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Pigpen

Hip-hop band from Seattle, WA · formed 1992

beat tape
beats
downtempo
hip hop
hip-hop/rap
instrumental hip-hop
instrumentalhip-hop
lo-fi

Shows on record: 2
Rooms played: 2
Cities: 2
Releases: 11
Last show: May 1, 2011Tractor Tavern

About

Pigpen is a band from Seattle, WA, formed in 1992, tagged beat tape, beats, downtempo by its sources. Shows on record run from 2011 to 2011, across 2 rooms in 2 cities.

Pigpen formed in 1992 — MusicBrainz
Pigpen is based in Seattle — MusicBrainz
Pigpen disbanded in 1996 — MusicBrainz
Briggan Krauss: member — MusicBrainz
Wayne Horvitz: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Pigpen has 5 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1993–1997 — MusicBrainz
Pig Pen is based in Detroit, Michigan — Pig Pen on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Vino (2020-07-03) — Bandcamp
Pigpen has 4010 listeners on Last.fm — Pigpen on Last.fm

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

2 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20112 shows

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
May 1, 2011	Tractor Tavern · SeattleHeadlinerwith Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb	Headliner	Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb
Apr 30, 2011	The Woods · PortlandSupportwith Blue Cranes, Wayne Horvitz	Support	Blue Cranes, Wayne Horvitz

Where they play

2 rooms in 2 cities

Rooms played most

The Woods · Portland1 show
Tractor Tavern · Seattle1 show

Cities played

Portland1 show
Seattle1 show

Releases

11 releases, 1993–2020

Vino
Jul 3, 2020 · Album · 25 tracks
Incredibly Illegal (Cassette)
Feb 5, 2016 · Album
Goes To Space
Mar 3, 2014 · Album · 11 tracks
GAWD
Jan 1, 2014 · Album · 10 tracks
Anybody Can Be Cool...But Awesome Takes Practice
Aug 23, 2011 · Album · 14 tracks
Summer State
Jun 25, 2010 · Album · 10 tracks
Daylight
1997 · Album
Live in Poland
1996 · Album
Miss Ann
1995 · Album
V As In Victim
1994 · Album
Halfrack
1993 · Ep

Lineup

Briggan Krauss

Former

Wayne Horvitz

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 5 plays, 2001-07-29–2013-10-02 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Stevie Zoom) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Jazz Theatre' (John Gilbreath) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Larry Metro) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Pigpen — Vino — Release art · Vino — release

Pigpen — Incredibly Illegal (Cassette) — Release art · Incredibly Illegal (Cassette) — release

Pigpen — Goes To Space — Release art · Goes To Space — release

Pigpen — GAWD — Release art · GAWD — release

Pigpen — Anybody Can Be Cool...But Awesome Takes Practice — Release art · Anybody Can Be Cool...But Awesome Takes Practice — release

Pigpen — Summer State — Release art · Summer State — release

Pigpen — The Woods, 2011-04-30 — Poster · The Woods, 2011-04-30 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Pig Pen on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Pigpen on Last.fm	Artist facts
KEXP	Airplay
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.