Pig Raymond Watts 081816 Interview By Japan Nick

Raymond Watts is an industrial musician from England who is best known for his seminal work in KMFDM as a founder and later his solo project Pig. Raymond's contributions to KMFDM can be seen heavily on albums like “What do you Know Deuschland?,” “Nihil,” “Symbols,” and “WWIII.” His debut album “A Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stick” was released in 1988. In the 90's he was signed to Trent Reznor's Nothing label where his 1996 album “Sinsation” was released which included a tour opening up for Nine Inch Nails. In 2004 he released “Pigmartyr” which was re-released the next year with three bonus tracks as “Pigmata.” There was a long hiatus between albums but come 2015, the world saw the release of the “Long in the Tooth” and the “Compound Eye Sessions” EP. This year “The Gospel” was released which will have Watts touring with En Esch and Gunter as guitarists. Z Marr will be playing bass and Galen Waling is playing Drums. The Tour runs from Sept. 6th to Oct. 5th. There is a normal general admission ticket along with a VIP Ticket which will enable you to acquire an exclusive four track CD, a T-shirt, a “Found in Filth T-shirt, an American Excesss poster, a VIP Laminate, and a meet and greet session with Watts himself. You can see Pig on October 4th at the Star Theater in Portland and on the 5th at the Highline in Seattle. En Esch, as well as Peter Turns Pirate will be performing with Pig.