The main thing you need to keep in mind when listening to GWAR (especially their earlier albums) is that they were writing each album as a chapter in the story of these intergalactic beings that were banished to Earth and are bent on destruction, sex, drugs, violence, and rock and roll to level of absurdity. Everything is to be taken as tongue in cheek, but they do make a lot of thinly veiled social commentary in the guise of over-the-top lyrics and story beats of the album. Conceptually, GWAR isn't a band of humans in silly costumes. When you approach it as listening to them as if they truly ARE their gimmick, then they make a lot more sense and they become even more fun. To paraphrase Oderus on an episode of Jerry Springer, "What is worse: to watch the evening news that is full of death and destruction and horrible things happening to the world... or listening to GWAR which totally makes fun of all of that?"

People dont realize how good these musicians are.

I've seen Gwar in concert over 20 times, and I've taken my son to see them every year since he turned 10 (6 shows)... One thing I can say about Gwar is that they're primarily metal with punk roots, but they've dabbled in just about every damn genre of music to one extent or another, even country and rap.

Sadam a Go-Go next for yet another aspect of their recordings.

One of the the bands that are dead serious with their humor!

GWAR has one of the best live shows ever. Plus when it's over the local gas stations and convince stores workers are confused when people come in at 1am covered in green and red liquids to get smokes and mixers at the end of a great night of metal. Shout out to Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh for being one of the best venues for all music but Metal, Punk and Rock in particular.

Seen these guys live 7 times. Always a crazy show. Loved them. Wore a white union suit with the butt flap in back and combat boots one time. I stood out almost as much as they did. 🤣🤣

I love that you laugh. It isn't meant to be taken so seriously and it's funny to me how many people actually think they're serious. It's all tounge and cheek and playing a character.

most creative band and art collective ever...RIP brockie

Immortal Corruptor rocks. you're missed Dave.

Lyrics Gor-Gor Gor-Gor comes and sirens wail Mournful drone of babbling fail Thunderous gnashing firestorm Flames illuminate his form Gor-Gor comes and you must die Swats F-16s from the sky Admit you crave the gift he brings you Fall worship tyrant king, you Gor-Gor! Sow pestilent hate It shall obliterate The shadows of your long dead brothers And all the mutilated others Who died in waves, uniform To appease your bloodied hulking form Who broke through layers of molten strata To make the planet earth errata Take the chuld in champing jaws A pulping pile of frothing flaws This horrid mass shall give us pause At putrid rot fills gaping maws Gor-Gor! Gor-Gor big! Skulls are smashed and bones are bending Joints are popping, our claws are rending Groveling, sniveling, driveling horde To worship scaly overlord Apocalypse becomes creation Gor-Gor shall erase the nation Before you jump into his gizzard Fall and worship tyrant lizard Gor-Gor comes and you must die He swats the stealth down from the sky Admit you crave the gift he brings you Fall and worship tyrant king you Gor-Gor!

havent heard these guys in forever! Love GWAR hahah, still have a blood covered shirt from a live show

I've been listening to them since the 80's. Everyone should attend a Gwar show at least once just to say you did it. Might want to stand way in the back if you don't want to get splattered with "bodily" fluids.

Very underrated band. Even without Dave they still stand as pretty solid band imo.

They stick with the intergalactic crackhead space barbarian theme always. Dave Brockie (RIP) Was Always Oderus

Bring ack the bomb is so brutal im so glad someone recommended this, I've sung this song on karaoke before.

Brings Back the Memories! I used like these two songs a lot in high school a lot. I love their energy, lot of bands try the mask thing but GWAR did it best and will probably always be the GOAT. A lot can be said about how much effort they put into designing their characters, the lore behind them, the stage props and effects. Plus the lyrics about nukes and America, it all makes more sense from the perspective of their intergalactic demon. I reckon' it's all in good jest

Both my parents infact, let me listen to GWAR, multiple shows too. My little brother was even fed to the world maggot. Theres a video of it on youtube somewhere. You can find it fairly easily.

7:19 "That's the thing about these guys, you can say whatever you want about them - but musically, these guys were talented." And that's really it about Gwar. No matter what anyone thinks about their style and their presentation, they are *talented*. They're really way more talented than they need to be in order to be successful as a mere shock rock band.

I have never before known the joy of seeing someone who isn’t in on the joke yet read GWAR lyrics. That was glorious. Thank you. It immediately made me think of 20 other songs that could have been so so much worse. When exterminating all life on earth is your stated goal, as it is GWAR’s, bringing back the bomb is really just about efficiency. They’ve been trying to get off this planet for thousands of years, so you can hardly blame them for getting ornery.

A great rabbit hole my friend the almighty GWAR I've survived 8 concerts

Love it. There’s no other live show like GWAR, and they always gave it their all. I saw them open for themselves (their alter ego band ‘ExCops’.) it was glorious.

one of the most fun concerts I've ever been to

you REALLY need to see a live performance, i saw them and will never forget the experience

Gwar stayed true and was dropped by warner bros Over a song b.d.f that gwar refused to omit. Went to the Grammies in full gwar gear when told not to.

The lyrics are all humorous! Love it! When they started out they were more punk sounding but as the years went on they got more metal. Odorous always kept a bit of punk attitude in his vocals throughout his history with the band though.

2:15 your shock and horror of the idea of bringing back the bomb had me laugh so hard it hurt hahaha

I was born in 2002 but as for what my parents think of me listening to GWAR… my dad showed GWAR to us he made us listen to them and I think about 2 or 3 years ago we went to one of their concerts which we all loved even my brother who at the time was like 5 or 6

this the typa thing i used to listen to during class before i graduated. last year lol im only 18 gwar is the sht

Was suppose to GWAR last night, but none of my friends could get work off, so I didn’t 😔 thanks for doing this reaction, it cheered me up a bit

I’m a bit late to the (war) party but this video had me immediately subscribe to your channel. your insight and analysis is highly entertaining. rock on!

It's worth remembering Gwar's back story: they're aliens from another planet that crash landed in Antarctica. They met Sleazy P. Martini, who they were going to kill, but he got them addicted to crack, and became their manager, touring them around to make money for more crack. Their mission is to dominate, enslave, and kill humanity. They don't have mosh pits; they have slave pits. And they kill effigies on stage, and soak the crowd with blood. Best live shows ever.

I don't mean this in a bad way. Sometimes you look like a kid that's listening to music they were told not to listen to. Lol. Glad you enjoyed it. 😃

Have You Seen Me is a cool jazz diddy. GWAR has a song called Babyraper, and because they don't care, and aren't mainstream, they coul continued to fill this miserable planet with joy, because YOU. CAN'T. STOP. GWAR. At least not without convenient maggot saddles, of course.

Bevis loves Gwar! .. "Gwar! Gwar! Gwar!" That was the Greatest! aaah loll

Super solid band...always been great! They're just really theatrical!

The first time i saw this video on Headbangers ball, it blew my mind. Since then i have been a long time fan.

The Charlotte North Carolina Police were holding the Cuddlefish for a while, Tipper Gore was holding it, but they made her give it back.

Awesome to see Gwar on tour with Napalm Death.

Since you seem to enjoy the mighty Gwar you should check out madness at the Core of Time. It's a great way to see what one of the concerts out.

This entire album is brutal Thrash Metal. Well, except the fusion jazz of "Have You Seen Me?" (seriously). My favorite Gwar album. Also, the song "Morality Squad" is all about Gwar and the PMRC. This entire album is a reaction from when Oderus went to jail for indecency. There is a full-length video to accompany this album "Phallus in Wonderland", which is about them putting Oderus' junk on trial for indecency.

I always come back to this reaction. It's probably my favorite. I love gwar so fucking much.

the vids were f back early nineties... these guys do indeed have rocking skills....

GWAR LIVE IN CONCERT ......Bucket list ....Oderus was the shit ...seen them 7 times live...6 times on acid

America Must Be Destroyed was the first album I ever owned on tape cassette. They were very underground at the time and nobody knew about them. They actually got kinda pissed off because all the censorship people were harassing 2 Live Crew and not them. In fact at that time there were alot of metal bands writing lyrics that would never fly today. Bands like Cannibal Corpse and "Stripped Raped and Strangled" you could hear on certain rock stations late at night only. From 1989-1992 the Censorship Bureau were much more focused on NWA and Public Enemy. Especially around the time the LA Riots went down.

Unfortunately I'm a little bit too young to have been into these guys in the '80s but I found them in the late 90s early 2000s. You're right and that it was hard to get GWAR at Walmart but it was a non-issue at most of your local record shops. The record shop was great too because those people had no fucks to give about your age and completely ignored the parental advisory warnings. In fact most metalheads owe Tipper Gore a huge thank you, because we didn't buy shit unless it had that parental advisory label!

Another great GWAR song would be The Road Behind.

Dude you should totally listen to Immortal Corrupter and the Road Behind (R.I.P Dave Brockie)

All the local clubs banned them from playing here for a while back in the 90's. Due to all the fake bodily fluids sprayed everywhere during their shows. But they came through in 94 anyway as the X-Cops if my memory serves. After that one of the clubs let them come back as GWAR in 95 and boy was the whole ceiling dripping that night. Great times!

And yeah they're tight as fuck and the drummer is just going off and the twin guitars, damn! And had a great groove in there too

There's no stinkers on the album America must be destroyed. Blimey, the road behind, have you seen me, gilded lily, crack in the egg... my fav. all great songs plus the video of the album. Great stuff

bring back the bomb!.......they are working on it gwar...they are workin on it lol best song of all time.

Saw where someone suggested Saddam A Go Go. Definitely. For interesting styles as far as instruments. look into Sepultura. My suggestions would be Attitude and Ratamahatta.

Best Halloween concert I’ve ever been at

my first gwar song R.I.P. ODERUS

Check out their full movie Phallus in Wonderland, for an actual music video for Gor-Gor.

Check out Ghoul - Kids In America. I was assistant engineer on that single.

I love GWAR! best live shows ever

Had "The bomb blows air backwards no time to scream" on my binder in high school, got in some trouble as they thought I was planning on bombing said school. Hadn't thought how that might sound not so great when putting gwar lyrics on my binder.

I’m in the video for this, in the crowd. DNA Lounge, San Francisco Ca.

Check out the tune Gilded Lily by Gwar.

GOR-GOR always feels like Im reading a really good comic book with story build up and climax when listening.

If you haven't seen it, check out their movie phalus in wonderland, where you see GWAR fight Gor Gor. Also check out skullheadface, their other movie.

I'm not even into metal but damn that song's fucking dope! GWAR is fucking amazing!

GOR-GOR BIG!!!!

seen gwar 5 times with brockie and man there was nothing like it.

Make a child cry! Lust in space Gwar

gor gar is the t-rex pet !!!

Hell yeah!!! GWAR!!!!

America must be destroyed is my fav concept album ever. What a story! LOL

See them live.

Gwar is the USA mirror

All hail Oderus Urungus!!!

Gor-Gor For President!

Juss clicked and you got GWAR on tha chan so it has to be so! Cheers fam (or bohab!?)

Check this song out, it's really jazzy (is that a word?). It was called "Have you seen me". Or the song "Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good". It has without a doubt the most offensive lyrics I've heard in a LOOOOONG time. Actually since listening to "Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good", I'm thinking it may be TOO graphic.

You should check out Immortal Corruptor. That one has some fucking wild transitions.

Yeah just revisiting, but GWAR is the only band that even Wendy's would not even troll! Grate Shit!!! (see what I did there?)

Fucking GWAR Rules🕛

Gwar was on Jerry Springer

Gor Gor is my hero!! (Next to Vlad the Impaler)

Biledriver should be listened too as well

This band pulls no punches in vulgarity, hoo boy 🤘🤣🤘

You should have listened to "crack in the egg" before "gor gor". Gor gor is actually the lead singers crack baby.

Obviously you can't take them seriously -- just fun!

Every three minutes a Bohab is born...

You need to watch “this is Gwar “

As tongue in cheek as these lot are gor gor goes kinda hard

Wait til you get to the other songs on the album like you can't kill terror and war party.

you should see the music video. the band actually fights a giant crack baby T-rex

There live shows are nuts lol

if this song hit you the best then you need to watch phallus in wonderland, as its been said before the skits in the movie sets the tone for the song, this movie touches on the PMRC trends back then with tipper gore.....again must watch if not already done so ! Gwar fans are called Scumdogs !

You really should start at Crack in the egg, then go into GOR GOR, cause they lean into one another. One story two parts....

Have you seen me?? Haha

Watch their movie " Phallus in Wonderland" sums up allot

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whatever you do don't do "have you seen me" it will really freak you out .

They are shock rock

Or watch their movie Phallus in Wonderland.....

You mention the jazzyness. Balzak is a jazz guitar player. And being a metal band is part of the gimmick. It's a huge art project. And will continue to dominate this shitball planet eternally.