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"Tin Omen"
Single by Skinny Puppy
from the album Rabies
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	29:01
Label	Nettwerk Capitol EMI
Songwriter(s)	Skinny Puppy
Producer(s)	Dave Ogilvie Al Jourgensen cEvin Key
Skinny Puppy singles chronology
"Testure" (1989) "Tin Omen" (1989) "Worlock" (1990)
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"Tin Omen" is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1989 album Rabies. The song name is a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The song also refers to the My Lai massacre of 1968 and the Kent State shootings of 1970.

Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen (credited as both Alien Jourgensen and Hypo Luxa) performed guitar and backing vocals for the song. The band's longtime producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie also contributed additional backing vocals.

Track listing

Personnel

All credits adapted from liner notes.

Skinny Puppy

• Nivek Ogre – vocals
• cEvin Key – synthesizers, programming, production, engineering
• Dwayne Goettel – synthesizers, programming, production, engineering

Additional personnel

• Al Jourgensen – production, engineering, mixing (1, 2), bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Ogilvie – production, engineering, mixing (2, 3, 4)
• Steven R. Gilmore – design, typography
• Greg Sykes – typography
• Marc Ramaer – mixing (1, 2)

References

1. "Skinny Puppy – Tin Omen". AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
2. Kern, Jay (January 2014). Skinny Puppy – Synthesis. Mythos Press. p. 85.
3. Nichols, Kathy (17 November 2015) (17 November 2015). "Skinny Puppy bring Politicized Industrial, Over-the-Top Theatrics to The Rave". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 26 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. "Tin Omen" (vinyl liner notes). Skinny Puppy. Capitol Records. 1989. V-15511. Retrieved May 27, 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

• 1989 singles
• Kent State shootings
• Skinny Puppy songs
• 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in popular culture
• Nettwerk Records singles
• Capitol Records singles
• EMI Records singles
• Works about gun politics in the United States
• 1989 songs
• Songs written by cEvin Key
• Songs written by Nivek Ogre
• Songs written by Dwayne Goettel
• Songs about the media