released Blood Guts & Pussy on Sub Pop

The band became notorious for self-mutilation, on-stage sex, and taking hard drugs. Their live shows would often only last around fifteen minutes, occasionally cut short due to injury caused by spectators. The band’s sound began to evolve beyond its early garage roots with their second (nine-minute long) LP, Toolin’ for a Warm Teabag , which saw the band drifting towards a more truculent punk rock sound, influenced by GG Allin . Recess records issued Free Cocaine 86–88 in 1999, a 39-song collection that shows the band’s transition to the nihilistic style that took them to the Sub Pop era. The band released Blood Guts & Pussy on Sub Pop in 1990. By this time the Dwarves had dropped their early psychedelic sensibilities and morphed into a hardcore punk band. The Blood Guts & Pussy LP was followed up by EP Lucifer’s Crank released by No.6 Records , as well as another Sub Pop LP, the metal-punk Thank Heaven For Little Girls , both in 1991.