IV: GWARography
4.0 - Stuff they've done
4.1 - GWAR gigs
4.2 - GWAR and games
4.3 - GWAR comix
4.4 - Mind Control Monthly
Funny how we're just getting to the music. But as Michael Bishop (ex-ex-Beefcake) said, "GWAR is rock n' roll disguised as a joke." Yeah, and the music is the greatest! All the dressing up is cool, but without the music they wouldn't have made it this far. If you haven't heard it, stop reading this FUQ and go buy a CD of theirs!
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4.0.1 - Audio (click cover for info) 4.0.1.1 - GWAR
4.0.1.2 - X-Cops
4.0.1.3 - Death Piggy
4.0.1.4 - Dave Brockie eXperience
4.0.1.5 - Compilations, soundtracks, promos & misc.
4.0.1.6 - The Slave Pit Singles
4.0.2 - Video (click cover for info) 4.0.2.1 - Official videos
4.0.2.2 - Miscellaneous video appearances
Shimmy Disc Video Compilation
The 12 Commandments
Hard & Heavy Volume 2
Hard & Heavy Shred Fest Tape Set 3
Metalhead Volume 1
Metalhead Volume 4
Metalhead Volume ?
Sounds Of The Underground Limited Edition
There used to be a huge list (well, at least an attempt of one) of every gig GWAR and X-Cops have ever played. It was still incomplete, and a rumor went around that Bob Gorman was extending it. Be that as it may, a location on the Web of any such venture would be most welcome, for it is momentarily unknown. Any forthcoming current gigs, however, can be found in the horse's mouth at www.gwar.net.
GWAR have appeared in the Beavis and Butthead video game (Super Nintendo, Sega Megadrive and PC CD ROM formats). The object of this game is to collect pieces of tickets to go to a GWAR show. On the last level, you walk on stage and see GWAR performing a video game version of "Jack the World". The artwork appears to have been done by Chuck Varga and the music in the game is by the Scumdogs themselves, too.
GWAR have also designed a level for ID Software's "Doom II", but it's only in the shareware version.
Although this sounds like a joke (and might indeed be), GWAR have also done a game for Microsoft. It's called "Hackman", and is a version of "Hangman" where limbs get chopped off if you can't guess the right letters of a word.
Early 1998 there was mention of a true GWAR game, to be programmed by Tranquil Lament Software. Some really interesting graphics artists and programmers were working on the project. Then, not much later, it got canned. But, in a way, the project still exists, or seems to, as an add-on for "Quake 2".
There is now a Role Playing Board Game entitled "Rumble in Antarctica", released by Demon Blade Games. Check it out (or even buy it) at www.gwar.net.
The GWAR artists have done a variety of comics. One category, the "Slave Pit Funnies", is described here. Some of the "Slave Pit Funnies" were produced even before GWAR existed, but they were probably used in the Funnies to gain extra coverage. Examples are "Tales from the Toolbox" and "When Heroes Roamed the Earth". Charles O'Donovan helped create the first color GWAR comic, as well as the process used to color the pages on the computer.
For the most current information on GWAR's comix, or to buy them, surf over to www.gwar.net.
This section is not yet complete, for the GWAR artists have also done several black/white comics (some of which later appeared in the "Funnies"). Specific info on these is appreciated!
When you subscribed to the GWAR Internet Mailing List (see chapter 5.2.2), you got "Mind Control Monthly" (electronic issues) sent to you with some (ir?)regularity. It is now doubtful that these newsletters still exist. Several years ago, however, there were paper issues of "MCM". These were produced by Hunter Jackson and you could subscribe to them for US$ 10 per year. Between 10 and 20 issues were released when release frequency got less and, then, Hunter stopped doing them. |
