The Metal Files

I love seeing GWAR live.  I’ve seen them several times since the 80s and I think they peaked at the Scumdogs album.  Nevertheless, I do try to go and see them still.  They still crack me up.  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Dave Brockie died earlier this year.  He was the voice and personality behind the Oderus Urungus,  Dave was a funny guy and cool the few times that I met him.  I have an interview I did with GWAR in 1999 that I need to get uploaded.  It’s hilarious.

The band is now using multiple members as singers and it works with their new storyline of having an epic battle to see who will become the new leader of the band.  Included in that mix was my buddy, Brent, who replaced Corey Smoot on lead guitar after his untimely death a few years ago.  He’s Pustulus Maximus.  I’ve known him for about 10 years from other bands he played with back in Virginia.  Awesome dude and it’s always great to see him.

The band hit the stage during the second annual Housecore Horror Film Festival and there was a video message on the “magic mirror” from Oderus.  It was all strange, but it worked.  He disappears into another dimension or something and all of the new singers bash it out.  The show was enjoyable and Brent’s guitar playing was awesome.  He sang a song or two as well.  Way to go, Pustulus!

It’s always fun watching people get soaked in the pit at their shows.  This past Saturday night, I got hit with a blood cannon.  Totally unintentional but it made me laugh nonetheless.  Good fun all the way around, especially their cover of West End Girls.  I also ran into a guy I knew from Virginia that I hadn’t seen since about 2000.  He was touring with a guitar company that he works for. I also ran into the VoiVod guys who remembered me from a SxSW show a few years back when I got my head cut open by a stage diver.

This show marked the 6th in a row since Monday night.  I was absolutely exhausted by the time it was over.

The aftermath

Pustulus