JG Thirlwell discography

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JG Thirlwell discography
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Studio albums17
Live albums4
Compilation albums3
EPs7
Singles9
Soundtrack albums2
Remix albums2

This article details the complete work of an Australian-born composer and music producer JG Thirlwell, from his beginnings in 1980 to the present. It covers his output under multiple pseudonyms as well as his work as a collaborating artist and soundtrack composer.

Contents

As a solo artist

As Foetus

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details UK Indie
[1]
Deaf —
Ache —
Hole 3
Nail 1
Thaw 3
Gash
  • Released: 15 April 1995 (US)
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, CS
—
Flow
  • Released: 8 May 2001 (US)
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Formats: CD
—
Love —
Hide
  • Released: 29 September 2010 (US)
  • Label: Ectopic Ents
  • Formats: CD
—
Soak
  • Released: 15 October 2013 (US)
  • Label: Ectopic Ents
  • Formats: CD
—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Rife
  • Released: 1988
  • Formats: CD, LP
Male
Boil
  • Released: 20 August 1996
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
York (First Exit to Brooklyn)

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Sink
Damp
Limb

Remix albums

TitleAlbum details
Blow
  • Released: 18 September 2001
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Formats: CD
Vein

EPs

TitleAlbum details UK Indie
[1]
Custom Built for Capitalism —
Bedrock 2
Ramrod 5
Butterfly Potion
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Big Cat
  • Formats: CD, LP
—
Vice Squad Dick
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: PCP Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, LP
—
Null —
(not adam) —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYear UK Indie
[1] 		Album
"Spite Your Face"/"O.K.F.M."1981—Non-album singles
"Wash It All Off!"/"333" —
"Tell Me, What Is the Bane of Your Life"198230
"Calamity Crush"/"Catastrophe Crunch" 19844
"Wash"/"Slog"5
"Finely Honed Machine"/"Sick Minutes" 5
"Somnambulumdrum"1990—
"Verklemmt" 1995— Gash
"Überschall"1996—Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

  • "Need Machine"
  • "Verklemmt" (1995)
  • "Here Comes the Rain" (2010)

As Steroid Maximus

ReleasedTitle
YearMonth
1991– ¡Quilombo!
1992– Gondwanaland
2002May Ectopia

As Manorexia

ReleasedTitle
YearMonth
2001Jun Volvox Turbo
2002Oct The Radiolarian Ooze
2010Mar The Mesopelagic Waters
2011May Dinoflagellate Blooms

As JG Thirlwell

ReleasedTitle
YearMonth
2009Mar The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell
2013Oct The Blue Eyes
2016JunThe Music of The Venture Bros: Volume Two

Collaborative albums

With Wiseblood

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details UK Indie
[2]
Dirtdish
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: K.422
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYear UK Indie
[2] 		Album
"Motorslug"/"Death Rape 2000" 19853Non-album singles
"Stumbo"/"Someone Drowned in My Pool" 19864
"P T T M"1991—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With Flesh Volcano

TitleAlbum details UK Indie
[3]
Slut 12
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With Lydia Lunch

TitleAlbum details UK Indie
[4]
Stinkfist
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Widowspeak
  • Formats: LP
18
Don't Fear the Reaper
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Big Cat
  • Formats: CD, LP
—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Credits

Performance credits

YearArtistReleaseRole(s)Song(s)
1981 Nurse with Wound Insect and Individual Silenced Bass amp, jack plugs "Alvin's Funeral (The Milk Was Delivered in Black Bottles)"
1983 Marc and the Mambas Torment and Toreros Instruments "A Million Manias"
Drums"Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum"
The The Soul Mining Percussion"Giant"
1984 Coil Scatology Sampler "Panic"
Nurse with Wound Brained by Falling MasonryVocals"Brained by Falling Masonry"
Nurse with Wound/Current 93 Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin'Vocals"Brained by Falling Masonry"
Orange Juice The Orange Juice Piano"Salmon Fishing in New York"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity unknown instruments during early recording sessions, uncredited [5]
1985Annie HoganPlays KickabyePercussion"Burning Boats"
Nurse with Wound The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion Instruments —
1986 Coil Horse Rotorvator Sampler "Circles of Mania"
Virgin Prunes The Moon Looked Down and Laughed Instruments —
1987 Coil Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders Instruments "The Broken Wheel", "The Wheal"
Lydia Lunch Honeymoon in Red Treatments"Still Burning", "Fields of Fire", "Three Kings"
1988 PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick Instruments "Peoria"
1989Sick City Instruments, additional vocals"Sick City"
1990 Gumball GumballBacking vocals"Yellow Pants"
Nurse with Wound Psilotripitaka Instruments "Duelling Banjos", "Registered Nurse Second Coming"
1991 Boss Hog Action Box Vocals"Black Throat"
Jarboe Thirteen Masks Sampler, programming "Red"
Lydia Lunch Twisted/Past Glas Instruments, tapes —
1992 Of Cabbages and Kings Hunter's Moon Vocals"Faucet"
Silverfish Organ Fan Brass, additional vocals"Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention"
Sovetskoe FotoThe HumidityVocals"Forget"
1993 Boss Hog Girl + Vocals"Not Guilty"
WorkdogsWorkdogs in Hell Instruments "Eulogy Regrets", "*"
1994 PIG & Sow Je M'Aime Instruments "Blood Sucking Bitch"
1995 Argyle Park Misguided Spoken word "Refuge"
Ann Magnuson The Luv Show Spoken word "Sex With the Devil"
Voivod Negatron Sampler "D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)"
2000 Melvins The Crybaby Vocals, sampler "Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003RotoskopRevolution: LostVocals"Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong"
2004 Atsushi Sakurai Ai no Wakusei All instruments and backing vocals"I Hate You All"
2005 Jarboe The Men Album Vocals"Bass Force/Angel Jim" (Low Rider mix)
2007 Strings of Consciousness Our Moon Is FullVocals"Asphodel"
2011HypnozA Score for Iron BluesVocals"Night on Earth"
International MoodsFrequent TravellerVocals"Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It"
2012 Cisfinitum & First Human FerroAlchemicalsVoice"New Cleansed Order"
2013 Melvins Everybody Loves Sausages Vocals"Station to Station"
2014 Elysian Fields For House Cats And Sea Fans Sampler "Escape From New York"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Production and mixing credits

YearArtistReleaseRole(s)Song(s)
1984 Coil Scatology Producer—
Einstürzende Neubauten Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83 Producer—
Sonic Youth Death Valley '69 Co-producer, engineering —
Swans Cop Engineering —
1985Fur BibleFur BibleProducer—
Annie HoganPlays KickabyeProducer"Burning Boats"
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton Engineering, mixing "Emerald Pale Has Disappeared", "The Drowning", "How Men Die in Their Sleep"
Remastering "Lucy's Lost Her Head Again", "3:20 Thursday Morning", "A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT"
1986 Bewitched Chocolate Frenzy Mixing —
1987 Lydia Lunch Honeymoon in Red Mixing "Done Dun", "Dead in the Head, "Come Fall", "Dead River"
1988Black SnakesCrawl Mixing —
PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick Co-producer "Peoria"
1989Emilio CubeiroDeath of an Asshole Remastering "It's All Desert Now"
PIG Sick CityProducer"Sick City"
1990 Lydia Lunch Conspiracy of Women Remastering —
1991 Boss Hog Action Box Producer, mixing "Black Throat"
The Beyond ChasmProducer—
Cop Shoot Cop White Noise Mixing "Relief", "Empires Collapse", "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose", "Where's the Money", "Hung Again"
EMF Lies Co-producer, mixing "Lies"
Jarboe Thirteen Masks Producer"Red"
Lydia Lunch Queen of Siam Remastering —
Twisted/Past Glas Recording, mixing —
Rowland S. Howard/Lydia Lunch Shotgun Wedding Producer—
Motherhead Bug Raised by Insects...BugviewProducer"My Sweet Milstar"
Swans White Light from the Mouth of Infinity Producer"Power and Sacrifice"
1992 Malaria! ElationProducer—
Silverfish Organ FanProducer—
1993 Boss Hog Girl + Producer"Not Guilty"
Cranes Clear Co-producer —
1996HalcionLemongrass Co-producer "Lemongrass"
HalcionLemongrass Mixing "Goldfever"
Mars 78+ Remastering —
1998D.I.E.Fragyro Engineering "Fragile" (Dragonnade mix)
1999 The Birthday Party Live 1981–82 Remastering —
2000 Boss Hog Whiteout Mixing "Jaguar"
Melvins The Crybaby Recording, mixing "Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003RotoskopRevolution: Lost Recording "Mary Magdalene"
2005 Boss Hog Whiteout Mixing "Jaguar"
Alexander Hacke Sanctuary Mixing "Per Sempre Butterfly"
2009 Excepter FRKWYS Vol. 2 Co-producer "Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2013 Zola Jesus Versions Co-producer "Fall Back", "Night", "In Your Nature"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Remixing credits

YearArtistReleaseSong(s)
1985Don KingOne-Two Punch"Revelry" (King Size mix)
1989 Nurse with Wound Gyllenskold/Brained"Brained by Falling Masonry"
PIG Sick City"Shit for Brains" (JG Thirlwell mix)
1991 The Beyond Empire/One Step Too Far"One Step Too Far" (Brain Surgery mix), "Empire" (Radiation Coctail mix)
EMF I Believe "I Believe" (Colt 45 mix), "I Believe" (Inframental mix)
EMF Lies"Lies" (Megastress mix), "Lies" (Jonestown mix), "Lies" (Prozac mix)
Lydia Lunch Queen of Siam —
Murder, Inc. Corpuscle"Murder Inc." (Busted Corpuscle mix), "Mania" (7" mix), "Mania" (Righteous mix)
1992 Daniel Ash Get Out of Control"Get Out of Control" (Aortalesque mix), "Get Out of Control" (Prostated mix), "Get Out of Control" (Thyroidinal mix), "Get Out of Control" (Excemanemic mix)
EMF It's You"Dog" (Frank's mix)
Nine Inch Nails Fixed "Wish" (remix), "Fist Fuck"
Prong Prove You Wrong"Prove You Wrong" (Fuzzbuster mix)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground/If You Want Me to Stay "Higher Ground" (Freckle Nose mix)
The The Dogs of Lust"Dogs of Lust" (Spermicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Germicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Squirmicide mix)
1993 Cranes Clear"Clear" (Boll-Weevil mix), "Clear" (Davidian Memorial mix), "Clear" (Blue Gills mix)
The Cult Sanctuary MCMXCIII "She Sells Sanctuary" (Slutnostic mix)
Ethyl Meatplow Ripened Peach"Ripened Peach" (Deep Fried mix), "Ripened Peach" (Burnt to a Crisp mix)
Fight Nailed to the Gun"Nailed to the Gun" (Bulletproof mix)
Front 242 Religion"Religion" (Lovelace a Go-Go mix), "Religion" (Pussy Whipped mix)
Pantera Walk "Walk" (Cervical mix)
1995 Nine Inch Nails Further Down the Spiral "Self Destruction, Part Two", "Self Destruction, Part Three", "Self Destruction, Final"
Pop Will Eat Itself Two Fingers My Friends! "Kick 2 Kill" (Seersucker mix)
1996 Danzig Sacrifice "Sacrifice" (Rust mix), "Sacrifice" (Trust mix), "Sacrifice" (Must mix), "Sacrifice" (Crust mix)
Marilyn Manson The Beautiful People "The Not So Beautiful People"
Congo Norvell The Dope, the Lies, the Vaseline"You Can Lay With Dogs"
1997 Skeleton Key Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon "Nod Off" (remix)
1998D.I.E.Fragyro"Fragile" (Dragonnade mix)
1999 The Birthday Party Live 1981–82—
2000 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Lap Dance"Lap Dance" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2002NorscqLavatron.X"WaG" (Proselyte mix)
2005EndThe Sick Generation"The Sick Generation" (El Lubo mix)
2008 Current 93 Black Ships Heat the Dancefloor"Black Ships Ate the Sky I & II" (remix)
2009 Excepter FRKWYS Vol. 2"Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2010 Extra Life Splayed Flesh"The Body Is True" (remix)
Zs New Slaves++"New Slaves" (remix)
2014 CoH To Beat or not to Beat"Bond Number" (JG Thirlwell mix)
Faith No More Motherfucker "Motherfucker" (JG Thirlwell remix)
2015 John Carpenter Lost Themes "Abyss" (JG Thirlwell mix)
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Composition credits

YearArtistReleaseSong(s)
1983 Marc and the Mambas Torment and Toreros "A Million Manias"
1984 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity "Wings Off Flies"
Coil Scatology "Panic"
Orange Juice Texas Fever "Craziest Feeling"
1987 Lydia Lunch Honeymoon in Red "So Your Heart"
1988 PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick "Peoria"
1989Emilio CubeiroDeath of an Asshole"It's All Desert Now"
1991 Boss Hog Action Box "Black Throat"
Cop Shoot Cop White Noise "Corporate Protopop"
Lydia Lunch Twisted/Past Glas—
1992 Of Cabbages and Kings Hunter's Moon "Faucet"
Silverfish Organ Fan"Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention"
Sovetskoe FotoThe Humidity"Forget"
1993 Boss Hog Girl + "Not Guilty"
1994 PIG & Sow Je M'Aime "Blood Sucking Bitch"
1995 Voivod Negatron "D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)"
2000 Melvins The Crybaby "Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003RotoskopRevolution: Lost"Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong"
2006 Bunny Lake The Late Night Tapes"Nightwalker", "Nightwalker Part II"
2007 Strings of Consciousness Our Moon Is Full"Asphodel"
2011International MoodsFrequent Traveller"Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Foetus. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. 1 2 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Wiseblood. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Flesh Volcano. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Lydia Lunch. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ Daniel Dylan Wray (2014) If This Is Heaven I'm Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party, The Quietus, accessed 5 January 2017

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