''Stinkfist'' is a collaborative EP by Clint Ruin (a.k.a. J. G. Thirlwell) and Lydia Lunch. This outing from the ex- Immaculate Consumptive bandmates was originally released as a 12" in 1987 on Lunch's Widowspeak label.

Content

The album cover shows Lunch and Ruin—lovers at the time—in a

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embrace.

Release

''Stinkfist'' was released in 1987 by record label Widowspeak. A 1989 CD version added "The Crumb", a single by Lunch and

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leader

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Reception

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'' wrote "Stinkfist could be the first joint effort ydia Lunchdoesn't dominate ..Lots of noise and energy but nothing new, especially for the already Foetusized."

Track listing

Personnel and production

"Stinkfist" and "Son of Stink": *

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* DJ Bonebrake – drums, metal *Neil – drums, metal *Spit – drums, metal *Tom Surgal – metal *

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– timbales, engineering * Lydia Lunch –

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, metal * Clint Ruin – voices, metal *Randy Burns – engineering * Hahn Rowe – engineering "Meltdown Oratorio": *Lydia Lunch – voices *Clint Ruin –

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– engineering "The Crumb": *

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s, voice *Lydia Lunch – voice *Clint Ruin – loops, treatments, production *

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- "grafted and transplanted from eternity." Bass and drums are reworked from Lydia Lunch's "Dead in the Head" on her ''

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'' album. Though uncredited, the original performance is by Ruin. *Martin Bisi – engineering

Charts

References

External links

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''Stinkfist''
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