This is Pedafly off of one of the more recent Skinny Puppy albums “Mythmaker”.

Download: Skinny Puppy – Pedafly (Live)

I had the opportunity last week to see Skinny Puppy on the last date of their most recent tour and as always, they put on an amazing performance. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of their recent work, they can certainly pull the tracks off live. And as they did way back at this show in ’86, they ended their set with Far Too Frail.

Setlist:
1. Film
2. One Time One Place
3. Deadlines
4. Smothered Hope
5. Assimilate
6. Dig It
7. Last Call
8. The Choke
9. Glass Houses
10. Brap
11. Far Too Frail

Sample:

Download: Skinny Puppy – Bochum – 10/21/86 – 336 MB

Here is “Minus” from the album Welt recorded on the 2008 tour.

Download: ohGr – Minus (Live)

Skinny Puppy – Assimilate
Zopo Fest
Horst, Netherlands
6/11/86

I saw clips from this video posted on YouTube, but I finally got a copy on DVD and the quality is stellar. I’m surprised this video has stayed hidden for so long since it’s probably the best early Skinny Puppy out there.

Download: Skinny Puppy – Assimilate (Live Video)

An average quality audience recording, but there’s a spectacular version of Knowwhere? with a ton of great improve and a really long intro during this show.

Set List:
1. Intro
2. Addiction
3. Love In Vein
4. The Choke
5. Harsh Stone White
6. Tin Omen
7. Worlock
8. Knowwhere?
9. Anger
10. VX Gas Attack
11. Second Tooth
12. Killing Game
13. Circustance
14. Lefthand Shake
15. Testure

Sample:

Download: Skinny Puppy – St. Louis, MO – 6/29/92 – 589 MB

I can’t say I have a ton of recordings from Skinny Puppy’s Last Rights tour, but from what I do have, it looks like this show is one of the few times they performed Second Tooth on the tour. Other than that, this is a pretty average audience recording, probably only for the Skinny Puppy completist.

Set List:
1. Intro
2. Addiction
3. Love In Vein
4. The Choke
5. Harsh Stone White
6. Tin Omen
7. Warlock
8. Knowhere
9. Anger
10. VX Gas Attack
11. Second Tooth
12. Killing Game
13. Circustance
14. Outro
15. Testure

Sample:

Second Tooth (Live)

Download: Skinny Puppy – Seattle, WA – 7/5/92 – 577 MB

This is one of the earlier Skinny Puppy recordings out there. You can hear a couple of songs that had yet to come out on “Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse.” Because those tracks are included, it makes me want to think that the date of this may be wrong. I cross-checked it with the Skinny Puppy Chronology which can be found here and there was in fact a Cleveland, OH date that was in question. But the tape which I got in a trade over 10 years ago had this as the date, so I’m sticking with it.

Set List:
1. Intro
2. Film
3. Assimilate
4. Solvent
5. Ice Breaker
6. Blood On The Wall
7. Glass Houses
8. The Choke
9. Social Deception
10. Last Call
11. Dead Lines (Cut)
12. Smothered Hope
13. Far To Frail
14. Basement
15. Brap…

Sample:

Download: Skinny Puppy – Cleveland, OH – 12/10/85 – 448 MB

Skinny Puppy – Addiction
The Kitchen
New York City, NY
5/17/87

If it wasn’t for “Ain’t It Dead Yet?”, this would probably be the holy grail of Skinny Puppy videos. This was recorded a week or so before that video during their “Cleanse Fold & Manipulate” Tour in 1987. I’ve seen videos from every Skinny Puppy tour, and I think next to the “Vivisect IV” tour, this one was probably the most impressive. On top of that, the quality on this recording is fantastic.

Download: Skinny Puppy – Addiction (Live Video)

Download: Skinny Puppy/Severed Heads/a;GRUMH – Improvised Performance

Skinny Puppy – The Choke
Bronco Bowl
Dallas, TX
6/26/92

I just got this video in a trade and I think it’s the best Skinny Puppy audience recording that I’ve come across. It’s too bad that none of the “Too Dark Park” shows were professionally recorded for an official release.

Download: Skinny Puppy – The Choke (Live Video)