Fantastic Fest: Scumdogs of Eternity in This Is Gwar

New documentary gets under the latex of the monster metalers

"...Cuddlefish. For 37 years, deranged performance art/goreshow metal heads GWAR have shocked, baffled, and drenched audiences, part Grand Guignol..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 3

“Gwar is not dead! Oderus!”

"...Oderus Urungus has fallen. Dave Brockie, the heart of Gwar since its inception, left a free-bleeding gash in the..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Sharks in the Water

American Sharks kick off tour on Pau Wau’s party barge

"...speed-sludge trio has toured under the wicked wings of Gwar, Clutch, Red Fang, and the Sword, but this August..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.3 – Day Two

Melvins, Gwar, Goatwhore, and Star & Dagger plunge in

"...a capering death head, these alleged transdimensional travelers owe Gwar a pretty obvious debt. In fact, the latter has..."

Oct. 27, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...happened to be Oderus Urungus from shock metal maestros Gwar. It was a hammer blow to the heart of..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...only be matches in sheer lunacy by This is GWAR, the story of everyone's favorite hypergonzo metal act (is..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

Housecore Horror Relights the Superjoint

Fest adds Superjoint Ritual, Voivod, and a resurrected Gwar

"...word of the appearance for a second year of Gwar, the splatter metal masters who rocked a stunning show..."

Aug. 19, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Gwar

"...to gripping breakup albums. While no Black in Black, Gwar's 13th disc belches up a high-bile mark in the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Housecore Horror Music Schedule

Full line-ups, plus one-day music passes available now

"...In June, festival co-founder Cory Mitchell announced costumed maniacs GWAR, NOLA sludgers Down, Anselmo’s new project Philip H. Anselmo..."

Aug. 12, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Gets Loud

Music lineup confirms Ansemlo and Goblin double headers

"...horror soundtrack masters Goblin. Now everyone’s favorite Grammy-nominated freakazoids GWAR have been announced as the Saturday headliners at Emo’s...."

June 7, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready Not to Fall

Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair talks success and Straight Edge

"...Zach took a two-album stint under the rubber as Gwar's guitarist Flattus Maximus. In 2004, he finally made the..."

Jan. 15, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...Nov. 17, 1994: GWAR, Skatenigs, Buzzoven – classic...."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Head Out on the Highway

Reinvent the Wheel on One of These Cool Texas Road Trips

"...haircut in Austin. Or about when the shock-rock band Gwar stayed at the Dabbs. ("We had a Gwar-B-Q." The..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Karla Zimmerman

Dancing About Architecture

One World or Two '97

"...pressing. Goudie also recently produced a new album for GWAR, who'll be in Austin on May 8 (as will..."

April 11, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Against who's also played in Hagfish, Only Crime, and Gwar, calls his seven-year writing partnership with Wiebe "profound" and..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...a friend of 20 years who served time in Gwar and Nineties Dallas punk-pop sensations Hagfish, to create Drakulas,..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Local punk supergroup gets all Dickies

"...a friend of 20 years who served time in Gwar and Nineties Dallas punk-pop sensations Hagfish, to create Drakulas,..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chronicle SXSW Day Party Announced

RSVP now!

"...Riverboat Gamblers on vocals and Zach Blair from Rise Against/Gwar/Hagfish on guitar, the band wears turtlenecks and medallions. The..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...of Human Achievement, Ink Tank, Dys/Mem, Drew Paryzer, and Gwar Spam’s, The Internet Diner, Museum of Human Achievement, Rachel..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"...outfit with local guitar genius Zach Blair (Rise Against, Gwar, Hagfish, Only Crime) that adheres to a strict dark..."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...not the goth kids that used to go to Gwar gigs anymore, even if heading homeward gets Jacob back..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...plays in Rise Against, Drakulas, and was previously in Gwar, Only Crime, and more.] All of sudden, I’ve got..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Fest Official Late Night Shows Venue Guide

Because after the show it’s the afterparty

"...concerts, from local favorites Wild Child to roadshows like Gwar, the variety of events, such as movies and storytelling..."

Sept. 21, 2016 Music Post

Playback – Lift to Experience: Back at the Crossroads

Lift to Experience returns to Texas-Jerusalem, X Games music crashes, and Prince-a-plenty

"...crazed metallic punk that made Brutal Juice bedfellows with Gwar...."

June 3, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Education Is the Next Punk Rock

Hands-on learning for those interested in the music business

"...Toss questioners muffins. He said, "In a world of GWAR and bands that throw shit all over the place,..."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Headliners: Descendents, Mastodon, RJD2, MGMT, Bad Religion, Gwar..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Experiencing a Broadened Euphoria

EDM breaks out, Agony Column returns

"...in 1985, found a national audience after tours with Gwar and Biohazard then attained recorded glory through its 1989..."

April 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Digging Up the Marrow

Adam Green on the long and very personal path of his new feature

"...and Holliston costar Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus from Gwar, and Green's divorce from his wife Rileah Vanderbilt. Both..."

March 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Hanging in the House of Songs

The House of Songs, Hotel Vegas on tour, and Terminator Too: Judgment Play

"..."It's like Saturday Night Live meets a Gwar concert," explains Los Angeles-based director Thomas Blake about his..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror 2014, Saturday

"...GWAR..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Photo Gallery

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