Once there was a punk band named Death Piggy that staged mini-plays & used crude props to punctuate their music. Death Piggy met Hunter Jackson (Techno Destructo) & Chuck Varga (Sexecutioner) in "The Slave Pit".
"The Slave Pit" was the production space for Scumdogs of the Universe, a movie that Jackson & Varga intended to make. A barbaric band from Antarctica started wearing the Scumdog costumes & opening gigs for Death Piggy, playing nonsense songs while sacrificing fake animals. The name of the group was "Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh". The name was soon shortened to GWAR.
The band's debut album, Hell-O!, a crossover thrash metal-punk rock album, was released in 1988 on Shimmy Disc.
Here GWAR are: Oderus Urungus - vocals; Balsac the Jaws of Death & Flattus Maximus - guitar; Beefcake the Mighty - bass: & Nippleus Erecticus - drums.
Bummer...no, Double Bummer next.
Enjoy,
NØ
Hell-O!
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wow. your blog is amazing. I saw Death Piggy at the old 9:30 Club in DC, where I practically lived for years. Then I moved to Richmond, VA, home of GWAR. Saw them several times in the early 90s. There is a GWARbar in RVA BTW.
ReplyDeleteIn the 80s I used to moved some Argentine liquid LSD that I scored in DC from some minor Argentinian diplomats who used their immunity to bring in the vials in their Embassy bags. I made it to the 9:30 Club on numerous occasions. Saw Minor Threat & Bad Brains & some other notables. Great place & crowd. Saw Gwar several times in San Francisco, but never got a chance to experience Death Piggy. Thanks for the great comment.
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