Music
Metal band Gwar brought thunder and lighting to the confines of NPR’s Tiny Desk with an outrageous act that also praised ‘national treasure’ Terry Gross.
July 18, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
If nothing else, Gwar’s typically gore-soaked night of heavy-metal shtick Wednesday at the Galaxy Concert Theatre revealed who has dibs on the “hack” in “hackneyed.”
May 16, 1997
Nation Now
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Nov. 4, 2011
Dave Brockie, the founder and lead singer of darkly satirical heavy metal band GWAR, was found dead Sunday in his Richmond, Va., home.
March 24, 2014
Well, Beavis and Butt-head like GWAR, and so would Vlad the Impaler, Jack the Ripper and Freddy Krueger.
Nov. 10, 1994
Sept. 16, 2014
The frontman for the costume-clad “extraterrestrial” metal band Gwar died of an accidental heroin overdose, the Virginia coroner’s office told local media Tuesday.
June 3, 2014
The shock-metal band Gwar may routinely decapitate effigies of the pope onstage in an orgy of cartoonish blood and terror, but now some band personnel business has rapidly turned into a genuine -- and tragic -- spat.
May 8, 2015
If nothing else, Gwar’s typically gore-soaked night of heavy-metal shtick on Wednesday at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana revealed who has dibs on the “hack” in “hackneyed.”
Obituaries
Dave Brockie, frontman for heavy metal GWAR, dies at 50; John V. “Jack” Foley, chairman of Metropolitan Water District board, dies at 83.
March 25, 2014