The intergalactic warriors GWAR, from the planet way past Uranus called Scumdogia (also known as Richmond, VA) are returning to wreak havok on the innocent! The spectacle that is a GWAR show returns to the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on the eve of the Mayan apocalypse (12/20), and TVD has a pair of tickets for one lucky winner.
GWAR’s unique brand of satirical metal has been shocking and entertaining audiences since 1988, and their stage show has become the stuff of legend. Beheadings, meat grinders, dinosaurs, and monsters abound, and their shows never fail to sicken or disappoint (or at a minimum cover the audience in blood and gore).
Over the years, while keeping their sardonic sense of humor, their music has taken a much on heavier, thrashier, and more technical sound. Metalunderground.com proclaimed that “The music on ‘Bloody Pit of Horror’ is heavier and more complex than anything else the band has done in the past. The lower tuning used in the writing process creates intense heaviness, something even seasoned GWAR fans aren’t used to hearing from their favorite space marauders.”
The guys have taken a night off from recording their upcoming album, Mad at the Sun, to throw a “Last Night on Earth” show, celebrating the predicted end of mankind as only GWAR can. They are bringing along fellow Richmond cronies Kepone and Iron Reagan for the festivities.
For your shot at winning a pair of tickets, leave a comment below telling us what you would name a new member of GWAR. With names like Oderus Urungus, Pustulus Maximus and Jizmak Da Gusha, the possibilities are endless. What would your ghoul from another dimension be named? I’m going with “Scrotumus the Destroyer.”
We’ll choose one winner at noon on Monday, December 17. Tickets are still available for purchase.
