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I actually had a really witty introduction to this band during the gig that I was going to use as my introduction to this blog entry. Turns out memory isn’t my strong characteristics. Anyway, add good old metal/rock and roll, blood, g strings, hitler, the pope, bono and a few monsters you see in those game workshop figurines. Blend them with the labtec blender you see in the will it blend ads, and what do you get? GWAR.

You might know GWARif you’ve seen Empire Records, where one of the characters, Mark, is watching GWAR perform on the television, later on he gets trapped inside with them. They are also known as the band that my brother listened to quite a lot back when he was still around (that and Manowar). Bloody crazy shock rock band.

Michelle managed to get guestlists for this show and invited me to come see them with her. I once again decided to bring my DSLR camera using my usual camera smuggling technique. We arrived at the venue and went to the box office to claim the guestlist tickets. Unfortunately, this didn’t go so well since the tour manager didn’t get Michelle’s name written down on the guestlist. There was quite a panic on determining whether we’re genuine guestlisters or not. One of the ladies managed to find the tour manager (who was actually part of the GWAR performance (think he was one/some of the monsters) ) to get a confirmation that we’re valid guestlisters. So yeah, we managed to get our guestlist in the end and go into the venue. It was pretty full already I must say. The seating area was quite packed so we couldn’t see the gig from a far distance, we ended up going near the front (on the side) to view the gig.

Look at the guy’s double metal sign “\mm/” how hardcore is that!

Loads of body fluids

GWAR is amazing, I advice you to check them out the next time they play. They are a bunch of crazy metal monsters rocking out in a small venue spraying all forms of body fluids (you name it, they sprayed it) at the crowd. Of course it was coloured water, but nonetheless, from where they escaped, it did make you feel a bit disgusted at it haha. The crowd really enjoyed the constant sprays of fake bodily fluids.

The music was over the top. They weren’t your typical metal band. They were far more tasteful. If you’re going to do metal, Do it right, wear crazy outfits, spray gallons of blood and of course, wear unflattering gstrings throughout the gig.

We did catch the tour manager (I think) who was constantly at the side of the stage getting changed into the next character to appear in the interludes. The show was filled with them. Between every one they would bring a celebrity of some sort to the stage and you get to hear alot about them. Each satirical interlude was dubbed with rather funny voices as well. There was a hybrid monster consisting of Bono and Hitler, a GWAR fan, the pope, some irish policeman (who gets raped with a stick), some crazy monster, some heroine addict, Osama Bin laden and a few other characters. They would do a 1 minute speech and soon after that, they are interupted by the singer going “WHAT A SECOND! WHY ARE YOU IN HELL!” All characters end up losing a limb or being totally annihilated on stage by the band. Some crazy melodrama one might say.

The show was simply amazing, never have I seen so much water being sprayed at the fans. The security guards werent too happy having to wear parker coats to hide from the water sprays, not to mention photographers being scared shitless that their cameras might get damaged from all the blood and …stuff.

I unfortunately got sprayed a few times and at one time, witness my iriver and camera to be splattered with blood. Thank god the lens didn’t get any. The security guards didnt really notice or care about my camera and all. Near the end I was kneeling on a stool taking photos, was pretty fun (was also taking photos by putting the camera on my head and snapping)

After the gig, everyone came out drenched silly. Some of the fans intentionally wore white jeans and t shirts JUST to really highlight how much they were soaked in blood. It was a bloody exciting gig (no pun intended). After the gig I went back home with blood all over my face, hands at the top of my top. Was quite funny seeing people’s reactions to someone filled with blood, but yeah haha.