GWAR
GWAR are the most gloriously absurd spectacle in heavy metal history, forming in Richmond, Virginia in 1984 as interplanetary warriors sent to Earth to enslave humanity through barbaric thrash metal and grotesque stage shows. Their concerts, featuring elaborate alien costumes, fake blood cannons, and the ritualistic dismemberment of celebrity effigies, are legendary performance-art happenings. Beneath the chaos, albums like 'Scumdogs of the Universe' and 'Lust in Space' deliver surprisingly solid thrash and punk that justifies the spectacle.
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GWAR Shows (17)
Discography
13 tracks
- 1 Hell Intro 1:00
- 2 Battle-Lust 3:02
- 3 Abyss Of Woe 3:38
- 4 Anti-Anti-Christ 3:14
- 5 The Apes Of Wrath 3:14
- 6 Immortal Corrupter 5:35
- 7 Beauteous Rot 2:55
- 8 Licksore 1:41
- 9 Bloody Mary 4:07
- 10 Biledriver 2:41
- 11 The Wheel 3:48
- 12 The Song Of Words 3:32
- 13 Happy Death-Day 4:18
14 tracks
- 1 You Ain't Shit (1985 Demo) (feat. Joey Slutman) 1:08
- 2 Americanized (1985 Demo) (feat. Joey Slutman) 1:58
- 3 Gwar Theme (1985 Demo) (feat. Joey Slutman) 1:35
- 4 Rock N' Roll Party Town (1985 Demo) (feat. Joey Slutman) 3:31
- 5 Pure as the Arctic Snow (1986 Demo) 2:16
- 6 Americanized (1986 Demo) 1:31
- 7 U Ain't Shit (1986 Demo) 0:58
- 8 Slutman City (1986 Demo) 3:56
- 9 Time for Death (1986 Demo) 3:07
- 10 Gwar Theme (1986 Demo) 1:49
- 11 Rock N' Roll Party Town (1986 Demo) 2:49
- 12 Techno's Song (1986 Demo) 2:27
- 13 Eat Steel (1986 Demo) 2:34
- 14 Gor-Gor (1986 Demo) 8:21
11 tracks
- 1 Bring Back the Bomb 4:23
- 2 Krosstika 3:35
- 3 Womb with a View 2:26
- 4 Decay of Granduer 4:05
- 5 War Party 3:16
- 6 Bonesnapper (Faces of the Slain) 4:42
- 7 Lost God 3:58
- 8 The Reaganator 3:05
- 9 The Bonus Plan 1:16
- 10 You Can't Kill Terror 3:17
- 11 Fistful of Teeth 6:30
14 tracks
- 1 Salaminizer 3:58
- 2 Crosstika 3:47
- 3 Bring Back the Bomb 5:06
- 4 Ham on the Bone 2:07
- 5 Immortal Corruptor 6:18
- 6 Womb with a View 2:31
- 7 Have You Seen Me 6:03
- 8 Horror of Yig 4:40
- 9 Crush Kill Destroy 1:58
- 10 Crack in the Egg 3:51
- 11 Reaganator 3:46
- 12 Bonesnapper 5:03
- 13 Sick of You 8:01
- 14 Biledriver 5:26
12 tracks
- 1 Intro 1:00
- 2 War Is All We Know 4:40
- 3 Murderers Muse 4:18
- 4 Go To Hell 4:46
- 5 I Love the Pigs 4:29
- 6 Tormentor 4:30
- 7 Eighth Lock 4:06
- 8 The Ultimate Bohab 3:53
- 9 Destroyed 2:24
- 10 The One That Will Not Be Named 4:06
- 11 Back In Crack 5:11
- 12 Schools Out 3:23
11 tracks
- 1 Lust In Space 6:12
- 2 Let Us Slay 3:25
- 3 Damnation Under God 3:27
- 4 The Uberklaw 3:39
- 5 Lords And Masters 4:52
- 6 Metal Metal Land 3:05
- 7 The Price Of Peace 3:37
- 8 Where Is Zog? 4:53
- 9 Make A Child Cry 2:59
- 10 Release The Flies 4:10
- 11 Parting Shot 4:16
2 tracks
- 1 Stripper Christmas Summer Weekend 4:12
- 2 Hell-O Medley 7:49
11 tracks
- 1 Zombies, March 4:33
- 2 Come the Carnivour 2:23
- 3 A Gathering of Ghouls 2:07
- 4 Storm is Coming 3:54
- 5 Tick-Tits 3:18
- 6 Beat You to Death 3:39
- 7 You are my Meat 2:33
- 8 Hail, Genocide! 3:19
- 9 KZ Necromancer 3:19
- 10 The Litany of the Slain 4:15
- 11 Sick and Twisted 3:42
13 tracks
- 1 Intro 1:55
- 2 Madness at the Core of Time 3:30
- 3 Bloodbath 3:27
- 4 Nothing Left Alive 4:04
- 5 They Swallowed the Sun 4:56
- 6 Torture 4:47
- 7 Raped at Birth 3:59
- 8 I, Bonesnapper 4:02
- 9 Mr. Perfect 5:35
- 10 Battle Maximus 3:38
- 11 Triumph of the Pig Children 3:50
- 12 Falling 2:49
- 13 Fly Now 4:49
12 tracks
- 1 War on GWAR 7:21
- 2 Viking Death Machine 4:15
- 3 El Presidente 4:21
- 4 I'll Be Your Monster 3:09
- 5 Auroch 4:05
- 6 Swarm 4:33
- 7 The Sordid Soliloquy of Sawborg Destructo 4:07
- 8 Death to Dickie Duncan 3:39
- 9 Crushed by the Cross 3:57
- 10 Fuck This Place 5:08
- 11 Phantom Limb 6:10
- 12 If You Want Blood (You Got It) 5:05
13 tracks
- 1 The Salaminizer 3:34
- 2 Maggots 4:07
- 3 Sick Of You 3:09
- 4 Vlad The Impaler 3:17
- 5 Slaughterama 5:04
- 6 King Queen 8:09
- 7 Horror of Yig 5:18
- 8 Love Surgery 5:12
- 9 Sexecutioner 4:00
- 10 The Years Without Light 2:48
- 11 Black and Huge 3:09
- 12 Death Pod 3:33
- 13 Cool Place to Park 4:03
15 tracks
- 1 The Salamanizer 4:01
- 2 The Years Without Light 3:27
- 3 Sexecutioner 4:47
- 4 Black and Huge 3:53
- 5 Vlad the Impaler 4:18
- 6 Death Pod 3:41
- 7 Maggots 4:50
- 8 Love Surgery 5:33
- 9 Horror of Yig 5:02
- 10 King Queen 4:49
- 11 Sick of You 3:37
- 12 Techno’s Song 4:52
- 13 U Ain’t Shit 3:32
- 14 Cool Place to Park 4:32
- 15 Slaughterama 6:23
4 tracks
- 1 Fuck This Place (Acoustic) 2:55
- 2 Gonna Kill You (Acoustic) 2:34
- 3 I'll Be Your Monster (Acoustic) 3:14
- 4 The Road Behind (Acoustic) 4:58
15 tracks
- 1 New Dark Age 4:17
- 2 Blood Libel 3:36
- 3 Berserker Mode 4:07
- 4 Mother Fucking Liar 3:12
- 5 Unto the Breach 4:19
- 6 Completely Fucked 3:55
- 7 The Cutter (feat. Lzzy Hale) 4:00
- 8 Rise Again (feat. Hey Steve) 5:18
- 9 The Beast Will Eat Itself 3:13
- 10 Venom of the Platypus 4:35
- 11 Ratcatcher 4:07
- 12 Bored to Death 4:00
- 13 Temple Ascent (Death Whistle Suite) 1:43
- 14 Starving Gods (Death Whistle Suite) 5:11
- 15 Deus Ex Monstrum (Death Whistle Suite) 10:53
16 tracks
- 1 Intro 1:55
- 2 Madness at the Core of Time 3:29
- 3 Bloodbath 3:27
- 4 Nothing Left Alive 4:31
- 5 They Swallowed the Sun 4:57
- 6 Torture 4:48
- 7 Raped at Birth 4:00
- 8 I, Bonesnapper 4:03
- 9 Mr. Perfect 5:40
- 10 Tammy, the Swine Queen 3:25
- 11 Battle Maximus 3:38
- 12 Triumph of the Pig Children 3:52
- 13 Falling 2:52
- 14 Fly Now 4:44
- 15 Carry On Wayward Son 4:58
- 16 Wheel Of Punishment 2:30
7 tracks
- 1 The Great Circus Train Disaster 3:43
- 2 Lot Lizard 2:24
- 3 Tyrant King 3:26
- 4 Crack In The Egg (Live) 4:10
- 5 The Founding Fathers (Live) 4:31
- 6 America Must Be Destroyed (Live) 9:29
- 7 Fishfuck (Live) 2:21
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