Tag Archives: Dave Brockie

Surviving members of GWAR issue video statement, launch The Dave Brockie Foundation

Posted by on April 10, 2014

[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 of their band mate and announce the creation of The Dave Brockie Foundation. Appearing out of […]

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Randy Blythe has choice words for funeral crasher

Posted by on April 3, 2014

On April Fool’s day, several hundred people attended the private memorial for GWAR frontman Dave Brockie, whose death we’re still trying to come to grips with. Even though we didn’t really know him, it’s a tough time, knowing what a personality he was an knowing people that were proud to call him a friend. Lamb […]

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Headbangers Brawl: Should GWAR continue on without Dave Brockie?

Posted by on March 28, 2014

The metal community (and beyond, even Moby recognized) is still freshly mourning the loss of GWAR’s Dave Brockie. Hands down, one of the most outspoken personalities in the genre, his presence is already missed. And while the GWAR-B-Q will continue, with a public memorial happening, the question remains as to whether GWAR as an entity […]

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Andrew W.K. pays tribute to Dave Brockie

Posted by on March 27, 2014

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 consummate partier, Mr. WK used his […]

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GWAR will continue on with GWAR-B-Q, memorial scheduled

Posted by on March 26, 2014

Another statement has been released by GWAR’s manager, Jack Flanagan regarding the death of Dave Brockie. It explains that the GWAR-B-Q will continue on, and there will be a public memorial taking place prior to the festival. Here’s Flanagan’s statement: On behalf of Dave Brockie’s family, Slave Pit Inc. and GWAR, we would like to […]

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Source: Dave Brockie’s death might have been drug-related

Posted by on March 26, 2014

The world lost a great talent on Sunday, when GWAR mastermind Dave Brockie was found dead on his sofa by a roommate. According to Richmond TV station WTVR, law enforcement sources claimed that based on evidence gathered at his house, his death is being investigated as drug-related. Toxicology reports can take six week or more […]

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GWAR thank fans for their support

Posted by on March 25, 2014

It’s been a very tough couple of days for the metal community following the passing of GWAR frontman Dave Brockie. And while it’s been hard for his many fans and has reverberated around the Richmond music scene and his countless friends in the metal community, his untimely death has hit the hardest for the other […]

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Book excerpt: GWAR takes on skinheads at City Gardens

Posted by on March 25, 2014

Tonight (25), No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes: An Oral History of the Legendary City Gardens authors Amy Yates Wuelfling and Steven DiLodovico will be appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about their book. There’s a reason for that, as Stewart was once a bartender at the long-shuttered music venue and […]

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Members of GWAR and extended family discuss Dave Brockie in video report

Posted by on March 25, 2014

Following yesterday’s news of Dave Brockie’s death, a video news report was posted to WTVR.com including Greg Ottinger (known as Cornelius Carnage in the band’s early days)  store manager Matt Maguire, costume designer Davis Bradley, and more. While it seems to be a somber mood all around, there is also much remembrance of Brockie’s creativity and personality. […]

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This Phil Anselmo/GWAR backstage bonding moment is touching

Posted by on March 25, 2014

[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 Frost and Volbeat’s Michael Poulson headbang to Slayer’s “Angel of Death” in Down’s dressing room. There’s nothing that special about it initially, in […]

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