Digital Poodle

Of all the awful band names out there... well this is one of them. Yet, the name tells a story. Having formed in Toronto in 1987, the name alludes to two things. 1, a forward thinking philosophy. "Digital" was very futuristic at the time. 2, "Poodle" being a send up to their Canadian brethren, Skinny Puppy, the leaders of industrial music at the time. They didn't last long and produced only two full studio albums, but they did make some fun pounding, synthesizer rich, driving, and dancy industrial music. Think early nin without the rock song structures and melodic vocals. Work Terminal is a pretty solid effort. Great stuff to write report card comments to, believe it or not. In fact, I spent part of the day listening to Digital Poodle while writing report card comments by the light of the Christmas tree. And somehow it was so right.