Skinny Puppy released its first full-length album, "Bites", in 1985 and was produced by Key and Dave Ogilvie. Tom Ellard of the Australian electronic act Severed Heads lent a hand to the production of "Bites", acting as a producer and performing various sampling and mixing duties. Described by "Billboard" magazine as "techno dance...a la Kraftwerk", "Bites" yielded the underground hit "Assimilate". Key and Ogre opened for Chris & Cosey on their 1985 Canadian tour as Hell 'O' Death Day; some of the material the duo had performed would appear on "Bites" as bonus tracks. One of these bonus tracks, a song called "The Centre Bullet", featured lyrics by Legendary Pink Dots founder Edward Ka-Spel.