The Dwarves

Playing deliberately crude, high-speed punk rock dripping with bad attitude, the Dwarves -- led by vocalist Blag Dahlia and guitarist He Who Cannot Be Named -- match their music with lyrics that celebrate all sorts of bad behavior, and their album covers almost invariably feature full-frontal nudity. Add in the band's live shows, which in the 1990s often last less than 20 minutes and occasionally included a physical assault on the audience, and you have a recipe for infamy which the Dwarves rode to lasting cult renown. They gained fame in the punk underground for 1990's Blood ...