hardcore Vanilla is the third studio album by the industrial band H3llb3nt. It was released in 2001 on Invisible Records.