In recent years, the song has become a fan favorite and often closes GWAR shows.
The album is widely consideredGWAR’s creativelow point, when the band leaned too heavily on theatrics.
“I call it the ‘silly’ years.
Buteven at their most directionless, GWAR could still play.
)),” was usually played during the onstage battle between Oderus and the concert’s end boss.
For anyone who argues that GWAR aren’t incredible musicians, play them this song.
2001’sViolence Has Arrivedrefocused GWAR with a renewed commitment to playingloud, violent, and intense metal.
The album is also the band at its leanest.
What’s left is thirteen tracks of crushing fury.
But GWAR without a sick sense of humor isn’t GWAR.
It marries their revitalized battle lust with their sophomoric sensibilities perfectly.
If GWAR has parents, they are Dave Brockie and Hunter Jackson.
But audiences started to prefer GWARGHHH over Death Piggy.
So, a decision was made, a name was shortened, and GWAR was born.
In 1988, they released their debut LP,Hell-O.
Hell-O’s sound is more crossover punk than metal.
It’s raw and unpolished; the band was initially disappointed with how it sounded.
But, even at its roughest, it shows the band’s potential.
Secondly, the video for Saddam A Go-Go was featured in 1995sEmpire Records.
It doesn’t go so well.
Saddam A Go-Go captures GWARs sense of humor and geopolitical sensibilities.
led to another setback for our beloved Scumdogs.
The climax of “Phallus In Wonderland"is “Gor-Gor,” the song named after the dinosaur.
It’s a great slice ofgenre-defining pure metal.
It’s acrowd favorite because it means the band’s giant tyrannosaurus is about to appear.
As for the Grammy,Phallus In Wonderlandwas nominated for Best Long Form Video at the 1993 ceremony.
It lost to Annie Lennox’sDIVA.
Picking the best song fromScumdogsis hard.
It’s likely “Maggots.”
The cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis, triggered by his pre-existing coronary artery disease.
“Rushing through the cosmos / See his soul unfurl,” he sings.
“But his dreams of glory / They can never die.”
1"Sick of You”
GWAR is the result of being at odds with the world.
Dave Brockie was told his band sucked for not taking punk seriously.
GWAR played metal but made fun of the self-righteous attitudes and over-the-top imagery found in even thebest metal albums.
GWAR is a band of creativeswho never fit in and never really wanted to.
“Sick of You” sees the band rattle off its utter contempt for everything.
