J. G. Thirlwell
| J. G. Thirlwell | |
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JG Thirlwell recording at BC Studios in 2016
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James George Thirlwell |
| Also known as | Clint Ruin, Frank Want, Foetus |
| Born |
29 January 1960 Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Industrial, post-punk, trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, other instruments |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels |
Self Immolation Big Cat Ectopic Ents Ipecac Recordings Williams Street Tzadik |
| Associated acts |
Foetus Manorexia Wiseblood Steroid Maximus Flesh Volcano The Immaculate Consumptive Garage Monsters Baby Zizanie Hydroze Plus Coil Zola Jesus |
| Website | foetus.org |
James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960) – also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, Foetus among other names – is an Australian singer, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles.
Thirlwell was born in Melbourne, Australia. He briefly studied Fine Art at Melbourne State College (now part of the University of Melbourne) before moving to London, England in 1978, where he played with the post-punk band prag VEC and formed the first of his numerous musical projects, Foetus. In the 1980s, under the pseudonyms Clint Ruin and Frank Want, he contributed to various releases by Nurse With Wound, Marc Almond, The The and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He co-wrote "Wings Off Flies" on From Her to Eternity, the first Bad Seeds album. Longtime Nick Cave associate Mick Harvey would later report that Thirwell's time in the band was cut short, in part, by a clash between Thirwell's highly structured studio routine as contrasted with Cave's at-the-time habit of "shambling through it" while recording.
Thirwell released his first 7" single, OKFM/Spite Your Face, in 1981, on his own Self-Immolation record label in his first incarnation as Foetus. Over the next few years, he would release two more singles, a 12" EP, and four full-length albums, Deaf, Ache, Hole and Nail (Some Bizzare Records) . After visiting the United States during a live stint with the Immaculate Consumptive (Lydia Lunch, Nick Cave and Marc Almond) Thirlwell settled in New York City, where he is still based. Since his move he has released several singles, fourteen EPs (including Stinkfist, with fellow New York artist Lydia Lunch and Thurston Moore), and seventeen full-length albums.
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