Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins an… Read Full Bio ↴Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin.
Both had drummed with Ministry, and were pleased with the notion of a rock music band with two drummers, rather than the usual one. The duo formed Pigface, and began a revolving-door collaboration with many experimentally-minded musicians, many of whom — especially early on — had recorded for the influential industrial music record label Wax Trax.
Trent Reznor was also an early partner, when, due to legal troubles, Nine Inch Nails were prevented from recording under that name. "Suck" — cowritten with and sung by Reznor — was something of an underground hit, and Reznor later rerecorded the song.
Rieflin eventually left Pigface, leaving Atkins in charge. The dozens--perhaps hundreds--of musical collaborators to record and perform with Pigface have ensured that each album, and each song, is unique. This practice has, however, led to some negative criticism due to a perceived lack of continuity.
Pigface concerts are characterized by high-energy performances. Frequently there will be upwards of 10 people on stage at any time during the show. Not only that but Martin Atkins and the rest of the band love interacting with the audience, and members of the audience are nearly always invited on stage for the encore.
Both had drummed with Ministry, and were pleased with the notion of a rock music band with two drummers, rather than the usual one. The duo formed Pigface, and began a revolving-door collaboration with many experimentally-minded musicians, many of whom — especially early on — had recorded for the influential industrial music record label Wax Trax.
Trent Reznor was also an early partner, when, due to legal troubles, Nine Inch Nails were prevented from recording under that name. "Suck" — cowritten with and sung by Reznor — was something of an underground hit, and Reznor later rerecorded the song.
Rieflin eventually left Pigface, leaving Atkins in charge. The dozens--perhaps hundreds--of musical collaborators to record and perform with Pigface have ensured that each album, and each song, is unique. This practice has, however, led to some negative criticism due to a perceived lack of continuity.
Pigface concerts are characterized by high-energy performances. Frequently there will be upwards of 10 people on stage at any time during the show. Not only that but Martin Atkins and the rest of the band love interacting with the audience, and members of the audience are nearly always invited on stage for the encore.
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Pigface Lyrics
Strum through the chords/Thumb through the chord
Smell the gas
Take a whiff
Pick your cards
Check your watch
Fuck the risk
Strike a match
The stitching in the pocket
Won't hold
Shake a fist
Run and chase
Check the list
Take a blow to the face
Same old insects
Stacked up subject
Shot to the left
Never looking for a suspect
Second and ten
Never less then perfect
It never failed
When the flag turns black
Through the skin of a convict
Born to harass
Setting fire to the flags
But the thing never ends it
Beg for the scraps
Deck-em on, steal a gun
Load-em up, no lead
Skip a loop, just for fun
So you wanna be second or just sick, take your pick
Check the box near the top
Find a window
Throw a rock
Same old insects
Stacked up subject
Shot to the left
Never looking for a suspect
Eyes to the conflict
Run across the glass quick
Insect inject
Back to the subtext
Second and ten
Never less then perfect
It never failed
When the flag turns black
Through the skin of a convict
Born to harass
Setting fire to the flags
But the thing never ends it
Will the insects win?
Where's your pregnant wife?
Like the sting of an insect
They believe
Will the ugly ones win?
Will the insects win
Where's your pregnant wife?
So hard to look lost
Show the tag, what's it cost
Suck it in
Spit it out
Cinch the noose and the doubt
Sleep in your dreams, ask your friends what it means
Find the gaps, overlaps, who you are in between
Gripe like a kid, pack your bags, slam the lid
Take a hit off a smoke you already choked back
Like a dog you just scratch for an answer to anything
Answers for everything buried in lies
Will the ugly ones win?
Will the insects win?
Where's your pregnant wife?
Smell the gas
Take a whiff
Pick your cards
Check your watch
Fuck the risk
Strike a match
The stitching in the pocket
Won't hold
Run and chase
Check the list
Take a blow to the face
Same old insects
Stacked up subject
Shot to the left
Never looking for a suspect
Second and ten
Never less then perfect
It never failed
When the flag turns black
Through the skin of a convict
Born to harass
Setting fire to the flags
But the thing never ends it
Beg for the scraps
Deck-em on, steal a gun
Load-em up, no lead
Skip a loop, just for fun
So you wanna be second or just sick, take your pick
Check the box near the top
Find a window
Throw a rock
Same old insects
Stacked up subject
Shot to the left
Never looking for a suspect
Eyes to the conflict
Run across the glass quick
Insect inject
Back to the subtext
Second and ten
Never less then perfect
It never failed
When the flag turns black
Through the skin of a convict
Born to harass
Setting fire to the flags
But the thing never ends it
Will the insects win?
Where's your pregnant wife?
Like the sting of an insect
They believe
Will the ugly ones win?
Will the insects win
Where's your pregnant wife?
So hard to look lost
Show the tag, what's it cost
Suck it in
Spit it out
Cinch the noose and the doubt
Sleep in your dreams, ask your friends what it means
Find the gaps, overlaps, who you are in between
Gripe like a kid, pack your bags, slam the lid
Take a hit off a smoke you already choked back
Like a dog you just scratch for an answer to anything
Answers for everything buried in lies
Will the ugly ones win?
Will the insects win?
Where's your pregnant wife?
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: CHRISTOPHER CONNELLY, MARTIN ATKINS, STEVEN SEIBOLD
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