Raymond Watts of PIG — “Pain is God“ Interview

A fantastic deep dive chat with Raymond Watts into PIG’S piglet years, the KMFDM glory days of limited 8-bit sampling, and how he finds Church/Religion quite interesting these days. SUPPORT THE SHOW’S GROWTH ► ​ — TOPIC TIMESTAMPS — [00:00:00] Welcome/Intro. [00:00:53] Raymond promotes new album with more online press. [00:02:12] The origin story of PIG. [00:04:11] PIG’s diversity of musical influences. [00:05:22] Discovery of samplers & songwriting. [00:08:21] Has PIG’s overall message & theme changed over the decades? [00:13:46] Discussing the Religious themes of the current era of PIG. [00:17:39] Raymond asks Michael what are the differences of new vs early PIG. [00:19:38] Raymond talks about drug addiction reflecting in his art & life. [00:20:15] The history of 80s era Germany where Raymond decided to live as an artist. [00:21:54] Raymond’s decent into himself with drugs & alcohol & creating art. [00:24:25] Did pursuing drugs and alcohol actually save his life and fuel