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From there it evolved over the years and the group began to be known as The Short Attention Expanding Poets and around 1997, included members Ryan "Rat" Travis, Matt "Boxmaster", Ethan "Black Wednesday" Mackler, Caine, the Spank me Grrls and many more.

The Collective took over stages with a vengence, often known as the bad kids of poetry, they encorporated experimental music and performance art involving such forms as clowning, interpretive dance, burlesque and S & M. Going as far as pretending to crucify a member of their group while beating him with rubber chickens, turning a member into a lit human candle, staging a guerilla take over of an open mic, performing a tribute to Yoko Ono by utilizing her vocal style while performing in a plastic bag, creating a painting during a reading with naked artists as the paintbrushes and a dominatrix whipping a member during a reading.

The Collective was disbanded in 2002 due to frustrations with certain members and their unprofessionalism, but was reformed in Fall of 2004 after the founder returned from California.

The Collective's current line-up is Da Butcha, CAT, Black Wednesday, Mucho Diablo, Katiefly, Beans, Savage Kat, & Kitty Kat, with several guest stars and alumni thrown in from time to time.

The Collective has performed all over New England, as well as, New York, New Jersey, and California.

The Collective spawned many off-shoots and one-offs as:

Liverbox, Loretta Schitt, Johny Coathanger & the Abortions, and the Reagan Babies (Yea, you wish D. A.) C
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