Tuesday, June 09, 2009 04:10 PM James Zahn MUSICK NEWS
Not the place you’d expect to find him, but in-between appearances at our just-wrapped East Coast Edition of FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors, GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus paid a visit to FOX NEWS for an appearance on THE RED EYE with Greg Gutfeld.
“If the Rolling Stones could play their instruments, they still wouldn’t be as good as GWAR. If The Who could write a melody, GWAR could still beat the living crap out of them. If The Beatles could’ve had a decent drummer, GWAR would still use them as a human toilet. That’s because plain and simple, GWAR rules.” said Gutfeld prior to welcoming the bearer of the Cuttlefish of Cthulu to the show.
No word on whether or not Bill O’Reilly was harmed during the broadcast, though sources tell FANGORIA that GWAR manager Sleazy P. Martini was looking for THE O’REILLY FACTOR host for a good part of Friday evening.
Fun Fact: Did you know that O’Reilly cites BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992), THE WOLF MAN (1941), and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) among his favorite films? One thing is certain - he hates modern horror: “On this Halloween the number one movie in America is ‘Saw III,’ a sadistic slasher flick designed solely so its audience can enjoy graphic depictions of human suffering. I fully support freedom in the marketplace, but sadistic movies are bad for everyone, and the companies that finance them are harming individuals and their country.” - Bill O’Reilly, FOX NEWS 10/31/2006
GWAR signs back to Metal Blade Records, announces upcoming album, track listing, and plans to take over the world!
Let the world tremble! Metal Blade Records and Slave Pit Inc. have joined forces again to announce the re-signing of the mighty GWAR…here we see Metal Blade Owner & CEO Brian Slagel and GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus holding the carefully crafted document that spells DOOM for the human race. Untold legions of slaves are already laboring without pause to prepare the world for the first release in what shall go down in history as the most savage GWAR assault upon the human race to date! Ready the butchers block! Lust in Space, the new album from GWAR, out in August on Metal Blade Records!
Quoth Oderus, “We couldn’t be more delighted to be back on Metal Blade. The alliance of metal’s most prestigious label and metal’s most incredible band shall form an UberKlaw of ten-fold devastation. When GWAR’s new album, Lust in Space, drops in August, the world shall be forced to its knees in total submission to our confusing dominance! The release marks the 25th Anniversary of GWAR’s thawing-out, and we proclaim a two-year celebration to herald this brain-melting event! Death to life! Up the Irish! GWAR is back on Metal Blade and bitter is their wrath!”
Brian Slagel comments; “I am honored and very excited to welcome GWAR back into the Metal Blade Family. We have had a tremendous relationship with them for a long time and we look forward to working with them again on their new album,Lust in Space.”
Lust in Space track listing:
1. Lust in Space
2. Let Us Slay
3. Damnation Under God
4. The UberKlaw
5. Lords and Masters
6. Metal Metal Land
7. The Price of Peace
8. Where is Zog?
9. Make a Child Cry
10. Release the Flies
11. Parting Shot
*GWARnography
*bonus track available only when album is purchased as a download online
Catch GWAR live in the latex when they devastate a town near you with Priestess and once again label-mates Cattle Decapitation. If you missed the band, fear not you imprudent mortal as GWAR will be back out on the road this summer to beat Lust in Space into the skulls of all those who cross their path.
GWAR Tour w/ Priestess, Cattle Decapitation
05/13 Kansas City, MO Crossroads
05/14 Springfield, MO Remmington’s Downtown
05/15 Nashville, TN Exit / In
05/16 Jackson, MS Club Fire
05/17 Knoxville, TN Valarium
05/19 Fayetteville, NC Jester’s Pub
05/20 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
05/21 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Photo Credits
Pictured: Bob Morelli/President RED Distribution, Oderus Urungus lead throat thing/GWAR, Brian Slagel/Owner & CEO Metal Blade Records. Photo taken by Nathaniel Shannon
Who: Men in giant rubber costumes that spew blood and ejaculate on unassuming audiences — and also play heavy metal. Hometown: Richmond, Virginia, via Antarctica, and your nightmares Why you should see them: They’ve been at it for 25 years, but if you haven’t seen the guitars’n'gore spectacular that is a GWAR show, why wait any longer? And don’t you want to see which celebrity effigies they disembowel onstage?! Previous victims include Paris Hilton, George W., and Osama bin Laden.
june 13- Corporation sheffield, uk*
june 14- download festival donnington, uk
june 15th- london- metal hammer boat ride to “golden gods awards” ‘09.
june 16- wedgewood rooms porthsmouth, uk*+
june 17- tj’s newport, uk*+
june 18- cockpit leeds, uk*+
june 19- travel
june 20- hellfest, clission, f
june 21- helling utrecht, nl*
june 22- kulturfabrik luxembourg*+
june 23- underground cologne, d*+
june 24- molotow hamburg, d*+
june 25- knaack berlin, d*+
W/the bakerton group*
W/and so i watch you from afar+
Not the place you’d expect to find him, but in-between appearances at our just-wrapped East Coast Edition of FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors, GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus paid a visit to FOX NEWS for an appearance on THE RED EYE with Greg Gutfeld.
