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Place of Birth: High Level, Alberta, Canada
About Dwayne Goettel
- Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964 – August 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 Puppy in 1986 following the departure of keyboardist Bill Leeb.
- A classically trained pianist, he helped to broaden Skinny Puppy's sound with his extensive knowledge of equipment and sampling.
- He assisted bandmate cEvin Key on a number of side projects such as The Tear Garden and Doubting Thomas, and helped form the experimental electronic group Download.
- He also created the independent record label Subconscious Communications with friend and colleague Phil Western as a means to release his solo work. In 1993, Skinny Puppy moved to Los Angeles to produce their eighth studio album, The Process, through American Recordings.
- The production was marred by rampant drug use and band infighting, and ultimately halted in 1995 when vocalist Nivek Ogre quit the band.
- Goettel and Key, in an attempt to salvage the album, returned to Canada with the master tapes.
- Goettel went into rehab for his drug addictions and returned to live with his parents in Edmonton.
- On August 23, 1995, Goettel was found dead at the age of 31 in his parents' home; he had died from a heroin overdose.
- The Process was eventually completed and released in his memory.
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