Dwayne Goettel

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Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1 1964 - August 23 1995) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. He played keyboards for an early incarnation of the Canadian gothic/synthpop band Psyche, as well as a band called Water, who opened for Skinny Puppy in 1985. He joined Skinny Puppy sometime during the recording of Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (mid-1986) when Wilhelm Schroeder left the band. He would come to be cEvin Key's primary partner in forming Skinny Puppy's music until the album The Process, as well as in their side projects Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, The Tear Garden and Hilt.

Goettel formed Subconcious Records in 1993 to release a 12" single (split with friend Phil Western) under the pseudonym aDuck. During the following year, the frustrations of recording The Process led to the formation of Download with Key, Western and Mark Spybey during improvisations during late-night jam sessions.

Goettel died of an apparent heroin overdose in a bathroom at his parents' home in Edmonton, Alberta on August 23, 1995. As a bandmate told Rolling Stone Magazine, Goettel had just returned to his parents' house to kick his habit. Download's first album Furnace and Skinny Puppy's album The Process were both released dedicated to his memory.

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