''Pigmartyr'' (2004) is an
album
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by
Raymond Watts
Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>.
Watts was an early member and p ...
, a.k.a. PIG. This was the first album he signed as "Watts" instead of "PIG". The First copies (approx. 500) were signed and numbered by Raymond Watts.
The album was remastered and rereleased through
Metropolis
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A big ci ...
under the title Pigmata in 2005, as a PIG album, with three additional tracks mixed by
Isaac Glendening of
Cesium 137.
Album information
Raymond Watts' first release since 1999's ''
Genuine American Monster'', ''Pigmartyr'' is a bit of a departure from typical Pig material. Gone are most of the bombastic string sections and orchestral influence, ''Pigmartyr'' takes a turn toward the hard rock side, and has a much more raw and stripped down feel.
The album was largely recorded in London, UK with a number of collaborators, including a duet ("Take") with glamorous UK rockchick Harry (aka
Dirty Harry
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) and a couple of co-writes ("Situation" and "Here To Stay") with
Marc Heal
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of
Cubanate
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.
''Pigmartyr'' was originally planned as a
PIG band album under the title ''Lust for Lard''. After a series of drawn-out recording sessions and release date changes, it was eventually released by
Grand Recordings as a "Watts" album in summer 2004.
Track listing
Original UK release
# "Suck Spit Shit" 5:28
# "Here To Stay" 3:33
# "Reject" 3:53
# "Situation" 3:39
# "Kundalini" 5:44
# "Vitriol Vice and Virtue" 5:16
# "Take" 5:04
# "Arbor Vitate" 4:33
# "Stage Slut" 4:20
# "Junky" 6:03
Remastered US release
# "Suck Spit Shit" – 5:29
# "Here To Stay" – 3:31
# "Reject" – 3:51
# "Situation" – 3:38
# "Kundalini" – 5:46
# "Vitriol Vice & Virtue" – 5:15
# "Take" – 5:01
# "Arbor Vitate" – 4:33
# "Stage Slut" – 4:20
# "Junky" – 6:04
# "God Rod" – 5:27
# "On the Slaughterfront" – 6:46
# "Filth Healer" – 5:21
Personnel
*
Raymond Watts
Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>.
Watts was an early member and p ...
– vocals, guitars, programming
* Martin Eden – bass, programming, backing vocals
*
Steve White – guitars, programming
*
Jules Hodgeson – guitars
*
Andy Selway – drums
*
Arianne Schreiber – backing vocals
*
Isaac Glendening - re-mastering
with
*
Marc Heal
Marc Heal is an English musician, television producer and writer. He is best known as an industrial music artist of the 1990s, noted for mixing metal and techno with more traditional industrial sounds. His extroverted onstage behaviour was un ...
– additional programming on "Situation" and "Here To Stay"
*
Harry
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...
– vocals on "Take"
* Bryan Black – backing vocals on "Junky"
* Oliver Grasset – additional programming on "Junky"
* Jules Cooper – additional guitars
Album information
Under
Grand Recordings, Pigmartyr was not mastered and many people could not get the album. It was soon remastered and re-released under
Metropolis Records under the
PIG
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moniker and a new title, Pigmata. Raymond recorded three bonus songs for the album as well as having
Isaac Glendening of
Cesium 137 mix them. The album went on to become a rather large success at Metropolis Records, keeping the #1 spot on Metropolis' best seller list for several weeks.
References
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Pig (musical project) albums
2004 albums
Metropolis Records albums