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GWAR – House Of Blues, San Diego, CA 4/13

By Heather Vandemark

GWAR is that band that you just have to see.  I’m not sure why I was still a GWAR virgin. I did some research before attending this show.  Other photographers said cover your camera and wear a poncho.  Wear a poncho? Really? I went dressed like a true virgin, hair down, dressed in white and no poncho.  I have to admit I was a little concerned when I was the only photographer in the pit. 
           

            GWAR came out spraying blood and jizz to the Horror of YG.  Crowd surfers coming over with mouths wide open hoping for a straight shot as they fell into the pit.  Father Bohab sent by God was the first to come out and challenge GWAR.  He was defeated with his cross up his ass.  Next up, Hitler. Hitler was beheaded and spewed all his blood from his headless body on the crowd.

           The next challenger, God sent Jesus.  This was one of my favorite parts. Jesus was nailed on the cross, dismembered and all that is left is zombie Jesus on the cross.  Later, God sent Supersonic Jesus. This dude was a beefed up Jesus ready to kick GWAR’s ass.  Bonecrusher was all over that one. Decapitated and spewing his blood all over the bloodthirsty crowd.
 
            President Obama made an appearance. He announced that all white would be fired from the White House staff.  Even though he was also decapitated and defeated, he still did a bunch of push-ups and jumps while gushing gallons of blood from his neck.  There were a couple of lucky bitches that were sacrificed into the dynamite shack. They got some ass-smacking, then thrown in and stuffed down the shack.

            All of this of course to the deafening soundtrack that GWAR throws out to the crowd.  GWAR is not all gore, no; they are a band as well and even working on a new album of pure filth.   The noise provided by GWAR tonight went down with amongst others, Bring Back The Bomb, Let Us Slay, Hail Genocide, Krosstika, a sickening cover of Carry On Wayward Son and of course, can’t be a GWAR show without Sick Of You.  

            God came back before the show was over. He knew he had been defeated, but then said ‘none of this happened because I don’t actually exist.’ The crowd went crazy.  That was my favorite part. These are my people!  Oderus Urungus said “You didn’t know GWAR was a thinking band, did you?”

            I have been officially raped by GWAR, no longer a virgin.

Official GWAR site


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