Foetus is a solo musical project of Australian musician JG Thirlwell. The project has had many similar names, each including the word 'Foetus'. 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

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, Nurse With Wound and Anne Hogan. 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.

Discography

Conceptual themes

All full-length Foetus album titles are four-letter, one-

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words, often with multiple connotations. 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 ''

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'' album, and further addition of yellow on '' Nail''. Full-colour art was introduced on '' Gash''. Beginning with '' Flow'', the artwork of primary albums reverted to black/white/red, although other releases continue in full colour.

Notes

References

External links

Official home page

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Freq-out.org

Official Myspace page
for ''Llik your idols'', a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression, featuring Foetus
JG Thirlwell interview at AAJ

JG Thirlwell / Foetus interview at MTJTS.com, midway down the page
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