Though never quite matching G.G. Allin's ability for outraging moral decency, this Chicago, Illinois, USA-based outfit has managed to continually offend and confuse throughout their career. Originally formed by frontman Blag Dahlia as Suburban Nightmare, the band's earliest incarnation was as a garage outfit, and the first full Dwarves album, 1986's Horror Stories, continued this sound. When the Dwarves took their volatile show on the road across America, stories of 15-minute shows, onstage sex acts and audiences soaked in bodily fluids only heightened the buzz around the band. Add to this their preference for pseudonyms and a rotating door policy for band members, helped to sustain the band's already unsavoury reputation. Toolin' For A Warm Teabag documented the band's scatological approach, and also saw the debut of their skull and crossbones motif. With a relatively settled line-up comprising Blag Dahlia aka Blag Jesus (vocals), Vadge Moore (drums), He Who Cannot Be Named (guitar) and Salt Peter (bass), the band signed for the burgeoning Sub Pop Records label that was enjoying the fruits of the grunge revolution. The first release for the new label, Blood, Guts, And Pussy saw the band refine their sound into a streamlined punk approach. Lyrically uncompromising, a glance at the song titles gave a clue to the band's primary obsessions. Thank Heaven For Little Girls followed soon after, and despite the typically distasteful subject matter the band demonstrated a new-found musicality. Sugar Fix was the band's last effort for Sub Pop, with "Smack City" a thinly veiled attack on the label and Seattle's ongoing heroin problem. The highly publicised faked death of He Who Cannot Be Named ended the band's relationship with the label (Sugar Fix even carried a tribute to the guitarist).

Listen to Dwarves at Finetune.

• (2008)  The Dwarves Are Young & Goodlooking
• (2008)  Come Clean
• (2000)  Come Clean
• (1999)  Lick It
• (1999)  Free Cocaine
• (1997)  The Dwarves Are Young And Good Looking
• (1993)  Sugarfix/Thank Heaven For Little Girls
• (1990)  Blood Guts & Pussy
• (1986)  Horror Stories

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