The Nig-Heist

The Nig-Heist
OriginLos Angeles, California, USA
GenresPunk rock, comedy rock, shock rock
Years active1981-1984
LabelsThermidor Records, Drag City
Past membersSteve "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]

  1. ^ "The Nig-Heist page".
  2. ^ "Mugger bio on Discogs.com". Discogs.
  3. ^ Rollins, Henry (1994). Get in the van: On the road with Black Flag. 2.13.61 Publications. pp. 48, 68, 77, 93. ISBN 1-880985-23-3.
  4. ^ Carducci, Joe (1990). Rock and the Pop Narcotic. Redoubt Press. pp. 256, 257. ISBN 0-9627612-0-6.
  5. ^ "Black Flag interview in Splinterview Magazine, July 4th 1982".