Engaging in a political and social satire once again, GWAR was found covering AC/DC’s “If you want blood” last Tuesday- election day. American heavy metal and hardcore punk band is nothing similar to normal. They perform only wearing evident grotesque costumes to centralize around their thematic concept. Visually revolving around an extensively covered Scientific Fiction division, which portrays the members as barbarian-like warriors. Typically their performances and songs have a lewd humoristic style attributed to them, with references toward heavy violence and sexual innuendos.
Forming in Richmond, Virginia in 1985; this band has no original members. They lost their last original member in 2014 when Dave Brookie, the lead singer, had passed away. Nonetheless, the current GWAR band members continue to represent the legacy they were presented with.
In the video posted Election Day, the atrocious looking Viking warriors are seen standing in a room performing their cover song. Coinciding with the intensive controversial election that has been presented upon Americans, they choose a fitting song. They sang, “It’s animal. Livin’ in the human zoo. Animal. The shit that they toss to you. Feelin’ like a Christian. Locked in a cage. Thrown to the lions.”
As a contentious group, this brings them a lot of attention. Some viewers saw this as a comical performance while others find it offensive.
Along with riling up a crowd over Election Day, GWAR will be releasing a special picture disc after Thanksgiving. On Black Friday they will drop their disc names “Black Friday”, which will highlight a pair of their undercover jam sessions. “Black Friday” will be a special limited edition, which is a Record Store Day release. Covering quite a few songs from “Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car” by Billy Ocean, “Baba O’Riley” by The Who’s and so forth. Watch their performance Election Day here.