Instead of watching Friends last night, I went to see Gwar. I tried and tried to get someone to go with me, but I couldn’t scare up a brave enough soul to attend with me. No matter. You only live once, so I went alone. I met some guys in line and soon enough, we were drinking Crown Royal out of a bottle on the sidewalk while we waited to buy tickets.
Gwar hit the stage and said, “We are in town for two reasons, to play heavy metal and split some fucking skulls!” And with that, they began to rock.
It’s hard to see since I was taking photos with my cameraphone. When I got closer to the stage, the shoving was so much I couldn’t hold the cameraphone steady.
Everyone in the Gwar show is in costume and the stage performance is amazing. During the show, they killed Mike Tyson, Osama Bin Laden, George Bush, and the Pope on stage, covering the crowd in fake blood and other fluids. A large part of the show is the near continuous stream of colored liquid that Gwar sprays on the crowd. There are cannons of multi-color liquids sprayed on the crowd. Last night, the spray was reaching the balcony at the Whisky.
It may not seem like it makes a lot of sense, but once you go to a Gwar show, you understand. During the show, the crowd is united. We are in the thrall of Gwar. Arms raised in the air, mosh pit running, color everywhere, it is magnificent. Gwar takes control of the crowd and for the duration we are all mad for more blood, more killing, and digusting deaths on stage.
I couldn’t stay till the end of the show, but I left happy.
A good time was had by all.
Here’s what I looked like when I got home:
If Gwar comes to your town, you MUST GO SEE THEM.
you know i love that shit… i would have most of my time in the pit!
Oh man, I would’ve gone with you! I want to see them, but no one will ever go with me. Damn.
UGH!
GWAR!
Did the “blood” wash out?
I didn’t think they let people with walkers in. Hmmph, who knew. 😉
Sean told me he totally would have gone had I called him in time. Glad you did that instead of the whole “Friends” thing. Rock on!
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Rachael
Mike, you are an inspiration. Next time I’m sitting out home trying to decide if I should drag my ass out to some show, bummed that I have nobody to accompany mw, I will think of you at this Gwar show sporting your camera phone and covered in fake jism. Dick Dale here I come!
did they break out the huge fake penis and fuck the pope onstage? i have never seen GWAR. you’re far braver than i.
What you don’t know is after the gig they all got out mops and cleaned up their messes.
I remember Alice Cooper used to have to do that.
Cruft GWAR
Michael of Cruftbox went to see GWAR. He took his camera phone so has the pictures to prove it.