The Nig-Heist | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Genres | Punk rock, comedy rock, shock rock |
| Years active | 1981-1984 |
| Labels | Thermidor Records, Drag City |
| Past members | Steve "Mugger" Corbin David "Davo" Classen Bill Stevenson Tom Trocolli Dez Cadena Ian MacKaye Merrill Ward D. Boon Chuck Biscuits SPOT Greg Ginn |
The Nig-Heist was a punk-comedy-shock rock band led by Steve "Mugger" Corbin, a roadie and live sound engineer for Black Flag and employee of SST Records. The Nig-Heist featured a revolving-door roster of members of the bands who were on tour with Black Flag at the moment. The band used to open for Black Flag on tour and recorded a 7", an LP and had tracks on compilations. They were notorious for their risqué stage antics, including band members playing naked, Mugger wearing a long-haired wig and insulting the crowd. Their songs were overtly vulgar and explicit in a funny way.[1][2][3][4] Their motto was: "The band that cums in your mouth, not in your hands".[5]