GWAR for President: A Fireside Chat With Blothar the Berserker

GWAR It’s tricky to summarize quickly exactly what GWAR is. It’s a heavy metal band with decades of intergalactic lore. It’s also a boundary-twisting art collective that for a while held annual barbecue festivals. And it’s a group with a penchant for butt jokes and spraying simulated bodily fluids onto its audience. Since it sprang forth from the freak scene of Richmond, Va., in 1984, GWAR has endured — and come Sunday, Nov. 8, the band will hit Nashville for the Brooklyn Bowl installment of their ongoing Gor Gor Must Die Tour. Ahead of the show, lead vocalist Blothar the Berserker caught up with the Scene by phone about why people keep coming back. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.Tell us more about the Gor Gor Must Die Tour.Well, I can't wait to bring it into a weird semi-hipster bowling alley. It should be a blast. Gor Gor is our pet dinosaur, and unfortunately, he has some behavioral issues. ...

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