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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dwarves
| image             = The_Dwarves_band_circa_2017.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = The Dwarves in 2017; left to right: [[Nick Oliveri|Rex Everything]], "Hunter Down" Martinez, [[Blag Dahlia]], [[Marc Diamond|The Fresh Prince of Darkness]], and HeWhoCannotBeNamed
| origin            = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist| 
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[hardcore punk]]
* {{nowrap|[[garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]]}}
* [[shock rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/top-10-shock-rock-bands-of-all-time-6574780 |title=Top 10 Shock Rock Bands of All Time |last=Distefano |first=Alex |work=[[OC Weekly]] |publisher=Duncan McIntosh Co. |date=November 21, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521070836/http://www.ocweekly.com/music/top-10-shock-rock-bands-of-all-time-6574780 |archive-date=May 21, 2016}}</ref>
}}
| years_active      = 1985–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]]
* [[Sub Pop]]
* [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
* [[Burger Records]]
* [[Zodiac Killer Records]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|http://www.thedwarves.com/}}
| current_members   = [[Blag Dahlia]]<br />HeWhoCannotBeNamed<br />[[Nick Oliveri|Rex Everything]]<br />[[Marc Diamond|The Fresh Prince of Darkness]] <br /> Snupac
| past_members      = Salt Peter<br />Thrusty Otis<br />Wreck Tom<br />Clint Torres<br /> Hunter Down<br /> [[Andy Selway|Dutch Ovens]] <br />  Crash Landon<br /> Whölley Smökkes <br /> [[Vadge Moore]]<br />Dylan Weed<br />[[Greg Saenz|Gregory Pecker]]<br />Eric Generic<br />Marky DeSade<br />Sigh Moan<br />Tazzie Bushweed<br /> Chip Fracture <br /> Dark Shoulders<br />Andy Christ<br />Slambeau<br />Randall Cyr
| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
* [[Mondo Generator]]
* [[The Uncontrollable]]
* [[KMFDM]]
* Chthonic Force
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
* [[Drunk Injuns]]
* Royce Cracker
* DJ Marz
* [[The Riptides (Canadian band)|Riptides]]
* [[Svetlanas]]
}}
}}

The '''Dwarves''' are an American [[punk rock]] band formed in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] as of 2009.<ref name="Gentile">Gentile, John (2009) "[http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/interview-blag-dahlia-of-the-dwarves,26509/ Interview: Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604170335/http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/interview-blag-dahlia-of-the-dwarves,26509/ |date=June 4, 2011 }}", ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', April 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>

Formed as a [[garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]] band under the name Suburban Nightmare, their career subsequently saw them move in a [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] direction before settling into an eclectic punk rock sound emphasizing intentionally shocking lyrics. They have been described as "one of the last true bastions of punk rock ideology in the contemporary musical age".<ref name="TimeOff">"[http://www.timeoff.com.au/html/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4038:the-dwarves&catid=11:features&Itemid=29 The Dwarves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017111427/http://www.timeoff.com.au/html/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4038:the-dwarves&catid=11:features&Itemid=29 |date=2009-10-17 }}", ''[[Time Off]]'', 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>

==History==
[[File:dwarvesdannycrombie.jpg|thumb|HeWhoCannotBeNamed in Sheffield, England 2007]]
The original members of the Dwarves began making music together in the mid-1980s as teenagers in the Chicago garage rock outfit, Suburban Nightmare, which was compared to [[The Sonics]],<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 311-312</ref><ref name="CarlsonHS">Carlson, Matt "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r169725|pure_url=yes}} ''Horror Stories'' Review]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> and which has been described as part of the [[Paisley Underground]] scene.<ref name="BakerCB">Baker, Brian (2008) "[http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-16422-music-the-dwarves.html Music: The Dwarves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613185017/http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-16422-music-the-dwarves.html |date=2011-06-13 }}", ''[[City Beat]]'', October 28, 2008, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> This era of the Dwarves is captured on ''Lick It (the psychedelic years 83-86)'' a 34 track collection put out by Recess records in 1999.

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.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="DuShane" /><ref name="CarlsonBio">Carlson, Matt "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p12841|pure_url=yes}} Dwarves Biography]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved February 7, 2010</ref><ref name="Ali">Ali, Lorraine (1993) "Violence Gets Dwarves 15 Minutes of Fame at Bogart's", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', August 6, 1993</ref><ref name="LFP">"{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115063600/http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Today/2003/06/12/109190.html Punk band aiming for longer return set]}}", ''[[London Free Press]]'', June 12, 2003, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> The band's sound began to evolve beyond its early garage roots with their second (nine-minute long) LP,<ref name="Sprague">Sprague, David "[http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dwarves Dwarves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128233113/http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dwarves |date=November 28, 2010 }}", ''[[Trouser Press]]'', retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> ''Toolin' for a Warm Teabag'', which saw the band drifting towards a more truculent punk rock sound, influenced by [[GG Allin]].<ref name="DaRonco">DaRonco, Mike "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r213696|pure_url=yes}} ''Lucifer's Crank'' Review]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> 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 music|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 (album)|Thank Heaven For Little Girls]]'', both in 1991.<ref name="Sprague" />

In 1993 the band issued a press release stating their guitarist HeWhoCannotBeNamed had been stabbed to death in [[Philadelphia]]. Though this later turned out to be a hoax, the band even went as far as to attach a tribute to the "late" guitarist on their 1993 Sub Pop-released album ''[[Sugarfix]]''.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="CarlsonBio" /> Sub Pop did not respond well to the hoax and summarily dropped the band from its label.<ref name="CarlsonBio" /><ref name="Sprague" /> The Dwarves reformed in 1997, releasing ''[[The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking]]'' (described by Adam Bregman of [[AllMusic]] as "the beginning of a new Dwarves...one that plays real songs, had a set list, and left the club unbloodied"),<ref name="Bregman">Bregman, Adam "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r259044|pure_url=yes}} ''The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking'' Review]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> and its 2000 follow-up ''[[The Dwarves Come Clean]]''.<ref name="Strong" /> 

In 2004 the band released ''[[The Dwarves Must Die]]'', its first LP for the indie label [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]], which featured guest appearances from Dexter Holland ([[The Offspring]]), Nick Oliveri ([[Queens of the Stone Age]]), Nash Kato ([[Urge Overkill]]), and voice actor [[Gary Owens]].<ref name="CarlsonBio" /> Dahlia was assaulted by [[Josh Homme]] of QOTSA before a Dwarves show in Los Angeles in 2004, which saw Homme placed on summary probation for thirty-six months.<ref name="Crandall">Crandall, Bill & Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (2004) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060415191244/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eaglesofdeathmetal/articles/story/6627110/qotsa_brawl_with_dwarves QOTSA Brawl With Dwarves]", ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', November 11, 2004, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref><ref name="Levitan">Levitan, Corey (2005) "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/josh-homme-sentenced-for-brawl-182853/ Homme Sentenced for Brawl], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', June 10, 2005, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>

==In other media==
In 2000 film ''[[Me, Myself & Irene]]'', [[Jim Carrey]] is seen singing along to Dwarves "Motherfucker", which Dahlia later said he got "tens of thousands of dollars" for.<ref name="DuShane">DuShane, Tony (2006) "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/01/NSGIKJ1K1K1.DTL Punker camp counselor? Blag Dahlia Dwarves' front man calls his solo show his 'camp counselor guy routine' -- with trademark unrepentant, politically incorrect lyrics]", ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', June 1, 2006, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> 

In 2000, the band offered the track "River City Rapist" to [[George W. Bush]] as his presidential campaign song. The Bush campaign did not use the song.<ref name="Bush">"Dwarves Offer Help to George W. Bush on the Road to the White House", PR Newswire, February 10, 2000</ref>

The Dwarves' cover of the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro's song "Hobbit Motherfuckers" from the Turbonegro tribute album "Alpha Motherfuckers" can be heard playing in the comic book store scene in the 2000s indie film "Ghost World" albeit without Blag Dhalia's profanity laden vocals. This song does not appear on the soundtrack album for the film.

In 2009, Blag and HeWhoCannotBeNamed were immortalised as [[Bobbleheads]] by Aggronautix.<ref name="Spacek">Spacek, Nick (2009) "[http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/08/dwarves_bobbleheads_now_availa.php Dwarves Bobbleheads Now Available] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025124152/http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/08/dwarves_bobbleheads_now_availa.php |date=2009-10-25 }}", ''[[The Pitch (newspaper)|The Pitch]]'', August 18, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>

==Band members==
Singer [[Blag Dahlia]] (a.k.a. Julius Seizure, born Paul Cafaro),<ref name="Ritchie">Ritchie, Ryan (2007) "[http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-07-12/music/locals-only/ Blood, Guts and Literacy: Blag Dahlia steps out from behind the Dwarves to wax hysterical] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160049/http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-07-12/music/locals-only/ |date=2011-06-08 }}", ''[[OC Weekly]]'', July 12, 2007, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> and guitarist HeWhoCannotBeNamed (a.k.a. Pete Vietnamcheque) have always been the two core members of the group.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="DuShane" /> The lineup has shifted around them, and currently consists of members "[[Nick Oliveri|Rex Everything]]" on bass and vocals, "[[Marc Diamond|The Fresh Prince of Darkness]]" on guitar and "Snupac" on drums. Former members include "[[Andy Selway|Dutch Ovens]]", "[[Greg Saenz|Gregory Pecker]]", "Chip Fracture", "Wholley Smokes", "Clint Torres", "Tazzie Bushweed", "Thrusty Otis", "Crash Landon", "Wreck Tom", "Hunter Down" and "[[Vadge Moore]]", among others.<ref name="Strong" /> Drummer [[Josh Freese]] appears on many Dwarves recordings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/josh-freese-mn0000274964/credits|title = Josh Freese &#124; Credits|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

==Musical style==
The Dwarves are known for their simple, loud, yet nuanced punk repertoire, and controversial lyrics. Since the garage punk sound of their early days, they developed a more direct [[hardcore punk]] sound, often identified as "[[scum punk]]" due to the intentional perversity of the lyrics. Around the turn of millennium, the Dwarves developed more of a manic [[pop punk]] influence. Bits of [[hardcore punk|hardcore]], [[surf rock]], [[pop music|pop]], [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]], and [[rock 'n' roll]] all factor into the band's current punk rock sound.

Their shows have been notable for some aggressive fights on stage (with the audience and even a cop), and because HeWhoCannotBeNamed performs either in nothing but a jockstrap or totally nude, apart from his trademark "Rey Mysterio" wrestling mask.<ref name="Gentile" />

==Cover art==
Many of the band's album covers are controversial, often featuring dwarf actor Bobby Faust with an assortment of naked women, sometimes with sacrilegious themes such as re-enacting the [[Crucifixion]]. Faust posed sodomizing a rabbit covered in blood for their 1990 album ''[[Blood Guts & Pussy]]''<ref name="Sprague" /><ref name="CarlsonBGP">Carlson, Matt "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6405|pure_url=yes}} ''Blood Guts & Pussy'' Review]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved February 7, 2010</ref> - followed up a decade later, with a similar theme, this time covered in soap suds, for ''[[Come Clean (Dwarves album)|Come Clean]]''.<ref name="Strong" />

==Side projects==
* Former drummer Sigh Moan formed Specula with Specter Spec, releasing the ''Erupt'' album in 1995.<ref name="Sprague" />
* [[Blag Dahlia]] has worked as a producer for [[Joey Santiago]]'s band [[The Martinis]],<ref name="CMJ">"[https://books.google.com/books?id=KisEAAAAMBAJ&dq=dwarves+blag&pg=PA6 The Martinis' Joey Santiago on...]", ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'', Issue No.&nbsp;123/124, p.6</ref> and is also half of the duo The Uncontrollable with [[Nick Oliveri]].<ref name="Baker">Baker, Brian (2010) "[http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/unplugged-and-uncontrollable/Content?oid=1831241 UNPLUGGED AND UNCONTROLLABLE: Stoner-rock vet Nick Oliveri explores his dark side on Death Acoustic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925033218/http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/unplugged-and-uncontrollable/Content?oid=1831241 |date=September 25, 2012 }}", ''[[Cleveland Scene]]'', February 3, 2010, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref><ref name="Kerr">Kerr, Dave (2006) "[http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/37152-nick-oliveri-mondo-uncontrollable Nick Oliveri: Mondo Uncontrollable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731000435/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new_blood/37152-nick_oliveri_mondo_uncontrollable |date=July 31, 2013 }}", ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'', October 13, 2006, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>
* Blag Dahlia has also performed solo acoustic sets, which he described as his "camp counselor guy routine",<ref name="DuShane" /> released a [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] album, [[Blackgrass (album)|''Blackgrass'']] in 1995 under the name Earl Lee Grace.<ref name="Ritchie" />
* Blag Dahlia was a part the side project Penetration Moon, which released a sole single, "Fifth a Day", in 1991.<ref name="Strong" />
* Blag Dahlia has published three books, ''Armed to the Teeth with Lipstick'' (1998), ''Nina'' (2006), and ''Highland Falls'' (2022).<ref name="Ritchie" />
* Blag Dahlia sings "Doing the Sponge" in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode ''The Chaperone'', which originally aired on [[Nickelodeon]] October 2, 1999. "Doing the Sponge" is written by Salt Peter (Peter Straus), former bassist for the Dwarves.<ref name="Chun">Chun, Gary C.W. (2004) "[http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/12/03/features/story5.html Punk with pomp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809032644/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/12/03/features/story5.html |date=August 9, 2010 }}", ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'', December 3, 2004, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>
* Blag Dahlia's most recent side project is pop/rock band Candy Now!, which he formed with Angelina Moysov of [[Persephone's Bees]].
* HeWhoCannotBeNamed has released two solo albums, which have featured guest appearances from his fellow Dwarves members, including Blag Dahlia. "Humaniterrorist", a vinyl only release in 2012, and "Love/Hate", a compact disc-only release in 2013.
* Blag Dahlia on Vocals recording The Who's "The Kids are Alright" with Peted on guitar of The Adicts and Cell Block 5
* Blag Dahlia sings vocals on the Royce Cracker single "Who Put the Methamphetamine in Mr. Everything".  
* [[Nick Oliveri|Rex Everything]] sings vocals on the Royce Cracker single "Doin' Whatche Say". The Royce Cracker Dwarves split 7-inch was released on [[Zodiac Killer Records]] (ZKR038) in 2009.<ref name="Zodiac Killer">Zodiac Killer Records (2009) "[http://www.zodiackillerrecords.com/releases.html Royce Cracker Dwarves Split] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817143904/http://www.zodiackillerrecords.com/releases.html |date=August 17, 2016 }}", January 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref><ref name="Jello Beyonce">Royce Cracker (2009) "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXRCRHa-pkA Royce Cracker Dwarves Split] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419200720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXRCRHa-pkA |date=April 19, 2023 }}", January 13, 2009, retrieved February 7, 2010</ref>
*[[Marc Diamond]] plays guitar, and [[Andy Selway]] plays drums on the Royce Cracker single "Meth Stop Calling".
* Snupac is the vocalist for hardcore punk band Get A Grip.

==Discography==

===Albums===
* ''A Hard Day's Nightmare'' (as The Surburban Nightmare) LP (Midnight Records, 1985, MIR LP 109)
* ''[[Horror Stories (album)|Horror Stories]]'' LP ([[Bomp! Records|Voxx Records]], 1986, VXS 200.037)
* ''Toolin' For A Warm Teabag'' LP (Nasty Gash Records, 1988, NG 001)
* ''[[Blood Guts & Pussy]]'' LP ([[Sub Pop]], 1990, SP 67)
* ''[[Thank Heaven for Little Girls (album)|Thank Heaven for Little Girls]]'' LP (Sub Pop, 1991, SP 126)
* ''[[Sugarfix]]'' LP (Sub Pop, 1993, SP 197)
* ''[[The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking]]'' LP (Theologian Records, 1997, T53)
* ''[[The Dwarves Come Clean]]'' LP ([[Epitaph Records]], 2000, 86575 1)
* ''How To Win Friends And Influence People'' (Reptilian Records, 2001, REP 068)
* ''[[The Dwarves Must Die]]'' (2004)
* ''[[The Dwarves Are Born Again]]'' (2011)
* ''[[The Dwarves Invented Rock & Roll]]'' (2014)
* ''Radio Free Dwarves'' (Riot Style Records / Greedy) (2015) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13720/the-dwarves-radio-free-dwarves-12-inch |title=The Dwarves - Radio Free Dwarves [12-inch |website=Punknews.org |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=March 15, 2020 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329231432/https://www.punknews.org/review/13720/the-dwarves-radio-free-dwarves-12-inch |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Take Back The Night'' ([[Burger Records]] / Greedy) (2018) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/64124/the-dwarves-to-release-take-back-the-night-lp |title=The Dwarves to release 'Take Back the Night' LP |website=Punknews.org |access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Concept Album'' (2023)
* ''Keep It Reel'' (2024)

===Compilations===
* ''[[Free Cocaine]]'' DLP ([[Recess Records]], 1999, RECESS No.&nbsp;51)
* ''Lick It'' DLP (Recess Records, 1999, RECESS No.&nbsp;52)
* ''Greedy Boot 1'' (2005) - only available from their website

===Live===
* ''Toolin' for Lucifers Crank'' (1996)
* ''Fuck You Up and Get Live'' (2005)
* ''Radio Free Dwarves'' (2015)

===EPs===
* ''Lucifer's Crank'' cassette EP (self issued, 1988, reissued on 7-inch by Rough Trade No.6 (Karbon), 1991, KAR 13/7)
* ''We Kill Cock Throbbin''' cassette-EP (self-issued, 1988)
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=839430 Underworld / Lies / Down By The River]'' ([[Sub Pop]], 1993, SP 183B)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Dwarves-Underworld-Lies-Down-By-The-River/release/839430 |title=Dwarves - Underworld / Lies / Down By The River (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=January 1, 1993 |access-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604064526/http://www.discogs.com/Dwarves-Underworld-Lies-Down-By-The-River/release/839430 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Fake ID, Bitch 10-inch Vinyl'' (2011)

===Singles===
* "Lick It" 7-inch (Ubik, 1988)
* "She's Dead" / "Fuckhead" 7-inch ([[Sub Pop]] SP50, 1990)
* "Drugstore" / "Detention Girl" / "Astro Boy" / "Motherfucker" 7-inch (Sub Pop SP81, 1990)
* "Sit on My Face" / "I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend" (by Seizure) split 7-inch (Sympathy For the Record Industry, SFTRI 132, 1991)
* "Lucky Tonight" / "Speed Demon" / "Dairy Queen" 7-inch (Sub Pop SP21/163, 1992)
* "Anybody Out There" / "Who Cares" 7-inch (Sub Pop SP84/254, 1993)
* "[[That's Rock 'n' Roll]]" / "I'm a Man" 7-inch (Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI 280, 1994)
* ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (But Blondes Don't Like Cripples)'' 7-inch EP (Man's Ruin MR005, 1995)
* "I Will Deny You" / "The Dwarves are Young and Good Looking" / "One Life to Live" 7-inch (Reptilian REP018, 1997)
* "We Must Have Blood" / "Surfing the Intercourse Barn" 7-inch (Man's Ruin MR051, 1997)
* ''Dwarves/Royce Cracker'' 7-inch Vinyl/CD ([[Zodiac Killer Records]] ZKR038, 2009)
* "Trailer Trash" 7-inch (Recess Records, 2014)
* "Get Up & Get High" 7-inch (No Balls Records, 2014)
* "Gentleman Blag" 7-inch ([[Fat Wreck Chords]], 2015)
* "Fun to Try" 7-inch (Burger Records, 2015)
* Dwarves/[[Svetlanas]] split 7-inch (Altercation Records, 2016)

===Videos===
* ''Fuck You Up and Get Live'' DVD (2004)
* ''FEFU'' DVD (2006)

===Music videos===
* I'm a Living Sickness (1986)
* Drugstore (1990)
* We Must Have Blood (1997)
* Over You (2000)
* Salt Lake City (2004)
* FEFU (2004)
* Massacre (2005)
* Stop Me (2011)
* The Band That Wouldn't Die (2011)
* You'll Never Take Us Alive (2012)
* Devil's Level (2018)

===Compilation appearances===
* 1990: ''Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In the Streets Volume Five'' ([[Amphetamine Reptile Records]], track "Lesbian Nun")
* 1999: ''[[Short Music for Short People]]'' ([[Fat Wreck Chords]], track "The Band That Wouldn't Die")
* 2017: ''Punk against Trump'' (Denizen Records, track "Trailer Trash"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://denizenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/punk-against-trump-2 |title=Punk Against Trump |publisher=Denizen Records |date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>)

==See also==
*[[Recess Records]]
*[[Sub Pop]]
*[[Epitaph Records]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.thedwarves.com Official band website]
*[http://www.lorencass.com Blag Dahlia in Loren Cass Film]
*[http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2008/sep/18/four-questions-dwarves-lead-singer-blag-dahlia/ Four questions with The Dwarves lead singer Blag Dahlia]
*[http://www.pluginmusic.com/features.php?page=candynow Feature: The New Pop Idol: Candy Now and Blag Dahlia?!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801121831/http://www.pluginmusic.com/features.php?page=candynow |date=August 1, 2009 }}

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