Member:
Ian Dominick Fernow - head of Hospital Productions label; Prurient, Vatican Shadow, Christmas Trees, D Magdalene, December Magic, Exploring Jezebel, Machinegun Warfare, Noose Ensures Survival Wants And Needs, Nuclear Pig Shit, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, River Magic, Tortured Hooker, Window Cleaning By Ian, Winter Soldier, Ash Pool, Christian Cosmos, Cold Cave, Devil's Dung, Football Rabbit, Macroprurient, Mitochondrial DNA, Nihilist Assault Group, Parrot, Smashed Femur Dance Party, Taylor Bow, Vegas Martyrs, Young Lords

Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. Affectionately known as Dom Guwop, he has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions. Since the 2000s, Prurient has become one of the most well-known and influential names in noise music, and has been covered in outlets such as The New Yorker, Pitchfork Media and The Village Voice.

Prurient has also recorded music under a variety of aliases, including Vatican Shadow, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, Exploring Jezebel, River Magic, and Tortured Hooker, among others.

Fernow works primarily with a microphone and amplifier, and sometimes drums. On some releases he has been joined by Ben Barnett, Richard Dunn (FFH), John Wiese, Jeff Plummer (Immaculate:Grotesque, Shallow Waters), Kris Lapke (Alberich, MCMS), Sickness, Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, Philip Best, Sutcliffe Jugend, The Hototogisu, Carlos Giffoni, Wilt, Grunt, Nicole 12, and Emily Salvatierra. Fernow was born in Wisconsin, lived in New York, and then moved to Los Angeles, where he now runs the labels Hospital Productions and Bed Of Nails. Fernow has also performed in various bands, such as Football Rabbit, Vegas Martyrs, Taylor Bow, Ash Pool (in which he also sings), and formerly as part of Cold Cave. More recently, Fernow has started marketing to the black metal audience with his label and creative works. wiki

Albums

Blades Steam Red Sweat, Inside The Things I Dread ‎(CDr, Ltd) Hospital Productions Hos-8a 1998
A Simple Mark ‎(Cass, Album) Hospital Productions HOS-1a 1998
Prurient / Potassium Cyanide Dogbane Sentiment - Persistence ‎(Cass) Beeshu Records BR5 1998
Observer ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-11 1999
Model ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-28 1999
Entrepreneur ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-29 1999
O.C.D. ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-30 1999
A Call For Help ‎(Cass, Album, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-10 1999
Prurient / Jon Borges - Split ‎(Cass, Ltd, C60) Terminus Audio Cassettes TERMcs08 1999
Flatline Construct / Richard Ramirez / Prurient - Untitled Let It Rot 2000
Prurient / Echo System (2) - Noise Split Tape Vol. 1 ‎(Cass, Album) Brainchaos bc-09 2000
Prurient & Goose - Ornamentation ‎(CDr, Ltd) Zaftig Research Zaft 012 2000
Arbitrary Witness ‎(2xCass, Album, Ltd, C60) Deadline Recordings none 2001
Diagram A*, Prurient & Furisubi - Collaboration ‎(CD, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-056 2001
Mummification And Prayer ‎(2xCass, Ltd, C30) Hospital Productions HOS-062 2001
Body Language ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Num) Peel Back The Sky PBTS-01 2001
T.E.F. / Prurient / Richard Ramirez - Magnified Healing ‎(CD) Hospital Productions, T.E.F. HOS-069, none 2001
The History Of Aids Armageddon Label, Hospital Productions 2002
Troubled Sleep ‎(CD, Album, Ltd) Truculent Recordings 2d08 2003
White Magic ‎(Cass, Ltd, Num, C60) American Tapes AM380 2004
Fossil ‎(CD, Ltd) Truculent Recordings 2d18 2004
Shipwrecker's Diary ‎(CD, Album) Ground Fault Recordings GF029 2004
Akitsa / Prurient - Akitsa / Prurient Hospital Productions 2005
Nicole 12 / Prurient - Love And Romance Hospital Productions 2005
Black Vase Load Records 2005
Wolf Eyes / Prurient - The Warriors Hospital Productions 2005
The Baron's Chamber ‎(CD, Album) Nihilist NIHIL 28 2005
Devil In Broad Daylight ‎(2xCass, Ltd, C10 + Box) Chondritic Sound CH-048 2005
Prurient / Aaron Dilloway - Disappearance Of The Maya ‎(4xCass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-122 2005
Pleasure Ground Load Records 2006
Hototogisu* - Prurient - Snail On A Razor ‎(CD) Hospital Productions HOS-159 2006
Grunt / Prurient - Split C-40 ‎(Cass, Ltd, C40) Freak Animal Records Freak-tape-021 2006
Prurient & Kevin Drumm - All Are Guests In The House Of The Lord Hospital Productions 2007
Prurient Hanson Records 2007
Golden Swastika ‎(Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, Num, C60) SM Computer Recodss MOTORCYCLE 01 2007
The Golden Chamber ‎(Cass, Ltd, C48) Hospital Productions HOS-198 2007
Colonialist Nature And Misanthropy ‎(2xCass + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-167 2007
And Still, Wanting No Fun Productions 2008
Sutcliffe Jügend / Prurient - End Of Autumn Troubleman Unlimited 2008
Arrowhead Editions Mego 2008
The Black Post Society ‎(CD, Album) Cold Spring CSR85CD 2008
Burning Star Core / Prurient - Ghosts Of Niagara ‎(10xCass, C10 + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-220 2008
Palm Tree Corpse Hospital Productions 2009
Roman ‎(LP, W/Lbl, Ltd) Harbinger Sound HARBINGER 060 2009
Prurient + Wilt - Blood Of The Lamb ‎(LP, Ltd) BloodLust! B!098 2009
Prurient + Wilt - The Complete Kingdom Recordings ‎(4xCass, C60 + Box, Ltd, Num) The Institute For Organic Conversations ORCO 025 2009
Prurient / Nico Vascellari - Jesus Hospital Productions 2010
Bermuda Drain Hydra Head Records 2011
Annihilationist Hospital Productions 2011
Oxidation Hospital Productions 2012
Tiger Smells A Corpse ‎(3xCass, C32 + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-367 2012
Of The Memories Of Friends ‎(2xCass, Album, C32 + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions none 2012
Through The Window Blackest Ever Black 2013
JK Flesh / Prurient - Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination Hydra Head Records 2013

Singles & EPs

Sickness / Prurient - Mundane Ninth Circle Music 2000
Point And Void Hospital Productions 2000
Mater Dolorosa ‎(CDr, Mini, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-061 2001
ASD* / Prurient - Hunt In Couples ‎(7", Ltd) Anti-Everything, Hospital Productions AE-003, HOS-046 2001
Kites / Prurient - The Hidden Family / +White+ Load Records 2004
Church Of Ammunition Troubleman Unlimited 2005
Macronympha + Prurient / Okha - Split ‎(12", Ltd) Dada Drumming dd21 2005
Memory Repeating ‎(Lathe, 7", S/Sided, Squ) AA Records none 2006
Prurient / John Wiese - Cloven Spike ‎(7", S/Sided, Ltd, Num) Hospital Productions HOS-140 2006
Panicsville + Prurient - The Rubber Baron Rococo Records 2007
Adam Tied To Stone Blossoming Noise 2007
Prurient / Mindflayer - By The River / Turbo Boost ‎(7", Ltd, Blu) Important Records (2) imprec123 2007
Worm In The Apple ‎(7", Ltd) Static Aktion SA#06 2007
Death Unit + Prurient - Terminal Cases ‎(2xCD, Mini, Ltd) aRCHIVE archive32.5+33 2007
Cave Depression ‎(3x7" + Box, Ltd) No Fun Productions NFP09 2007
Victorian Photography ‎(7", Ltd) Turgid Animal TA248 2008
Prurient / Skull Defekts, The - Live In Aarhus 02/02/2008 ‎(Acetate, 10", Ltd) Spanking Ritual none 2008
Mlehst / Prurient - A Well Dressed Man / The Uncoiling Of Rope ‎(Lathe, 10", Mono, Ltd) Belief Recordings none 2008
Whip Enthusiasts ‎(7", Single, Ltd, Whi) BloodLust! B!093 2008
John Wiese With Prurient - Medical Parts ‎(Lathe, 7", Ltd) Helicopter H 42 2008
Cold Cave / Prurient - Stars Explode Hospital Productions 2009
Stillbirth (2) / Prurient - The Mirror Of Purification ‎(7", Ltd, Ran) Semata Productions SEM-004 2009
Crossbow ‎(7", Ltd) Dot Dot Dot Music dotdotdot008v 2009
Prurient / Wolf Eyes - Red Veil / Milled Sickness Musikzimmer 2010
Many Jewels Surround The Crown Hydra Head Records 2011
Despiritualized Hospital Productions 2011
Time's Arrow Hydra Head Records 2011
Stun Gun ‎(7", Ltd, Spl) Quasi Pop Records QPOP REC07 2011
Wrapped In The Flame Of Illusion, Masked In The Clay Of Behavior Dais Records 2012
Prurient / Rita, The - Women Pissing ‎(7", W/Lbl, Ltd, Pur) Fusty Cunt FUC 99 2013
Ugandan Methods / Prurient - Dial B For Beauty Downwards 2014
Ugandan Methods / Prurient - Dial B For Beauty ‎(4xFile, FLAC) Downwards DNUM 01 2014
Ugandan Methods / Prurient - Dial B For Beauty ‎(12", Ltd, Blu) Downwards DNAM 1 2014
Ugandan Methods / Prurient - Dial B For Beauty ‎(4xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Downwards DNUM 01 2014
Washed Against The Rocks Handmade Birds 2014
Washed Against The Rocks ‎(7", Ltd, Blu) Handmade Birds HB-DIS062 2014
Washed Against The Rocks ‎(7", Ltd, Whi) Handmade Birds HB-DIS062 2014
Emil Beaulieau / Crank Sturgeon / Prurient - Wicked New England ‎(7", Ltd, Ant) Not On Label none Unknown

Compilations

Cocaine Death Hospital Productions 2008
I Love Your Guts ‎(Cass, Comp) Hospital Productions none Unknown

DJ Mixes

FACT Mix 266 ‎(File, MP3, Mixed, 320) FACT Magazine FACT 266 2011

Videos

Prurient / Carlos Casas - Vezdekhod ‎(DVD, Ltd) Von VON 008 2010

Miscellaneous

Whats Your Sign? ‎(Cass, Ltd, C60) Hospital Productions HOS-033 1999
Prurient / Joshua Norton Cabal - Aeronuatic Monkey Bones ‎(CDr, Ltd, RE) Hospital Productions HOS-032 1999
Gasolineman / Prurient - Split Tape Hospital Productions 2000
Jason Campbell / Prurient - Split ‎(Cass) Hermetic Museum Recordings none 2000
Government Alpha / Prurient - Government Alpha / Prurient ‎(Cass, Ltd, Num, C30) Hospital Productions HOS-039 2000
White Plains Leather : Black River Falls Hospital Productions 2001
Live At The Bulb Clubhouse ‎(CDr, Ltd) Bulb Records none 2001
Something Terrible Has Happened And I Need Your Help ‎(Cass) Monorail Trespassing mt9cs 2001
Guide To Grooming ‎(Cass, Ltd, C20) Monorail Trespassing mt05cs 2001
Dracula Syndrome ‎(Cass, C30 + Cass, C50 + Box, Ltd) Truculent Recordings 2d01 2002
Whooping Cough ‎(Cass, Ltd, C20) Hospital Productions HOS-090 2003
We Set Off In High Spirits ‎(Cass, C20) Gods Of Tundra GOT 037 2003
Recycled ‎(Cass, S/Sided) RRRecords none 2003
Fire Alarm Gutter Lathe Society 2004
Pedestrian Deposit / Prurient - Red Head ‎(Cass, S/Sided, Ltd) RRRecords RRR-001 2004
Starvation ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-096 2004
Sexual Magic ‎(2xCass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-094 2004
Shrimp Crescent ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-122 2005
Rubber Bullets ‎(Cass, Ltd, C20) Hospital Productions HOS-131 2005
Self Rape ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-129 2005
Trapdoor ‎(Cass, Ltd, C20) Hospital Productions HOS-130 2005
Macronympha / Prurient - King And Crown ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-105 2005
African Division ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-106 2005
Withdrawal Method / Prurient - Summer Hate ‎(2xCass, Ltd, C15) Not On Label none 2006
Penis Gag ‎(Cass, Ltd, C12) Not On Label none 2006
Carlos Giffoni / Prurient - Heavy Rain Returns ‎(CD) iDEAL Recordings iDEAL030 2006
Prurient + Sickness - Sick Silent Summer Slum ‎(Cass, Ltd, C12) Ninth Circle Music none 2006
Stone Vagina ‎(Cass, Ltd, C12) Hospital Productions HOS-154 2006
Failing Lights + Prurient - Horse Bit ‎(Cass, Ltd, C30) Hospital Productions HOS-165 2006
Answer To God ‎(Cass, Ltd, C12) Hospital Productions HOS-197 2007
Outside The World ‎(Lathe, 8", Shape, Ltd, Num, Cle) Alt.Vinyl av006 2007
FFH / Prurient - Women In The War ‎(Cass, C34 + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions, Roots Of Slavery HOS-186, Revisionist 1 2007
Lily Of The Valley / Return Of Happiness ‎(2xCass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-184 2007
Caribbean Overdose ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-176 2007
Cocaine Death ‎(Cass, Ltd, Num, C10) Hospital Productions HOS-169 2007
Wilt / Prurient - Bottomfeeding Whore ‎(Cass, Ltd, C10) Turgid Animal TA096 2007
Black Body ‎(2xCass, Ltd) Not On Label none 2008
Nihil Obstat ‎(Lathe, 6½", Ltd) Chondritic Sound CHL-03 2008
Time Began In A Garden ‎(2xCass, C10 + Box, Ltd) Hospital Productions HOS-225 2008
Rose Pillar ‎(11", Ltd, Boo) Heartworm Press Hrtwrm #25 2009
FFH / Prurient - Central Park Jogger ‎(Cass, Ltd, C20) Hospital Productions HOS-239 2009
Reflective Tile Inside The Tunnel ‎(Cass, Ltd, C30) Hospital Productions HOS-317 2011
Mermaid Skeleton ‎(Cass, Ltd, C30) Hospital Productions HOS-347 2012
Pleasure Of Ruins ‎(Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, C30) Not On Label (Prurient Self-released) none 2012