JG_Thirlwell_discography
This article details the complete work of an Australian-born composer and music producer JG Thirlwell, from his beginnings in 1980 to the present. It covers his output under multiple pseudonyms as well as his work as a collaborating artist and soundtrack composer.
Quick Facts Studio albums, Live albums ...
| JG Thirlwell discography | |
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| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Singles | 9 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Remix albums | 2 |
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As Foetus
Further information: Foetus (band)
Studio albums
More information Title, Album details ...
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| Deaf |
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| Ache |
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| Hole |
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| Nail |
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| Thaw |
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| Gash |
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| Flow |
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| Love |
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| Hide |
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| Soak |
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Live albums
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| Rife |
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| Male |
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| Boil |
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| York (First Exit to Brooklyn) |
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Compilation albums
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| Sink |
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| Damp |
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| Limb |
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Remix albums
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| Blow |
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| Vein |
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EPs
More information Title, Album details ...
| Title | Album details | UK Indie [1] | |||
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| Custom Built for Capitalism |
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| Bedrock |
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| Ramrod |
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| Butterfly Potion |
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| Vice Squad Dick |
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| Null | — | ||||
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Singles
More information Title, Year ...
| Title | Year | UK Indie [1] |
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| "Spite Your Face"/"O.K.F.M." | 1981 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Wash It All Off!"/"333" | — | ||||||||||||
| "Tell Me, What Is the Bane of Your Life" | 1982 | 30 | |||||||||||
| "Calamity Crush"/"Catastrophe Crunch" | 1984 | 4 | |||||||||||
| "Wash"/"Slog" | 5 | ||||||||||||
| "Finely Honed Machine"/"Sick Minutes" | 5 | ||||||||||||
| "Somnambulumdrum" | 1990 | — | |||||||||||
| "Verklemmt" | 1995 | — | Gash | ||||||||||
| "Überschall" | 1996 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
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Music videos
- "Need Machine"
- "Verklemmt" (1995)
- "Here Comes the Rain" (2010)
As Steroid Maximus
Further information: Steroid Maximus
More information Released, Title ...
| Released | Title | |
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| Year | Month | |
| 1991 | – | ¡Quilombo! |
| 1992 | – | Gondwanaland |
| 2002 | May | Ectopia |
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As Manorexia
Further information: Manorexia
More information Released, Title ...
| Released | Title | |
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| Year | Month | |
| 2001 | Jun | Volvox Turbo |
| 2002 | Oct | The Radiolarian Ooze |
| 2010 | Mar | The Mesopelagic Waters |
| 2011 | May | Dinoflagellate Blooms |
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As JG Thirlwell
More information Released, Title ...
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| 2009 | Mar | The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell |
| 2013 | Oct | The Blue Eyes |
| 2016 | Jun | The Music of The Venture Bros: Volume Two |
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With Wiseblood
Further information: Wiseblood (band)
Studio albums
Singles
More information Title, Year ...
| Title | Year | UK Indie [2] |
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| "Motorslug"/"Death Rape 2000" | 1985 | 3 | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Stumbo"/"Someone Drowned in My Pool" | 1986 | 4 | |||||||||||
| "P T T M" | 1991 | — | |||||||||||
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With Flesh Volcano
Further information: Flesh Volcano
More information Title, Album details ...
| Title | Album details | UK Indie [3] | |||
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| Slut |
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With Lydia Lunch
Performance credits
More information Year, Artist ...
| Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
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| 1981 | Nurse with Wound | Insect and Individual Silenced | Bass amp, jack plugs | "Alvin's Funeral (The Milk Was Delivered in Black Bottles)" |
| 1983 | Marc and the Mambas | Torment and Toreros | Instruments | "A Million Manias" |
| Drums | "Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum" | |||
| The The | Soul Mining | Percussion | "Giant" | |
| 1984 | Coil | Scatology | Sampler | "Panic" |
| Nurse with Wound | Brained by Falling Masonry | Vocals | "Brained by Falling Masonry" | |
| Nurse with Wound/Current 93 | Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin' | Vocals | "Brained by Falling Masonry" | |
| Orange Juice | The Orange Juice | Piano | "Salmon Fishing in New York" | |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | From Her to Eternity | unknown instruments during early recording sessions, uncredited[5] | ||
| 1985 | Annie Hogan | Plays Kickabye | Percussion | "Burning Boats" |
| Nurse with Wound | The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion | Instruments | — | |
| 1986 | Coil | Horse Rotorvator | Sampler | "Circles of Mania" |
| Virgin Prunes | The Moon Looked Down and Laughed | Instruments | — | |
| 1987 | Coil | Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders | Instruments | "The Broken Wheel", "The Wheal" |
| Lydia Lunch | Honeymoon in Red | Treatments | "Still Burning", "Fields of Fire", "Three Kings" | |
| 1988 | PIG | A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick | Instruments | "Peoria" |
| 1989 | Sick City | Instruments, additional vocals | "Sick City" | |
| 1990 | Gumball | Gumball | Backing vocals | "Yellow Pants" |
| Nurse with Wound | Psilotripitaka | Instruments | "Duelling Banjos", "Registered Nurse Second Coming" | |
| 1991 | Boss Hog | Action Box | Vocals | "Black Throat" |
| Jarboe | Thirteen Masks | Sampler, programming | "Red" | |
| Lydia Lunch | Twisted/Past Glas | Instruments, tapes | — | |
| 1992 | Of Cabbages and Kings | Hunter's Moon | Vocals | "Faucet" |
| Silverfish | Organ Fan | Brass, additional vocals | "Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention" | |
| Sovetskoe Foto | The Humidity | Vocals | "Forget" | |
| 1993 | Boss Hog | Girl + | Vocals | "Not Guilty" |
| Workdogs | Workdogs in Hell | Instruments | "Eulogy Regrets", "*" | |
| 1994 | PIG & Sow | Je M'Aime | Instruments | "Blood Sucking Bitch" |
| 1995 | Argyle Park | Misguided | Spoken word | "Refuge" |
| Ann Magnuson | The Luv Show | Spoken word | "Sex With the Devil" | |
| Voivod | Negatron | Sampler | "D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)" | |
| 2000 | Melvins | The Crybaby | Vocals, sampler | "Mine Is No Disgrace" |
| 2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: Lost | Vocals | "Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong" |
| 2004 | Atsushi Sakurai | Ai no Wakusei | All instruments and backing vocals | "I Hate You All" |
| 2005 | Jarboe | The Men Album | Vocals | "Bass Force/Angel Jim" (Low Rider mix) |
| 2007 | Strings of Consciousness | Our Moon Is Full | Vocals | "Asphodel" |
| 2011 | Hypnoz | A Score for Iron Blues | Vocals | "Night on Earth" |
| International Moods | Frequent Traveller | Vocals | "Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It" | |
| 2012 | Cisfinitum & First Human Ferro | Alchemicals | Voice | "New Cleansed Order" |
| 2013 | Melvins | Everybody Loves Sausages | Vocals | "Station to Station" |
| 2014 | Elysian Fields | For House Cats And Sea Fans | Sampler | "Escape From New York" |
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Production and mixing credits
More information Year, Artist ...
| Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
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| 1984 | Coil | Scatology | Producer | — |
| Einstürzende Neubauten | Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83 | Producer | — | |
| Sonic Youth | Death Valley '69 | Co-producer, engineering | — | |
| Swans | Cop | Engineering | — | |
| 1985 | Fur Bible | Fur Bible | Producer | — |
| Annie Hogan | Plays Kickabye | Producer | "Burning Boats" | |
| Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton | The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton | Engineering, mixing | "Emerald Pale Has Disappeared", "The Drowning", "How Men Die in Their Sleep" | |
| Remastering | "Lucy's Lost Her Head Again", "3:20 Thursday Morning", "A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT" | |||
| 1986 | Bewitched | Chocolate Frenzy | Mixing | — |
| 1987 | Lydia Lunch | Honeymoon in Red | Mixing | "Done Dun", "Dead in the Head, "Come Fall", "Dead River" |
| 1988 | Black Snakes | Crawl | Mixing | — |
| PIG | A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick | Co-producer | "Peoria" | |
| 1989 | Emilio Cubeiro | Death of an Asshole | Remastering | "It's All Desert Now" |
| PIG | Sick City | Producer | "Sick City" | |
| 1990 | Lydia Lunch | Conspiracy of Women | Remastering | — |
| 1991 | Boss Hog | Action Box | Producer, mixing | "Black Throat" |
| The Beyond | Chasm | Producer | — | |
| Cop Shoot Cop | White Noise | Mixing | "Relief", "Empires Collapse", "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose", "Where's the Money", "Hung Again" | |
| EMF | Lies | Co-producer, mixing | "Lies" | |
| Jarboe | Thirteen Masks | Producer | "Red" | |
| Lydia Lunch | Queen of Siam | Remastering | — | |
| Twisted/Past Glas | Recording, mixing | — | ||
| Rowland S. Howard/Lydia Lunch | Shotgun Wedding | Producer | — | |
| Motherhead Bug | Raised by Insects...Bugview | Producer | "My Sweet Milstar" | |
| Swans | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity | Producer | "Power and Sacrifice" | |
| 1992 | Malaria! | Elation | Producer | — |
| Silverfish | Organ Fan | Producer | — | |
| 1993 | Boss Hog | Girl + | Producer | "Not Guilty" |
| Cranes | Clear | Co-producer | — | |
| 1996 | Halcion | Lemongrass | Co-producer | "Lemongrass" |
| Halcion | Lemongrass | Mixing | "Goldfever" | |
| Mars | 78+ | Remastering | — | |
| 1998 | D.I.E. | Fragyro | Engineering | "Fragile" (Dragonnade mix) |
| 1999 | The Birthday Party | Live 1981–82 | Remastering | — |
| 2000 | Boss Hog | Whiteout | Mixing | "Jaguar" |
| Melvins | The Crybaby | Recording, mixing | "Mine Is No Disgrace" | |
| 2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: Lost | Recording | "Mary Magdalene" |
| 2005 | Boss Hog | Whiteout | Mixing | "Jaguar" |
| Alexander Hacke | Sanctuary | Mixing | "Per Sempre Butterfly" | |
| 2009 | Excepter | FRKWYS Vol. 2 | Co-producer | "Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix) |
| 2013 | Zola Jesus | Versions | Co-producer | "Fall Back", "Night", "In Your Nature" |
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Remixing credits
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| Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) | |
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| 1985 | Don King | One-Two Punch | "Revelry" (King Size mix) | |
| 1989 | Nurse with Wound | Gyllenskold/Brained | "Brained by Falling Masonry" | |
| PIG | Sick City | "Shit for Brains" (JG Thirlwell mix) | ||
| 1991 | The Beyond | Empire/One Step Too Far | "One Step Too Far" (Brain Surgery mix), "Empire" (Radiation Coctail mix) | |
| EMF | I Believe | "I Believe" (Colt 45 mix), "I Believe" (Inframental mix) | ||
| EMF | Lies | "Lies" (Megastress mix), "Lies" (Jonestown mix), "Lies" (Prozac mix) | ||
| Lydia Lunch | Queen of Siam | — | ||
| Murder, Inc. | Corpuscle | "Murder Inc." (Busted Corpuscle mix), "Mania" (7" mix), "Mania" (Righteous mix) | ||
| 1992 | Daniel Ash | Get Out of Control | "Get Out of Control" (Aortalesque mix), "Get Out of Control" (Prostated mix), "Get Out of Control" (Thyroidinal mix), "Get Out of Control" (Excemanemic mix) | |
| EMF | It's You | "Dog" (Frank's mix) | ||
| Nine Inch Nails | Fixed | "Wish" (remix), "Fist Fuck" | ||
| Prong | Prove You Wrong | "Prove You Wrong" (Fuzzbuster mix) | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Higher Ground/If You Want Me to Stay | "Higher Ground" (Freckle Nose mix) | ||
| The The | Dogs of Lust | "Dogs of Lust" (Spermicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Germicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Squirmicide mix) | ||
| 1993 | Cranes | Clear | "Clear" (Boll-Weevil mix), "Clear" (Davidian Memorial mix), "Clear" (Blue Gills mix) | |
| The Cult | Sanctuary MCMXCIII | "She Sells Sanctuary" (Slutnostic mix) | ||
| Ethyl Meatplow | Ripened Peach | "Ripened Peach" (Deep Fried mix), "Ripened Peach" (Burnt to a Crisp mix) | ||
| Fight | Nailed to the Gun | "Nailed to the Gun" (Bulletproof mix) | ||
| Front 242 | Religion | "Religion" (Lovelace a Go-Go mix), "Religion" (Pussy Whipped mix) | ||
| Pantera | Walk | "Walk" (Cervical mix) | ||
| 1995 | Nine Inch Nails | Further Down the Spiral | "Self Destruction, Part Two", "Self Destruction, Part Three", "Self Destruction, Final" | |
| Pop Will Eat Itself | Two Fingers My Friends! | "Kick 2 Kill" (Seersucker mix) | ||
| 1996 | Danzig | Sacrifice | "Sacrifice" (Rust mix), "Sacrifice" (Trust mix), "Sacrifice" (Must mix), "Sacrifice" (Crust mix) | |
| Marilyn Manson | The Beautiful People | "The Not So Beautiful People" | ||
| Congo Norvell | The Dope, the Lies, the Vaseline | "You Can Lay With Dogs" | ||
| 1997 | Skeleton Key | Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon | "Nod Off" (remix) | |
| 1998 | D.I.E. | Fragyro | "Fragile" (Dragonnade mix) | |
| 1999 | The Birthday Party | Live 1981–82 | — | |
| 2000 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Lap Dance | "Lap Dance" (JG Thirlwell mix) | |
| 2002 | Norscq | Lavatron.X | "WaG" (Proselyte mix) | |
| 2005 | End | The Sick Generation | "The Sick Generation" (El Lubo mix) | |
| 2008 | Current 93 | Black Ships Heat the Dancefloor | "Black Ships Ate the Sky I & II" (remix) | |
| 2009 | Excepter | FRKWYS Vol. 2 | "Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix) | |
| 2010 | Extra Life | Splayed Flesh | "The Body Is True" (remix) | |
| Zs | New Slaves++ | "New Slaves" (remix) | ||
| 2014 | CoH | To Beat or not to Beat | "Bond Number" (JG Thirlwell mix) | |
| Faith No More | Motherfucker | "Motherfucker" (JG Thirlwell remix) | ||
| 2015 | John Carpenter | Lost Themes | "Abyss" (JG Thirlwell mix) | |
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Composition credits
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| Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) | |
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| 1983 | Marc and the Mambas | Torment and Toreros | "A Million Manias" | |
| 1984 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | From Her to Eternity | "Wings Off Flies" | |
| Coil | Scatology | "Panic" | ||
| Orange Juice | Texas Fever | "Craziest Feeling" | ||
| 1987 | Lydia Lunch | Honeymoon in Red | "So Your Heart" | |
| 1988 | PIG | A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick | "Peoria" | |
| 1989 | Emilio Cubeiro | Death of an Asshole | "It's All Desert Now" | |
| 1991 | Boss Hog | Action Box | "Black Throat" | |
| Cop Shoot Cop | White Noise | "Corporate Protopop" | ||
| Lydia Lunch | Twisted/Past Glas | — | ||
| 1992 | Of Cabbages and Kings | Hunter's Moon | "Faucet" | |
| Silverfish | Organ Fan | "Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention" | ||
| Sovetskoe Foto | The Humidity | "Forget" | ||
| 1993 | Boss Hog | Girl + | "Not Guilty" | |
| 1994 | PIG & Sow | Je M'Aime | "Blood Sucking Bitch" | |
| 1995 | Voivod | Negatron | "D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)" | |
| 2000 | Melvins | The Crybaby | "Mine Is No Disgrace" | |
| 2003 | Rotoskop | Revolution: Lost | "Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong" | |
| 2006 | Bunny Lake | The Late Night Tapes | "Nightwalker", "Nightwalker Part II" | |
| 2007 | Strings of Consciousness | Our Moon Is Full | "Asphodel" | |
| 2011 | International Moods | Frequent Traveller | "Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It" | |
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Daniel Dylan Wray (2014) If This Is Heaven I'm Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party, The Quietus, accessed 5 January 2017
General sources
- "JG Thirlwell discography". foetus.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.