''Rife'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

by Foetus Corruptus released in 1988. It is an official bootleg, initially released by

J. G. Thirlwell James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960), styled as JG Thirlwell and also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other pseudonyms, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer known for juxtaposing a variety of dif ...

with no record label credit. This album was released in three formats: a two-LP set on black vinyl, a two-LP

picture disc Picture discs are gramophone record, gramophone (phonograph) records that show images on their playing surface, rather than being of plain black or colored vinyl. Collectors traditionally reserve the term picture disc for records with graphics ...

set, and a CD. ''Rife'' is Self Immolation #RIFLE 1 and #RIFLEPIC 1 for the picture disc. After its initial release, Jungle Records was authorized in 1988 to produce a

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official release of 2,000 albums split between the three formats. Jungle itself self-bootlegged ''Rife'' in 1996, producing 500 additional, unauthorized picture disc albums. In 1998, Jungle licensed ''Rife'' to

Invisible Records Invisible Records is a Chicago based record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. ...

, which began producing additional (and possibly unauthorized) CDs.

Track listing

All songs by

unless noted. #"Fin" – 2:58 #"Don't Hide It Provide It" – ?: '' LP formats only'' #"Honey I'm Home" – 7:47 #"The Dipsomaniac Kiss" – 5:51 #"English Faggot" – 6:12 #"Grab Yr. Ankles" – 6:00 #"Slut" (Thirlwell /

Marc Almond Peter Mark Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop/ new wave duo Soft Cell. He has a distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has had a diverse career as a ...

) – 3:25 #"A Prayer for My Death" – 6:26 #"¡Chingada!" – 8:00 #"Hate Feeler" ( Alex Harvey / Hugh McKenna) – 8:10 #"The Fudge Punch" (Thirlwell /

Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann (7 November 1955 – 15 September 2024) was a Swiss-born American drummer, electronic musician, and record producer who worked in genres ranging from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first came to attenti ...

) – 8:02 #"Clothes Hoist" – 4:37 #"Private War/Anything (Viva!)" – 11:21 ''omitted from Invisible CD'' *Many of the songs have slightly different titles on the black vinyl set. *"Slut" originally by Thirlwell's

Flesh Volcano The Flesh Volcano was a side project of singer Marc Almond and Clint Ruin, also known as Foetus. Its sole release was the ''Slut'' EP, which was expanded to album length in a number of reissues. Almond and Ruin were formerly bandmates in the Im ...

project. *"Hate Feeler" is a cover of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band's "Faith Healer". *"The Fudge Punch" originally by Thirlwell's Wiseblood project.

Personnel

Algis Kizys Algis Antanas Kizys (born September 8, 1960 in Chicago) is a New York City bass guitarist best known for his long-time membership in New York City band Swans. First joining Swans on 1986's '' Greed'' LP, he stayed with the group through ''The ...

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Ted Parsons Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in rock/metal bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke, and Jesu. Biography Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their ''Holy ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(as Clint Ruin) –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Raymond Watts Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷ� ...

(as Ray Scaballero or Raymondo Watts) – keyboards,

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Norman Westberg Norman Westberg (born June 27, 1958) is an American guitarist from Detroit best known for his work with Swans, joining the band for the recording of their 1983 debut album '' Filth'' and appearing on every album except the 1992 album ''Love of Li ...

– guitar

References

External links

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''Rife''
at foetus.org {{J.G. Thirlwell Foetus (band) albums 1988 live albums