Spasmolytic | |
Cover: | Spasmolytic_(1991)_cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Skinny Puppy |
Album: | Too Dark Park |
Released: | 1991 |
Genre: | Electro-industrial |
Length: | 31:24 |
Prev Title: | Tormentor |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | Inquisition |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Spasmolytic is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Too Dark Park.[1] Deftones created a remix of the song that was included on Remix dystemper and the Saw IV soundtrack.[2] At a running time of 31:22, "Spasmolytic" is Skinny Puppy's longest 12-inch single.[1]
The cover art is by Jim Cummins (I, Braineater).[1]
The track "Harsh Stone White", when performed live, featured a backing video that, like the infamous Worlock video, consisted of frightening and graphic scenes from movies. These include The Hunger, Blue Velvet, Day of the Dead, The Thing, Pumpkinhead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Drugstore Cowboy, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Dead Ringers, Altered States, Evil Dead II, Brain Damage, Parents, The Fly II, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Galaxy of Terror, and The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Notes
All credits adapted from liner notes.[3]
Skinny Puppy
Additional personnel