Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 10, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Qj9TpEe7zXU[/youtube] Are you familiar with TED Talks? Standing for Technology, Enetertainment, Design, the TED talks are a series of conferences given, many of them are presented by academics. There’s also TEDx, which are independent of the actual TED Talks, in which a free license is obtained from TED and some central principles are followed. This brings us […]
Posted by Metal Insider on December 22, 2014
2014 was filled with lots of great new albums (as you likely noticed from our Top 10 list). Yet like every year, 2014 had plenty of shocking moments; incidents and events that took the metal community by complete surprise. With that in mind, the Metal Insider crew continues the tradition of listing the top ten […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 18, 2014
The passing of GWAR frontman Dave Brockie earlier this year was one of the biggest losses in the metal community of the last decade. As the outspoken frontman of the band, he was essentially the spokesman for the band. They proved they could soldier on without him, playing an energetic, blood-soaked and surprisingly emotional set […]
Posted by Metal Insider on August 18, 2014
This past weekend, many of metal, hardcore and punk’s elite descended on Richmond, VA’s Hadad’s Lake not just for the 5th annual GWAR-B-Q, but also to pay tribute to fallen frontman Dave Brockie and his altar ego Oderus Urungus. And while first and foremost, the event remained a celebration of all things GWAR, there was […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 16, 2014
A little more than an hour ago, GWAR played their first show since the death of Dave Brockie to cap off the fifth annual GWAR-B-Q. When we caught up with Brad Roberts, he promised that the band would be going back to their roots. By bringing back Michael Bishop, the original Beefcake the Mighty, as […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 1, 2014
Many fans were wondering what this year’s GWAR-B-Q would entail since the surviving members announced plans to move forward with it. Now new details are being revealed about the event’s 5th year. In addition to being a tribute to Dave Brockie a.k.a. Oderus Urungus as previously announced, there will be a free public memorial for […]
