Slave Pit Records

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name = Slave Pit Records


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genre = Rock
country = USA
location = Richmond, VA
url = http://www.slavepitinc.com

Slave Pit Records or Slave Pit Inc. is the independent record label created for releasing projects by GWAR and related side projects such as Mensrea and Locus Factor.

History 1984-1993

1984
*Hunter Jackson 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 Dave Brockie.
*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

* GWAR
* Death Piggy
* Mensrea
* Locus Factor
* X-Cops
* Dave Brockie Experience

See also

* DRT Entertainment
* Shimmy Disc
* Metal Blade Records
* List of record labels

References

[http://www.slavepitinc.com/slavepit/timeline/index.html Slave Pit Inc Timeline] Retrieved on August 14, 2008.

External links

* [http://slavepitinc.com/ Official site]
* [http://gwar.net/ Official GWAR site]