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GWAR

“This isn’t Kiss, it isn’t Lordi. It’s not merely a theatrical band… We tell a story. It’s a complete entertainment experience.”

Blöthar The Berserker previews a new invasion of planet Earth by the interplanetary Barbarian warriors, with some heavyweight music sountracking their battle cry.

You took the place of previous frontman Oderus Urungus in GWAR almost a decade ago. There were tales of a ‘battle to the death’.

[Laughs] It wasn’t a battle to the death. Oderus simply went on a long vacation, owing me a lot of yams, which is the currency that we use. He signed off. There was a Viking funeral. Whenever GWAR needs a new scum dog we just go to GWAR HQ in Antarctica where we store them, and we thaw one out. I woke up as the new spiritual leader and singer of

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