Even if you don’t happen to like or approve of the legendary GWAR, you know the name. They’ve crept through the music industry for the past 25 years so it is quite hard not to remember hearing them from somewhere. They’ve not only swept the music side of things, but television, movies and games throughout the years can not get enough GWAR!

One could compare this band to a bad car accident in the sense that you don’t know what you’re looking at but you just can’t seem to pull your eyes away. Admit it, they’re attention grabbers and it is what they do best. With in-your-face lyrics and theatrics on stage, there is only one band that can do what they do. Their twisted sense of humor makes for a great show from the costumes and props, to the lyrics and “metallic madness” as described by Oderus’ better half, Dave Brockie.

Face facts, you just can’t get enough GWAR! Anyone who tells you differently is lying.

Fake Voice: This is Mr. Brockies’ secretary, would you like to talk to him or Oderus?

Shout!: I have a few questions for both but if I could speak to Mr. Brockie, that would be excellent.

Voice: Hold please. [Random Noises]

Dave Brockie: This is Dave, what’s up!?

S!: Hello Mr. Brockie, how are you today?

Dave: Damnit, please don’t call me that. My secretary is always calling me that, trying to make me sound professional because I’m so old. I’m 84 today though. Who would have thought that this firm, round, fine ass that I have is 84!

S!: It looks damn good too. So, you’ve been in the band since 1985. What is it like to be apart of something for over 20 years?

Dave: Wow. Surprised. I mean, it’s truly become a way of life for us and we’re very surprised it’s lasted this long and became that. We started GWAR as just a fun little side project, like a joke for fun. Because we started out doing it for the fun, it’s stayed for fun. It’s been so fun for so long and it is fun as hell. We had no idea that it would last this long and now it looks like it is going to last forever! We fully intend to breed replacements so GWAR can play shows forever. We didn’t know this was going to happen until the second day, but the first day, we didn’t know. [Laughs]

S!: Well, you’re only 84 so you have a while to go. How did you cross over from punk rock to more thrash metal?

Dave: I think we just learned to play our instruments better and followed the types of music we were listening to. Most of us started out being in metal and then got into punk, but went back when metal was cool again. The music was a great directional tool. I’m just into heavy music. It’s hard for me to call it metal or punk because there is just so many types of music and sounds. It’s all good and I like all of it so we play it all. GWAR has always been a reflection of music that we like and we all like different types.

S!: The next couple questions I have are directed towards Oderus. Could you please get him?

Dave: Sure! [Away from phone] HEY ODERUS! COME HERE! Fuck, he’s on the toilet. Hold on a sec. I have a phone in the bathroom so here he is…

Oderus Urungus: Thanks Dave, hello?

S!: Hi Oderus! You are known for poking fun of current celebrities. Who is your main target now?

Oderus: Hmm, I would like to see Lindsay Lohan’s breasts be eaten by a pig. That’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while now. It’s too easy to pick on Britney Spears, she’s such a mess. However, I would force her and Dr. Phil to have sex with each other. Just brutal, savage sex on the show. And, oh, I was going to say something so foul you’d shit yourself so I won’t say. I’ll save it for a talk show or something. They all deserve to die though. It’s also awards season now so all these humans run around in million dollar gowns made out of fecal matter and billion dollar jewelry draped over them. When you hold this un-Godly, wasteful spectacle where people give each other awards, for being vain and selfish, it really makes you cheer for Al-Qaeda. This is why they hate Americans so much. They are giving each other awards for having fake boobs. Unfortunately there are human slave slugs squirming around for 80 hours a week at miserable dead-end jobs and they don’t get an award.

Sometimes I walk around amongst the humans disguised as one, usually in the form of Alex Trebek. I was wandering around a city just yesterday and I saw this human where his job was to stand in the middle of the road with a sign on him that said: Eat Me. It was about some sub shop because he had an arrow pointing to it. That was his job though, to stand outside wearing that sign as people drove by and threw things at him. Things like this paint such a bleak portrait for how humans live and it really fills me with rage. I can’t kill enough of them.

S!: Your lyrics are usually obscene and “raunchy”. Why do you feel the need to express these things like rape and bestiality?

Oderus: I’m just singing songs from my cultural planet that go back millions of years. Back home, these things aren’t considered shocking. I come from a planet where unless you have your penis hanging out, you go to jail. Humans just have to consider how I was brought up. The root of everyones’ persona is how they were raised. I was educated with my dick hanging out all the time. In fact, when I was born, I was lowered from the syntho-womb onto a penis. I was anally raped at birth on an intergalactic table in front of billions of people. You can’t put a baby through a more humiliating experience. When people ask why my lyrics are so offensive, I ask them why I was anally raped at birth in front of millions of screaming midgets!

S!: Good question! Well, I have just a few more questions for Dave if I could speak with him.

Oderus: I think he left. He needed more crack. Hold on, he’s back. Here he is.

Dave: What? Oh, hello? Sorry, I just ran a marathon. Actually, I just went to the store for cigarettes and crack. I’m smoking both at the same time too.

S!: Now that’s talent. So, in the late 90’s, GWAR suffered a low point going into the underground. How did you feel you overcame that obstacle?

Dave: Because we’re so damn good and our shows kick so much ass. GWAR is the most incredible, sickest, awesome show in rock and roll. It fills every basic need to rebel about and rise in blood. Also to be pumbled by metallic madness. GWAR has done something that no other band has done. We’re not even sure what it is yet and we’re in the band! [Laughs] We have gone through all phases with our music and GWAR will just continue on no matter what. We’ve moved through every genre starting out in punk. We’ve done punk, metal, thrash, you name it. We were at one point experimental then we just got plain goofy. We started getting really heavy again and that is the way we always needed to sound. Who knows what will be in the future but right now, it’s heavy as shit. We’re able to overcome anything because we’re so damn talented, we’ll never sellout, and we play with the most awesome people. GWAR is dynamite!

S!: You have a very distinct appearance. How do you feel about other bands like Lordi adopting that concept?

Dave: I think it’s cool. There is nothing that Lordi didn’t do that Kiss didn’t do before we ever came along. It is part of the traditional rock and roll. There have always been a type of skulls being shaken around on stage. Every band puts on some type of show so it just depends on what goes into it. Theatrical rock genre if you will. Slipknot, Rob Zombie, ICP, there are a lot of bands doing that mask thing or theatrics. GWAR I think, really brought that back because there was a loss of it at one point and we just pushed it back. I’m totally into that and I love bands that go the extra nine yards that use that in their shows. I love bands that also just get up there and jam their asses off without any of it too. I’m still waiting for a band to do it better than GWAR though. I’ve been waiting for a band that did everything that we do, only more sicker and better. We have that really sick sense of humor that most bands won’t touch that gives us that little something extra.

S!: You are a veteran of the Sounds of the Underground tours. How do you feel about that accomplishment?

Dave: Super great! We’ve had so much fun every time we’ve done it. You know, we’ve tried to get on festival shows in the US like Ozzfest, Warped Tour, but we never fuckin’ get on them. Everyone is terrified that we’ll run a muck backstage or something. We actually have one of the most professional, tight-nit crews in rock and roll. To finally get on kick ass show like that and gradually ascend to headlining is super great!

S!: Super! Is there any chance I could talk to Oderus one last time?

Dave: Sure, but this is the last time. It’s his turn to hit the crack.

Oderus: Miss me? Hold on. [Pauses] I killed that dorky character so you can’t talk to him anymore, sorry.

S!: Oops. Anyways, GWAR has made an abundance of appearances in music and television over the years. Why do you think society wants more GWAR?

Oderus: ‘Cause we’re so damn sexy! I mean, look at us! We’re so hunky. We’re naughty, and we’re nice. We’re one of the hardest working bands in the biz. Did I mention we were sexy? We just never give up. We’ve been together over twenty years and other bands that have done that have taken long breaks. Or, they’ve broken up and got back together for a reunion tour. Pussies. GWAR has played continually and I think people that aren’t even into us have to respect that.

S!: How do you feel being sought out after for pop culture publicity?

Oderus: Throw it out at me and I’ll take it. I should be everywhere! We’ve done everything from talk shows, radio, commercials, everything! The cool thing is that even though we’ve been around for so long, GWAR isn’t as big as it is going to get yet! This is all just part of the beginning. We are wearing the humans down slowly. There will be GWAR television shows, movies, games and PEZ dispensers. GWAR domination will be achieved.

S!: What can your fans expect from you next?

Oderus: Well for now, we’re back in Antarctica checking out our temple since the other one was destroyed. That last album did it in. We had to rebuild it with maggots and rotting flesh from our victims under the GWAR castle. But, it’s almost done even though my door keeps falling down. Go figure. We will do a new album after I get my door up, go to Japan, tour for a year or so. So yea, we’re taking a little time off to chill in Antarctica, beat up some penguins, and hang out. We also have to prepare GWAR domination. Mark your calendars next year too. 2009 will mark the 25th anniversary of GWAR on Earth. It will be a year long holiday too and we’re preparing for that. At the end of the year though, we will be boarding our rocket and blasting back to our planet. We have to destroy the world, it is now or never.

S!: Good luck! Any last words you’d like to say to your “bohabs” out there?

Oderus: We love you bohabs! Continue to apply cream and butter in your inner thighs every night and smash a whole bag of Ruffles on your head. Then, duct tape them to your face. You might need someone to help you. And I leave you with a joke: Why did the fucked up dude rape his 5-year old daughter?

S!: Um, I don’t know, why?

Oderus: Because if he waited until she got older, she’d remember! OH! [Laughs]

S!: Oh! Well thank you Oderus for taking time out to speak with us! Be sure to thank Dave as well for me.

Oderus: I would thank Dave for you, unfortunately there is a sword through his head.

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