Pigmartyr

Infobox Album
Name = Pigmartyr
Type = Album
Artist = Watts

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Released = May 17 2004
Genre = Industrial
Length = 47:33
Label = Grand Recordings
Producer = Raymond Watts, Eden
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Last album = "Genuine American Monster" (1999)
This album = "Pigmartyr" (2004)
Next album = "Pigmata" (2005)

"Pigmartyr" (2004) is an album by Raymond Watts, a.k.a. PIG. This was the first album he signed as "Watts" instead of "PIG".

Track listing

# "Suck Spit Shit"
# "Here To Stay"
# "Reject"
# "Situation"
# "Kundalini"
# "Vitriol Vice & Virtue"
# "Take"
# "Arbor Vitae"
# "Stage Slut"
# "Junky"

Personnel

* Raymond Watts – vocals, guitars, programming
* Eden – bass, programming
* Steve White – guitars, programming
* Joolz Hodgeson – guitars
* Andy Selway – drums
* Arianne Schreiber – backing vocals

with

* Marc Heal – additional programming on "Situation" and "Here To Stay"
* Harry – vocals on "Take"
* Bryan Black – backing vocals on "Junky"
* Oliver Grasset – additional programming on "Junky"
* Jules Cooper – additional guitars

Album Info

Raymond Watts' first release since 1999's "Genuine American Monster", "Pigmartyr" is a bit of a departure from typical Pig material. Gone are most of the bombastic string sections and orchestral influence, "Pigmartyr" takes a turn toward the hard rock side, and has a much more raw and stripped down feel.

The album was largely recorded in London, UK with a number of collaborators, including a duet ("Take") with glamorous UK rockchick Harry (aka Dirty Harry) and a couple of co-writes ("Situation" and "Here To Stay") with Marc Heal of Cubanate.

"Pigmartyr" was originally planned as a PIG band album under the title "Lust for Lard". After a series of drawn-out recording sessions and release date changes, it was eventually released by Grand Recordings as a "Watts" album in summer 2004. The album was remastered and rereleased through Metropolis under the title "Pigmata" in 2005, as a PIG album, with three additional tracks mixed by Isaac Glendening of Cesium 137.