Track Info. For Slaves Going Single.

## Slaves Going Single Track Info.

Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) spoke about numerous tracks throughout the years. Listed below include the tracks he spoke of, and what he's said.

All information taken from Genius

## Drop Drawers

The first track, "Drop Drawers" was originally meant to be on *This Toilet Earth* but wasn't because they felt it was "too goofy". The bulk of the song interpolates elements of “Children Of The Sun” by Billy Thorpe. When GWAR attempted to include “Drop Drawers” on *Carnival Of Chaos*, they were denied the rights to parody the original Thorpe song. Despite being denied, GWAR would include the ending section of the song as a hidden track following several minutes of silence on *Carnival*’s final track, “Don’t Need A Man”.

In the liner notes of *The Art of War*, Mike Derks (Balsac The Jaws Of Death) wrote:

> `*“This song was originally written for This Toilet Earth, but was cut from that album because of a lack of time and the fact that some of the GWAR members thought it was just too goofy. This version was recorded for Carnival Of Chaos, but again was cut because we couldn’t get permission to spoof the Billy Thorpe song “Children Of The Sun” (nothing was too goofy for Carnival).”*`
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In a GWAR fan club email (dated March 5, 1997), Derks added:

> `*“'Drop Drawers' is the epic tune that didn’t make it on the new album because we failed to get permission from Billy Thorpe to mutilate his song 'Children of the Sun' […] It has the same great production value as or [sic] new album, as it was culled from the same recording session.”*`
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## The Ballad of Vincent Bologlioni

The 3rd track, "The Ballad of Vincent Bologlioni" was written and recorded around 1994. It's about “Vinnie” Bologlioni (Dave Brockie), the lead singer of RAWG. (RAWG is GWAR’s out-of-costume alter ego, affectionately referred to by the band themselves as “a GWAR cover band”. The members of GWAR originally used the name as a way to perform at venues GWAR had been banned from.)

Lyrically, the song discusses Vinnie's ambitions towards fame and fortune using his drug-addicted girlfriend’s sexual-favors-as-payment mentality as the lyrical anchor of the song. As Vinnie struggles and fails to find success, he eventually finds himself using the same tactics that she did.

The end of the song utilizes the ending riff of “Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good”, which GWAR occasionally incorporates into other songs during their concerts as a means to give songs a “big rock and roll ending”. An organ arrangement of “Vinnie” was part of the soundtrack to GWAR’s 1994 film *Skulhedface*, and was released on the final Slave Pit Single, *A Soundtrack to Kill Yourself To*.

In the liner notes of *The Art of War*, Derks wrote:

> `*“Another song dating back to 'Toilet.' Vinnie is the lead singer of RAWG, and this is the story of how he made money while he waited for RAWG to get big. Sorry the quality is so bad, but this tape (made on a boom box) is the only version of the song that I could find. Maybe one day it will make it on an album.”*`
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In a GWAR fan club email (dated March 5, 1997), Derks added:

> `*“'Vinnie' is the story of RAWG’s lead singer with the undeniably catchy chorus of “suckin' dick is the only way” recorded in our practice space in Antarctica (warning: this is a really bad recording, but it was the only version of the song I could find, and I feel that the song overcomes the quality of the recording).*`
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## Asian People

Track 4, "Asian People" was originally recorded around 1994 and attributed to the band "RAWG" (Gwar out of costumes) improvised song consisting of lead singer Dave Brockie (Oderous Urungus) reading lines he wrote into his idea book while the rest of the band has a jam session. It was released on GWAR’s second fan club cassette, *RAWGwar*. Only a few lines would later be recycled into GWAR songs, whereas some were incorporated into concert banter.

In the liner notes for *RAWGwar*, Mike Derks (Balsac The Jaws Of Death) wrote:

> `*"Completely drunken ramblings. The band made shit up while Dave read from his sketch book. If you listen carefully, you can hear a few lines that evolved into songs on RagNaRök."*`
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He also noted:

> *`"I reserve the right not to testify, so as not to incriminate myself."`*
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In a GWAR fan club email (dated March 5, 1997), Derks added:

> `*“'Asian People' is a drunken improvisation from the Live to 2-track session that produced S.F.W. […] Brilliant Oderus ramblings while the band jams behind him.*`
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## Mexican Prick Fish/S.F.W. Sessions

For track 5, "Mexican Prick Fish" was recorded during a studio session for "S.F.W." It's actually less than a minute of an actual song, and the rest 5 minutes is studio banter, mainly between Dave Brockie and Mike Derks.

On linear notes for *The Art of War*,, Mike Derks wrote:

> `*“These recordings were done when we were in the studio to record a song for the SFW soundtrack. We got extremely drunk and just let the tape roll. These songs were the resulting drunken improvisations: umm, what can I say? We are so very very sorry.”*`
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On *RAWGwar linear notes*, he wrote:

> `*“Off color stupidity. ‘nuff said.*``*”*`
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Regarding the rest of the track, he added:

> *`“'I think maybe you had a little [sic] too much to drink, huh?' We went into the studio to record a song for the soundtrack to SFW. It was supposed to be a demo, and if the movie company liked it, they were supposed to give us a budget to record the song for real. They ended up using the demo, and it was nominated for a Grammy (go figure). After the song was done, we let the tape roll (and the booze flow), and came up with all the crap on the tape (except The Needle). I included all the fighting to give you an inside look into how GWAR behaves in the studio. It is a miricle [sic] we get anything recorded.”`*
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## The Needle

Track 6, "The Needle", was the first recorded Gwar song to feature Balsac the Jaws of Death on vocals. This song was later rerecorded to be "Escape from Mooselodge" on *We Kill Everything,* but with Oderous Urungus on vocals instead.

In the liner notes of *RAWGwar*, Derks wrote:

> `*“A jam session in our practice space, that I put lyrics (if you can call them that) to. A rare chace [sic] to hear BalSac sing (if I can call it that).”*`
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In a GWAR fan club email (dated March 5, 1997), Derks added:

> `*“'The Needle Song' is an improv that was captured on tape in our practice space. Features myself, BalSac the Jaws of Death, in my first vocal performance for GWAR.”*`
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## White Boy Can't Dance

Track 10, "White Boy Can't Dance" was intendted to be a soundtrack to the comic book by Matt Maguire (a member of Slave Pit Inc.). It's a "rap" song about MC Rhythmless, a robot built by Glomco to be the ultimate radio-friendly white boy rapper, and the gangsta rap crew Gang Bang, who are paired with Rhythmless to give him more street cred. To enhance the robotic theme, the beat features sounds of large industrial drills.

The song features vocals by several members of GWAR: MC Rhythmless is voiced by artist and Slave Matt Maguire, Da Runt is voiced by Mike Derks (who also handled production and sampling), and G Credit is voiced by drummer Brad Roberts. Lady Dee is voiced by Melanie Mandl, who was GWAR’s main videographer in the early 1990s. It is unknown who voiced Roundboy, as Derks forgot to include him on the cassette’s liner notes.

The chorus of the song contains a sample of GWAR’s “Pepperoni”.

In a GWAR fan club email (dated March 5, 1997), Derks said of both *MC Rhythmless* tracks:

> `*“Extremely bad 'white boy' rap. Based on a comic by Slave Pit’s own Matt Maguire, about a robot built by a record company to be a controllable rap star. Unfortunately, it breaks down.”*`
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## Stuck Us With A Sucka

“Stuck Us With A Sucka” goes hand in hand with the previous song, "White Boy Can't Dance". It's another "rap" song about the gangsta rap crew Gang Bang, who are reluctantly paired with a robot rapper named MC Rhythmless. Rhythmless was built by the evil corporation Glomco to be the ultimate radio-friendly white boy rapper.

“Stuck Us With A Sucka” one more vocalist than "White Boy Can't Dance". MC Oreo is voiced by producer Scott Wolfe, who raps in a fast, faux-Jamaican style based on white rapper Snow.

This and the previous track were both released together on a Gwar fan club cassette in 1997, entitled *Gang Bang & M.C. Rhythmless*

## GWAR Babies Cartoon Theme

“GWAR Babies Cartoon Theme” is an instrumental version of “GWAR Theme” in the style of an early 1990s cartoon theme song. The song takes specific inspiration from Mark Mothersbaugh’s work on Rugrats. It was composed by “Wolfgang A.M.”, an alias for GWAR’s Mike Derks.

The song was featured in the 1994 film *Skulhedface* in the scene where the executives of the evil corporation Glomco attempt to buy GWAR’s contracts from their manager, Sleazy P. Martini (Don Drakulich). Glomco plans to turn GWAR into a family friendly brand, complete with a cartoon and kid-centered merchandise and ultimately kill the band. Sleazy, not willing to sell out, declines their offer and summons the band to slaughter the Glomco executives while he takes the money.

## Flesh Column Battle

“Flesh Column Battle” (sometimes subtitled “I, II, III & IV”) is an industrial plunderphonics song composed with samples from GWAR’s third album, *America Must Be Destroyed*. It was composed by “Wolfgang A.M.”, (aka Mike Derks) and a side project of which he was a member.

As its name suggests, “Flesh Column Battle” is the music that scored GWAR’s fight against the Flesh Column in the 1994 film *Skulhedface*.

“Flesh Column Battle” was originally released on GWAR’s seventh and final Slave Pit Single fanclub cassette, *A Soundtrack To Kill Yourself To*. It was divided into four distinct movements that were separated from each other in the tracklist. For the *Slaves Going Single* compilation, it was compiled into one track.

## My Tuck, My Dog, And My Prison

Attributed to “Ferocious Fish”, “My Truck, My Dog, And Prison” is a parody of soft 60s and 70s country ballads, name-checking stereotypical topics of the genre.

This song was featured in GWAR’s Grammy-nominated 1992 film *Phallus In Wonderland*, during the flashback scene where Corporal Punishment steals the Cuttlefish of Cthulu from Oderus Urungus.