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Pigface defies categorization. Less an actual band than a recording and performing ensemble of well-known musicians in the alternative/industrial genre, it is also, in a way, a political statement. Founding member Martin Atkins had tired of the rock star attitudes he witnessed as a member of successful bands like Public Image Ltd. and Killing Joke; in addition, despite the fact that both acts presented groundbreaking, anti-establishment-themed sonic artistry, both remained under the thumb of record label executives. Sandy Masuo, writing about Pigface in Option magazine, equated it with “a savvy, calculating brand of post-punk punk attitude - one that’s all about recapturing the means of production that was supposedly seized in the 70s” with the birth of the punk movement. From: https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/pigface
Pigface is an American industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought along Atkins, Nivek Ogre and Chris Connelly. Also on the tour was Rieflin, regular Ministry drummer at the time. While Atkins enjoyed the dynamic of playing with a second drummer, he felt that the lineup was capable of doing much more than being, what he has frequently called, "a Ministry cover band." Once the tour was over, Atkins and Rieflin decided to continue working together and recruited several of their tourmates. Pigface was born with the intention of keeping a revolving-door style 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, before Nine Inch Nails became a household name. "Suck," co-written and sung by Reznor, was something of an underground hit, and Reznor later re-recorded the song for the Broken EP. Rieflin left Pigface after the first tour, leaving Atkins as the sole founder of the group. Hundreds of musical collaborators have since recorded and performed with Pigface, ensuring that each album, tour, and song is unique. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigface
