Skin Crime

Skin Crime is an American harsh noise group started in the early 1990s by Patrick O'Neil, who also ran the Self Abuse label. Built around a core trio with a changing lineup, the group plays noise that sits between European musique concrète, Japanese noise and early American harsh noise. It came out of the moment when noise moved away from its roots in industrial music, and live performance has been central to it. Skin Crime grew out of O'Neil's earlier project Hanged Man's Orgasm.