JG Thirlwell discography

This article details the complete work of an Australian-born composer and music producer JG Thirlwell, from his beginnings in 1980 to the present. It covers his output under multiple pseudonyms as well as his work as a collaborating artist and soundtrack composer.

JG Thirlwell discography
Studio albums	17
EPs	7
Soundtrack albums	2
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	3
Singles	9
Remix albums	2

As a solo artist

As Foetus

Further information: Foetus (band)

Studio albums

Title	Album details	UK Indie [1]
Deaf	Released: September 1981 (UK) Label: Self Immolation Formats: LP	—
Ache	Released: August 1982 (UK) Label: Self Immolation Formats: LP	—
Hole	Released: September 1984 (UK) Label: PVC, Self Immolation, ZE Formats: CD, CS, LP	3
Nail	Released: October 1985 (UK) Label: Homestead, Rough Trade, Self Immolation Formats: CD, CS, LP	1
Thaw	Released: September 1988 (UK) Label: Rough Trade, Self Immolation Formats: CD, LP	3
Gash	Released: 15 April 1995 (US) Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CS	—
Flow	Released: 8 May 2001 (US) Label: Thirsty Ear Formats: CD	—
Love	Released: 14 July 2005 (US) Label: Birdman, Ectopic Ents Formats: CD	—
Hide	Released: 29 September 2010 (US) Label: Ectopic Ents Formats: CD	—
Soak	Released: 15 October 2013 (US) Label: Ectopic Ents Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Rife	Released: 1988 Formats: CD, LP
Male	Released: 1992 Label: Thirsty Ear Formats: CD, CS
Boil	Released: 20 August 1996 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD
York (First Exit to Brooklyn)	Released: 11 March 1997 Label: Thirsty Ear Formats: CD

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Sink	Released: October 1989 Label: Self Immolation, Some Bizzare, Wax Trax! Formats: CD, CS, LP
Damp	Released: November 2006 Label: Ectopic Ents Formats: CD
Limb	Released: May 2009 Label: Ectopic Ents Formats: CD

Remix albums

Title	Album details
Blow	Released: 18 September 2001 Label: Thirsty Ear Formats: CD
Vein	Released: October 2007 Label: Ectopic Ents Formats: CD

EPs

Title	Album details	UK Indie [1]
Custom Built for Capitalism	Released: 1982 Label: Self Immolation Formats: LP	—
Bedrock	Released: April 1987 Label: Self Immolation, Some Bizzare, Wax Trax! Formats: CS, LP	2
Ramrod	Released: 1988 Label: Self Immolation, Some Bizzare Formats: LP	5
Butterfly Potion	Released: 1990 Label: Big Cat Formats: CD, LP	—
Vice Squad Dick	Released: 1994 Label: PCP Entertainment Formats: CD, LP	—
Null	Released: 1995 Label: Big Cat, Columbia Formats: CD	—
(not adam)	Released: 2004 Label: Birdman, Ectopic Ents Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	UK Indie [1]	Album
"Spite Your Face"/"O.K.F.M."	1981	—	Non-album singles
"Wash It All Off!"/"333"		—
"Tell Me, What Is the Bane of Your Life"	1982	30
"Calamity Crush"/"Catastrophe Crunch"	1984	4
"Wash"/"Slog"		5
"Finely Honed Machine"/"Sick Minutes"		5
"Somnambulumdrum"	1990	—
"Verklemmt"	1995	—	Gash
"Überschall"	1996	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

• "Need Machine"
• "Verklemmt" (1995)
• "Here Comes the Rain" (2010)

As Steroid Maximus

Further information: Steroid Maximus

Released		Title
Year	Month
1991	–	¡Quilombo!
1992	–	Gondwanaland
2002	May	Ectopia

As Manorexia

Further information: Manorexia

Released		Title
Year	Month
2001	Jun	Volvox Turbo
2002	Oct	The Radiolarian Ooze
2010	Mar	The Mesopelagic Waters
2011	May	Dinoflagellate Blooms

As JG Thirlwell

Released		Title
Year	Month
2009	Mar	The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell
2013	Oct	The Blue Eyes
2016	Jun	The Music of The Venture Bros: Volume Two

Collaborative albums

With Wiseblood

Further information: Wiseblood (band)

Studio albums

Title	Album details	UK Indie [2]
Dirtdish	Released: 1987 Label: K.422 Formats: CD, CS, LP	1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	UK Indie [2]	Album
"Motorslug"/"Death Rape 2000"	1985	3	Non-album singles
"Stumbo"/"Someone Drowned in My Pool"	1986	4
"P T T M"	1991	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With Flesh Volcano

Further information: Flesh Volcano

Title	Album details	UK Indie [3]
Slut	Released: 1987 Label: Some Bizzare Formats: LP	12
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

With Lydia Lunch

Title	Album details	UK Indie [4]
Stinkfist	Released: 1988 Label: Widowspeak Formats: LP	18
Don't Fear the Reaper	Released: 1991 Label: Big Cat Formats: CD, LP	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Credits

Performance credits

Year	Artist	Release	Role(s)	Song(s)
1981	Nurse with Wound	Insect and Individual Silenced	Bass amp, jack plugs	"Alvin's Funeral (The Milk Was Delivered in Black Bottles)"
1983	Marc and the Mambas	Torment and Toreros	Instruments	"A Million Manias"
			Drums	"Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum"
	The The	Soul Mining	Percussion	"Giant"
1984	Coil	Scatology	Sampler	"Panic"
	Nurse with Wound	Brained by Falling Masonry	Vocals	"Brained by Falling Masonry"
	Nurse with Wound/Current 93	Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin'	Vocals	"Brained by Falling Masonry"
	Orange Juice	The Orange Juice	Piano	"Salmon Fishing in New York"
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity	unknown instruments during early recording sessions, uncredited[5]
1985	Annie Hogan	Plays Kickabye	Percussion	"Burning Boats"
	Nurse with Wound	The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion	Instruments	—
1986	Coil	Horse Rotorvator	Sampler	"Circles of Mania"
	Virgin Prunes	The Moon Looked Down and Laughed	Instruments	—
1987	Coil	Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders	Instruments	"The Broken Wheel", "The Wheal"
	Lydia Lunch	Honeymoon in Red	Treatments	"Still Burning", "Fields of Fire", "Three Kings"
1988	PIG	A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick	Instruments	"Peoria"
1989		Sick City	Instruments, additional vocals	"Sick City"
1990	Gumball	Gumball	Backing vocals	"Yellow Pants"
	Nurse with Wound	Psilotripitaka	Instruments	"Duelling Banjos", "Registered Nurse Second Coming"
1991	Boss Hog	Action Box	Vocals	"Black Throat"
	Jarboe	Thirteen Masks	Sampler, programming	"Red"
	Lydia Lunch	Twisted/Past Glas	Instruments, tapes	—
1992	Of Cabbages and Kings	Hunter's Moon	Vocals	"Faucet"
	Silverfish	Organ Fan	Brass, additional vocals	"Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention"
	Sovetskoe Foto	The Humidity	Vocals	"Forget"
1993	Boss Hog	Girl +	Vocals	"Not Guilty"
	Workdogs	Workdogs in Hell	Instruments	"Eulogy Regrets", "*"
1994	PIG & Sow	Je M'Aime	Instruments	"Blood Sucking Bitch"
1995	Argyle Park	Misguided	Spoken word	"Refuge"
	Ann Magnuson	The Luv Show	Spoken word	"Sex With the Devil"
	Voivod	Negatron	Sampler	"D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)"
2000	Melvins	The Crybaby	Vocals, sampler	"Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003	Rotoskop	Revolution: Lost	Vocals	"Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong"
2004	Atsushi Sakurai	Ai no Wakusei	All instruments and backing vocals	"I Hate You All"
2005	Jarboe	The Men Album	Vocals	"Bass Force/Angel Jim" (Low Rider mix)
2007	Strings of Consciousness	Our Moon Is Full	Vocals	"Asphodel"
2011	Hypnoz	A Score for Iron Blues	Vocals	"Night on Earth"
	International Moods	Frequent Traveller	Vocals	"Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It"
2012	Cisfinitum & First Human Ferro	Alchemicals	Voice	"New Cleansed Order"
2013	Melvins	Everybody Loves Sausages	Vocals	"Station to Station"
2014	Elysian Fields	For House Cats And Sea Fans	Sampler	"Escape From New York"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Production and mixing credits

Year	Artist	Release	Role(s)	Song(s)
1984	Coil	Scatology	Producer	—
	Einstürzende Neubauten	Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83	Producer	—
	Sonic Youth	Death Valley '69	Co-producer, engineering	—
	Swans	Cop	Engineering	—
1985	Fur Bible	Fur Bible	Producer	—
	Annie Hogan	Plays Kickabye	Producer	"Burning Boats"
	Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton	The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton	Engineering, mixing	"Emerald Pale Has Disappeared", "The Drowning", "How Men Die in Their Sleep"
			Remastering	"Lucy's Lost Her Head Again", "3:20 Thursday Morning", "A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT"
1986	Bewitched	Chocolate Frenzy	Mixing	—
1987	Lydia Lunch	Honeymoon in Red	Mixing	"Done Dun", "Dead in the Head, "Come Fall", "Dead River"
1988	Black Snakes	Crawl	Mixing	—
	PIG	A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick	Co-producer	"Peoria"
1989	Emilio Cubeiro	Death of an Asshole	Remastering	"It's All Desert Now"
	PIG	Sick City	Producer	"Sick City"
1990	Lydia Lunch	Conspiracy of Women	Remastering	—
1991	Boss Hog	Action Box	Producer, mixing	"Black Throat"
	The Beyond	Chasm	Producer	—
	Cop Shoot Cop	White Noise	Mixing	"Relief", "Empires Collapse", "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose", "Where's the Money", "Hung Again"
	EMF	Lies	Co-producer, mixing	"Lies"
	Jarboe	Thirteen Masks	Producer	"Red"
	Lydia Lunch	Queen of Siam	Remastering	—
		Twisted/Past Glas	Recording, mixing	—
	Rowland S. Howard/Lydia Lunch	Shotgun Wedding	Producer	—
	Motherhead Bug	Raised by Insects...Bugview	Producer	"My Sweet Milstar"
	Swans	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity	Producer	"Power and Sacrifice"
1992	Malaria!	Elation	Producer	—
	Silverfish	Organ Fan	Producer	—
1993	Boss Hog	Girl +	Producer	"Not Guilty"
	Cranes	Clear	Co-producer	—
1996	Halcion	Lemongrass	Co-producer	"Lemongrass"
	Halcion	Lemongrass	Mixing	"Goldfever"
	Mars	78+	Remastering	—
1998	D.I.E.	Fragyro	Engineering	"Fragile" (Dragonnade mix)
1999	The Birthday Party	Live 1981–82	Remastering	—
2000	Boss Hog	Whiteout	Mixing	"Jaguar"
	Melvins	The Crybaby	Recording, mixing	"Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003	Rotoskop	Revolution: Lost	Recording	"Mary Magdalene"
2005	Boss Hog	Whiteout	Mixing	"Jaguar"
	Alexander Hacke	Sanctuary	Mixing	"Per Sempre Butterfly"
2009	Excepter	FRKWYS Vol. 2	Co-producer	"Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2013	Zola Jesus	Versions	Co-producer	"Fall Back", "Night", "In Your Nature"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Remixing credits

Year	Artist	Release	Song(s)
1985	Don King	One-Two Punch	"Revelry" (King Size mix)
1989	Nurse with Wound	Gyllenskold/Brained	"Brained by Falling Masonry"
	PIG	Sick City	"Shit for Brains" (JG Thirlwell mix)
1991	The Beyond	Empire/One Step Too Far	"One Step Too Far" (Brain Surgery mix), "Empire" (Radiation Coctail mix)
	EMF	I Believe	"I Believe" (Colt 45 mix), "I Believe" (Inframental mix)
	EMF	Lies	"Lies" (Megastress mix), "Lies" (Jonestown mix), "Lies" (Prozac mix)
	Lydia Lunch	Queen of Siam	—
	Murder, Inc.	Corpuscle	"Murder Inc." (Busted Corpuscle mix), "Mania" (7" mix), "Mania" (Righteous mix)
1992	Daniel Ash	Get Out of Control	"Get Out of Control" (Aortalesque mix), "Get Out of Control" (Prostated mix), "Get Out of Control" (Thyroidinal mix), "Get Out of Control" (Excemanemic mix)
	EMF	It's You	"Dog" (Frank's mix)
	Nine Inch Nails	Fixed	"Wish" (remix), "Fist Fuck"
	Prong	Prove You Wrong	"Prove You Wrong" (Fuzzbuster mix)
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Higher Ground/If You Want Me to Stay	"Higher Ground" (Freckle Nose mix)
	The The	Dogs of Lust	"Dogs of Lust" (Spermicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Germicide mix), "Dogs of Lust" (Squirmicide mix)
1993	Cranes	Clear	"Clear" (Boll-Weevil mix), "Clear" (Davidian Memorial mix), "Clear" (Blue Gills mix)
	The Cult	Sanctuary MCMXCIII	"She Sells Sanctuary" (Slutnostic mix)
	Ethyl Meatplow	Ripened Peach	"Ripened Peach" (Deep Fried mix), "Ripened Peach" (Burnt to a Crisp mix)
	Fight	Nailed to the Gun	"Nailed to the Gun" (Bulletproof mix)
	Front 242	Religion	"Religion" (Lovelace a Go-Go mix), "Religion" (Pussy Whipped mix)
	Pantera	Walk	"Walk" (Cervical mix)
1995	Nine Inch Nails	Further Down the Spiral	"Self Destruction, Part Two", "Self Destruction, Part Three", "Self Destruction, Final"
	Pop Will Eat Itself	Two Fingers My Friends!	"Kick 2 Kill" (Seersucker mix)
1996	Danzig	Sacrifice	"Sacrifice" (Rust mix), "Sacrifice" (Trust mix), "Sacrifice" (Must mix), "Sacrifice" (Crust mix)
	Marilyn Manson	The Beautiful People	"The Not So Beautiful People"
	Congo Norvell	The Dope, the Lies, the Vaseline	"You Can Lay With Dogs"
1997	Skeleton Key	Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon	"Nod Off" (remix)
1998	D.I.E.	Fragyro	"Fragile" (Dragonnade mix)
1999	The Birthday Party	Live 1981–82	—
2000	Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Lap Dance	"Lap Dance" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2002	Norscq	Lavatron.X	"WaG" (Proselyte mix)
2005	End	The Sick Generation	"The Sick Generation" (El Lubo mix)
2008	Current 93	Black Ships Heat the Dancefloor	"Black Ships Ate the Sky I & II" (remix)
2009	Excepter	FRKWYS Vol. 2	"Stretch" (JG Thirlwell mix)
2010	Extra Life	Splayed Flesh	"The Body Is True" (remix)
	Zs	New Slaves++	"New Slaves" (remix)
2014	CoH	To Beat or not to Beat	"Bond Number" (JG Thirlwell mix)
	Faith No More	Motherfucker	"Motherfucker" (JG Thirlwell remix)
2015	John Carpenter	Lost Themes	"Abyss" (JG Thirlwell mix)
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Composition credits

Year	Artist	Release	Song(s)
1983	Marc and the Mambas	Torment and Toreros	"A Million Manias"
1984	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	From Her to Eternity	"Wings Off Flies"
	Coil	Scatology	"Panic"
	Orange Juice	Texas Fever	"Craziest Feeling"
1987	Lydia Lunch	Honeymoon in Red	"So Your Heart"
1988	PIG	A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick	"Peoria"
1989	Emilio Cubeiro	Death of an Asshole	"It's All Desert Now"
1991	Boss Hog	Action Box	"Black Throat"
	Cop Shoot Cop	White Noise	"Corporate Protopop"
	Lydia Lunch	Twisted/Past Glas	—
1992	Of Cabbages and Kings	Hunter's Moon	"Faucet"
	Silverfish	Organ Fan	"Fucking Strange Way to Get Attention"
	Sovetskoe Foto	The Humidity	"Forget"
1993	Boss Hog	Girl +	"Not Guilty"
1994	PIG & Sow	Je M'Aime	"Blood Sucking Bitch"
1995	Voivod	Negatron	"D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)"
2000	Melvins	The Crybaby	"Mine Is No Disgrace"
2003	Rotoskop	Revolution: Lost	"Mary Magdalene", "Paging Dr. Strong"
2006	Bunny Lake	The Late Night Tapes	"Nightwalker", "Nightwalker Part II"
2007	Strings of Consciousness	Our Moon Is Full	"Asphodel"
2011	International Moods	Frequent Traveller	"Landing Time", "Don't Leave Home Without It"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.