Warpig is a Canadian rock

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 band who had gained a fan following in the Ontario club circuit in the 1970s and performed shows with such acts as Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

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, Savoy Brown

Savoy Brown

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, Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann

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, and Mahogany Rush

Mahogany Rush

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. Blabbermouth.net

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 has referred to the band's lone studio album as, "an early masterwork of psychedelic

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 proto-metal."

Formation and album release (1968-1973)

Before forming Warpig in 1968, band members Rick Donmoyer, Dana Snitch, Terry Hook, and Terry Brett had played in several amateur groups like Mass Destruction, the Wot, and the Kingbees. They signed to an independent label called Fonthill Records and completed their debut album in 1970. In 1973, London Records

London Records

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 re-released the album with two tracks re-recorded with Terry Brown

Terry Brown (record producer)

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, who would later produce for Rush

Rush (band)

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, and with a new album cover. Later in between June and July of that year, the re-recorded version of their single "Rock Star" made the RPM charts for 7 seven weeks peaking at 52. A second album was in the making, but was never finished.

Breakup and reunion (1974–1975, 2004–present)

Members Terry Hook and Dana Snitch left the band between 1974 and 1975 causing the group to disband. Rick Donmoyer would later play with the band Ash Mountain. The band would reunite in 2004 after copies of their debut album starting attracting high prices on eBay

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. Their self-titled album was reissued in 2006 on Relapse Records

Relapse Records

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. The album was digitally re-mastered and featured a new layout created by Orion Landau. It was released in North America on October 3, 2006 and six days later it was released worldwide.

Discography

• Warpig
  Warpig (album)
  Warpig is the debut album release by Canadian hard rock band Warpig. It was released in 1970 on a local indie label Fonthill Records. Later, London would pick the record up for a re-release; it was also re-released in 2006 via Relapse and then Kreation Records in 2009.-Track listing:*All Songs...
  
  (originally released by Fonthill Records in 1970; re-released by London Records
  London Records
  London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
  
   in 1973, and then re-released in 2006 on Relapse
  Relapse Records
  Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
  
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