Slave Pit Inc. is the

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and

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created for releasing projects by the heavy metal band

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and related side projects such as Mensrea and Locus Factor.

History (1984–1993)

;1984 *

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rents a studio in an old Richmond Dairy building, intending to shoot a space pirate movie entitled "''Scumdogs of the Universe''". He names his studio "The Slave Pit". ;1985 *Two costumes are completed and Death Piggy moves to the Dairy building. *Mike Delaney moves into the Dairy building and names his studio "The Swamp". *Chuck Varga moves to Richmond and moves in with Delaney. ;1986 *Don Drakulich rents studio space in the Dairy building and ultimately moves in. *Many new artists and bands move into the Dairy building. *Slave Pit, The Swamp, and Don's studio begin prop production for Gwar performances. ;1987 *Renovations to the Dairy building force many tenants out and prop production moves to a tobacco warehouse a few miles away. *Slave Pit is soon kicked out of the tobacco warehouse and returns to Don's cramped Dairy space. *The artists solidify from a loose collaboration to real members of Gwar; consisting of Don Drakulich, Chuck Varga, Mike Bonner, Scott Krahl, Dave Musel, and

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. *In October, 801 W. Broad St. is rented as a new Slave Pit. ;1988 *In October, the first complete North American tour coast to coast. ;1989 *The North American tour aptly named ''Death Tour 89'' begins. ;1990 *Slave Pit Incorporated becomes a legal corporation. *In April, '' Scumdogs of the Universe'' is recorded, and released in July. *In September, North American Tour De Scum 90. ;1991 *In September, Slave Pit Inc. moves to 2010 Chamberlayne Ave. *In October '' Phallus in Wonderland'' filmed. ;1992 *In February, ''Phallus in Wonderland'' released. ;1993 *First Gwar-B-Que at the Slave Pit.

Artist roster

* Death Piggy * Mensrea * Locus Factor *

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* Dave Brockie Experience

References

Slave Pit Inc Timeline
Retrieved on August 14, 2008.

External links

Official site

Official Gwar site
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History (1984–1993)

Artist roster

See also

References

External links