History Music / GWAR

* ButtMonkey: Jizmak Da Gusha in [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d1eb60c5f7/the-animated-tales-of-gwar The Animated Tales of Gwar]]. He gets hit by a bottle that was supposed to hit Oderus, has his [[EyeScream eye impaled by Beefcake's shoulder spike]], pickaxed by Balsac and Beefcake, who throws him to the summit of Antartica's mountain, breaking an undead dinosaur free; holds on to the tail of said dinosaur... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and stares at the doctors flashlight as his pupils change size each time it flashes]].

* {{KillAllHumans}}: A common theme. Explicitly stated as a goal in "Krosstika".

* AGoodNameForARockBand: When in its infancy as a mere joke opening for Death Piggy, the original name was "GWAAARRRGGHHLLLGH." [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome It was later shortened after they noticed people would come to see the joke band and leave before the headlining Death Piggy played.]]
** Despite the bands mention of the above in fan club newsletters and interviews, some fans still vehemently proclaim the band name is an acronym.
*** One of the more popular ones accepted is [[FunWithAcronyms God What A Racket]].

* NinjapirateZombieRobot: Most times Gor Gor, their pet TyrannosaurusRex, is resurrected as a cyborg-zombie dinosaur. Who was force-fed crack as a baby. Who might be Oderus' bastard son.

*** Before that, from their "Scumdogs of the Universe" album, was the song "The Horror of Yig," about an elder from Cthulhu lore. They dismembered the creature on stage for a few tours.

To bring your kind to heel\\
Bring forth the beast and cleave him with my steel"

To bring your kind to heel\\
Bring forth the beast and cleave him with my steel"

Being a God I do what I like"

->''"It is I, ODERUS URUNGUS, lead singer of the sickest band in metal history, Earth’s only openly extra-terrestrial rock band, and the destined destroyers of not only the human race but also reality itself. GWAR! Hulking, heaving, dribbling WAR-GOD’s who like nothing better than putting hordes of our sniveling fans to the sword while playing the marauding mutant metal that we are famous for! Stars of stage and screen, carvers of stem and spleen! GWAR LIVES!"''\\

Originally hailing from Antartica, then somewhere past [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Hell’s Eighth Lock]], yet somehow having a mailing address in Richmond, Virginia all the while, GWAR is a [[TheNewRockAndRoll shock rock]]/Heavy Metal band whose on-stage antics spray their audiences with [[KensingtonGore blood, drugs, toxic waste, and other fluids]].

* BlasphemousBoast: "I call out your God till before me he stands/But don't send me Jesus/He's only a man."

** "Little did we know, we were undermining our entire value system!"

** Before "Beyond Hell" was released, GWAR wrote Anti-Anti-Christ. "I choose to be a blasphemer/To bring your kind to heel/Bring forth the beast and cleave him with my steel"

* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: "My quest for sex consumes all my life/Being a God I do what I like"

* HighPressureBlood: A staple of their live shows. Lampshaded by Sleazy P. Martini in "The Gwarnage Campaign". "Wow, look at all the PSI in his main aorta artery."

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Averted. GWAR trash talks and re-kills the deceased (Laci Peterson, MichaelJackson and El Duce, to name a few) on stage.
* NinjapirateZombieRobot: Most times Gor Gor, their pet TyrannosaurusRex, is resurrected as a cyborg-zombie dinosaur. Who was forced fed crack as a baby. Who might be Oderus' bastard son.

* ShoutOut: "The Salaminizer". Sung to the rhythm of "Gangsta Gangsta" by rap group NWA. Dave Brockie enjoyed NWA's work and decided to put his own spin on it.

* RefugeInAudacity: Many of their songs and most of their live show.

* TyrannosaurusRex: the afore mentioned Gor Gor.

->''"It is I, ODERUS URUNGUS, lead singer of the sickest band in metal history, Earth’s only openly extra-terrestrial rock band, and the destined destroyers of not only the human race but also reality itself. GWAR! Hulking, heaving, dribbling WAR-GOD’s who like nothing better than putting hordes of our sniveling fans to the sword while playing the marauding mutant metal that we are famous for! Star’s of stage and screen, carvers of stem and spleen! GWAR LIVES!"''\\

What happens when you take the theatrical stage performances of Music/AliceCooper, the costumes and makeup of KISS, AudienceParticipation of TheRockyHorrorPictureShow, and throw it in a [[UpToEleven meat grinder]]? You get the [[EvilOverlord self-proclaimed overlords]] of all existence known as GWAR.

* BlackComedy

* DeadBabyComedy: Quite literally.
** The live version of "Have You Seen Me" off the Road Behind single epitomizes this:
->''This kid is eighteen years old! Besides, I happen to know the law here in Cananananada, and I happen to know that it's not rape if it's dead! *baby crying sound effect*''

* AlienInvasion Many tours have at some point featured aliens. Especially the Ragnarok tour.

* AnimatedAdaptation Parodied in Skulhedface.

* BlasphemousBoast "I call out your God till before me he stands/But don't send me Jesus/He's only a man."

* CreationMyth GWAR created the human race by having sex with apes. TheMaster was not happy about this, so He froze GWAR in antarctic ice.

* DeadBabyComedy Quite literally.

* HeavyMeta Metal Metal Land.

Originally hailing from Antartica, then somewhere past [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Hell’s Eighth Lock]], yet somehow having a mailing address in Richmond, Virginia all the while, GWAR is a [[TheNewRockAndRoll shock rock]]/Heavy Metal band whose on-stage antics spray their audiences with [[KensingtonGore blood, drugs, toxic waste, and other fluids]].

* AnimatedAdaptation Parodied in Skulhedface.
* AnythingThatMoves: Oderus is far from picky.

* BadassNormal: Sleazy P. Martini.

* BlackComedy

** Later in the video he beats Jesus in basketball.

* CoolSword: Oderus' trademark broadsword, lovingly named Lick.

* GodzillaThreshold: During the Beyond Hell tours, GWAR has been beaten down and sodomized by Jewcifer. There seems to be no hope, except for when Gor-Gor comes and eats Satan. Gor-Gor then tries to eat GWAR, but is killed by Oderus.

** Despite the bands mention of the above in fan club newsletters and interviews, some fans still vehemently proclaim the band name is an acronym.

* HeavyMeta Metal Metal Land.

* IAmTheBand: Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus, as he's the only remaining founding member and the idea of the band was his in the first place. In fact, several characters in the band have had multiple people play them.

* KilledOffForReal: After Cory Smoot died on tour, the band decided to retire his character. Officially, Flattus has returned to his home planet and is never to return.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Averted. GWAR trash talks and re-kills the deceased (Laci Peterson, MichaelJackson and El Duce, to name a few) on stage.

* OldShame: The band is not very fond of We Kill Everything.

* PedophilePriest: Father Bohab. Phallus in Wonderland has him caught waving his "lucky charms" at an alter boy. He was then sodomized with a large cross, a fate met in later tours.

** Urungus's penis is named after [[HPLovecraft Cthulhu]]. The band also fought [[EldritchAbomination Yig]] regularly early on.

* ThoseWackyNazis: They come up pretty often.
** One of the victims in Slaughterama is a Nazi skinhead.
** Wharghoul is about an American zombie troop who joined the SS.
** Sonderkommando's title is taken from death camp units.
** KZ Necromancer mentions Mengele and a plot to save Hitler's semen.
** Poor Ole' Tom was killed by Nazi skinheads.
** Hitler's vomiting face and a Nazi soldier were in the flesh column.
** Beyond Hell (and the tours following it) featured a half Hilter half Jesus. Jesus was a dick, but Hitler was (in Orderus' own words) pretty cool.

** Also "The Salaminizer", "Crack In The Egg" and many more... [[VillainProtagonist About the band themselves.]]

** [[YourMileageMayVary A nice example from "Bloody Mary"]], the lovely phrase "Her womb explodes in a meat maggot mesh".

* RapeIsOkayIfItsDivineOnMortal: "My quest for sex consumes all my life/Being a God I do what I like"

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?: The entire premise of "Beyond Hell". GWAR is sent to Hell, and to escape they must defeat Lucifer.

* GodzillaThreshold: During the Beyond Hell tours, GWAR has been beaten down and sodomized by Jucifer. There seems to be no hope, except for when Gor-Gor comes and eats Satan. Gor-Gor then tries to eat GWAR, but is killed by Oderus.

*** One of the more popular ones accepted is [[FunWithAcronyms God What an Awful Racket]].

** A serious version of this trope occured when Cory Smoot (AKA Flattus Maximus) died while on GWAR's Fall 2011 US tour. Shortly after his death, Dave Brockie announced that the tour would resume as planned and that Flattus' character would be resigned permanantly in honor of Cory.

What happens when you take the theatrical stage performances of AliceCooper, the costumes and makeup of KISS, AudienceParticipation of TheRockyHorrorPictureShow, and throw it in a [[UpToEleven meat grinder]]? You get the [[EvilOverlord self-proclaimed overlords]] of all existence known as GWAR.