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Hailing
from the very pits of your worst nightmares, come intergalactic rock
demons Gwar, lead by their mighty leader Oderus Urungus, a fierce-some
looking mutant who's ego is only matched by the heft of his broadsword
and the girth of his cuttlefish, we risk life and limb to enter the dark
and blood-curdling world to find out more about ... "the
sickest band in metal history" ...
MM
- Hiya Oderus… Gwar are half way through a 25-year anniversary
celebration, when you arrived on this planet and set up base in
Antarctica did you feel that you would spend 25 years on this planet?
OU - Well, someone needs to brush up on their Gwar history,
I think! 25 years is the period of time that we have been re-born
on your world! There were millions of years of frozen slumber in
our Antarctica fortress before then! We have been stuck on your
planet for a ridiculous number of years, and we never even wanted to
come here in the first place!!! Luckily, the drugs are pretty good
on this planet!
MM
- In those 25 years you’ve been seen on the biggest stages around the
world, do you still get a buzz when your on stage doing what you do?
OU
- As far as a buzz is concerned, it’s not something you just
get! It’s absolutely essential, in fact, by the time I get on
stage I am probably completely wasted!!
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MM
- Theatrics aside, Gwar have always been an all out metal experience and
your music is laced with political and social messages, is that still
what the band stands for?
OU - Yes! Gwar stands for
many different things to many different people I feel, but the public
mutilation of world and religious leaders has always been a big part of
the Gwar experience and that continues.
Besides providing you
humans with the most hideously awesome sounds a metal band could ever
hope to produce, we also give you a forum where the dubious characters,
who seem to have escaped justice, finally get the horrible fate they
have so gleefully spent their lives heaping upon others. |
MM
- The band were at the top of the game in the 90’s and with the last
album 'Lust In Space' but there’s new album 'Gwar’s Bloody Pit Of
Horror' coming as well, the band are again heading for the dizzy heights
of rock stardom once more, what keeps you going in this dog eat dog
business?
OU - Being the biggest and baddest dog on the block
has a lot to do with it!! You don’t survive if you get eaten, so
we concentrate on eating others. but, that’s just one of the many
perks being in Gwar offers. For instance; I get all the pickled
camel uterus a scumdog could ever want, plus, I get to use the Vatican
as a urinal, throw in all the crack you can eat and the mindless
adulation of our ever-growing horde of mutant zombie
followers….!! Hell, I’ve got the best job in the world!
MM
- You were seen by many as pioneers in your genre, what do you think of
the likes of Slipknot and Lordi who have taken the spotlight over more
recent years?
OU - Human bands created in worship of Gwar,
(in order to make money perhaps?) make us laugh, for a moment; maybe
even long enough for them to cash another royalty check, or snort one
last line of shitty coke before I ram my broadsword down their
collective throat!!
Bands
will come and bands will go (and suck), but Gwar will always remain, a
bastion of bad taste, sick fun, and decidedly anti-social behavior; a
rallying point for all the dregs of humanity that this sick world has
left, broken in the streets, crying out for vengeance. as one, we march
boldly into eternity!
MM
- The new album 'Bloody Pit Of Horror', what can the fans expect from
that?
OU -
I think it’s our 12th album, so I am pretty sure we know
what to expect from a Gwar album? A solid metal effort, full of
songs about war, undead nazis, and women whose vaginas are swarming with
ticks
. It’s another chapter in our hideous history, this time having
something to do with finally wiping out the human race, bringing them
back from the dead, and forming them into our new zombie shock
troopers! Then we shall board our new Scumship (well, not everyone
will fit?) and take our war to the stars! Did I mention it was
metal as fuck as well?
MM
- The band celebrated 25 years of intergalactic monstrosity with the
return of the GWARBQ on August 8th, what did fans who were
attending get from the day; anything special on the menu for instance?
OU
- The surprise was, that the fans were what actually ended up
on the menu. It’s pretty funny watching people eating their own
penis!
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MM
- The band have unleashed your titanic metal assault on the stages of
‘With Full Force’, Bloodstock and the ‘Dou’r festivals this
year; what memories did you bring back from those festivals and will you
be taking to any more festival stages this year?
OU - We
fucking love playing festivals in Europe and this year we played a ton
of them!
Bloodstock was amazing!
We had missed our show
there last year when we were originally due to go, so we really felt
like we had to deliver the ultimate show; and judging by the reaction we
got I think it went very well. now the trick is, to see if any of these
festivals will invite us back!
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MM
- Are
the outer creatures that we see, the real Gwar or are they merely
disguises from the real hideousness that lies beneath?
OU - Hmmm?
I must admit, this question actually confuses me. Yes! No! Maybe?
Fuck it, gimme another bucket of baby blood!
MM
- If they are merely disguises then how do you cope with the
temperatures you must reach inside those disguises and how often / how
do you managed to clean them?
OU - You just deal with
it. I mean, we’ve played gigs on the surface of the sun, so
earth is no problem!! and, as far as cleaning them, well…. why the
fuck would I want to do that? and ruin this beautiful crust of dried
brains and baby shit? never!
MM
- With
the pending threat of global warning looming over all of us, do you
think you will have to re-locate your fortress in Antarctica to a new
location? If so, have you
given any thought as to where you might re-locate?
OU - Global
warming is a crock of shit designed to trick you into using your air
conditioner more. Anywhere we go, we bring bad weather, so
that’s not really a concern. No, it looks like we are going to
be living on earth for a while, as it seems to be the only planet where
you can get crack cocaine….. so…? and of course, Motorhead live
here, so why would I want to go anywhere else?
MM
- Finally what words do you have any parting messages for the army of
GWAR fans around the world?
OU
- Hey! 25 years of struggle are
getting ready to pay off in the most glorious way possible for both Gwar
and our legions of loyal slaves. Everyday our power is growing
while our enemies crumble one by one. So, join us now while you
can still get a place at the top of the pile!”
MM
- As we back away slowly from this mighty intergalactic warrior we thank
Oderus for sparing out lives and not devouring our intestines for his
lunch. This band's live performances make Silence of the Lambs
look like a Rom-Com. Come kneel before the hideous majesty of
these fine beasts and marvel at the size of Oderus's cuttlefish, fresh
victims are always welcome!
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