Foetus is a solo musical project of Australian musician JG Thirlwell. The project has had many similar names, each including the word 'Foetus'. The "members" of the project are aliases of Thirlwell; they include Frank Want, Phillip Toss, and Clint Ruin. Thirlwell occasionally collaborates with other artists, but does not consider them to be members of Foetus.

In 1981, after the breakup of PragVEC, Thirlwell started his own solo music project under the name of 'Foetus Under Glass'. After the album Thaw, Thirlwell stopped changing the name; thereafter it remained simply 'Foetus'.

In November 1983, Foetus undertook a tour with Marc Almond, Nick Cave and Lydia Lunch in the quickly dissolved 'partnership' known as The Immaculate Consumptive. Beginning with Flow, the artwork of primary albums reverted to black/white/red, although other releases continue in full colour.

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References

  • Official home page
  • 1995 interview with JG Thirlwell
  • UK article
  • Freq-out.org
  • Official Myspace page for Llik your idols, a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression, featuring Foetus
  • JG Thirlwell interview at AAJ
  • JG Thirlwell / Foetus interview at MTJTS.com, midway down the page