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Shimmy Disc

Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1
Video by Gwar, Bongwater, King Missile, Paleface, others
Released 1988
Recorded 1986-88
Genre punk rock
Length 120 min
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
Gwar, Bongwater, King Missile, Paleface, others chronology
Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1(1989) Rawgwar (1990)

Shimmy Disc was an influential New York City based record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, it was responsible for providing a mass audience for acts including Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, The Semibeings, When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water and Uncle Wiggly. The label also released compilations albums such as "Rutles Highway Revisited (A Tribute To The Rutles)", 1990, which featured various artists from the label, and also introduced new artist like Paleface.

Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1 was the first official video release to feature Gwar, this compilation included several other bands on the Shimmy Disc label.

The Gwar portion at the end opens with a video for Gwar Theme. It is a different recording from the Hell-O version, and has Oderus in the costume with the top of his head and hair, but no face mask. Also seen are original Gwar Woman Lisa Harrelson (a brunette), and Pookie the Dead Dog. You can also see Don Drakulich as Techno Destructo.

After that are some even older clips. There is some 8 mm footage of an earlier lineup (no Joey Slutman, but with Cornelius Carnage)). They are walking over a hill in the snow waving their weapons. The costumes are mostly the same as in Gwar Must Be Destroyed, mostly crude fur and bones outfits with helmets or headgear or some kind, except for Cornelius (who wore the costume that Beefcake would later make famous) and Balsac who pretty much his same style even back then. From there it goes into a news clip from a Richmond station (where the anchor mistakenly calls the band "gore") where the band are running around in the winter on the streets yelling and screaming.


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