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we were going to be able to sit up there and do what we had been doing without Oderus and doing this sort of pale imitation of it. That wasn’ t an option for us. We needed to do something that defined this band going forward. And that’ s what we did with this record.
IE: Is there a theme running through the album? Blothar: The theme is the struggle; the“ War on GWAR.” The idea is that GWAR started to struggle keeping up with humanity because humanity, they just kept stealing our act. They’ re cutting people’ s heads off on television. They’ re enslaving entire nations in giant slave camps. Humanity has just stepped off of the edge and GWAR found ourselves in a struggle with humanity. There’ s a lot of different threads that run throughout. There’ s the story of Sawborg Destructo. The war on GWAR is part of the record. That’ s probably the main theme that keeps coming back throughout the album. And then of course we deal in our own way with the passing of Oderus Urungus, which is the most significant event to happen to GWAR in the history of its existence.
IE: Even though band members have come and gone or passed away over the years, does the essence of each character remain important to the legacy of GWAR? Pustulus: Just like with anything that exists, I think evolution is important. We continue to move forward, evolve and change, but still carry on the legacy of the past at the same time. I think that’ s important, but I think change is important. If we’ re going to stay the same forever I think people would
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lose interest in us. Blothar: It’ s definitely true that carrying the characters forward, the spirit of GWAR lives on. And I think locating that spirit in one individual is a mistake that some fans make and the fans who listen to us are supportive of that. There’ s more effort by more people involved in driving this thing forward and keeping it going. At the end of the show we say,“ GWAR lives motherfucker!” And it’ s true, GWAR does live. And GWAR will keep moving and keep changing and the only thing that’ s inevitable as Pustulus said, is change. It’ s going to happen. And I think this album demonstrates that this is not a legacy band where you’ re going to see some guys playing Scumdogs of the Universe for the next 20 years. We’ re making music, we’ re writing music and we’ re a living rock‘ n’ roll band. That’ s what we want to be and that’ s what we will be.
Appearing 12 / 9 Limelight Eventplex, Peoria.
MOSH- WORTHY RELEASES: Communic Where Echoes Gather( AFM), Santa Cruz Bad Blood Rising( Theory Audio), Anvil Pounding The Pavement( Steamhammer / SPV).
MOSH-WORTHY … LIVE: Hatebreed, Dying Fetus, Code Orange, Twitching Tongues( Metro 12 / 03), Inquisition, Nader Sadek, Fin, Pig’ s Blood( Cobra Lounge, 12 / 09).
MENTION-WORTHY: L. A.-based desert rockers All Souls will release their self-titled debut album in February, 2018. It features Tool drummer Danny Carey on the entrancing track,“ Sadist / Servant.” The Obsessed’ s 1990 self-titled doom rock debut album has gotten a reboot( Relapse Records) with a completely remastered version, including unreleased bonus tracks and expanded artk
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