What do you get when you put two of Canada's best-loved artists — dramatic diva Tessa Baskin, a.k.a. ~pianogirl~, and Nhoj Arpendahl of the industrial band Razorflesh — in the studio together?

Disaster, that's what.

Although (or because) Tessa and Nhoj are a longtime couple, their sole collaboration attempt melted down within minutes. Yet the encounter wasn't entirely fruitless — each artist immediately wrote a scathing hate song about the other. ~pianogirl’s~ bitter ballad “Tarantula” was released in November, 1989. Razorflesh's abrasively insulting “Hell Hog” followed in February, 1990.

How did the two hatebirds manage to stay together? What did it take to reinstate domestic peace? And most important, who won: ~pianogirl~ [full story], or Razorflesh [full story]?

listen: Hell Hog, by Razorflesh | Tarantula, by ~pianogirl~
more: Whose side are you on: Razorflesh or ~pianogirl~?