In a recent interview with The Hundreds TV, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe spoke about the ongoing efforts to remove Confederate statues along Monument Avenue in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. The debate regarding Confederate monuments has been polarizing in Richmond and other cities across the country for many years. The Richmond region and ...
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GWAR singer Blothar The Berserker says that late GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus wouldn't want his likeness to replace the controversial Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia. A fan-launched campaign to replace the Lee statue with a memorial to Urungus has garnered more than 55,000 signatures. The Confederate general died in 1870, 20 years before ...
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A fan-launched campaign to replace the controversial Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia with a statue of late GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has garnered more than 48,000 signatures, with a goal of 50,000. The Confederate general died in 1870, 20 years before his statue was erected on Richmond's Monument Avenue. Launched on June 12, ...
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GWAR will make its triumphant return to Europe late this November into December on as part of the "Use Your Collusion" 2019 tour. The trek, which features main support VOIVOD, begins in Bochum, Germany on November 22 and ends on December 14 in Zurich, Switzerland. Pre-sales begin today and the general public on-sale is set ...
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GWAR will unveil a monument to the band's co-founder and longtime leader Dave Brockie on Friday, August 30 at 2:00 p.m. in Richmond, Virginia's famed Hollywood Cemetery (412 S Cherry St, Richmond, VA). All are invited to the unveiling, and to a free party the next day, August 31, at the GWARbar (217 W Clay ...
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GWAR will embark on a North American headlining tour in the fall. Support on the "Use Your Collusion" trek will come from SACRED REICH, TOXIC HOLOCAUST and AGAINST THE GRAIN. The tour will kick off September 12 in Norfolk, Virginia and run through November 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tickets and VIP packages go on sale ...
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Lemme drop a quick story for yinz. In 2010, I had the wildest, most outrageous interview in my career with the late Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus of GWAR. It was the Sounds of the Underground Tour, and I hopped onto GWAR's steel wheels. Tossing a quick howdy to Beefcake the Mighty, who was entertaining ...
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Aggronautix has launched a pre-order for mini figure of GWAR's late frontman Oderus Urungus by Monstarz, shipping in late October. One lucky customer will win a sold-out GWAR Throbblehead set from 2014. This brand new limited edition hand-painted resin figure by Monstarz is 4.5" tall and comes in a full-color box. Dave Brockie, ...
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On October 20, GWAR will release a new studio album titled "The Blood Of Gods" via Metal Blade Records. The disc is nothing less than a sacred text chronicling the rise of humanity against their makers, and the massive battle between GWAR and the forces of all that is uptight and wrong with the world. ...
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Andrew Epstein of Zombitrol conducted an interview with Mr. Lordi of Finnish monster metallers LORDI prior to the band's February 22 show at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On where the character of Mr. Lordi begins and ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of GWAR performing a brand new song titled "Fuck This Place" on June 16 at the Seattle stop of this summer's Vans Warped Tour can be seen below. The track is expected to appear on the band's new album, "The Blood Of Gods", which will be released in the fall via Metal ...
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GWAR B-Q, the annual heavy-metal music festival organized by the theatrical shock rock band GWAR, will skip a year in 2017 while the group is working on a new album and preparing a new live show. According to a press release, GWAR is "about to take on the craziest year of touring in the band's ...
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The theatrical shock rock band GWAR is working on a new studio album. According to a press release, the group is "currently searching for a producer that is brave enough to risk their life to give them the tones of the gods to make this next record stand as a testament to the next era ...
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The surviving members of the theatrical shock rock band GWAR have responded to the lawsuit filed by the father of Dave Brockie, the group's late founder, accusing them of stealing Dave's artwork, bass guitars and cremated remains, and refusing to return them to his family. GWAR's official statement reads as follows: "We have ...
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According to NBC News, the surviving members of the theatrical shock rock band GWAR have been sued by the father of Dave Brockie, the group's late founder, accusing them of stealing Dave's artwork, bass guitars and cremated remains, and refusing to return them to his family. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday (April 2) ...
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With only four hours to spare, the surviving members of GWAR made good on their late frontman Oderus Urungus's promise to open the GWARbar in 2014 when they smashed down the doors to 217 W. Clay St. Richmond, Virginia, in the historic Jackson Ward arts district, on New Year's Eve 2014. The ensuing party has ...
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2014 was a massive year at BLABBERMOUTH.NET. With more than one hundred million page views originating from all corners of the globe, not to mention millions of shares and external social media impressions, "staggering growth" seems the appropriate term here. From rants and raves to absurdities and tragedies, below is a compilation of the top ...
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GWAR, the most brutal band in existence, has bolstered its ranks leading up to the "GWAR Eternal Tour". The Berserker Blóthar and Vulvatron are the latest intergalactic warriors to be banished to the pathetic mudball known as Planet Earth. Blóthar; a fat, filthy, frozen space viking, will take over as GWAR's lead vocalist. The role ...
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LAMB OF GOD's feature documentary, "As The Palaces Burn", will be released on DVD on October 14 via Epic. This 2-DVD set features the original theatrically released documentary, along with approximately 90 minutes of previously unreleased bonus footage from the original planned version of the film about LAMB OF GOD's music's effect on fans in ...
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Ingratiating enough to suffer the loss of a brother after pulling off what should be looked upon as a career-defining record twenty-three years after their last one. The tragic loss of guitarist Mike Scaccia was made more palpable in the fact no label would touch thrash legends RIGOR MORTIS' fourth and final album, "Slaves to ...
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Oderus is missing. Once the Scumdogs in GWAR finally notice this (it takes them a while to notice stuff), they will set off on a journey to find their departed brother using every resource available — including recruiting an ancient Scumdog warrior. GWAR will need the help from everyone, even the lowliest Bohab, as their ...
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The longest-tenured Beefcake The Mighty, Mike Bishop, served as GWAR's primary mouthpiece as Blothar when the band returned to the live stage yesterday (Saturday, August 16) at this year's edition of GWAR's annual GWAR-B-Q festival at Hadad's Lake in Richmond, Virginia. Also appearing on the bill were BODY COUNT (featuring rapper and actor Ice-T), HATEBREED, ...
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The life of Dave Brockie, lead singer and mastermind of Richmond, Virginia-based art/shock-rock metal band GWAR, was celebrated with a special memorial event last night (Friday, August 15) at Hadad's Lake in the group's hometown. Fans, friends — including former DEAD KENNEDYS frontman Jello Biafra and LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe — and family members ...
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According to WTVR.com, Dave Brockie, lead singer and mastermind of Richmond, Virginia-based art/shock-rock metal band GWAR, died of an accidental heroin overdose. Arkuie Williams, State Administrator at Virginia's Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner, said that Brockie's cause of death was "acute heroin toxicity and the manner of death is accident." Brockie — ...
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GWAR has announced plans to open a restaurant later this summer in the band's hometown of Richmond, Virginia. GWAR is known throughout the Universe for its outrageous stage show, irreverent humor and head-pounding music, but now it has turned its demented eye to the food service industry. GWAR has joined forces with Travis Croxton, Richmond's ...
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According to RollingStone.com, SLAYER, JANE'S ADDICTION, THE OFFSPRING and SAMHAIN are among the bands who will be playing albums from their respective catalogs in full at the Chicago edition of Riot Fest this summer. The albums that their respective bands will be revisiting in Chicago this year include SLAYER's "Reign In Blood", JANE'S ...
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Aggronautix and Slave Pit Inc. proudly present the GWAR Throbblehead Set featuring Oderus Urungus and Balsac "The Jaws of Death". Oderus, GWAR's lead singer and broadsword swinger, stands an imposing 6.5 inches tall and will lay waste to any opposing his reign of terror. Dutifully worship Balsac, guitarist for GWAR, while keeping out of decapitation ...
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On Saturday, May 3, MF Gallery held a special memorial art show dedicated to Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus of the band GWAR, who passed away suddenly in March. Part of the proceeds from the show will benefit the Dave Brockie Foundation. Check out a video report from Artisan NewsDave was prolific in many different ...
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Presented once again by Slave Pit Inc. and sponsored by Ring Dog Rescue, the fifth annual GWAR-B-Q and Dave Brockie Memorial will certainly go down in history as one of the most significant events to happen in Richmond since the Civil War. In a celebration of the life of David Murray Brockie, a special memorial ...
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