i've somehow just stumbled across these gwar covers despite having been a fan of theirs 10-20 years ago... either they never did this stuff back when i saw them live a few times in the late 90s/early 2000s, or i was too wasted to remember. anyways some really inventive takes. this is what covers are about for me, really altering the original material.
The covers came from their appearances on AV Club’s AV Undercover where they would invite 25 bands to cover a song from a pre-set list of 25 songs. You can find them here on UA-cam- Gwar’s covers are particularly fantastic.
I think there's another one, but with Dave unmasked in 2012 or thereabouts. Not too long before he died. I know this post was 6y ago at this point but...from one fan to another just in case if you didn't know. Figured you might appreciate it.
in all honesty if i saw this in a bar when i walked in I would be like "wtf, i'm leaving". hahaha but I love GWAR. looks like a shitty bar cover band hahaha.
Two of the top 3 best selling albums of all time were from bands who had lost their original lead singer. Lots of bands are able to carry on, and do really well after losing a singer. And for what it's worth I think this cover is awesome and the tribute in the second half still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
I am a huge Gwar fan..seen them 5 times. But this is not gwar :/ im not bashing it i just really cant jam it and act all crazy when listning too it like with real Gwar :/ only oderus could possess me. sucks :/ i mean the chicks hand gestures looks like she was a backup dancer for lil bow wow for christ sake.
I wanna know why my comment about the cameraman being really creepy and focusing too much on Vulvatron keeps getting deleted? and people were agreeing with me
Really cool. You really get the core feel of those who were touched by Oderus and his slave Dave Brockie, but without those two, it just isn't right. I would totally respect it and agree if the reinvented the band and wrote a new mythos, and then let the GWAR we know and love pass into legend instead of beating a dead horse into tasteless mainstream. All my respect for the guys for moving forward, but the new GWAR can never be what it was.
I would imagine because her real hair is unique, and she cant truly be out of costume/makeup with out covering it. Just a guess anyways, but its hard to be out of costume/character, when part of that is the real you so to speak.
eh, not sure how I feel about this. It sounds great but Gwar covering pop songs is...strange. And is this before or after a show? or was the whole thing a no costume ordeal?
I remember the AV thing with gwar covering "carry on my wayward son",and it undoubtedly had a gwar spin on it. This doesn't feel like gwar doing a cover, and not just because of Dave not being there. Hell, if not for the title, this would just look like a random cover band at a bar during happy hour.
Theresa Rosetta Are the costumes really that important regarding the music and skills of the artists? Or do you mean you prefer their earlier incarnations, before Oderus' death?
+Nates Higgers I think Dave would be sad, if he saw them all give up and walk away, he'd most likely want them to carry on and tell the to piss on what anyone else thought. He was the one who himself said gwar could lose members and continue on forever
You can tell they miss him by how much effort they put into the part about him. Sucks that hes gone.
I like the new singer. He does a great job.
+littleteethkeith
Old Beefcake Almighty.
He's filling them boots alright!
I like the new gwar woman.....big improvement...but shit yeah....the new dude holds it down, no Dave Brockie....but there can be only one.
That's the origanal beefcake and that is not all of the gwar guys
My energy levels have been replenished, thank you for the frequency.
Vulvatron is fuckin hot!
Call me crazy but I think she is way hotter in costume
Yes she is...I think I'm in love
mike johnson agree 100% smokin hot!
Yeah I wasn't expecting that.
Josh Smith i don't think many of us were...
with their human costumes.
Slaves
GWAR still sound fuckin cool without costumes..😎
I was there and had Bishop wailing in my face the entire time. I think I had the best spot in the place.
i've somehow just stumbled across these gwar covers despite having been a fan of theirs 10-20 years ago... either they never did this stuff back when i saw them live a few times in the late 90s/early 2000s, or i was too wasted to remember. anyways some really inventive takes. this is what covers are about for me, really altering the original material.
The covers came from their appearances on AV Club’s AV Undercover where they would invite 25 bands to cover a song from a pre-set list of 25 songs. You can find them here on UA-cam- Gwar’s covers are particularly fantastic.
I think there's another one, but with Dave unmasked in 2012 or thereabouts. Not too long before he died.
I know this post was 6y ago at this point but...from one fan to another just in case if you didn't know. Figured you might appreciate it.
Well, its good to see the guitar techs getting to play a show.......yep, I recognize those guys......
Gwar must be their own techs lol.
At Rock and Shock they ended the show with the Petshop Boys cover as GAWR, it was awesome.
Well this was awesome and Vulvatron is ...hot
New crush, yowzaaaaaa!!!!!!
Glad they're doing some good punk rock covers again
Coolest thing about the internet, I've never seen GWAR play before, now I'd like to see them play in person!
I saw GWAR with the Misfits in Fort Lauderdale around 1999 or 2000. It was the most fun show that I've ever been to.
In the old days, they would come out as RAWG when they played unmasked.
That’s what this is, genius.🤦♂️🤡
in all honesty if i saw this in a bar when i walked in I would be like "wtf, i'm leaving". hahaha but I love GWAR. looks like a shitty bar cover band hahaha.
and me i think i would prefer to see them like this than with the costume ^^
Two of the top 3 best selling albums of all time were from bands who had lost their original lead singer. Lots of bands are able to carry on, and do really well after losing a singer. And for what it's worth I think this cover is awesome and the tribute in the second half still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Still better than the Misfits these days
darthhonky88 sad but true
Damn, Kim was so hot
Vulvatron is a total BAAAAYBE
Hail Vulvatron! 💚💚💚
Vulvatron 😍❤
SUCKS
UGH KIM I LOVE YOU
This is not GWAR. Its RAWG.
I was hoping they would do People Who Died. I kinda like it more than the original.
i never thought i would like this song lol
Gwar is the unnatural and unreal evolution of Punk rock music
:( I just saw this gem,💘 it thought, great to see that there's no ancient stench under their heads.
Fuggin’ huh?!🧐🧐🙄🤦♂️🤡
Damn that was good... hey! there I am!
RAWG. The ultimate GWAR cover band.
Thank you for uploading this, but damn man; could you have been any more fixated on Kim?!?!
Kim Cornell How could you not be?
They look exactly the same even without the costumes lol!!!!
I Love Gwar !!! Gwar lives !!! Gwar Forever !!!
dude pustulus could be jim morrisons twin
Unmasked? The biggest open secret in those circles.
dammit, u better return to seattle
ps, i will see u outa costume, idc. I love GWAR
Do you have any others from the show?
shame vulvatron got kicked out
thanks for sharing this my favorite band my plates even say SIC OF U ahaha
Are they playing with Municipal Waste??
Badass jam.Looks like a fuckin awesome time.
RIP DAVE...FUCKIN BUMMER... HE WAS A BEAST
Although no one can live up to brockie ill be damned if people think gwar sucks for continuing to make good metal
c'mon Mike....lets all hear "COOL PLACE TO PARK"
Is that Mike Derks? I thought he didn't play w them anymore. Jus curious
Yup! He just got sick for a little back in 2017. He's doing great now
nice Jim Carroll cover.
what ever happened to Vulvatron?
onefoxycomic she’s in my attic
Rawg. Rip dave
Please come to WOA 2015, there's only shit on the list atm =(
Wow! they really rock!
I don't know what to think... Sometimes I like this singer, sometimes I hate him...
Purgason fucking rules
I am a huge Gwar fan..seen them 5 times. But this is not gwar :/ im not bashing it i just really cant jam it and act all crazy when listning too it like with real Gwar :/ only oderus could possess me. sucks :/ i mean the chicks hand gestures looks like she was a backup dancer for lil bow wow for christ sake.
So glad they got rid of her.
Why ?
I could really do with out her in the band.
obvious wig is obvious.... I like the shaved side head
This is them actually in costume
I am totally gonna get killed for saying this but I like them better unmasked.
Same
Me too
I want that Dean razorback so bad
It looks like shes wearing a wig.
Joey X Smith She is.
She has no hair
She has a condition where she doesn’t grow hair.
Yep! :D Tinja&Markku
YES.
uuuuggghh....REAL West End girls...Richmond is a dead-end world
vulvatron is fucking hot
RIP Oderus
GWARs human slaves rocking out :-)
RAWG and GWAR are in my blood. I know because they took it and replaced it.
It's too bad that Vulvatron didn't fit in... maybe some time in the future.
I'm still pissed at GWAR for firing Kim.....a holes
@ straight up ahaha
Strongly agree they suck without dave and Kim.
Good
Mike Bishop is MY hero
I wanna know why my comment about the cameraman being really creepy and focusing too much on Vulvatron keeps getting deleted? and people were agreeing with me
Sucks man, i don’t think it matters if someone had a camera on her or not. If you aren’t focused on her then something is wrong. What a babe.
rawg.
Brent looks like Jon Snow. O.O
Mute her mic
....
I want to have babies with the vulvatron.
Brockie wept.
Usually
Wow vulvatron seems so wasted.
Really cool. You really get the core feel of those who were touched by Oderus and his slave Dave Brockie, but without those two, it just isn't right. I would totally respect it and agree if the reinvented the band and wrote a new mythos, and then let the GWAR we know and love pass into legend instead of beating a dead horse into tasteless mainstream. All my respect for the guys for moving forward, but the new GWAR can never be what it was.
Was this being performed at a Beiber concert? That audience suck!!!
World-famous band and so small crowd???
They're playing in their hometown at a small venue out of costume, not too surprising it's a small crowd.
why she wearing a wig ?
I would imagine because her real hair is unique, and she cant truly be out of costume/makeup with out covering it.
Just a guess anyways, but its hard to be out of costume/character, when part of that is the real you so to speak.
Chris Pellicci her head is shaved.
Chris Pellicci cause she shaves her head
She has a condition where she doesn’t grow hair.
GWAR went to shit when oderus died
will you marry me vulvatron
Who let that drunk girl sing with them?
eh, not sure how I feel about this. It sounds great but Gwar covering pop songs is...strange. And is this before or after a show? or was the whole thing a no costume ordeal?
I remember the AV thing with gwar covering "carry on my wayward son",and it undoubtedly had a gwar spin on it. This doesn't feel like gwar doing a cover, and not just because of Dave not being there. Hell, if not for the title, this would just look like a random cover band at a bar during happy hour.
They have always done so covers.
Why front? This is fucking terrible.
This is not Gwar. what the fuck...
Theresa Rosetta Are the costumes really that important regarding the music and skills of the artists?
Or do you mean you prefer their earlier incarnations, before Oderus' death?
Gwar without their gear on stage is sacrilegious…
Theyve done it for over a decade at least
Then you don't know RAWG.
if this is gwar then so am i...
It is them.
You broke the 4th wall. You lose.
Its their cover band Rawg
dude r u dumb? he is beefcake . he is a huge part of gwar
not as much as oderus was
+Nates Higgers
I think Dave would be sad, if he saw them all give up and walk away, he'd most likely want them to carry on and tell the to piss on what anyone else thought.
He was the one who himself said gwar could lose members and continue on forever
Vulvatron sucked
Yeah, I wouldn't say this is gwar. Coat tail riding bastawds. Dave wishes he could kill you for this.
panteraatrox00 don't be stupid. Dave wanted the band to go on forever and it will. Fuck you.
They have played u masked for years before DB died.
Gear died with brockey
Holy shit!