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Refimprove|date=February 2008Infobox musical artist | name = ohGr| image = OhGr_live.JPG| caption = Nivek Ogre circa 2008| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = Kevin Ogilvie| origin = Los Angeles, California | genre = Electronic music|Electronic Intelligent dance music|IDM Electro-Industrial | years_active = 2000–Current| label = Spitfire Records|Spitfire SPV GmbH|SPV Metropolis Records|Metropolis | associated_acts =| website = http://www.ohgr.org ohGr.org| current_members = Nivek Ogre Mark Walk | past_members = Loki der Quaeler William Morrison (director)|William Morrison Tim Skold cEvin Key | notable_instruments =lowercase|title=ohGr ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre , of Skinny Puppy , and musician/engineer Mark Walk . Although the pedigree of the group's members might suggest otherwise, early ohGr releases differed in sound to its related Industrial music|industrial bands, drawing more on Hip hop music|hip-hop and electro-pop influences, incorporating more conventional structures and a lighter tone. However, from Devils In My Details onwards, ohGr has taken to a more abrasive, non-linear flavour of electro-industrial.
History
The band was officially formed in 2001, although the material for the first album, Welt dates back to the mid-nineties, having been held up due to legal trouble with American Recordings (US)|American Recordings . W.E.L.T. was actually originally the title of the group (an acronym of "When Everyone Learns Truth"), until it was discovered that in the interval it had been taken by a Californian punk band. Al Jourgensen was also originally involved (who had the then band's name tattooed in anticipation of the project), and only one track he collaborated on has been leaked to the public, titled "Noreen". The music of that song later became industrial metal group Ministry (band)|Ministry 's " The Fall (Ministry song)|The Fall ", on their 1996 album Filth Pig .
Touring
The band toured in 2001 to support the release of their debut album Welt (album)|Welt ; the live band consisted of Nivek Ogre , Tim Skold (bass), cEvin Key (drums and keyboards), Loki der Quaeler (keyboards), and William Morrison (director)|William Morrison (guitar). 2003 saw the release of a follow up, SunnyPsyOp (a play on the phrase "sunny side up" and military Psychological Operations|PsyOps ). There were initially plans to tour for SunnyPsyOp , with Ministry in a festival type arrangement. These plans fell through, although much of the material from the second album had already been played live on the Welt tour.
In late 2011 OhGr announced a December 2011 West Coast USA and Canada tour consisting of 9 dates with direct support by fellow Metropolis Records artist Left Spine Down ." http://wwww.metropolis-records.com/news/? id=79 ohGr with Left Spine Down live dates announced!"" http://coma-online.com/? p=8140 :News: Left Spin Down Annouce Tour in Support of ohGr"
Videos
ohGr has released three promotional videos, all directed by William Morrison. The first was a stop-motion creation for the track "Cracker". The second was a live performance of "Minus", filmed by Michael Condo at several venues from the 2001 tour. The third was for "MaJiK", from the second album; this also employed stop-motion, and was a collaboration with artist Thomas Kuntz . "Cracker" and "MaJiK" have both been played occasionally on MTV2 and Fuse (television)|Fuse . All three have been available through ohGr's website, and "MaJiK" appeared on the audio CD for SunnyPsyOp , albeit with some serious technical glitches.
Present
ohGr's third album titled Devils in my Details was released on October 17, 2008 in Germany, http://www.spv.de/scripts/kcover_d.asp? nummer=92792& label=ns SPV October 20 in the United Kingdom, and October 21 in the United States. http://www.devilsinmydetails.com devilsinmydetails.com ohGr toured in support of the album release during the autumn of 2008. http://litany.net/ Litany.net, September 01, 2008 entry At Comic-Con 2008, Ogre announced that Bill Moseley will be contributing to the new ohGr album, as a result of them becoming friends through Repo& #33; The Genetic Opera . It was tentatively revealed in a chat with the band that an album of B-sides from Devils in my Details (entitled "D-Sides") and an album of unreleased material from the 1990s (entitled "Dfault") was due to be released. http://litany.net/ Litany.net, October 05, 2008 Entry. In October 2009 a link to www.wdihtf.com appeared on Skinny Puppy's website. When users sign up to the mailing list they receive a link to the song COLLIDOSKOPE which starts with many different voices saying "Welcome to Collidoskope".
As of May 10, ohGr has released a new studio album, unDeveloped . The album was a collaboration with Mark Walk, with whom the previous album was created. Also on the album is the actual audio from the 911 call reporting Michael Jackson's death (Track titled crash ).
Cracker (CD single, includes Quicktime video for Cracker, 2001)
Cracker/Pore (limited release clear vinyl single, May 2001)
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External links
http://www.OhGr.org/ ohGr.org Official Site (redirects to http://www.wdihtf.com WDIHTF.com)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WDIHTF/132948250069260 WDIHTF & http://www.facebook.com/pages/tRAGEk/124052274304421 tRAGEk Official ohGr on Facebook
http://www.youtube.com/user/wdihtf/ WDIHTF Official ohGr on YouTube
http://full-worm-garden.webs.com/ohgr.htm ohGr page at Full Worm Garden: The Nivek Ogre Fan Site
http://www.spitfirerecords.com/e-cards/ohGr/Video.htm "maJiK" music video on the Spitfire Records website (link now inactive)
http://www.unratedmagazine.com/articles/Archive/2008/ohGr.cfm December 2008 Interview with ohGr by UnRatedMagazine.com
Interview with ohGr http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mTOKy8PcEk4 (Part 1 of 3), http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bFPFvMfK7DU (Part 2 of 3), http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=P33dqlarL6Q (Part 3 of 3) by COMA Music Magazine, December 2008; on YouTube
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