by Zach Shaw | Apr 10, 2014 | News, Tributes, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/DT-n5ge7gCQ[/youtube] It’s been almost two weeks since the passing of Dave Brockie, and the metal community is still grieving his death. Now the surviving members of GWAR have come together to issue a joint video statement addressing the death...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 27, 2014 | Tributes
The tributes continue to pour in for GWAR frontman Dave Brockie. And while much of the metal and hard rock community are talking about what GWAR and Brockie meant to them, not many of them actually got to perform with the band. Andrew W.K. is one of them. The...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 25, 2014 | Tributes, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/XYJ-Ok1z46E[/youtube] Yesterday, Phil Anselmo posted a video taken backstage last month at the Soundwave Festival in Sydney, Australia. In the minute-long clip, Anselmo, GWAR’s Dave Brockie and Brent Purgason, Satyricon’s Satyr and...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 24, 2014 | News, Television, Tributes
[youtube]http://youtu.be/B_dsWCZcJOE[/youtube] We’d mentioned that syndicated sports show host Dan Patrick enjoyed having Dave Brockie and his alter ego Oderus Urungus on the show. Not only does an Oderus mask hang in the studio of his talk show, which is...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 24, 2014 | Tributes
Since their formation in 1984, GWAR has been of the most unique bands in metal. With the shocking and sudden death of frontman Dave Brockie last night, it’s important to remember the band’s impact not just on the metal scene, but beyond it. And although...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 11, 2014 | Tributes, Updates
Although many Melvins fans were unsurprised to hear earlier today upon the passing of former child star Shirley Temple Black that her daughter Lori “Lorax” Black played in the Melvins, it was a surprise to casual fans, as well as to many in the metal...