Bites (album)
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Personnel
- Nivek OgreNivek OgreNivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962) is a Canadian musician,...
vocals, synthesizer, metallic percussions, treatments and objects - cEvin KeyCEvin KeycEvin Key is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton , who was a founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy, along with Nivek Ogre. In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key has had several side projects, including Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, and Hilt...
- bass guitar, synthesizer, sequencers, tapes, sampler, treatments, acoustic and metallic percussions, drums - Dave OgilvieDave OgilvieDave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
- (as David Ogilvie) production, engineering - Wilhelm Schroeder - bass synth on "Icebreaker" and "The Choke"
- Tom EllardTom EllardThomas Ellard , is an Australian electronic musician best known as the founding member of the electronic and industrial music group Severed Heads.-Early life:...
- production, mixing, tapes, treatments, and digital sampling on "Assimilate" - D. Pleven - bass guitar destruction on "Blood on the Wall"
- Terry McBride - executive production
Production notes
- The cover art was designed by Steven R. GilmoreSteven R. GilmoreSteven R. Gilmore is an artist and graphic designer most known for his work on album cover design, particularly his role as in-house artist for Nettwerk Records for much of the 1980s and 1990s. He has designed record album sleeves for Skinny Puppy, Nickelback, A Perfect Circle, BT, Machines of...
. - The first CD release of Bites was on the compilation Bites and RemissionBites and Remission-Notes:*The most notable samples on the song "The Choke " are from 1976 film The Tenant.-External links:* at Discogs * at Discogs...
in 1987. This release did not include all of the tracks featured on the earlier cassette release, which was significantly longer, and replaced the songs "Assimilate" and "The Choke" with remixed versions. A similar CD called Remission & BitesRemission & Bites-Notes:*The track listing in the liner notes is shown with the songs from Remission on one page and those from Bites on the opposite page, neither of which are numbered....
was released by Play It Again SamPIAS Recordings[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
in Europe during the same year. - On the 1993 reissue, the song "One Day" is not listed anywhere in the artwork or credits.
- The song "Assimilate" contains a sample from the 1976 film Marathon ManMarathon Man (film)Marathon Man is a 1976 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman. The film was directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, and Laurence Olivier. The original music score was composed by Michael Small....
–"Is it safe?" - The song "Blood on the Wall" contains a sample from The Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film directed and produced by Tobe Hooper, who cowrote it with Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the...
(1974)–"You see? They say it's just an old man talking. You laugh at an old man. There's them that laughs and knows better." It also contains samples from The TenantThe TenantThe Tenant is a 1976 psychological thriller/horror film directed by and starring Roman Polanski based upon the 1964 novel Le locataire chimérique by Roland Topor. It is also known under the French title Le Locataire. It co-stars actress Isabelle Adjani. It is the last film in Polanski's "Apartment...
. - The song "The Choke" contains samples from the 1976 film The TenantThe TenantThe Tenant is a 1976 psychological thriller/horror film directed by and starring Roman Polanski based upon the 1964 novel Le locataire chimérique by Roland Topor. It is also known under the French title Le Locataire. It co-stars actress Isabelle Adjani. It is the last film in Polanski's "Apartment...
–"If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my... Me and my head, or me and my body?". - The songs "Church", "Icebreaker", "Love" and "Basement" contain samples from the 1973 film The Legend of Hell HouseThe Legend of Hell HouseThe Legend of Hell House is a 1973 British horror film directed by John Hough and starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, and Gayle Hunnicutt. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson based on his own novel Hell House.-Plot:...
–"Get out before I kill you all!" - The song "The Center Bullet" appears with vocals by the Key/Goettel side-project The Tear GardenThe Tear GardenThe Tear Garden is a psychedelic/gothic/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel...
on their The Tear Garden EP and Tired Eyes Slowly BurningTired Eyes Slowly BurningTired Eyes Slowly Burning is a 1987 LP by The Tear Garden. It is their first full release, with only the EP The Tear Garden released prior...
albums.