Solo project of Australian musician JG Thirwell
Foetus
is a solo musical project of Australian musician
JG Thirlwell
.
[1]
The project has had many similar names, each including the word 'Foetus'.
note
The "members" of the project are aliases of Thirlwell; they include Frank Want, Phillip Toss, and Clint Ruin. Thirlwell occasionally collaborates with other artists, but does not consider them to be members of Foetus.
In 1981, after the breakup of
PragVEC
, Thirlwell started his own solo music project under the name of 'Foetus Under Glass'. After the album
Thaw
, Thirlwell stopped changing the name; thereafter it remained simply 'Foetus'.
In November 1983, Foetus undertook a tour with
Marc Almond
,
Nick Cave
and
Lydia Lunch
in the quickly dissolved 'partnership' known as
The Immaculate Consumptive
.
[1]
He has also appeared on albums recorded by
The The
,
Einsturzende Neubauten
,
Nurse With Wound
and Anne Hogan.
[1]
In October 1985, Thirlwell made the album
Nail
, which became the most popular Foetus album of all time.
Gash
was issued in 1995, which led to acknowledgment from music journalists of Foetus's role in the development of
industrial music
.
[1]
Discography
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Album title
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Year of release
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Band name
|
Deaf
|
1981
|
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
|
Ache
|
1982
|
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
|
Hole
|
1984
|
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
|
Nail
|
1985
|
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
|
Thaw
|
1988
|
Foetus Interruptus
|
Gash
|
1995
|
Foetus
|
Flow
|
2001
|
Foetus
|
Love
|
2005
|
Foetus
|
Vein
|
2007
|
Foetus
|
Hide
|
2010
|
Foetus
|
Soak
|
2013
|
Foetus
|
Conceptual themes
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All full-length Foetus album titles are four-letter, one-
syllable
words, often with multiple connotations.
[1]
The artwork of Foetus releases shows a deliberate progression of colour: the earliest releases are black-and-white, with the addition of red on the
Deaf
album, and further addition of yellow on
Nail
. Full-colour art was introduced on
Gash
.
[2]
Beginning with
Flow
, the artwork of primary albums reverted to black/white/red, although other releases continue in full colour.
Notes
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^a
Foetus in Your Bed
(1981),
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
(1981),
Jim Foetus and the Transvestites from Hell
(1983),
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
(1984),
The Foetus of Excellence
(1985),
[3]
Foetus Uber Alles
(1985),
Foetus Flesh
(1985),
Foetus on the Beach
(1985),
Foetus Interruptus
(1988),
Foetus Eruptus
(1989),
Foetus
(1995),
The Foetus Symphony Orchestra
(1997),
Foetus Under Glass
,
Phillip & His Foetus Vibrations
,
Foetus Over Frisco
,
Foetus Art Terrorism
,
Foetus Uber Frisco
,
The Foetus All Nude Revue
,
Foetus, Inc.
,
Foetus Corruptus
,
Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe
References
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