"Tin Omen" is a

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by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1989 album ''

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''. The song name is a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The song also refers to the

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of 1968 and the

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of 1970.

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frontman

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(credited as both Alien Jourgensen and Hypo Luxa) performed guitar and backing vocals for the song. The band's longtime producer

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also contributed additional backing vocals.

Track listing

Personnel

All credits adapted from liner notes. Skinny Puppy *

Nivek Ogre Kevin Graham Ogilvie (born December 5, 1962), known professionally as Nivek Ogre, is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor, best known for his work with the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded with cEvin Key. Sin ...

– vocals *

cEvin Key Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as cEvin Key, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. He is best known as a member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded in 1982 wi ...

– synthesizers, programming, production, engineering *

Dwayne Goettel Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964August 23, 1995) was a Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around Edmonton, he joined Skinny P ...

– synthesizers, programming, production, engineering Additional personnel *

– production, engineering, mixing (1, 2), bass, guitar, backing vocals *

Dave Ogilvie Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer, mixer, songwriter and musician. The former member of bands Skinny Puppy and Jakalope started his recording career in Vancouver working as an engineer at Mushroom Studios. He has been described by ...

– production, engineering, mixing (2, 3, 4) *

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– design, typography *Greg Sykes – typography *Marc Ramaer – mixing (1, 2)

References

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