{"id":1959,"date":"2016-05-23T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T17:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2018-07-04T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T18:58:15","slug":"the-glory-of-gwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glory Of GWAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gwar<\/b>, often styled as <b>GWAR<\/b>, is an American heavy metal band formed in\u00a0Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as\u00a0Slave Pit Inc.\u00a0<em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gwar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After seeing GWAR in 1991, my freshman buddy Chris ran into the cafeteria to meet us the following morning. He bugged out his eyes with a grin, making a hard side-glance to push his contact lenses slightly off his irises.\u00a0<strong>They were stained bright red, from GWAR blood.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I met GWAR&#8217;s manager,\u00a0<strong>Sleazy P. Martini,<\/strong> at a DragonCon in the late 90s. I timidly asked him,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Gee Sleazy, do you really know GWAR?&#8221;<\/em> He laughed and replied\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Yeah, I know GWAR.\u00a0<em>I&#8217;m their FUCKIN&#8217; MANAGER.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1961\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg?resize=307%2C230\" alt=\"gwar2\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I saw the undead corpse of Elvis Presley onstage at a GWAR show. The band decapitated him, and his green embalming fluid stained my Mr. Bungle shirt.<\/li>\n<li>At the end of one GWAR show in Atlanta, I was soaked from head to toe in &#8220;blood&#8221;. Some of it turned out to be my own, from a gash on my left wrist. I got slashed in the mosh pit.<\/li>\n<li>I have many GWAR VHS tapes, including\u00a0<em>Tour De Scum, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r4DhamRlNaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phallus In Wonderland<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZQXnFep_Noc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skulhedface.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>I keep them stowed away in case Congress decides they&#8217;re punishably obscene. I don&#8217;t have a VCR to watch them on, anyway.<\/li>\n<li>I have many issues of\u00a0<em>Slave Pit Comix<\/em>, too, because for a while there, they were the only real &#8220;underground&#8221; comic books. They&#8217;re signed by Sleazy P. Martini.<\/li>\n<li><em>I saw Scroda Moon, disavowed Scumdog, on stage.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1962\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg?fit=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,233\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg?fit=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg?resize=350%2C233\" alt=\"gwar3\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to spot\u00a0Slave Pit members out of costume, shooting pool in a tavern:\u00a0<strong>red fingers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>I saw Gor-Gor on stage.\u00a0<\/em>A giant T-Rex, on crack cocaine.<\/li>\n<li><em>I saw Cardinal Syn on stage.\u00a0<\/em>An alien religious monster, powered by the soul of a human fetus.\u00a0<em>It was 14 feet tall.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>These characters would\u00a0<em>battle the band, while they played metal.\u00a0<\/em>Any time a body part is severed, the audience is sprayed with gallons of blood.\u00a0<em>Everyone goes insane.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1963\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1963\" data-attachment-id=\"1963\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,267\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo: Kelly Reinhart, examiner.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1963\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg?resize=400%2C267\" alt=\"Photo: Kelly Reinhart, examiner.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kelly Reinhart, examiner.com<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>During the show, Oderus Urungus would rape something; a dead dog he loves, a rival musical performer, his biker &#8220;girlfriend&#8221;. He would climax and blast the crowd with semen from his grotesque, mutant penis. This led to the confiscation of the penis by authorities in the 90s, and the movie\u00a0<em>Phallus In Wonderland.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In that movie, Oderus&#8217; cock (&#8220;The Cuttlefish Of Cthulhu&#8221;) returns to him, and revives his comatose form by passionately kissing him with its piss-slit. Nobody ever surpassed GWAR when it came to shock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1964\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1964\" data-attachment-id=\"1964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg?fit=400%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,263\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo: Scott Elmquist, styleweekly.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg?fit=400%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1964\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg?resize=400%2C263\" alt=\"Photo: Scott Elmquist, styleweekly.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar5.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Scott Elmquist, styleweekly.com<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Skulhedface<\/em> has Sebastian Bach, Jello Biafra, a hysterical and well-produced &#8220;GWAR Kids&#8221; cartoon intro, and a commercial for &#8220;Sperm &#8216;N Slide&#8221;, one of the funniest things ever.<\/li>\n<li>At one show around 1998, Oderus exclaimed\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Now&#8217;s the part of the show where we GRIND YOUR GIRLFRIEND TO THE BONE!&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>At the rear of the stage, a gargantuan meat grinder was revealed, the size of a dumpster. Girls were passed atop the crowd, and\u00a0<em>hurled into\u00a0<\/em>this thing, causing\u00a0<em>torrents of blood\u00a0<\/em>to pour out of long saw-arms onto our heads. The venue was stiflingly hot, and the blood was\u00a0<em>wonderfully cold<\/em>. As I caught the stream full-power right on the top of my skull, I realized that no concert would ever surpass the experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,225\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"gwar1\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I saw Slymenstra Hymen sing her jazz song &#8220;Don&#8217;t Need A Man&#8221; before a\u00a0<em>booing crowd.\u00a0<\/em>She toughed it out for the whole thing, and rightly so; fuck those fools. They were another example of\u00a0<strong>Those Who Want To Get It But Don&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/strong>Almost everything great in entertainment is sullied by these assholes. They are the rabble and wannabes.<\/li>\n<li>GWAR never backpedaled or apologized, no matter how nasty they got. They&#8217;re the Scumdogs of the Universe. They don&#8217;t care about your human ways, unless it involves crack they can smoke. As Oderus said, &#8220;You humans aren&#8217;t a bad lot&#8230; as long as you know your place. And your place is\u00a0<strong>digging your own grave, with the bridge of your nose, with my dick up your butt.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When GWAR cut a shitty album, they were relatively honest about it. Or they&#8217;d go nuts with the liners, like\u00a0<em>Ragnarok.<\/em> The inside booklet was often as good or better than the songs on the album.<\/li>\n<li>My local video store had all the GWAR videos I mentioned on DVD for $1 apiece. I hesitated like a dumbass. The next day Dave Brockie died, someone swooped in and bought the discs, and I felt like an even worse dumbass.<\/li>\n<li>Aside from the terrific music, GWAR is all brilliant designers and fabricators, the equal or better of Hollywood. They&#8217;ve been a force against censorship since the late 1980s. They&#8217;re an indomitable band and concept.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m glad that Sleazy&#8217;s helicopter crashed in Antarctica, and that the sunlight refracted off his mirrored disco jacket thawed out the Scumdogs. Crack-addled space monsters have never sounded more beautiful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-glory-of-gwar\/gwar6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg?fit=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,233\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gwar6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg?fit=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1965\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg?resize=350%2C233\" alt=\"gwar6\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gwar6.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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