GWAR is a Virginian punk/metal band. The reason why they are deserving of a FUQ the likes of this is that, in fact, they make a pretty impressive racket while at the same time touring with the most awesome stage-show in the business today. But let's start at the beginning, shan't we?
In the seventies (1970's that is) there was a performer named Alice Cooper who really gave rock-n-roll a kick in the ass when he combined music and theatrics in his concerts. During his shows he did a little magic, showed a little blood and finished it all by chopping his own head off. Take Alice's show, shoot it up with crack and you get an idea of what a GWAR show is like. Instead of a mere one decapitation at the end, however, you're rather more likely to see five - and that's during the first song! Masturbating onto the audience, acts of bestiality and a human meat-grinder are all things you'll likely see at a GWAR concert. So if that kind of shit offends you, then you'd better stop reading right now.
Still here? Good!
2.1 Where did the name cum from?
There have been varying theories about where the name GWAR came from, but the following is the true one. When the members of GWAR first broke free from the iceberg they'd been imprisoned in (read: when they had to think up a name), they let go of a horrific scream, "GWARRRRRRRRR," which was later shortened to become GWAR and the band's name. A slightly varying explanation is that Dave once shouted "We are GWWAARRGGHHLLL" or something.
Just to confuse us and possibly piss a few people off, they seem to come up with different explanations all the time. Sometimes fans think of explanations for themselves. Some of them include the following.
There is a theory that in fact it was derived from "God What A Racket" (kind of like "We Are Sexual Perverts" for WASP). It is said that, once, GWAR admitted that they took the name from a comic book, where it stood for "Gay Women Against Rape." There is a report of a "Watchmen" graphics novel from 1986 in which it appears. In the movie "Phallus In Wonderland" there is a scene where a bunch of people are protesting GWAR. In this scene somebody is holding a sign which reads "Gay Women Against Rape", which further supports this theory.
'GWAR', incidentally, is a genuine word in the Welsh language, where it means "nape of the neck". Also, Lord Byron wrote a poem called THE GIAOUR, which is an Arabic word for 'infidel' or 'unbeliever'. It is pronounced like "gwar", and it was written in 1813. These instances have NOTHING to do with the actual origin of the band name, but were spotted by GWAR fans and are included here as illustrative examples, or perchance to indicate some subliminally trivial significance never intended by GWAR themselves.
2.2 What exactly is the Slave Pit?
The Slave Pit is a building in Virginia where some members of GWAR live. It is the place where they conceive their stage antics, create their videos and ply their artful trade. It also houses a recording studio, practice room, kitchen, offices, and computers.
The following bit, written by Mikey, captured it in a detailed way:
"The Slave Pit is a large warehouse kind of building in Richmond. The upstairs is the offices for the band and downstairs near the entrance is the practice room which can be seen on the middle pages of the "Carnival of Chaos" liner notes. There's another room (the main room I guess) which has a TV, table, sinks, refrigerator and all that kind of stuff. Through that room is the first workshop where most of "Skulhedface" and "Phallus in Wonderland" were filmed. A large corner of the room is painted blue for the chroma key sequences. In this room a lot of the larger stuff like Gor-Gor and the backdrops get made. From here you can go up to the rooms where the props and costumes are stored. Also from here you can go to the lofts where a few of the members (Dave Brockie, Dave Musel and Matt Maguire) live. Through this room is a smaller shop where Maguire and Gorman make a lot (if not most) of the props. Here you can find Bobby's tape collection and tons and tons (or gallons and gallons) of liquid latex. The drying room is back here, too, for setting the molds. Outside is a large yard. There's also a place to play basketball (the cover of the "RAWGwar" Slave Pit single tape). Don has a shop out on the far side of the yard too. At the very back of the whole compound are practice spaces for other bands. I know Kepone practices there, but I'm not sure if anyone else does. Oh yeah, and they have big guard dogs too."
The following was purloined from Balsac's September 1999 "Mind Control Monthly":
The Slave Pit is the compound where GWAR's artists and musicians create the spectacles that have earned GWAR a place in Rock and Roll history. The actual Pit has moved twice in GWAR's 15 year history. All three Slave Pit's have been in Richmond VA (everyone knows that GWAR lives in Antarctica, but we are speaking now of reality of the Slave Pit and not the mythology of GWAR). The original Slave Pit was also know as The Dairy, a milk bottle-shaped building in down town Richmond. In the Fall 1987, The Slave Pit moved to 801 W Broad St, an old brothel, located across the street from the than infamous Rockitz club. Four years later, in 1991, The Pit moved to its present location, a 3 building compound just North of downtown. This is where both "Phallus in Wonderland" and "SkulHedFace" were filmed. In 1992 GWAR, for tax reason, became a business and Slave Pit Incorporated was born.
Click here to check out what the Slave Pit Studio looks like (from Dave Brockie's Oderus.com site).
The band are at the moment looking for another place to put the Slave Pit. They have already moved out quite a bit.
In the beginning there was a band called Death Piggy (more about them later), a small-time punk band. Death Piggy was practicing in a room at the infamous Richmond Dairy, a vast deserted bottling plant that hippies had taken over and in which they rented out vast interior areas to a motley assortment of artists and musicians. Hunter Jackson and Chuck Varga, two VCU attendees, had set up the Slave Pit to serve as the production space for a movie they wanted to make, called "Scumdogs of the Universe". As fate would have it, Death Piggy ended up wearing some of Jackson's and Varga's costumes (Hunter made Dave a spewing dick for a Death Piggy show), opening up for themselves under the GWAR moniker. Everyone fuckin' loved it, so Death Piggy died a quick death while from the decaying corpse was born the band supreme, GWAR. Like an alternative story would have it, GWAR started as a tribute to Wendy O. Williams (for which Death Piggy were headlining), who had just appeared naked in Playboy. Hunter Jackson made Dave Brockie a squirting penis out of a squeezy ketchup bottle. It was so obvious on stage that the audience cleared from in front of the stage leaving Dave to climax on the empty floor.
"Billions and billions of years ago, darkness was all that existed. Then The Master, ruler of the universe, created the planets and everything in them. But soon The Master became bored of this and created death, destruction and war. He enjoyed watching the peons die but soon even that became boring, he himself wanted to kill. So he began slaughtering the humanoids that littered the planets face, but that too lost its fun. He needed more of a challenge, so he created God-like creatures with whom he could do battle. But soon there were too many of these creatures, and he had to be rid of them. He conjured up all his power and created the most powerful he could, GWAR was formed. This elite fighting force was called The Scumdogs of the Universe. The Master used them to destroy all of his enemies. Millions of years and millions of battles later, GWAR became more powerful and craved even more power. Thinking that they could take over The Master's throne, GWAR attacked him and the greatest of all battles began. The carnage lasted a billion years before The Master created the ultimate weapon - the Death Pod. The pod swallowed GWAR up and delivered them to The Master.
"Ahhhh, foolish Scumdogs", The Master laughed. After thinking about what their punishment should be, he finally decided: GWAR shall be banished to a miserable mudball planet called Earth...
The Earth rumbled when the mighty Death Pod crashed into its surface. Shaken and confused, GWAR crawled out and looked around. Thinking they could have a nice little planet once its cleared off, they destroyed the dinosaurs. Afterwards they created Stonehenge so they could play croquet, and weren't having that bad of a time. The Master looked down upon this and frowned, what kind of punishment is this? So to stop the nonsense he imprisoned GWAR in an iceberg on the frozen continent of Antarctica.
Millions of years later: 1980ish. Glam rock was at its peak, groups like Poison and Whitesnake were dominating the airwaves. They inspired a whole slew of new "hair spray" bands. But little did they know, all of that hair spray put a hole in the ozone - right above Antarctica! Soon the unfiltered gamma rays melted the iceberg and GWAR was free.
Meanwhile, Sleazy P. Martini was fleeing the country on drug charges, flying over the former tomb of GWAR. He picked them up and brought them back to America. He taught them how to use instruments and they learned the language from watching midget wrestling and MTV. Soon GWAR was known as the greatest band in the Universe...
Unsatisfied with being worshipped by humans, GWAR still wishes to take revenge on The Master. They discovered a way. If GWAR could summon the World Maggot, they could ride it back to the center of the universe and finally defeat The Master. The World Maggot is a large maggot that lives in the center of the Earth, the only way to wake it is to slaughter millions of innocent people. So, taking advantage of their newfound fame, GWAR puts on shows to which their fans flock. They murder and mutilate these fans, show after show, until enough blood is spilled to wake the maggot."
(More of this history is required)
The following is an alphabetical list of members past and present of GWAR, or people who have to do with the band in some or other capacity off the musical side of things.
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Genna ANDERSON ("Ragnarok" - ?) |
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GWAR |
? |
Occasional vocals |
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She was one of the female go-go'ers on the "Ragnarok" tour. She used to be an opera singer and can sing really high. Sings backup on "None But the Brave" and "The New Plague". Ex-girlfriend of Greg Ottinger. |
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Joe ANNARUMA (prior to "Hell-O") |
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Born in Brooklyn, July 4, 1961 |
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GWAR |
Joey Slutman |
Vocals |
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Back in those days, Dave Brockie used to play bass. Joe sings on the "GWAR Must be Destroyed" video on "The Return of Techno Destructo". His voice is more death metal-like than Dave's. He wrote (or co-wrote) "Joey Slutman" and "Time for Death". After GWAR he was in Throttle and Big Fat Ugly. He's currently producing independent films and producing and acting with his own company, called "Big Fat Ugly". |
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Russ BAHORSKY (prior to "Hell-O") |
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Used to be in Death Piggy |
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GWAR |
Mr. Magico |
Guitar |
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He played in an earlier GWAR line-up. |
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Michael (Mike) BISHOP ("Hell-O" - "Toilet"; post-"Carnival of Chaos" - post-"We Kill Everything") |
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Born 7 September 1968 |
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GWAR |
Beefcake the Mighty |
Bass |
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When he wasn't in GWAR, he played bass and sung in Kepone. He replaced Casey Orr for a brief stint around the recording of "We Kill Everything". Mike also played at least one show, in full costume, with the super band (?) Pigface and is listed as one of its members on the 1991/1992 live compilation "Welcome to Mexico...Asshole" (catalog number INV 011). |
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Danny BLACK ("America must be Destroyed") |
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GWAR |
Slave |
Slave |
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He is one of the three people pulling Beefcake's chariot in the "Cool Place to Park" section of "Live in Antarctica". |
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Zach BLAIR ("Gwarmageddon '99" tour - "Violence Has Arrived") |
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Formerly (and still) of Dallas pop/punk band Hagfish. Also formed The Burden Brothers and Armstrong, and plays in The Hellions. |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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RAWG |
Z-Dog |
Guitar |
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Mike BONNER ("Hell-O" - 1998) |
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GWAR |
Boner |
Slave |
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He is one of the main prop and costume fabricators at the Slave Pit. His costume has a huge dick, hence his stage name. |
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Chris BOPST / BOBST (?) (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
BalSac the Jaws of Death |
Bass |
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He played about 2 to 6 gigs with GWAR in 1987. The original BalSac. |
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Davis BRADLEY ("Carnival of Chaos" - current?) |
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GWAR |
Slave |
Slave |
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A slave who has toured with GWAR on the 1997 and 1998 Halloween tours. He's a would-be film maker from New York, who used to make costumes for the band Bile (that GWAR toured with in 1994). |
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David (Dave) Murray BROCKIE ("Hello-O" - current) |
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Born 30 August 1963. Later adopted |
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Used to be in Nuclear Dog Shit, Sub-Urbans, Yams on Wheels, Rock and Roll Priests and eventually Death Piggy |
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GWAR |
Oderus Urungus |
Vocals, bass |
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X-Cops |
X-Patrolman Cobb Knobbler |
Bass, vocals |
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RAWG |
Vinnie Bolognioni |
Vocals, bass |
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Dave was also the bald father in the 'sperm n slide' sketch, and does some of the band's management. He is credited with backing vocals on the song "Take Me Back Or I'll Drown Our Dog (Headlines)" (catalog number Virus 89) by Tumor Circus (Jello Biafra's 1991 band, which released a full-length album and two 7 inches). Another interesting this to mention is that he has a golf club endorsement. |
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Heather BROOM (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
GWAR Woman |
Vocals |
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This appears to have been the earliest GWAR woman, before Lisa Harrelson even. |
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Ron CURRY (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Stephen Sphincter |
Bass |
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The original GWAR bassist. Character name uncertain? |
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Mike DELANEY (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Sexecutioner |
Occasional vocals |
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He can be seen on the right side of the "RAWGWAR" Slave Pit single cover. |
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Michael (Mike) DERKS ("Scumdogs of the Universe" - current) |
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Born 28 June 1968 |
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Used to be in a band called Dent (he himself claims it's really bad) |
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GWAR |
BalSac the Jaws of Death |
Guitar |
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X-Cops |
Lt. Louis Scrappinetti |
Guitar |
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RAWG |
Joey Scrappinette |
Guitar |
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DBX |
No stage name |
Guitar |
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In the early days of GWAR, the Balsac character played bass and the Beefcake character played guitar, that was around 1986/87. Mike plays the father in the "Lawn Jockey" sketch, wearing a Gilligan hat. He already joined GWAR during the "Hell-O" tour. He also does the GWAR Internet mailing list. |
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Steve DOUGLAS ("Hell-O") |
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Formerly guitarist in Death Piggy |
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GWAR |
BalSac the Jaws of Death |
Guitar |
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Now in a Richmond band called LOG. He also co-wrote some of the songs on "Scumdogs of the Universe". |
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Don DRAKULICH ("Hell-O" - current) |
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Born 9 October 1960 |
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GWAR |
Sleazy P. Martini |
'Manager', artist, occasional vocals |
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Bozo Destructo |
'Arch enemy', vocals |
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He also played Dick Cox and one half of the techno band 'Prestige'. He did not fly the bat in "Phallus". His main activity is the Hypereal Production company. Aside from his work with the Slave Pit Don does film and video production, art and F/X (including the Bud Lite "Iguana Mobile." His company also refurbished, repaired and repainted a 40' iguana formerly located above the Lone Star Restaurant in New York City), he creates displays for The Science Museum of Virginia and makes/sells products he has for sale, (including a bobbing head BalSac and Sleazy as well as a Slymenstra resin sculpture and more). |
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Mike DUNN (X-Cops only) |
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Formerly in Blohole, Skatenigs and Rigor Mortis |
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X-Cops |
X-Cadet Billy Club |
Drums |
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Ben EUBANKS (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
? |
Vocals |
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The original GWAR singer, prior to Oderus (!). Character name? |
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Todd "T" EVANS ("Halloween 2002" tour - current) |
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GWAR |
Beefcake |
Bass |
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He's a huge guy, bigger even than Casey Orr. He's also lead guitarist of the Lazy American Workers, and used to be in a band called Porn Flakes. |
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Liz FAIRBAIRN ("Hell-O" - "America Must be Destroyed") |
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GWAR |
None |
Their real manager |
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She played the court reporter in "Phallus in Wonderland" and the mother in the 'Sperm n Slide' sketch. She's a rather large-sized lady, and is no longer GWAR's manager. She also did costume design for former Dead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro's band Jungle Studs (on an album released in 1986 on Alternative Tentacles, catalog number Virus 51) as well as for Tumor Circus (Jello Biafra's later - 1991 - band, which released a full-length album and two 7 inches). |
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Chris FLYNN ("We Kill Everything" tour - current) |
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GWAR |
? |
Keyboards |
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He started playing keys in GWAR in 1998. He also did the sound/FX editing and foley work on "It's Sleazy". He doesn't perform on-stage in GWAR. |
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John GETHINS (off and on) |
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GWAR |
None |
Merchandise salesman |
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John used to be in an acting company when he started helping out GWAR on the side of things. He's not a 'true slave'. |
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Bob (Bobby) GORMAN ("America must be Destroyed" - current) |
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Born in 1969 (he won't reveal the date) |
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GWAR |
Slave |
Artist |
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X-Cops |
X-Sgt. Zypygski |
Occasional vox, artist |
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He is the main prop/costume creator, and has been with GWAR, well, even before GWAR. He also plays muzzled slaves, dead slaves, Flopsy, and the kid at the beginning of "Phallus in Wonderland". He is one of the three people pulling Beefcake's chariot in the "Cool Place to Park" section of "Live in Antarctica". As if that isn't enough, he's also one half of the techno band 'Prestige'. |
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Rick GRIGGS ("America must be Destroyed") |
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GWAR |
None |
Lights |
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He did the lights on the "America must be Destroyed" tour. |
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Lisa HARRELSON ("Hell-O") - somewhere later (around "America...") |
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GWAR |
GWAR woman |
Vocals, dancing |
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This was the second GWAR woman, after Heather Broom. She joined around 1987, and was briefly (a few shows) replaced by one Colette before Danyell joined (in 1988) and truly developed the Slymenstra character. She also played one of Sleazy's girls in "Phallus in Wonderland" and was also credited as being on the party on "The Road Behind". |
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Tim HARRIS (post-"Carnival of Chaos" - 1999) |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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Tim also played guitar on several tracks of "America Must be Destroyed". He is believed to be kind of a 'hired gun'. He played on "We Kill Everything", too, for example, because Pete Lee was undergoing surgery. Tim is normally member of Kepone. |
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Tim HERMAN (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Sluggo P. Martini |
On-stage Manager |
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A precursor to Sleazy's character, who got buried under Giant Stadium. |
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Ethan ISENBERG ("Ragnarok") |
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GWAR |
? |
Human beatbox |
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Also, with Charlie O'Donovan, part of the GWAR computer team. |
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Hunter JACKSON ("Hello-O" - "Violence Has Arrived") |
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Born 15 September 1959 |
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GWAR |
Techno Destructo |
Vocals, Artist, video director |
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Scroda Moon |
Vocals |
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Hunter also does "Mind Control Monthly", is a slave, and plays Granbo. He's not Distortion Wells, director of "Phallus". He sometimes signs stuff as "Huntar, slave of GWAR" (no typo). His Scroda Moon character has a dick for a head and testicles for a chin. He's the plumber of the gods and is used to deal with Timmy the Talking Toilet. His current status seems uncertain because there's some "crime he didn't commit" stuff going on, check out his site. |
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Scott KRAHL ("Hell-O" - current) |
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GWAR |
Skulhedface / Slave |
Occasional vox, slave |
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Gor-Gor |
Pet/offspring |
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Cardinal Syn |
Evil clergyperson |
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Scott is also a computer buff and Internet person. He also played the wrestling announcer for the two wrestling tours, and flew the bat in "Phallus". He is one of the three people pulling Beefcake's chariot in the "Cool Place to Park" section of the "Live in Antarctica" video. |
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Peter (Pete) Austin LEE ("America must be Destroyed" tour - "We Kill Everything") |
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Born 20 December 1967 |
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Formerly of Rigor Mortis, now guitar and vocals in Idiophrenic |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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X-Cops |
Sgt. Al Depontsia |
Guitar |
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RAWG |
Al Dente |
Guitar |
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Due to continued problems with his stomach, he has not been present on several recordings (video or audio) or tours. |
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Pete LUCHTER (between "Hell-O" and "Scumdogs of the Universe") |
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GWAR |
Lee Baeto |
Drums |
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Pete was drummer in GWAR during a new music seminar and 5 gigs after Hans Orifice and prior to Jizmak (all pre-"Scumdogs of the Universe"). He had a nervous breakdown and had to leave. He moved to the Bay Area to live with his mother. Not much is known about what happened after that. |
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Matt MAGUIRE ("This Toilet Earth" - current) |
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GWAR |
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Artist |
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Cardinal Syn |
Evil clergyperson |
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He's the slave with the knight mask, and fabricates costumes. In "Skulhedface" he was the Samurai Exec. |
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Melanie MANDL ("America must be Destroyed" - "Toilet") |
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GWAR |
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Video editor |
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She is one of the nuns at the end of the "Skulfedface" video, the human version of Skulhedface and a "Trick or Treat Girl" during the short 1993 GWAR Halloween tour. She also filmed the "Phallus in Wonderland" and "Tour de Scum" videos, and was GWAR's main videographer. |
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Robert MARGOULEFF ("Ragnarok") |
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GWAR |
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Producer ("Ragnarok") and backing vocals |
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Colette MILLER (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
GWAR girl |
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Rob MOSBY ("Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Nippleus Erecticus |
Drums |
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Was credited with the drums on "Scumdogs of the Universe", though in fact Jizmak played them. He "dissolved doing hydrochloric acid" (was fired or quit, whatever), after which Jim Thompson took over for the US first Cardinal Syn tour, prior to "Scumdogs of the Universe". |
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Dave MUSEL ("Hell-O" - "We Kill Everything") (pronunciation like 'muscle') |
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GWAR |
Dave Musel |
Keyboards and samples |
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X-Cops |
X-Detective Philip McRevis/McCrevice |
Keyboards and samples |
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In fact, Dave has done more than just keyboards and samples. He was also instrumental in improving the original early GWAR costumes. He left in 1998, to pursue more financially rewarding things. |
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Charlie O'DONOVAN ("Ragnarok") |
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GWAR |
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Internet stuff |
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He is no longer with GWAR. He used to do Internet-related stuff. |
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Chris ORANGER (pre"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Cornelius Carnage |
Guitar |
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One of the original GWAR guitarists, his character wore a Beefcake-type helmet. |
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Casey ORR ("Skulhedface" tour - "Violence Has Arrived") |
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Born 22 April 1965 |
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Used to play bass in Rigor Mortis and Blohole, now (since 1999) also in The Hellions. |
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GWAR |
Beefcake the Mighty |
Bass |
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X-Cops |
Sheriff Tubb Tucker |
Vocals, bass |
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RAWG |
Morris Lester |
Bass |
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Was a roadie for Ministry when they played Lollapalooza (1992). Casey knows Ministry singer Scaccia back from Blohole. The second half of 1998, he spent doing stuff with a side-project. He returned to the band for the spring 1999 "We Kill Everything" tour. Left GWAR again, with Zach Blair, to The Burden Brothers in 2002. |
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Greg OTTINGER (pre-"Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Stephen Sphincter |
Guitar |
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Played about 2 to 6 gigs with GWAR in 1987. On "We Kill Everything", he returns briefly to play guitar on "Jagermonster", credited as Cornealius Carnage. |
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Matt RILEY ("America must be Destroyed" - current) |
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He's the tour/road manager and does the sound, too. He started as GWAR's monitor man on the 1992 "CamPain" tour. |
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Brad ROBERTS ("Scumdogs of the Universe" - current) |
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Born 6 November 1967 |
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Used to play in the band Rosebud |
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GWAR |
Jizmak da Gusha |
Drums |
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X-Cops |
X-Mountainbike Officer Biff Buff |
Vocals, some drums |
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RAWG |
G-Credit |
Drums |
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no deal |
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Drums |
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He also manages the merchandise. He plays drums on the X-Cops tracks "Junkie" and "Beat You Down". |
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Dewey ROWELL ("Hell-O" - "America must be Destroyed") |
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Used to be guitarist in White Cross |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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He left after the recording of "America must be Destroyed". Pete Lee played on the tour. |
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Jeremy SMITH (2000 - ?) |
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GWAR |
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Sound engineer |
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no deal |
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Guitar |
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Apparently he was fired. He was replaced by Bruce (surname unknown) who used to do the sound for Biohazard. |
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Cory SMOOT ("Halloween 2002" tour - current) |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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He is formerly of Richmond band Misguided. |
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Danielle/Danyell STAMPE ("Scumdogs of the Universe" - current) |
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Born 27 November 1967 |
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GWAR |
Slymenstra Hymen |
Occasional vox, dance |
| She joined in 1988, at which time she was Dave Brockie's girlfriend. For those who are into this, Danyell is known to say her measurements are 38-24-38, but this might not be wholly correct. During 2002 there was a conflict of tour dates with her other project, Girly Freakshow. This lead to her leaving GWAR for a while, returning for the "Halloween 2002" tour. She's also known as Flatua. She wants to be in a film one day, and on Broadway. See reference in Lisa Harrelson's bio. | ||
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STRETCH (off and on) |
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GWAR |
Flattus Maximus |
Guitar |
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Stretch is the name he goes by. He played Flattus in "Phallus in Wonderland", and played a slave in parts, and in "Skullhedface". He is a sculptor. |
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Sean SUMNER (prior to "Hell-O") |
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GWAR |
Hans Orifice |
Drums |
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Played in an early GWAR line-up (1986-87), doing 1 or 2 gigs. In September 1996, sadly, he committed suicide. |
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Jim THOMPSON (pre-"Hell-O" and pre-"Scumdogs of the Universe") |
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GWAR |
Hans Orifice / Hans Sphincter |
Drums |
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He played about 2 to 6 gigs with GWAR in 1987, then joined them again for the pre-"Scumdogs of the Universe" first US Cardinal Syn tour. He started out as Hans Sphincter and was part of the Sphincter Brothers. After Ron "Stephen Sphincter" Curry left, Jim became Hans Orifice. |
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Ula (filled in for Slymenstra during one show in autumn 2002) |
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Born 28 July 1974. Grew up in Tucson, Arizona |
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GWAR |
Slymenstra Hymen |
Occasional vox, dance |
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One half of the Painproof Rubber Girls. |
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Charles (Chuck) VARGA ("Hello-O" - "Carnival of Chaos") |
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Born 21 May 1958 |
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GWAR |
Sexecutioner |
Occasional vox, artist |
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He made loads of props and costumes, too. Now has his own production company. |
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Barry "d'Live" WARD (hired gun, off and on, toured with GWAR through Europe in 1991) |
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GWAR |
Balsac |
Guitar |
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Formerly of Rich Kids on LSD (a.k.a. RKL), Embryo Killers and a lot of other bands with names straight out of a Monty Python sketch :-) Currently Crosstops. He also played Dr. Debilitated and a few other characters in "Phallus in Wonderland", and did some production and set design. |
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Scott WOLFE ("American Must be Destroyed" - "This Toilet Earth") |
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GWAR |
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Producer ("This Toilet Earth" |
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GWAR |
Pookie the Wonder Dog |
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