JG Thirlwell discography
Appearance
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JG Thirlwell discography | |
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Studio albums | 17 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
EPs | 7 |
Singles | 9 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Remix albums | 2 |
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.
As a solo artist
[edit]As Foetus
[edit]Studio albums
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Deaf |
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Ache |
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Hole |
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Nail |
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Thaw |
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Gash |
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Flow |
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Love |
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Hide |
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Soak |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
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Rife |
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Male |
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Boil |
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York (First Exit to Brooklyn) |
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Compilation albums
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Sink |
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Damp |
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Limb |
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Remix albums
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Blow |
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Vein |
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EPs
[edit]Title | Album details | UK Indie [1] | |||
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Custom Built for Capitalism |
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Bedrock |
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Ramrod |
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Butterfly Potion |
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Vice Squad Dick |
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Null | — | ||||
(not adam) |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
[edit]Title | Year | UK Indie [1] |
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"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" | 1982 | 30 | |||||||||||
"Calamity Crush"/"Catastrophe Crunch" | 1984 | 4 | |||||||||||
"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
[edit]- "Need Machine"
- "Verklemmt" (1995)
- "Here Comes the Rain" (2010)
As Steroid Maximus
[edit]Released | Title | |
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Year | Month | |
1991 | – | ¡Quilombo! |
1992 | – | Gondwanaland |
2002 | May | Ectopia |
As Manorexia
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Year | Month | |
2001 | Jun | Volvox Turbo |
2002 | Oct | The Radiolarian Ooze |
2010 | Mar | The Mesopelagic Waters |
2011 | May | Dinoflagellate Blooms |
As JG Thirlwell
[edit]Released | Title | |
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Year | Month | |
2009 | Mar | The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell |
2013 | Oct | The Blue Eyes |
2016 | Jun | The Music of The Venture Bros: Volume Two |
Collaborative albums
[edit]With Wiseblood
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]Title | Album details | UK Indie [2] | |||
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Dirtdish | 1 | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
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Album | ||||||||||
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"Motorslug"/"Death Rape 2000" | 1985 | 3 | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
"Stumbo"/"Someone Drowned in My Pool" | 1986 | 4 | |||||||||||
"P T T M" | 1991 | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
With Flesh Volcano
[edit]Title | Album details | UK Indie [3] | |||
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Slut |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
With Lydia Lunch
[edit]Title | Album details | UK Indie [4] | |||
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Stinkfist |
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Don't Fear the Reaper |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Credits
[edit]Performance credits
[edit]Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
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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 Masonry | Vocals | "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] | ||
1985 | Annie Hogan | Plays Kickabye | Percussion | "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" |
1989 | Sick City | Instruments, additional vocals | "Sick City" | |
1990 | Gumball | Gumball | Backing 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 Foto | The Humidity | Vocals | "Forget" | |
1993 | Boss Hog | Girl + | Vocals | "Not Guilty" |
Workdogs | Workdogs 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" |
2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: Lost | Vocals | "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 Full | Vocals | "Asphodel" |
2011 | Hypnoz | A Score for Iron Blues | Vocals | "Night on Earth" |
International Moods | Frequent Traveller | Vocals | "Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It" | |
2012 | Cisfinitum & First Human Ferro | Alchemicals | Voice | "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
[edit]Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
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1984 | Coil | Scatology | Producer | — |
Einstürzende Neubauten | Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83 | Producer | — | |
Sonic Youth | Death Valley '69 | Co-producer, engineering | — | |
Swans | Cop | Engineering | — | |
1985 | Fur Bible | Fur Bible | Producer | — |
Annie Hogan | Plays Kickabye | Producer | "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" |
1988 | Black Snakes | Crawl | Mixing | — |
PIG | A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick | Co-producer | "Peoria" | |
1989 | Emilio Cubeiro | Death of an Asshole | Remastering | "It's All Desert Now" |
PIG | Sick City | Producer | "Sick City" | |
1990 | Lydia Lunch | Conspiracy of Women | Remastering | — |
1991 | Boss Hog | Action Box | Producer, mixing | "Black Throat" |
The Beyond | Chasm | Producer | — | |
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...Bugview | Producer | "My Sweet Milstar" | |
Swans | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity | Producer | "Power and Sacrifice" | |
1992 | Malaria! | Elation | Producer | — |
Silverfish | Organ Fan | Producer | — | |
1993 | Boss Hog | Girl + | Producer | "Not Guilty" |
Cranes | Clear | Co-producer | — | |
1996 | Halcion | Lemongrass | Co-producer | "Lemongrass" |
Halcion | Lemongrass | Mixing | "Goldfever" | |
Mars | 78+ | Remastering | — | |
1998 | D.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" | |
2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: 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
[edit]Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) | |
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1985 | Don King | One-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) | |
1998 | D.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) | |
2002 | Norscq | Lavatron.X | "WaG" (Proselyte mix) | |
2005 | End | The 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
[edit]Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) | |
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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" | |
1989 | Emilio Cubeiro | Death 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 Foto | The 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" | |
2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: 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" | |
2011 | International Moods | Frequent Traveller | "Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It" | |
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Foetus. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Wiseblood. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Flesh Volcano. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989: Lydia Lunch. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Daniel Dylan Wray (2014) If This Is Heaven I'm Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party, The Quietus, accessed 5 January 2017
General sources
- "JG Thirlwell discography". foetus.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.