Monday, November 7

GWAR

see their myspace

see their website

9 comments:

Parke said...

Slymenstra Hymen, one of the greatest names in Rock n' Roll.

It's funny to find out thier day jobs, if you do a little research.

Anonymous said...

Richmond's wildest show!

erik saunders said...

why the hell not?

Parke said...

Still?
Is this still from the "obscenity and cruelty" charge they got like 8 or 9 years ago?

Last I heard Sly was whoring herself out to California "freak" shows (Jim Rose, etc.) and conventions (Dragon-Con, E3). As I recall, she used to teach Aerobics and Sculpture classes in earlier years. There's a comedy sketch there somewhere...

Parke said...

From Wikipedia:

Gwar were, at one time, banned from performing in their home city of Richmond, Virgina due to their raucous stage performances. During that time they would appear in their home town under the pseudonym Rawg and play sans costumes. The ban was later lifted and the band can now play in Richmond again in full gory attire.

Anonymous said...

gwar is really BAD music come on erik i thought you had some taste in musik ?

Parke said...

Gwar is funny.
Gwar's later stuff is actually pretty impressive on theory - polyrythims, myxolidian scales, minor to major modulation, etc.
Gwar's lyrics are unitelligible but highly tounge in cheek
Gwar has cook-outs at their warehouse/studio for fans.

There are ot alot of bands, especially in their "genre" that can say that.

And I'm not even a huge fan.

Unless its contrived I have a hard time making fun of anyone's taste in music. Gwar is a good exception to that rule: they're sort of aware of how contrived the whole thing is. Think WWF.

Anonymous said...

... I am the opposite.
Name a band and I'll tell you why they suck.
(I saw that on a t-shirt once)
Rb

erik saunders said...

gwar is one of the best shows i have been to...

some bands you like because the music is great.. and some bands you like because the show kicks ass...