Stinkfist (EP)

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

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

Clint Ruin

J. G. Thirlwell chronology

Ramrod
(1987)

Stinkfist
(1987)

Thaw
(1988)

Lydia Lunch chronology

Honeymoon in Red
(1987)

Stinkfist
(1987)

Drowning in Limbo
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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. Sleeve Design Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch - Photographs by Wim van de Hulst - Lettering by Robert Williams

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin, except "The Crumb" co-written by Thurston Moore.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stinkfist"	6:57

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Meltdown Oratorio" (I: The Reckoning/II: The Crack/III: The Meltdown)	8:55
2.	"Son of Stink"	3:47

CD issue
No.	Title	Length
4.	"The Crumb"	5:39

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

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[2]	18

References

↑ "Stinkfist". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

Stinkfist at Discogs (list of releases)
Stinkfist at foetus.org

Lydia Lunch

Studio albums	Queen of Siam 13.13 Honeymoon in Red Matrikamantra Smoke in the Shadows

Extended plays	The Agony Is the Ecstacy In Limbo

Compilations	Hysterie Drowning in Limbo Widowspeak

Collaborations	The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton Heart of Darkness Stinkfist Don't Fear the Reaper Shotgun Wedding Death Valley '69

Related articles	No wave

J. G. Thirlwell

Foetus

Studio albums	Deaf (1981) Ache (1982) Hole (1984) Nail (1985) Thaw (1988) Gash (1995) Flow (2001) Love (2005) Hide (2010) Soak (2013)

Foetus live, remix and compilations	Rife (1988) Sink (1989) Male (1992) Boil (1996) York (1997) Blow (2001)

Foetus EPs, singles and misc.	Calamity Crush (1984) Bedrock (1987) Ramrod (1987) Null (1995)

Steroid Maximus

¡Quilombo! (1991)
Gondwanaland (1992)
Ectopia (2002)

Manorexia

With Wiseblood

Dirtdish (1987)

With The Flesh Volcano

Slut (1987)

With Lydia Lunch

Stinkfist (1987)
Don't Fear The Reaper (1991)

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