QRO spotlights the scumdogs of the universe, GWAR!!!
Name: GWAR
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Members: Michael Bishop (Beefcake the Mighty, former), Zach Blair (Flattus Maximus, former), Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus, deceased), Mike Derks (Balsa the Jaws of Death), Tim Harris (Flattus Maximus, former), Jamison Land (Beefcake the Mighty), Pete Lee (Flattus Maximus, former), Casey Orr (Beefcake the Mighty, former), Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus), Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha), Dewey Rowell (Flattus Maximus, former), Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus, deceased)
Related act(s): Dave Brockie Experience, Burden Brothers, Death Piggy, Rigor Mortis, White Cross, X-Cops
Albums: Hell-O (1988), Scumdogs of the Universe (1990), America Must Be Destroyed (1992), This Toilet Earth (1994), Ragnarok (1995), Carnival of Chaos (1997), We Kill Everything (1999), Violence Has Arrived (2001), War Party (2004), Beyond Hell (2006), Lust In Space (2009), Bloody Pit of Horror (2010), Battle Maximus (2013), The New Dark Ages (2022)
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