GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. In a recent interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, Oderus Urungus stated about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the new GWAR CD, "We've gotten going on that. We've got, ...
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GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) has posted the following message regarding the passing of MINISTRY and RIGOR MORTIS guitarist Mike Scaccia: "The metal and music world in general lost a true legend this past week after the unexpected death of MINISTRY and RIGOR MORTIS guitar player Mike Scaccia. Mike collapsed during a RIGOR ...
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John Serba of MLive.com recently conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MLive.com: Does [the] incident [in the Czech Republic where a fan lost his life after attending a LAMB OF GOD concert] reflect upon the ...
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GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus was interviewed on the November 23-25 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Interview (audio):
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Char Tupper of MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus. You can now listen to the chat below. In a recent interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, Oderus Urungus stated about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the new GWAR CD, "We've gotten going on that. We've got, like, 13 ...
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Metal Kaoz chief editor Dimitris Kontogeorgakos recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus. During the chat, which can be streamed using the audio player below, Oderus revealed the working title of GWAR's next album: "Mad At The Sun". In a recent interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, Oderus Urungus stated about the ...
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Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. In a recent interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, Oderus Urungus stated about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the new GWAR album, "We've gotten going on that. We've ...
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GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has commented on the election of President Barack Obama to a second term Tuesday, saying that "it's about time that a different color took over." Speaking to Rock Hard Live before the band's concert last night (November 6) at Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California, Oderus said (see video below), "I'm ...
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Alex Distefano of OC Weekly recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus. An excerpt from the chat follows below. OC Weekly: With the U.S. presidential election just under a week away now, tell me your opinions on the candidates, or the election in general. Does GWAR support either candidate? Are you ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of GWAR performing a brand new song called "Madness At The Core Of Time" last night (Thursday, October 18) in Atlanta, Georgia can be seen below. In a recent interview with Legendary Rock Interviews, GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) stated about the new track, "['Madness At The Core Of Time'] ...
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In a recent interview with the Broward Palm Beach New Times, GWAR frontman David Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) was asked about the fact that GWAR isn't regarded as "shocking" as the band used to be. "A lot of bands have tried to do what GWAR does," Brockie said "But no band has ever ...
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John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Legendary Rock Interviews: It's been a while since the last album "Bloody Pit Of Horror" and you mentioned a new GWAR album, your first since [guitarist] ...
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Ned of the WGRD 97.9 FM radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan recently conducted an interview with vocalist Oderus Urungus of GWAR. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Video footage of GWAR performing a cover version of KANSAS' 1976 smash hit "Carry On Wayward Son" as part of A.V. ...
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Video footage of GWAR performing a cover version of KANSAS' 1976 smash hit "Carry On Wayward Son" as part of A.V. Club's "Undercover" sessions can be seen below. The performance marks the public debut of the band's new lead guitarist, Pustulus Maximus (a.k.a. CANNABIS CORPSE/ANTIETAM 1862's Brent Purgason). Purgason joined GWAR as the replacement for ...
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It was a little less than a year ago that the world was rocked by the passing of Flattus Maximus, back to the cosmos from whence he came. And since that day fans of GWAR have wondered how the mighty overlords of GWAR would deal with the void it left within the band. GWAR responded ...
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The masked shredders of GWAR have tapped CANNABIS CORPSE/ANTIETAM 1862 guitarist Brent Purgason (pictured below) to replace their fallen bandmate and friend Cory Smoot, a.k.a. Flattus Maximus, who was found dead as GWAR was about to enter Canada on November 3, 2011. He was 34 years old. During an appearance on the August 10 edition ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe and GWAR's Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) were interviewed on this past Friday's (August 10) edition of the "What The Fontaine?!" show, which airs on the WRIR 97.3 FM radio station in Richmond, Virginia. You can now listen to the entire program using the audio player below. Check out ...
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GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has slammed MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine for implying during a concert that Barack Obama was somehow responsible for recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin. While performing with MEGADETH on August 7 in Singapore, Mustaine told the crowd, "Back in my country, my president is trying to pass a gun ban. So ...
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Intergalactic mutant overlords GWAR are plotting their return to the road this fall. Taking a break from working on their new album as well as an extended arctic slumber, GWAR is back with an entirely new show. Your lords and masters will be wreaking havoc across North America, with support coming from DEVILDRIVER, CANCER BATS ...
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Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) of GWAR will write and illustrate (with the help of fellow Slave Pit artist Matt Maguire) the tabletop RPG adventure "Towers Two" as part of a crowdfunding campaign for the "Lamentations Of The Flame Princess" weird fantasy role-playing game. The adventure will tell a story of insanity and dread: The ...
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WTVR-TV, the CBS television affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia, spoke to GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) about the apparent lack of publicity and outrage about LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe still being locked up on a manslaughter "Oh, if it was Justin Bieber, there'd be an army of shrieking 14-year-olds that ...
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DISTURBED's David Draiman and GWAR's Oderus Urungus are continuing to speak out in defense of LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe, who has been jailed in Prague, the Czech Republic, where he is accused of causing the death of a fan at one of the band's shows in 2010. Blythe was arrested last week at ...
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GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus is one of a number of musicians who have come out in support of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, who is facing manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic. Blythe, 41, is accused of causing the fatal injury that occurred at LAMB OF GOD's May 24, 2010 show in Prague. The ...
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A number of figures within the rock/metal world have commented on the news that LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was arrested on Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic in connection with the death of a fan more than two years ago. David Draiman (DISTURBED): "MY THOUGHTS GO OUT TO MY FRIEND RANDY BLYTHE FROM LAMB ...
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On June 16, Montreal, Quebec, Canada metal radio show "Metal Attack MTL", which airs on MetalMessiahRadio.com, conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus at the D-Tox Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the D-Tox Rockfest concert. GWAR's upcoming CD will be a ...
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After months of paperwork, hoop-jumping, and making the appropriate sacrifices, today Slave Pit is pleased to announce that the GWAR-B-Q is 100% completely legal and confirmed, and set for August 18 at Hadad's Lake, the location the band had planned on using last year. As you may recall, last year's GWAR-B-Q was switched from Hadad's ...
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The master of the Earth — that is, GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus — has a few choice words for humans who "take animals, rip their skins off, and make marmoset banana hammocks with them." In a brand-new video for peta2, PETA's youth division, Urungus pronounces "a bitter doom on those who fuck with our ...
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"When Worlds Collide", the full-length album from THE CORY SMOOT EXPERIMENT — the solo project of GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot before his untimely death last fall — will be released on June 5 via Metal Balde Records. THE CORY SMOOT EXPERIMENT's CD was recorded in 2010 at Cory's Karma Studios, where GWAR, MUNICIPAL WASTE and ...
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GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus slammed HELLYEAH during his group's April 25 performace in Buffalo, New York, calling them "fat, dumbass, tattooed ignorant, inbred fucks" and making fun of HELLYEAH's band name. Before Oderus and his bandmates launched into "The Uberklaw" from their 2009 album, "Lust in Space", the frontman addressed the crowd with the following ...
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The Iron Forge recently conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus). You can now watch the chat below. GWAR has been confirmed to headline the New York Zombie Prom on June 9 at Irving Plaza in New York City. GWAR will close the event, which also features a pageant of the ...
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