Slaves Going Single

Infobox Album |
Name = Slaves Going Single
Type = compilation
Artist = GWAR


Released = 2000
Recorded = ???
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 61:01
Label = Slave Pit Records
Producer = ???
Reviews = |
Last album = "We Kill Everything"
(1999)
This album = "Slaves Going Single"
(2000)
Next album = "You're All Worthless And Weak"
(2000)

After the European tour of early 2000, GWAR wasn't doing much of anything - Casey Orr (Beefcake the Mighty) and Zach Blair (Flattus Maximus) returned to Texas to work on side projects, and some of the slaves worked on individual art projects. Additionally, some long-time members (Danielle Stampe, Hunter Jackson and Dave Musel) left the group. The Total Slavery Fan Club, run by Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha), frequently offered premium items, unavailable to others, including the "Slave Pit Singles," a cassette-tape series of rare GWAR studio sessions and side projects not found on their Metal Blade releases. In 2000, Slave Pit collected two or three songs from each of the Slave Pit Singles (except for Köszönöm, which was never part of GWAR to begin with), and printed its own "Slaves Going Single" album. It was extremely rare from the beginning, having only 1000 copies printed. It is very hard to find, and eBay auctions often end in the hundreds of dollars.

This release features performances by Slave Pit members who were otherwise not heard - Matt Maguire (who voiced Cardinal Syn on "RagNaRok"), Michael Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death; his first in-character song is "The Needle," which was later re-made into "Escape From the Mooselodge," and featured Oderus Urungus singing different lyrics), Melanie Mandl (the director of photography for "Phallus in Wonderland", and the director of "Skulhedface" and the music video to "Jack the World"), Mike Dunn (Roberts' former drum technician, and the X-Cops drummer), Scott Wolfe (the producer of "This Toilet Earth") and Brad Roberts. Slave Pit shop foreman and muzzled slave Bob Gorman did the cover image.

Tracks one, two, four, and five are taken from the recording sessions of GWAR's Emmy-nominated contribution to the soundtrack for the movie "S.F.W.", and mainly consist of Dave Brockie and Mike Derks' drunken banter. The third and sixth tracks stem from some practice sessions as RAWG - GWAR without their costumes. Vincent Bologlioni was actually Brockie's RAWG character. B-Day Boy and Every Little Thing She Do are cover versions of songs by Ween and The Police, respectively, done by Derks under the guise of Wolfgang AM. Masturbate was played over the PA in concert as fake techno band Prestige came out to attempt to usurp a GWAR show - before being slaughtered by the band. Tracks 10 and 11 are from Matt Maguire's comic-book project, MC Rhythmless, about a rapping robot with a similarity to Vanilla Ice. The last three tracks come from GWAR's films - the first two from "Skulhedface" and the last from "Phallus in Wonderland", respectively. GWAR Babies Cartoon Theme is almost a muzak version of GWAR Theme, off the "Hell-O" album.

"Drop Drawers" was supposed to be on "Carnival of Chaos", but because of both rights issues (Billy Thorpe's representatives would not allow the sample/cover from "Children of the Sun") and time constraints (the final release of the album exceeds 74 minutes), was excluded.

According to Mike Derks, the lyrics to "Don's Bong Is Gone" are based on a true story.

Track listing

#Drop Drawers
#Don's Bong Is Gone
#The Ballad of Vincent Bologlioni
#Asian People
#Mexican Prick Fish
#The Needle
#B-Day Boy
#Every Little Thing She Do
#Masturbate
#White Boy Can't Dance
#Stuck Us with a Sucka
#GWAR Babies Cartoon Theme
#Flesh Column Battle I, II, III & IV
#My Truck, My Dog and Prison