Stinkfist (EP)

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This article is about the Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch recording. For the Tool song, see Stinkfist.

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Stinkfist

EP by Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch
Released	1987
Recorded	Eldorado, Los Angeles (April 1, 1986) and B.C., New York (Dec 12–13, 1987)
Genre	Industrial
Length	20:39
Label	Widowspeak
Producer(s)	Clint Ruin
All Music Guide (2/5) link
Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch chronology
	Stinkfist (1987)	Don't Fear the Reaper (1991)

Stinkfist is a collaborative EP from Clint Ruin (aka 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. A 1989 CD version added "The Crumb", a single by Lunch and Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore.

Stinkfist's cover shows Lunch and Ruin—lovers at the time—in a coital embrace. The image is credited as from Win V.D. Hulst's motion picture, Stinkfist.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin, unless noted.

"Stinkfist" – 6:57
"Meltdown Oratorio" – 9:55
- Part One: The Reckoning
- Part Two: The Crack
- Part Three: The Meltdown
"Son Of Stink" – 3:47
"The Crumb" (Lunch / Thurston Moore / Ruin) – 5:39 CD only

[edit] Personnel and Production

"Stinkfist" and "Son of Stink":

Cliff Martinez – Drums & metal
DJ Bonebrake – Drums & metal
Neil – Drums & metal
Spit Stix – Drums & metal
Tom Surgal – Metal
Roli Mosimann – Timbales, engineering
Lydia Lunch – Voices & metal
Clint Ruin – Voices & metal
Randy Burns – Engineering
Hahn Rowe – Engineering

"Meltdown Oratorio":

Lydia Lunch – Voices
Clint Ruin – Instruments
Martin Bisi – Engineering

"The Crumb":

Thurston Moore – Guitars, voice
Lydia Lunch – Voice
Clint Ruin – Loops, treatments, production
Bass/Drums - "grafted and transplanted from eternity." Bass and drums are reworked from Lydia Lunch's "Dead in the Head" on her Honeymoon in Red album. Though uncredited, the original performance is by Ruin.
Martin Bisi – Engineering