QRO spotlights the scumdogs of the universe, GWAR!!!
Name: GWAR
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Members: Michael Bishop (Beefcake the Mighty, former), Zach Blair (Flattus Maximus, former), Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus, deceased), Mike Derks (Balsa the Jaws of Death), Tim Harris (Flattus Maximus, former), Jamison Land (Beefcake the Mighty), Pete Lee (Flattus Maximus, former), Casey Orr (Beefcake the Mighty, former), Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus), Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha), Dewey Rowell (Flattus Maximus, former), Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus, deceased)
Related act(s): Dave Brockie Experience, Burden Brothers, Death Piggy, Rigor Mortis, White Cross, X-Cops
Albums: Hell-O (1988), Scumdogs of the Universe (1990), America Must Be Destroyed (1992), This Toilet Earth (1994), Ragnarok (1995), Carnival of Chaos (1997), We Kill Everything (1999), Violence Has Arrived (2001), War Party (2004), Beyond Hell (2006), Lust In Space (2009), Bloody Pit of Horror (2010), Battle Maximus (2013), The New Dark Ages (2022)
Related Articles:
Photo gallery from Marchesa Hall & Theatre in Austin, TX on November 18th, 2011
Photo gallery from People’s Court in Des Moines, IA on March 27th, 2012
Interview with Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus)
Live review at Wooly’s in Des Moines, IA on April 19th, 2013
Review as part of Riot Fest in Chicago, IL on September 13th, 2013
Live review at Roseland Theater in Portland, OR on October 15th, 2013
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 12th, 2014
Photo gallery from Riot Fest on September 12th, 2014
Photo gallery from Wooly’s in Des Moines, IA on August 27th, 2015
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 12th, 2015
Photo gallery from Riot Fest 2015
Interview with Beefcake the Mighty and Balsac the Jaws of Death at Riot Fest 2015
Photo gallery from interview at Riot Fest 2015
Photo gallery from Webster Hall in New York, NY on November 15th, 2015
Dave Brockie and Cory Smoot featured in QRO’s “Rest In Peace”
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 16th, 2016
Photo gallery from Riot Fest 2016
Live review at House of Vans in Brooklyn, NY on October 29th, 2016
Photo gallery from House of Vans
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 17th, 2017
Photo gallery from Riot Fest 2017
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 14th, 2019
Photo gallery from Riot Fest 2019
Photo gallery from The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA on September 22nd, 2019
Review as part of Riot Fest on September 18th, 2021
Photo gallery from The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on September 13th, 2022
Review as part of Louder Than Life in Louisville, KY on September 23rd, 2022
Tour dates:
AGE OF IMBECILES TOUR
10/11 Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s*
10/12 S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground*
10/13 New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square*
10/14 Reading, PA @ Reverb*
10/15 Niagara Falls, NY @ The Rapids Theatre*
10/16 Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix#
10/18 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
10/19 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/20 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
10/21 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
10/22 Huntsville, AL @ Mars Music Hall
10/24 Richmond, VA @ The National
10/25 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/26 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/27 Gainesville, FL @ The Fest, Bo Diddley Plaza
10/28 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
10/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven)
10/30 Orlando, FL @The Beacham
*No X-Cops
#No Negative Approach
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
9/2 Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma
9/3 Cookeville, TN @ Muddy Roots Festival
10/26-27 Gainesville, FL @ The Fest
10/31 – 11/4 Lamb of God’s Headbangers Boat
11/5 San Mateo Otzacatipan, MX @ Hell & Heaven Festival