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| GWAR (an acronym for God What an Awful Racket) is thrash metal\\\'s answer to the more mainstream satire of Spinal Tap. Gory, sexually perverse, and scatological in the extreme, GWAR was formed at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond as an experiment in marketing |
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GWAR (an acronym for God What an Awful Racket) is thrash metal\\\'s answer to the more mainstream satire of Spinal Tap. Gory, sexually perverse, and scatological in the extreme, GWAR was formed at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond as an experiment in marketing strategy by several musicians, art students, and dancers. The group claims to consist of all-powerful interplanetary warriors, descended from aliens stranded in Antarctica and initially created from the lowest filth in the universe, who have come to Earth to sexually enslave and/or slaughter the human race. All members perform under aliases; the main group consists of Oderus Urungus (vocals, born David Brockie), Balsac the Jaws of Death (guitar, born Steve Douglas), Flattus Maximus (guitar, born Peter Lee), Beefcake the Mighty (bass, born Michael Bishop), and Jizmak the Gusher (drums, born Brad Roberts). Auxiliary characters include Techno-Destructo (occasional vocals, born Hunter Jackson), Slymenstra Hymen (born Danyelle Stampe), the Sexecutioner (born Charles Varga), and Sleazy P. Martini (manager, born Don Drakulich). The group performs in bizarre costumes made of latex and papier-mâché, and their stage show features fake pagan rituals, corpses spewing washable bodily fluids on the audience, and sometimes a mechanical giant maggot. Not surprisingly, authorities in several locations have not taken kindly to the group -- Charlotte, NC, fined Urungus on an obscenity charge and banned them for a year, while police in Athens, GA, shut down a concert in 1993. With the help of the ACLU, GWAR sued and settled out of court, donating their award to charity. GWAR is best appreciated with its visual aspects, which are far more creative than their music; indeed, the group received a somewhat stunning Grammy nomination in 1993 for its long-form home video Phallus in Wonderland.
Gwar has survived numerous personnel changes over the years, something that has been easier for this band than most as the \\\"characters\\\" never change, only those playing them. Despite a decline in media attention, Gwar has proven to be a consistent live act and continues to record a new album with each new stage act. Unlike most career bands, however, Gwar has released almost as many full-length videos as they have albums. Along with the previously mentioned Phallus in Wonderland, the group has also assaulted the eyes with Skulhed Face (1994), Rendezvous with Ragnarok (1997), Dawn of the Day of the Night of the Penguin (1998), and It\\\'s Sleazy (2001). Musically, Gwar\\\'s early gem Scumdogs of the Universe (1990) is considered to be one of the band\\\'s most entertaining works. Subsequent albums, including This Toilet Earth (1993) and We Kill Everything (1999), have repeated many of the shock themes that gained GWAR notoriety early on. After a few Gwar-less years, the band returned in 2004 on a new label, DRT Entertainment, with a new album, War Party. Live from Mt. Fuji was released the following year, and the band returned to the studio in 2006 for Beyond Hell.
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fuck gwar
you know what gwar is just one big clusterfuck of little faggots wearing their holloween costumes and touring even though they haven't turned out a fucking cd in how long? and if they want to talk shit about slipknot then they can just go fuck themselves i hope those stupid fuckers and there freak show fucking choke and die why dont they just give up music and leave it to the real musicians slipknot is a great band gwar is just a fucking comedy show that sickens anyone with any bit of taste in music FUCK GWAR
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| | Well, in spite of you making yourself look stupid, GWAR does kinda suck, but they suck in a way that they don't care and neither do their fans. At least GWAR pretty much admits they suck which is why they haven't released a CD. The only thing GWAR and Crapknot have in common is that for both of them it takes 10 people to sound like 4. Crapknot has to be the worst sounding band ever. And the funny thing is that they think they're good at their "nu metal," but every person in their right mind knows they suck. Remember, I said they both suck, so don't reply back saying how good you think Crapknot is or how much more radd to the maxx they are than GWAR, cause THEY BOTH SUCK. | bunkum | Wow... heated debate going on here.
I like both Gwar and Slipknot. By the way, Gwar is releasing a new CD this year, and they're soon to be going on tour (I wish I could go but, sadly, I'm broke -.-'). I wish people would stop bashing awesome bands... if I go into a forum of a band I don't like, I just say "Yeah, I don't like them". Its not that they suck (though some of them do... not mentioning any names to piss off the youngins), its just that I don't like them.
And stop swearing. It isn't necessary. -.-' | dilly | | gwar is kind of retarded, but it is still pretty tight. Slipknot on the other hand, sucks cock. its just funny to see a ska band dress that way. | radicalanarchist | | by the way lilly fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. freedom of speech fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck | radicalanarchist | | Only heard one song of GWAR and they kind of suck. Slipknot is better even if they are nu-metal. | BlackRosesForDead | WHO ARE THEY IV NEVER HEARD OF THEM ARE SEEN
THEM UNTILL NOW OK I SEE WELL OK I AM OUT SEE
YOU ALL LATER OK | WESTSIDE | You all need to stop with the battle for i
will solve it. Gwar is the king and slipknot
is like the queen so they both have about the
same power...slipknot has just a little less
though...if you want to argue, just listen to
some static-x and chill out. hey check this
out...how many times do you get to see a man
get ripped apart on stage? Huh? | the_necrosociety | GWAR IS COMING TO MY TOWN OF CRANKSLUTS AND
CRACKWHORES Shitty johnsoncity tennesee I
love those aliens fuck the human scum bags
that don't like the family gwar.I done got
my ticket.I will see the show Feb.8 2005
thanks SLEAZY P. for bringing your Children
to J.C. about time a real band cums to this
backwards town of dumb fucked retarded humans | CHRIstopherpiss | slipknot sucks so much shit they have like a
bunch of aswhols on the stage who just look
retarted gwar could kick there ass | rusty2246 | | haha you said cum | PigBenis | well let me settle this debat...and might i
add a pointless...one both fucknot and gwar
bitches suck niether play music worth
listening to and both dress up like freaks to
supposasly make statment but i still can't
figure it outlike someone else said it takes
a shit load of guys to even try to make some
kind of music that a 4-5 man band could do no
problem....oh yeah and if a band know their
retarded why do they bother making music
since a select few will listen....so you
should all go out and listen to some
Inflames, breaking benjamin, Mudvayne an Orgy | Spambuster28 | | i hate orgy and i dont like BB | PigBenis | fuck breaking benjamin and fuck orgy and all
the retarted metal bands u like u should
listen to some slayer megadeth and napalm
death | rusty2246 | im so tired of people using alot of members
as a reason for a band sucking. slipknot has
9 members so they sound good LIVE. its about
the SHOWS. a four member band consists of:A
lead singer, a drummer, a guitarist, and a
bassist. now a four member band cannot come
even close to the recorded version of a song
because they are limited. with slipknot they
can do all of the cool backround shit,
because of the 9 members. so no, a four
member band cannot achieve the same thing as
slipknot does, because slipknot is one of the
best live acts in the world right now. | SOADfreak | First of all, how can you say Slipknot sucks
but Mudvayne is good seeing as how Shawn
Crahan of Slipknot helped MAKE Mudvayne.
Next up, GWAR is good but they need better
lyrics, 'nuff said | SlipKnoT_KA | I think both Gwar, and SlipKnoT are good. The
only reason why you say SlipKnoT is bad is
because you haven't seen them live. People
who didn't like SlipKnoT, and saw them
live at some festival, started liking them,
because they're awesome. It's original
with both Gwar, and SlipKnoT. I mean come
on...what other band has around 9 members
that you know of? Almost none besides the
Misfits which is another good band. Stop
looking at their looks and just base your
likings on the way they sound, because by
talking about how they look, and not how they
sound, it shows you're an immature fuck.
So do us a favor, and grow the fuck up. | your_nightmare | Alrite all you pathetic excuses for fuckin
metal fans. Gwar is not about selling out and
makin money and they have never tried tosay
their anything their not so as far as im
concerned they are my gods fuck you and all
you belive in if you've got something
against that. -O | Steve-o_t-ranq | | I'm with Steve-O, Gwar is kick ass. | SHMOTZ | gwar's music suxs...but live the r FUCKING
CRAZY...
R.I.P. Blaine Thomas Alley | T_Stew | Hahahahahah you're all illiterate. GWAR is
like South Park. They come off as goofy
fuckheads, but if you pay attention, they
actually have a message in most of their
songs, and it's not all lame political
shit. Politics suck. Slipknot spews forth
lame cliche` rebellious shit, wich, by the
way, isn't really rebellious. They sell
what the goth losers and other assorted sheep
find "hard". Want hard? GG
Allin is the way to go. Anal Cunt. Nuff`
said.
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apologize for. | Sleazy_McSmutbag | I like Gwar and Slipknot...all of you have no
life if all you do is talk shit about bands
on a fucking forum..go suck some cock
everyone.. | GuitarHeroFreak92 | first off fuck slip knot they fucking suck
and there sell outs gwar dose suck in a way
but in a way thats fucking awsum i saw them
at sound of ther under ground it was crazy as
shit i love gwar and i dont give a fuck what
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