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-First step is make sure
the air pressure is out of them,
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so they don't blow your face off
when you undo the plug.
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And then,
you add the dye.
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It's a hypoallergenic
powdered food dye.
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They used to get it
from France.
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I don't know where
they get it now.
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It's FDA approved.
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No more mold,
no more maggots in the hoses.
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At every venue, you gotta find
out where the hose hook-up is.
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Sometimes it's behind the bar,
under a sink.
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We've had to hook them up
to toilets before.
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It's...
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kind of a mess.
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We've had a few mishaps.
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We've had these connections
to blow off mid-show,
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and just send a geyser of blood
20 feet in the air.
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But man, people love getting
spewed on, and I love doing it.
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I never really knew
that I enjoyed
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just spraying people with blood
as much as I do.
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♪♪
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-GWAR was a big body, violent,
sexual theatrical rock show.
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-Basically, they are barbarian
interplanetary warriors
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who play heavy metal music,
and shoot various bodily fluids
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all over the audience.
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That's pretty much GWAR.
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-They were the scum dogs
of the universe,
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banished to the shittiest planet
they could come to.
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Is that --
that's the thing?
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That part seems
pretty accurate.
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-It's performance art,
but it's also,
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it's this performance art that
doesn't take itself seriously.
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It's fucking crazy.
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-The greatest fucking metal band
that ever was --
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alien, human, otherwise.
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-What you're not seeing
is what's going on
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behind that stage
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that's making
this whole show work.
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And it's people frantically
working their asses off
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the whole time.
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This bands is not just
musicians.
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They're artists.
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They build and they make
everything themselves.
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It sounds like a really messy,
mindless joke, I suppose,
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but in reality,
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it's one of the greatest
social commentaries ever.
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That's sort of the beauty
of GWAR is,
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as much as they'll say,
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"We're here to destroy
the human race,"
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they're actually here
to save it.
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-Listen, you're gonna go, you're
gonna be absolutely entertained.
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Some of the stuff
may offend you,
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but you gotta go in there
with an open mind.
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-There's something very punk
and raw about GWAR's art.
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And it's not supposed
to be safe.
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It makes you feel uncomfortable.
That's part of it.
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-It was a really powerful group
of awesome artists
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converging at
the same time.
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And it was a joke,
and we just kept going with it.
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It's like, joke's on everyone
else, now, 30 years later.
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It's a joke
with no punchline
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[Laughs]
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-The most amazing,
cataclysmic rock 'n roll event
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of the century,
ladies and gentlemen.
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This is GWAR.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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-So, Richmond in the '80's
was a conservative city,
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capital of
the Confederacy.
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It was dangerous.
It was dirty.
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-It was a good place
to get your ass kicked,
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especially if you were
a college student,
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especially if you were
an art student.
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-There was a pretty happening
punk scene
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that grew around the art
school at VCU --
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Virginia Commonwealth
University.
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♪♪
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-Here in Richmond, there's
a building called "the Dairy."
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It's a really
bizarre building.
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It has milk bottles
as corners.
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-The dairy was an old
milk-bottling plant
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from the '20's,
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and it had long since fallen
into disuse and disrepair.
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There was junk everywhere.
There was leftover machinery.
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-They wanted to gut
this building.
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And they used to hire
a lot of artists to do shit
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like tear out the asbestos,
and shit like that.
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And in order to, like,
keep the whole project afloat,
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they rented
the different chambers
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of the crazy maze-like building
out to local artists
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and musicians, who wanted
practice spaces and stuff.
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[Music plays]
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-Bands started moving in.
Weird artists started moving in.
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And then, there was
this whole scene there.
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-And it was illegal
to live there,
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but everyone did
live there.
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-And one of those early people
was Hunter Jackson.
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♪♪
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Hunter was building
these weird crazy costumes
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for a science fiction movie
he wanted to do
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called "The Scum Dogs
of the Universe."
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-Yeah, I graduated.
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I have a Bachelor's Degree
in Commercial Art.
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But my teachers hated
my art.
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I was the exact kind of student
that a Commercial Art professor
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does notwant in their class,
and that is somebody
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that's into fucking comic books
and animation.
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You know, my teachers
didn't do anything
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but tell me not to do what I do,
and so, there you go.
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-Hunter got the studio
at the Dairy to make props,
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and have a set that he could
just sort of more control over.
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Other people in that scene
found out
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about the Dairy through him,
so the type of thing
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he was looking for
sort of surrounded him.
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-Hunter and I first met
at a friend's house.
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And we were playing
D&D.
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We were into things that
weren't considered high-brow.
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We liked horror movies.
We liked science fiction novels.
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We liked stuff
that is considered schlock.
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-So, guys like me,
Hunter Jackson, Shaw,
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when we got accepted to VCU,
we had high-faluting ideas
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of being fantasy
comic book artists.
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And once we got
into school,
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we realized that
that shit just doesn't fly.
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If you brought a Frizetto wanna
be painting into critique,
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you're getting shredded.
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-It really broke down
their egos,
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and said, "The shit
that you like is stupid.
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"Dungeons & Dragons,
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and Japanese
live-action pictures,
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and Kiss,
that stuff is stupid.
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It's not art."
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-It was natural for us
to get together,
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and want to do something
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that really was kind of
a big "fuck you"
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to the Art department.
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-The movie that they started
to make
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was "Scum Dogs
of the Universe,"
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which they wanted
to be more punk rock,
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and use that
sort of energy --
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you know, fun,
and not elitist and alienating.
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-I wanted my
science fiction movie
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to have a punk rock
soundtrack.
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And I like
Death Piggy's music,
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and I thought that
it would work.
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♪♪
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-As soon as you got
to Richmond,
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if you were at VCU,
there was a buzz.
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There was Death Piggy.
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-You couldn't not know
Death Piggy and Brockie.
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We loved him because they were
the only punk rock band
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that had a sense of humor.
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-And you would see his graffiti
before you met him.
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That was just cool.
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-Dave Brockie had moved down
to Richmond to go to VCU,
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and he had formed a band
called "Death piggy,"
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which was
a punk rock band.
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And he was known for
his theatrics on stage.
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Like, he would put mayonnaise
down his pants,
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and a piñata that he filled
with candy,
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and quarters,
and cat shit.
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So, the audience would beat it,
and it broke open.
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-They all dived to the ground,
and were clawing through
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this mess,
trying to find the quarters,
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and they're actually
going through cat shit
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while they're doing it.
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It was just like...
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-My biggest influence
throughout all high school
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was Monty Python.
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I thought that was the most
brilliant shit I'd ever seen.
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And I really wanted to make
fucked up, weird music.
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As long as it was loud,
and fast,
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and I could go down
and hurt myself,
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I was into it.
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-What the fuck
is going on?
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Hi.
-Hello.
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-Hi.
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-Dave Brockie was
a funny,
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really talented performer
who was always on.
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I mean, he lived like he was
on stage all the time.
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And just to know him,
he was hilarious.
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-Yeah,
he was my first big love.
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He was so creative,
and smart,
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and he had such a big
fanbase already.
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Like, everyone always wanted
to be around him
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because of
his personality.
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Every time you were around him,
everyone was in a good mood.
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[Indistinct talking]
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-One thing that Dave had
in common with me
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is that he was willing
to get up there,
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and pretend like
he's jerking off
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in front of an audience,
you know, and shit like that.
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Not very many lead singers
of a band that want to be cool
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are gonna want to do
things like that.
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But Dave was game for whatever,
and beyond.
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-That's one way that Dave
and Hunter really connected
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was this sort of eshewing
the self-seriousness
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that was really worthy only
of contempt to them.
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I was just like,
"Art's great," you know?
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And they're like,
"No. Art fucking sucks."
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People who draw a bunch
of squiggly lines,
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and then stand next to it,
and smoke cigarettes,
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and act cool,
those people suck,
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They hated that.
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They wanted to
destroy that.
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-He shared a lot of
the sense of humor
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that I had about crazy
over-the-top stuff.
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And that's why
we clung together,
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because, in a way, we were
driven by the same demons.
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-Death Piggy's
recording studio
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was just on the other side
of the wall
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from the original slave pit
that Hunter and I had.
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And it was inevitable
that we would meet.
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-So, we're over there
at the slave pit,
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working on
Hunter Jackson's movie,
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and Dave Brockie comes in over,
and he says,
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"Hey, I've got
a great idea.
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What if we borrow
these costumes,
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and we open for ourselves
as this insane barbarian band."
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-Hunter's making these props
and sets for a movie,
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Dave's in this crazy performance
punk band.
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And Dave says, "Hey, I'll wear
that stupid shit on stage,
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and see what happens."
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"We'll call it...
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GWAR."
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♪♪
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-The first couple times
we tried it,
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I would just show up with all
the stuff in a garbage bag.
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Everybody would just
put shit on.
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Dave would just borrow musicians
from here, there, everywhere,
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within the Dairy.
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They'd get up on stage.
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having probably practiced
the music once or twice.
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They hardly knew the songs
at all.
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-Those first few shows
were very awkward.
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We had never done anything
like that, so we had --
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if you can imagine --
a kind of a stage fright.
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-I think we've almost got
the problem solved,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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And we're gonna play
that first song again
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because it was so bad.
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-I kept trying to justify
doing this by saying,
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"Oh, this is gonna be
a scene in my movie."
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And I had these characters
that I had created.
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But then, people would start
playing those characters,
247
00:11:15,936 --> 00:11:17,241
and they would take
the character
248
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in their own direction.
249
00:11:19,504 --> 00:11:21,985
The idea of "Scum Dogs
of the Universe,"
250
00:11:22,029 --> 00:11:25,162
the barbarians from outer space
gets stranded on earth.
251
00:11:25,206 --> 00:11:29,166
And then, they're slowly sort of
sucked away into adult life.
252
00:11:29,210 --> 00:11:31,778
One of them gets a girlfriend.
One of them becomes a stoner.
253
00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:33,823
One of them joins
a rock band.
254
00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:35,825
Death Piggy was gonna be
the rock band.
255
00:11:35,869 --> 00:11:37,958
But you pitch anything
like that to Dave Brockie,
256
00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:40,700
and he's gonna take it over,
which is what he did.
257
00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:48,446
♪♪
258
00:11:48,490 --> 00:11:56,193
♪♪
259
00:11:56,237 --> 00:11:58,718
Without Dave,
it's not a band,
260
00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:01,982
and without Hunter,
it's not space barbarians.
261
00:12:02,025 --> 00:12:06,682
So, the two of them, and their
ideas colliding together,
262
00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:09,598
was this kind of
supernatural event.
263
00:12:09,641 --> 00:12:11,905
-Immediately, everybody
in Richmond loved it.
264
00:12:11,948 --> 00:12:13,167
-They loved it.
265
00:12:13,210 --> 00:12:15,082
And GWAR blew up
after that.
266
00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:17,258
-You really gotta give credit
to Hunter,
267
00:12:17,301 --> 00:12:20,783
and his brilliance,
and Brockie, and his energy.
268
00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:24,787
Two stars hit,
and then, it was like, boom.
269
00:12:24,831 --> 00:12:27,877
They couldn't have done it
without each other.
270
00:12:27,921 --> 00:12:31,794
-It was a pretty quick snowball
of this movie
271
00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:33,274
starting to roll down
a hill,
272
00:12:33,317 --> 00:12:34,884
and then, all these people
jumping on it,
273
00:12:34,928 --> 00:12:36,930
getting bigger
and bigger and bigger.
274
00:12:36,973 --> 00:12:38,583
-We had a lot of
creative people
275
00:12:38,627 --> 00:12:41,108
that were just basically moving
in, and setting up shop,
276
00:12:41,151 --> 00:12:43,371
and no one was saying "no"
to them.
277
00:12:43,414 --> 00:12:44,981
And if we had said "no,"
278
00:12:45,025 --> 00:12:48,419
maybe GWAR never would've been
as cool as it was.
279
00:12:48,463 --> 00:12:51,858
So, I will defend our open-house
policy of misfit artists
280
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till the end.
281
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♪♪
282
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-Halloween 1986, GWAR plays
their biggest show to date
283
00:13:05,828 --> 00:13:08,439
in a big commons area
in the middle of VCU.
284
00:13:08,483 --> 00:13:09,919
It's called
"Shafer Court."
285
00:13:09,963 --> 00:13:11,486
Iggy Pop played there.
286
00:13:11,529 --> 00:13:13,836
A lot of big touring bands
played there.
287
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,185
-And that place
would be packed.
288
00:13:15,229 --> 00:13:17,144
There'd be 500
to 1,000 people there.
289
00:13:17,187 --> 00:13:22,366
So, when they hired GWAR
to play Halloween,
290
00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:25,848
that was a really big deal
for us.
291
00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:27,676
-All of us worked together
really hard
292
00:13:27,719 --> 00:13:29,852
to make this one
particular show.
293
00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:32,376
And we were gonna debut
a lot of stuff.
294
00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:35,640
A giant dinosaur and a cockroach
come out, and fight.
295
00:13:35,684 --> 00:13:37,860
Terrorists take over
the stage.
296
00:13:37,904 --> 00:13:40,428
Every GWAR villain
comes out.
297
00:13:40,471 --> 00:13:42,909
A giant airplane engine
falls out of the sky,
298
00:13:42,952 --> 00:13:44,998
and lands on stage,
and kills people.
299
00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:46,260
-Boom!
300
00:13:46,303 --> 00:13:47,739
It was so awesome.
301
00:13:47,783 --> 00:13:49,393
It was so awesome.
302
00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:51,743
-I think we all came away
from that with a feeling that
303
00:13:51,787 --> 00:13:54,181
"This isn't just
a joke band anymore.
304
00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,444
This thing really
has potential."
305
00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:59,055
I remember feeling like
"This is what I want to do.
306
00:13:59,099 --> 00:14:02,885
This is gonna be huge."
307
00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:06,758
-So, Dave and I broke up,
and anybody who was near us
308
00:14:06,802 --> 00:14:08,630
hated to be around us
when we were in the same room.
309
00:14:08,673 --> 00:14:11,024
[ Laughs ]
310
00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:14,679
They had a meeting,
and everybody voted me out.
311
00:14:14,723 --> 00:14:16,856
And I was like,
"I'm gonna be strong."
312
00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:19,206
And I'm like,
"Have a good life."
313
00:14:19,249 --> 00:14:23,384
But I knew GWAR had so much
brilliance in it,
314
00:14:23,427 --> 00:14:25,734
and so,
I was really disappointed.
315
00:14:25,777 --> 00:14:27,954
But, you know,
that's life.
316
00:14:30,217 --> 00:14:31,740
-During the beginning part
of GWAR,
317
00:14:31,783 --> 00:14:36,484
a lot of it was financed
by my job as a prison guard.
318
00:14:36,527 --> 00:14:39,356
I got an offer to move
to Detroit.
319
00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,924
And me,
a little boy from the sticks
320
00:14:41,968 --> 00:14:43,839
who always wanted to live
in the big city,
321
00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,188
I couldn't resist.
322
00:14:45,232 --> 00:14:48,061
And I took off for Detroit
for a year.
323
00:14:48,104 --> 00:14:50,106
Literally, they said,
"Okay, at Shafer Court,
324
00:14:50,150 --> 00:14:51,499
we're gonna get serious."
325
00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:54,763
And then, a month later,
everybody quits.
326
00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:57,113
Hunter decided to move
to Detroit,
327
00:14:57,157 --> 00:14:58,941
and all the
musicians quit.
328
00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:00,725
-We don't even have
the costumes anymore,
329
00:15:00,769 --> 00:15:03,076
because Hunter took those,
as well.
330
00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:05,948
-That was horrible
because we had no idea.
331
00:15:05,992 --> 00:15:07,428
We thought everything
was going great,
332
00:15:07,471 --> 00:15:09,473
and we had this great show
at Shafer Court,
333
00:15:09,517 --> 00:15:11,693
and, all of a sudden,
we were losing, like,
334
00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:14,478
our most talented people.
335
00:15:14,522 --> 00:15:18,395
-Don and Dave basically said,
"Well, we're gonna do this.
336
00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:20,832
Don's gonna be in charge of
the Art Department now.
337
00:15:20,876 --> 00:15:23,618
We're gonna find a whole new
band, and some new artists,
338
00:15:23,661 --> 00:15:25,750
and we're gonna
make this work."
339
00:15:25,794 --> 00:15:27,970
-Don was really
instrumental
340
00:15:28,014 --> 00:15:30,625
in bringing new technologies
to GWAR.
341
00:15:30,668 --> 00:15:33,715
He always wanted the style
to be more polished,
342
00:15:33,758 --> 00:15:35,891
and more
professional-looking.
343
00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,459
-One of the biggest
breakthroughs was latex rubber.
344
00:15:38,502 --> 00:15:41,070
Don used it to make
the Chernobyl cockroach.
345
00:15:41,114 --> 00:15:44,944
And the next thing you know,
we have latex in our blood.
346
00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:46,380
-All the new characters
were made
347
00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:48,469
by Don and Chuck
right then.
348
00:15:48,512 --> 00:15:54,475
♪♪
349
00:15:54,518 --> 00:16:00,481
♪♪
350
00:16:00,524 --> 00:16:02,657
-Hunter would take
blood balloons.
351
00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:04,659
He'd put carrot syrup
and food dye
352
00:16:04,702 --> 00:16:07,053
into these
water balloons.
353
00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:11,840
And he would tape them onto
one of the spikes of a mace.
354
00:16:11,883 --> 00:16:15,365
♪♪
355
00:16:15,409 --> 00:16:17,063
That was okay.
356
00:16:17,106 --> 00:16:18,803
But we were thinking,
"Okay, what else can we add?"
357
00:16:18,847 --> 00:16:21,328
And I took
a hot water bottle,
358
00:16:21,371 --> 00:16:24,113
and ran a tube out to
the shoulder, here.
359
00:16:24,157 --> 00:16:26,550
-You're my hero, man.
I've always wanted to meet you.
360
00:16:26,594 --> 00:16:31,033
If I could just
shake your hand, man.
361
00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:35,081
-And I squeezed the water
bottle, and spewed blood.
362
00:16:35,124 --> 00:16:37,083
I think I might have reached
somebody in the front row.
363
00:16:37,126 --> 00:16:38,475
I don't know.
364
00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:40,216
But from then on,
it was just like,
365
00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:41,783
"Where can we do
this effect again?"
366
00:16:41,826 --> 00:16:43,611
And "Why sit there
and use the water bottle?
367
00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:47,571
Let's do pressurization
in a fire extinguisher."
368
00:16:47,615 --> 00:16:49,312
So we started stealing
fire extinguishers
369
00:16:49,356 --> 00:16:51,184
from the VCU campus.
370
00:16:51,227 --> 00:16:53,621
And that's the way we've been
doing it ever since,
371
00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:56,972
just getting bigger and bigger
canisters to pressurize,
372
00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,800
and shoot spew.
373
00:16:58,843 --> 00:17:01,977
It was just a cornucopia
of body fluids
374
00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:03,326
spraying all over
the audience.
375
00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:04,719
And I was like, "What!
You can't do tha--
376
00:17:04,762 --> 00:17:06,242
You can do that?"
377
00:17:06,286 --> 00:17:08,375
-It was, like,
very cathartic.
378
00:17:08,418 --> 00:17:11,030
-When you go to a GWAR show,
in 90 minutes,
379
00:17:11,073 --> 00:17:14,903
you're gonna get to see everyone
you hated that year get killed.
380
00:17:14,946 --> 00:17:17,079
You get to see a lot of the evil
in the world
381
00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:18,428
get their comeuppance.
382
00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:20,561
-You get blood
shot at you,
383
00:17:20,604 --> 00:17:23,651
and you don't know
who's getting decapitated next.
384
00:17:23,694 --> 00:17:26,567
And it's just this blur
of performance art
385
00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:28,395
rather than a rock show.
386
00:17:28,438 --> 00:17:32,268
And it's low-brow,
and it's nasty, and it's fun.
387
00:17:32,312 --> 00:17:34,096
[Chuckles]
388
00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:35,402
-If there was somebody who
wanted to go see a GWAR show,
389
00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:36,751
and they didn't know
anything about them,
390
00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,100
I would just say --
391
00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:39,884
I'd give them a new T-shirt,
and I'd say,
392
00:17:39,928 --> 00:17:41,799
"This is just
what everyone does."
393
00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:45,890
I'd just watch him as he just
gets pelted with cum, and blood,
394
00:17:45,934 --> 00:17:48,371
and various combinations
of the two.
395
00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:49,851
-And when they see you
up-front,
396
00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:51,896
and they know
you're standing there,
397
00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:53,985
they're gonna fuck with you
on purpose.
398
00:17:54,029 --> 00:17:55,987
If you're going up-front,
you're gonna be covered.
399
00:17:56,031 --> 00:17:59,034
-I don't wanna consider myself
some sort of dandy,
400
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,689
but I might be the guy who,
like...
401
00:18:01,732 --> 00:18:02,994
when you're like,
"Hey, you like GWAR?
402
00:18:03,038 --> 00:18:04,431
I'm like, "Oh yeah, yeah,
for sure."
403
00:18:04,474 --> 00:18:05,693
They're like, "Do you wanna
go see GWAR,
404
00:18:05,736 --> 00:18:07,521
and stand right
up close?"
405
00:18:07,564 --> 00:18:09,305
I don't know.
406
00:18:09,349 --> 00:18:10,959
I don't know if I do.
407
00:18:11,002 --> 00:18:13,962
-One time, we played,
I think it was The Tabernacle,
408
00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:15,833
and the club was, like,
so apologetic.
409
00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:18,140
They're like "You can't set up
for another couple of hours
410
00:18:18,184 --> 00:18:19,576
'cause we're still cleaning up
the blood
411
00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:21,056
from the GWAR show
last night."
412
00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,579
[Laughs]
413
00:18:22,623 --> 00:18:24,842
They make a mess.
414
00:18:24,886 --> 00:18:27,323
You figure, if you're gonna do
a show, you put on a show.
415
00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:36,637
♪♪
416
00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,814
-Dave decided it was time to get
a real band.
417
00:18:39,857 --> 00:18:41,859
And there was this new kid
in high school
418
00:18:41,903 --> 00:18:43,426
who was playing in this
band called "The Guilty."
419
00:18:43,470 --> 00:18:44,862
And everybody
was talking about him.
420
00:18:44,906 --> 00:18:46,603
It was like, "Oh, have you
seen Guilty?
421
00:18:46,647 --> 00:18:49,432
It's like, "Beefcake, man,
this kid Beefcake,
422
00:18:49,476 --> 00:18:51,086
he's crazy.
He's like --
423
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,306
He plays bass like I've never
seen, using his fingers,
424
00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:54,785
and he's all over
the place."
425
00:18:54,829 --> 00:18:56,178
Everybody respected him.
426
00:18:56,222 --> 00:18:57,527
He was the best bass player
in Richmond.
427
00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:59,747
And so, he stole Beefcake
out of The Guilty,
428
00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:01,662
and out of high school,
and he said,
429
00:19:01,705 --> 00:19:03,229
"You're gonna be in
my band."
430
00:19:03,272 --> 00:19:04,795
-Hate me.
-There's a lot to hate there.
431
00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:07,189
Hate me.
Yeah, really.
432
00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:09,322
There's too much of me
to hate.
433
00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:12,977
-Beefcake The Mighty, when I was
in the punk scene in Richmond,
434
00:19:13,021 --> 00:19:17,591
I gave myself a punk name,
which was Beefcake.
435
00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:18,983
-Just everybody knew him.
436
00:19:19,027 --> 00:19:21,203
He's a kid that
would walk in,
437
00:19:21,247 --> 00:19:23,336
and they would all go,
"Oh, it's Beefcake."
438
00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,686
The local pizza place,
he we would walk in.
439
00:19:25,729 --> 00:19:29,298
"It's Beefcake.
Slices, slices, Beefcake."
440
00:19:29,342 --> 00:19:31,692
-It's very tacky.
-Are you ready?
441
00:19:31,735 --> 00:19:33,302
-I would never
wear it.
442
00:19:33,346 --> 00:19:34,738
-So, he was the only one
who didn't have to come up
443
00:19:34,782 --> 00:19:37,176
with a stage name,
because I just said,
444
00:19:37,219 --> 00:19:39,090
"You can be Beefcake,
'cause that'll work."
445
00:19:39,134 --> 00:19:41,005
-Thank you.
I am Beefcake The Mighty.
446
00:19:41,049 --> 00:19:42,877
And the purpose of GWAR
is, of course,
447
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,097
as you can tell from
our accoutrement, to destroy.
448
00:19:46,141 --> 00:19:48,099
-So, they put together
all these musicians,
449
00:19:48,143 --> 00:19:50,667
and actually wrote 15
punk rock songs,
450
00:19:50,711 --> 00:19:52,147
and went up there,
and recorded it.
451
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,541
And we're really proud
of it.
452
00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:56,238
I remember first
hearing it.
453
00:19:56,282 --> 00:19:58,240
I thought it sounded
pretty bad.
454
00:19:58,284 --> 00:20:00,590
♪ 'Cause we are GWAR
455
00:20:00,634 --> 00:20:03,158
♪ We've got guitars
456
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,508
♪ We'll eat your cars
457
00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:10,165
-We got it done.
We were all excited.
458
00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,993
We had a big
listening party.
459
00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:14,648
And we just sat there,
and dropped the needle on it,
460
00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:17,825
and it finishes,
and everybody is like,
461
00:20:17,868 --> 00:20:19,653
"Oh, dude,
that just sucks."
462
00:20:19,696 --> 00:20:21,829
-Yeah, it was horrible.
463
00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:23,134
It sounded like
it was coming out of
464
00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:25,659
a fucking Japanese
transistor radio.
465
00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:29,663
♪♪
466
00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:32,318
-That idea of wanting
to demonstrate
467
00:20:32,361 --> 00:20:33,623
that you're
a good player
468
00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:35,756
because you're also
in this costume,
469
00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,801
that kind of shaped the way that
the band sounded.
470
00:20:37,845 --> 00:20:39,586
And the result
was kind of awful.
471
00:20:39,629 --> 00:20:43,416
♪♪
472
00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,548
-The band was just dumb.
473
00:20:45,592 --> 00:20:50,118
And it really wasn't until we
started thinking about the band
474
00:20:50,161 --> 00:20:53,774
in a more serious way,
the people that are out there
475
00:20:53,817 --> 00:20:55,993
doing really good music
right now,
476
00:20:56,037 --> 00:20:57,517
and we got those guys.
477
00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:04,567
♪♪
478
00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:08,223
-My name is Balsac
the Jaws of Death.
479
00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:10,704
I didn't think I was
a punk rocker at all.
480
00:21:10,747 --> 00:21:15,012
I was just a kid who played
guitar and liked weird stuff.
481
00:21:15,056 --> 00:21:18,059
Brockie liked that I made
weird faces with my jaw.
482
00:21:18,102 --> 00:21:21,280
'cause, like, when I played,
I would do a lot of stuff --
483
00:21:21,323 --> 00:21:23,499
which is funny,
because I put on a mask,
484
00:21:23,543 --> 00:21:24,935
and nobody could ever see
what I look looked like
485
00:21:24,979 --> 00:21:26,328
when I play guitar.
486
00:21:26,372 --> 00:21:30,071
♪♪
487
00:21:30,114 --> 00:21:33,335
-Mike Bishop calls me up,
and we set up an audition,
488
00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:34,815
and there's two
other guys
489
00:21:34,858 --> 00:21:36,817
that are gonna audition
the same day.
490
00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:39,646
And one guy doesn't have a kit,
so he's gonna play my kit.
491
00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:41,822
He played
the audition first.
492
00:21:41,865 --> 00:21:43,214
And then, I just went up,
493
00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:45,086
and just whipped his ass
on my own set.
494
00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:46,783
It wasn't that hard to do,
495
00:21:46,827 --> 00:21:49,743
'cause he wasn't familiar with
my drum set-up, but I was.
496
00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:51,701
And I just listened to
what he played,
497
00:21:51,745 --> 00:21:53,877
and then, I just went in,
and did it better.
498
00:21:53,921 --> 00:21:55,444
[Laughs]
499
00:21:55,488 --> 00:21:57,359
I was like, "Oh, this is
a great opportunity.
500
00:21:57,403 --> 00:22:01,581
I could use GWAR as a stepping
stone to a career in music."
501
00:22:01,624 --> 00:22:05,280
And, you know, 30 years later,
I'm still in GWAR.
502
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:06,890
[Laughs]
503
00:22:06,934 --> 00:22:08,979
-I was checking out the GWAR
shows, and everything.
504
00:22:09,023 --> 00:22:11,373
And I'd be bouncing off
the walls, and stuff.
505
00:22:11,417 --> 00:22:12,766
And that's kind of
where they saw, like,
506
00:22:12,809 --> 00:22:15,551
"Oh, wow, Danielle's
this crazy dancer."
507
00:22:15,595 --> 00:22:16,987
I think they came over
to my house
508
00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:18,424
in the middle
of the night, like,
509
00:22:18,467 --> 00:22:20,164
"Danielle, we need you
to go to this show."
510
00:22:20,208 --> 00:22:22,036
And I mean, I was in college,
and everything,
511
00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:24,865
so I didn't really think it was
gonna be, like, a career move.
512
00:22:24,908 --> 00:22:28,434
I just was like, "Okay, I'm
going to New York this weekend."
513
00:22:28,477 --> 00:22:30,566
You know? [Laughs]
514
00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:32,394
Before I had joined
the band,
515
00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:34,091
the character had been
called "GWAR Woman."
516
00:22:34,135 --> 00:22:36,398
And I really wanted
to give her a name.
517
00:22:36,442 --> 00:22:39,532
I was always, like, men's fear
of menstruation, like,
518
00:22:39,575 --> 00:22:41,621
"Don't have your dad
buy tampons."
519
00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:43,623
It's just kind of a stigma
in our culture.
520
00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:45,102
And it's just something
that happens.
521
00:22:45,146 --> 00:22:47,801
So you're a sex symbol
with this bloody crotch.
522
00:22:47,844 --> 00:22:50,804
It's kind of like,
"Ew, how sexy."
523
00:22:50,847 --> 00:22:53,284
You know?
524
00:22:53,328 --> 00:22:56,375
So, Slymenstra Hymen.
525
00:22:59,465 --> 00:23:01,075
-When they decided that
they we're gonna do
526
00:23:01,118 --> 00:23:04,948
the Techno Destructo song,
I wanted to come back.
527
00:23:04,992 --> 00:23:07,734
-One day, Dave saw him
coming down the street,
528
00:23:07,777 --> 00:23:11,477
with his giant stilts --
8 1/2 feet, 9 feet tall --
529
00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,348
walking down the street,
coming at Dave.
530
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,002
Dave was like,
"Oh, my God."
531
00:23:15,045 --> 00:23:16,656
It was terrifying.
532
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:17,961
I think Dave,
right then and there,
533
00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:19,702
knew he wasn't
gonna argue.
534
00:23:19,746 --> 00:23:23,184
Hunter wanted to be back
in the band, so, "Okay."
535
00:23:23,227 --> 00:23:24,533
-I will always come back,
536
00:23:24,577 --> 00:23:27,536
no matter how many times
they cheat, lie,
537
00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:29,582
and use deceitful tactics
against me.
538
00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:31,410
-Hunter was totally
autobiographical
539
00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:34,456
about anything he conceptually
came up with.
540
00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:37,938
Techno Destructo was here
to get control of GWAR again.
541
00:23:37,981 --> 00:23:39,505
And if he couldn't
get control of them,
542
00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:42,812
he was going to
destroy them.
543
00:23:42,856 --> 00:23:45,119
You don't have to be Freud
to fucking figure that one out.
544
00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:48,165
-One of these days,
GWAR will be destroyed.
545
00:23:48,209 --> 00:23:51,734
-My attitude was like,
"You've been gone for a year.
546
00:23:51,778 --> 00:23:53,344
You haven't been working.
547
00:23:53,388 --> 00:23:56,260
You dropped a notch or two
on the ladder."
548
00:23:56,304 --> 00:23:59,612
Well, now, like, Don and Chuck
can say like, "Oh, we've got..."
549
00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,091
what did they say,
"...skin in the game now,
550
00:24:01,135 --> 00:24:03,442
because we've created
these new characters."
551
00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:07,707
It's like, "This is a real
collective going on, here."
552
00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,317
-I always wanted
to be an artist.
553
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,319
And I thought that
art school
554
00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:13,147
was gonna be very different
than it was.
555
00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:16,759
I expected it to be
a little more weird.
556
00:24:16,803 --> 00:24:18,195
I went to Dave.
557
00:24:18,239 --> 00:24:19,719
I went to his office,
and I was like,
558
00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:21,198
"I wanna join the band.
I'm quitting art school."
559
00:24:21,242 --> 00:24:22,983
And he was like,
"Well, you know, I don't wanna
560
00:24:23,026 --> 00:24:24,593
fuck your life up,
or anything."
561
00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:29,076
And I was like, "Dude,
I'll go back to art school.
562
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,512
It'll still be there.
563
00:24:30,556 --> 00:24:32,514
But GWAR is doing stuff,
and I'm getting paid."
564
00:24:32,558 --> 00:24:34,081
So, he was like,
"Alright. Fair enough."
565
00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:35,256
That was it.
566
00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:38,477
-Okay, Matt,
hold up your number.
567
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,610
-I met Matt Maguire,
and we had a lot in common.
568
00:24:41,654 --> 00:24:44,308
And I was hoping that he
and I could collaborate
569
00:24:44,352 --> 00:24:46,963
on some of my crazy
wrestling comics, and stuff,
570
00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:49,662
'cause he had some wrestling
comics that he had been doing.
571
00:24:49,705 --> 00:24:52,839
But then, he was really hot
to get into GWAR.
572
00:24:52,882 --> 00:24:54,971
-The first show I went to,
that was it.
573
00:24:55,015 --> 00:24:56,451
I was hooked.
574
00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,148
I was just like,
"This is freaking amazing."
575
00:24:58,192 --> 00:25:00,847
I was in high school, whatever,
just, "Oh, my gosh.
576
00:25:00,890 --> 00:25:03,197
Look at all this cool stuff.
There's this chick blowing fire,
577
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,721
and this is happening,
and heads are flying off."
578
00:25:05,765 --> 00:25:08,202
-Matt was Hunter's
assistant,
579
00:25:08,245 --> 00:25:11,292
and Hunter liked to keep Matt
away from us.
580
00:25:11,335 --> 00:25:14,643
But as we realized how good
of an artist Matt is,
581
00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:18,299
it was, like, well, we're all
hanging out in the back room
582
00:25:18,342 --> 00:25:19,735
having a blast.
583
00:25:19,779 --> 00:25:21,215
So, when he stopped working
for Hunter,
584
00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:22,869
he'd come back there,
and hang out with us,
585
00:25:22,912 --> 00:25:24,523
and Hunter would get
all mad.
586
00:25:24,566 --> 00:25:26,699
But Don was always just like,
"Well, fuck that."
587
00:25:26,742 --> 00:25:29,223
-It's hard for me to think
how Hunter must have felt
588
00:25:29,266 --> 00:25:32,182
having this vision
about a movie --
589
00:25:32,226 --> 00:25:33,923
this was originally
what GWAR was,
590
00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:37,231
was his movie --
taken over by the band
591
00:25:37,274 --> 00:25:39,842
where Dave gets to shine,
and Hunter doesn't.
592
00:25:39,886 --> 00:25:41,714
-So, what do you really
wanna do?
593
00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:44,107
-Well, I don't know.
Whatever you guys want me to do.
594
00:25:44,151 --> 00:25:46,109
-I was doing the mail order
at that point.
595
00:25:46,153 --> 00:25:47,981
I was in there
licking stamps.
596
00:25:48,024 --> 00:25:52,289
You do every single bit of grunt
work that nobody wanted to do.
597
00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:55,597
That's how you made yourself
useful in the band.
598
00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:59,383
-They got the shittiest jobs,
and they had to suffer.
599
00:25:59,427 --> 00:26:01,429
They put up with it
for years.
600
00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:03,692
Bob and Matt,
they earned their chops.
601
00:26:03,736 --> 00:26:06,434
Gosh, I hope it was
worth it.
602
00:26:06,477 --> 00:26:09,393
-Let us toast
our glorious destiny.
603
00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:11,744
[Laughter]
604
00:26:22,972 --> 00:26:24,321
-He's ready.
605
00:26:24,365 --> 00:26:25,584
Hey, Dave.
Alright.
606
00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,020
Hey. You ready to go?
-Yeah!
607
00:26:27,063 --> 00:26:28,587
-Ready to
rock and roll?
608
00:26:32,025 --> 00:26:33,461
-GWAR, in the early days,
609
00:26:33,504 --> 00:26:35,768
had these International
Harvester
610
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:38,031
school buses
that they traveled in.
611
00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:39,728
-We tore all
the seats out.
612
00:26:39,772 --> 00:26:41,948
So, you go in, and there's two
couches facing each other,
613
00:26:41,991 --> 00:26:43,514
and that's where you
hang out.
614
00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:46,169
And then, there was
a plywood loft,
615
00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:48,476
and there was upper sleeping
and lower sleeping.
616
00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:50,478
-We just all slept in there,
like dogs,
617
00:26:50,521 --> 00:26:52,872
you know, like,
just animals herded together.
618
00:26:52,915 --> 00:26:56,310
We painted the school bus.
It was just covered in graffiti.
619
00:26:56,353 --> 00:27:00,531
The top of it said,
"Ed Gein's mom's car."
620
00:27:00,575 --> 00:27:02,969
And so, we would get
pulled over a lot.
621
00:27:03,012 --> 00:27:05,406
-The damn thing only went
55 miles an hour,
622
00:27:05,449 --> 00:27:07,843
'cause it had a governor on it,
'cause it was a school bus.
623
00:27:07,887 --> 00:27:10,280
And it was like
the Partridge Family on acid,
624
00:27:10,324 --> 00:27:11,804
rolling down the road,
625
00:27:11,847 --> 00:27:13,762
always getting hassled
by cops, like,
626
00:27:13,806 --> 00:27:15,590
"What the hell
is this?"
627
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,723
At least in the second school
bus, you could take a piss.
628
00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:19,594
We built, like,
this little cubby hole
629
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:21,770
in the back,
with a door.
630
00:27:21,814 --> 00:27:23,598
I open the door to think
631
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,383
there's gonna be some sort of,
like, toilet there -- nothing.
632
00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:29,169
It's just a fucking
oil funnel cone
633
00:27:29,212 --> 00:27:31,780
with a hose that goes to
a hole in the floor.
634
00:27:31,824 --> 00:27:33,695
And we were just
pissing in the cone.
635
00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:35,479
And you can look out
the back window
636
00:27:35,523 --> 00:27:38,787
and just see, like all your
urine, like, hit whatever car.
637
00:27:38,831 --> 00:27:42,269
I'm just watching, like, a whole
family, kids in the car,
638
00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:45,533
windshield wipers come on,
and it's just our urine.
639
00:27:45,576 --> 00:27:47,317
Those were the
school bus days.
640
00:27:47,361 --> 00:27:50,538
-It is difficult being the only
girl, and you're all grungy,
641
00:27:50,581 --> 00:27:52,627
and gross,
and dirty, and sweaty.
642
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,935
And you're staying at punk
rocker's house on the floor.
643
00:27:55,978 --> 00:27:58,502
-Dave would book these
cross-country tours
644
00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:01,462
by just calling numbers out of
the back of Maximum Rocknroll.
645
00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:03,159
And we just took off
with it,
646
00:28:03,203 --> 00:28:07,250
a Rand McNally Atlas
and a bunch of quarters
647
00:28:07,294 --> 00:28:08,817
to use the payphone
when we got lost.
648
00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:16,129
♪♪
649
00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:18,044
We made it
across the country
650
00:28:18,087 --> 00:28:21,569
probably about six or seven
times in these school buses.
651
00:28:21,612 --> 00:28:23,223
Broke several axles on 'em,
652
00:28:23,266 --> 00:28:26,052
and got stranded a couple
of times in the Rockies,
653
00:28:26,095 --> 00:28:27,923
but it was fun.
654
00:28:27,967 --> 00:28:29,446
Those were fun days.
655
00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,100
-I wouldn't trade those memories
for anything,
656
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:33,929
'cause traveling cross country,
and all those windows
657
00:28:33,973 --> 00:28:35,104
and just laying in
your bunk,
658
00:28:35,148 --> 00:28:38,804
and going around
with the circus...
659
00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:40,501
The thing is,
I remember even Dave,
660
00:28:40,544 --> 00:28:41,937
who was was, like, the biggest
rock star in the world,
661
00:28:41,981 --> 00:28:43,809
was such a geek
and nerd.
662
00:28:43,852 --> 00:28:47,943
-I'm working on D&D, that stupid
game that your boyfriend plays.
663
00:28:47,987 --> 00:28:51,817
-We were always into Dungeons
& Dragons, and all that stuff.
664
00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:55,429
And Brockie was into it.
And he was good at it.
665
00:28:55,472 --> 00:28:57,039
You played it,
and you were like,
666
00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:59,128
"Well, this isn't stupid at all.
This is really fun."
667
00:28:59,172 --> 00:29:02,479
Because, you know, he was like,
any one of the campaigns
668
00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:05,656
that he ran could have been
a great fantasy novel.
669
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:07,789
-I remember one of the first
times I went out of town
670
00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:09,312
with GWAR,
671
00:29:09,356 --> 00:29:12,054
him reading a "Conan" book
by a flashlight to us
672
00:29:12,098 --> 00:29:13,403
all listening,
like we're sitting around
673
00:29:13,447 --> 00:29:15,231
a radio in the 1930s.
674
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:18,800
It was, like, absurd, but it was
so, like, quaint and special.
675
00:29:21,324 --> 00:29:24,675
-Why did you lie to me?
Why? Why? why?
676
00:29:24,719 --> 00:29:26,373
Where is he?
677
00:29:26,416 --> 00:29:28,462
-My new shoulder pads
are too bouncy, and it's just --
678
00:29:28,505 --> 00:29:31,508
I don't know what to do.
I can't fix something like that.
679
00:29:31,552 --> 00:29:32,858
-I'm so sad for You.
680
00:29:32,901 --> 00:29:35,686
-Fuck! God!
681
00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:43,477
♪♪
682
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,871
-It was one of the first
school bus tours.
683
00:29:45,914 --> 00:29:47,829
I remember, we were late
to a show,
684
00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:50,310
and we pulled up, and there
was actually a line
685
00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:51,964
all the way around
the building.
686
00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:55,010
And that was
an impressive feeling,
687
00:29:55,054 --> 00:29:57,230
to know that we were gonna
sell out a club.
688
00:29:57,273 --> 00:29:59,841
-Look at all this beer
we get now.
689
00:29:59,885 --> 00:30:01,538
Check this out.
690
00:30:01,582 --> 00:30:03,149
This is all our water
and shit to drink on stage.
691
00:30:03,192 --> 00:30:04,846
And then,
look at all this stuff.
692
00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,848
This is all so sweet,
and...
693
00:30:06,892 --> 00:30:11,200
Are we big time, hip, cool,
rock stars now, or what?
694
00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:12,854
-As we were growing,
so was the stage show.
695
00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:15,291
This shit kept getting
bigger and bigger.
696
00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:17,076
Even the monsters
were getting huge.
697
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:18,686
And that's where
I came in.
698
00:30:18,729 --> 00:30:21,732
I became the big giant
monster maker.
699
00:30:21,776 --> 00:30:22,951
-Some friends of mine said,
"Hey, have you heard of
700
00:30:22,995 --> 00:30:24,431
this band GWAR?"
I go, "No".
701
00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:25,867
They said, "Oh, my God,
you gotta see them.
702
00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:27,260
They're amazing.
They run into to the audience.
703
00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:28,783
They throw meat at people,
and blood."
704
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,350
They said, "You'd love them."
I go, "Oh, okay."
705
00:30:30,393 --> 00:30:33,135
I saw them at CMJ,
and was just blown away
706
00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:34,441
by how amazing it was.
707
00:30:34,484 --> 00:30:36,095
I'm sitting there
talking to my friends.
708
00:30:36,138 --> 00:30:37,748
I go, "Oh, my God,
If these guys are half sane,
709
00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:39,185
I have to work
with them."
710
00:30:39,228 --> 00:30:40,664
So, it turns out
they were very sane,
711
00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,057
and, obviously,
we did.
712
00:30:42,101 --> 00:30:48,324
♪♪
713
00:30:48,368 --> 00:30:51,893
-We brought in a real producer
into Richmond.
714
00:30:51,937 --> 00:30:55,201
And I thought it was really
funny, because he was from LA,
715
00:30:55,244 --> 00:30:57,899
and I didn't really know
any California guys back then.
716
00:30:57,943 --> 00:30:59,248
So...
717
00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,381
-Can't eat any cheese
before you record.
718
00:31:01,424 --> 00:31:04,123
And we have to go eat
this Chinese chicken salad.
719
00:31:04,166 --> 00:31:05,864
Every day, we would eat
the same salad.
720
00:31:05,907 --> 00:31:07,909
-What're you eating?
What are you eating?
721
00:31:07,953 --> 00:31:10,477
-You know, we were drinking
cheap beer, and smoking pot,
722
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,696
and he was worried
about us eating cheese.
723
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:16,178
♪♪
724
00:31:16,222 --> 00:31:17,919
That was the best time
for us writing,
725
00:31:17,963 --> 00:31:19,965
because we didn't really know
what we were doing.
726
00:31:20,008 --> 00:31:23,055
We weren't -- hadn't become
the metal band we are now.
727
00:31:23,098 --> 00:31:25,187
We were still
these punk rockers
728
00:31:25,231 --> 00:31:29,278
trying to play a heavy metal,
and not quite getting it,
729
00:31:29,322 --> 00:31:32,064
but reveling in the fact
that we didn't quite get it.
730
00:31:32,107 --> 00:31:40,333
♪♪
731
00:31:40,376 --> 00:31:48,602
♪♪
732
00:31:48,645 --> 00:31:50,038
You know,
we're making fun of it.
733
00:31:50,082 --> 00:31:51,648
We didn't wanna be
too good at it.
734
00:31:51,692 --> 00:31:56,653
♪♪
735
00:31:56,697 --> 00:31:59,874
-Huge leap in musicianship
from the first album.
736
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,963
It's night and day.
737
00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,096
I had the first album,
and loved it.
738
00:32:04,139 --> 00:32:05,836
It's kind of schlocky,
and it's kind of fun.
739
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,708
But when they put out
"Scum Dogs of the Universe,"
740
00:32:07,751 --> 00:32:09,144
I was like, "Whoa.
741
00:32:09,188 --> 00:32:11,103
These dudes had been
working on their chops."
742
00:32:11,146 --> 00:32:14,062
-The fact that they were able
to play that well
743
00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:15,759
while wearing
all that stuff
744
00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:17,631
is something that really
doesn't get talked about a lot.
745
00:32:17,674 --> 00:32:18,806
Because those guys
could shred.
746
00:32:18,849 --> 00:32:20,460
They were phenomenal
musicians.
747
00:32:20,503 --> 00:32:23,463
It takes a lot to be able
to play music like that,
748
00:32:23,506 --> 00:32:25,813
not to mention being covered
in sticky blood.
749
00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:29,425
-The thing that GWAR, musically,
has to fight against,
750
00:32:29,469 --> 00:32:31,950
is how amazing it is
aesthetically.
751
00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:33,516
And it...
752
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,779
"Gimmick" is not even close
to as strong enough word
753
00:32:35,823 --> 00:32:37,738
to describe
what GWAR is.
754
00:32:37,781 --> 00:32:39,218
GWAR is what they are.
755
00:32:39,261 --> 00:32:40,871
It's beyond gimmick.
756
00:32:40,915 --> 00:32:42,612
-I don't know why
a lot of people think that
757
00:32:42,656 --> 00:32:47,182
having a sense of humor
does not go along with rocking.
758
00:32:47,226 --> 00:32:49,750
I think the two
can co-exist peacefully.
759
00:32:49,793 --> 00:32:51,795
But it doesn't work
if there's not skill
760
00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:53,667
and talent
to back it up.
761
00:32:53,710 --> 00:32:57,323
GWAR's got the talent, and
everything else is just icing.
762
00:32:57,366 --> 00:33:00,065
-Everybody in GWAR
can fucking shred.
763
00:33:00,108 --> 00:33:02,850
Maybe it's a joke
in the packaging,
764
00:33:02,893 --> 00:33:05,679
but the musicianship
is very sincere.
765
00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:13,252
♪♪
766
00:33:13,295 --> 00:33:17,865
So, the ultimate joke
of GWAR is...
767
00:33:17,908 --> 00:33:19,432
that they're good.
768
00:33:19,475 --> 00:33:20,824
That's the joke.
769
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,652
-"Scum Dogs" is definitely
a huge step up.
770
00:33:22,696 --> 00:33:24,045
And when I get the full record,
I'm like,
771
00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:25,829
"Oh, my God,
this is amazing."
772
00:33:25,873 --> 00:33:29,007
It's an epic piece of work
that they did.
773
00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:34,055
-"Hell-o" would get
some traction,
774
00:33:34,099 --> 00:33:38,190
but "Scum Dogs"
had broke GWAR.
775
00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:39,626
During that tour,
of course,
776
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:43,108
all this stuff happens
where life imitates art.
777
00:33:43,151 --> 00:33:45,719
The story is about
censorship,
778
00:33:45,762 --> 00:33:48,200
which was a big hot button issue
at the time.
779
00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:52,247
-Does the title of "Purple Rain"
give you an indication
780
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:56,121
that the material
is about masturbation?
781
00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:57,774
-They mean the album title,
"Purple Rain"?
782
00:33:57,818 --> 00:34:00,212
-And on the tour that
we're mocking,
783
00:34:00,255 --> 00:34:02,083
and talking about GWAR
being censored,
784
00:34:02,127 --> 00:34:04,694
GWAR gets censored,
gets arrested.
785
00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:06,740
Dave gets arrested for
the Cuttlefish.
786
00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:10,744
We played in Charlotte,
and we're doing a regular show,
787
00:34:10,787 --> 00:34:13,529
and we have this priest
that comes up on stage,
788
00:34:13,573 --> 00:34:16,097
and gets stuff
jammed up his butt.
789
00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:18,839
-Priests were always known for
raping young choir boys,
790
00:34:18,882 --> 00:34:20,754
so, in GWAR's show,
the priest gets raped.
791
00:34:20,797 --> 00:34:23,104
So, there's this big fake
rubber butt,
792
00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:26,107
we're shoving a crucifix up
Father Bohab's ass,
793
00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:28,370
dicks in it,
swords in it.
794
00:34:28,414 --> 00:34:31,112
It's like a fucking butt
bouquet potpourri
795
00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:33,462
of fucking swords
hanging out of this thing.
796
00:34:33,506 --> 00:34:35,769
-We didn't know it, but
the Charlotte Police were there,
797
00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:38,641
and they didn't think
it was very funny.
798
00:34:38,685 --> 00:34:41,427
-They were just like,
"You can't do that to a priest."
799
00:34:41,470 --> 00:34:44,647
-And we're like, "It's not.
It's a big fake rubber butt."
800
00:34:44,691 --> 00:34:47,302
-These cops come busting into
the dressing room.
801
00:34:47,346 --> 00:34:51,001
There's Dave, halfway out of
the Oderus costume,
802
00:34:51,045 --> 00:34:53,961
just standing there
with a big penis on.
803
00:34:54,004 --> 00:34:56,659
And they're like,
"Alright, you're under arrest.
804
00:34:56,703 --> 00:34:58,922
Where's the guy
in the priest outfit?"
805
00:34:58,966 --> 00:35:01,795
And Bob was out of costume
already, and so he was like,
806
00:35:01,838 --> 00:35:04,928
"Oh, we don't know
which one that was."
807
00:35:04,972 --> 00:35:07,844
So they had no choice
but just to arrest Dave.
808
00:35:07,888 --> 00:35:12,545
They confiscate the Cuttlefish
of Cthulhu, which is the huge...
809
00:35:12,588 --> 00:35:14,329
between Oderus' legs.
810
00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:15,548
It's really a fish.
811
00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:17,202
It's not a dick.
It's a fish.
812
00:35:17,245 --> 00:35:23,121
-And they took Dave's dick away
in a five-gallon bucket.
813
00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:24,513
That's the only thing
they took,
814
00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:26,689
was just the dick
in a five-gallon bucket.
815
00:35:26,733 --> 00:35:29,127
-We never got the Cuttlefish
back, either.
816
00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:31,172
It's still in evidence room
in Charlotte,
817
00:35:31,216 --> 00:35:33,174
North Carolina,
somewhere.
818
00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:34,480
-When I heard he got arrested,
I was like,
819
00:35:34,523 --> 00:35:35,829
"Oh, what did he do?"
820
00:35:35,872 --> 00:35:37,309
And they told him me
what he did.
821
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:38,571
I said,
"He didn't do anything?
822
00:35:38,614 --> 00:35:40,834
He was just wearing his costume?
Really?"
823
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:46,579
-"Oderus Urungus will be
in court in Charlotte,
824
00:35:46,622 --> 00:35:48,885
North Carolina, next week,
to face obscenity charges
825
00:35:48,929 --> 00:35:50,452
filed after
a GWAR concert
826
00:35:50,496 --> 00:35:53,107
in the heart of Jesse Homes
country last month."
827
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:54,848
-When Dave
went to trial,
828
00:35:54,891 --> 00:35:58,286
the presiding judge
was Dick Boner.
829
00:35:58,330 --> 00:36:01,246
That was the judge's name
in real fucking life.
830
00:36:05,424 --> 00:36:07,687
-I was a big fan of Lenny Bruce,
and I thought
831
00:36:07,730 --> 00:36:09,428
that was really cool
that we're getting charged
832
00:36:09,471 --> 00:36:11,212
with the same stuff
that Lenny Bruce did.
833
00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:13,388
That made me
pretty proud.
834
00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:15,695
-We're here interviewing people
on the street about the GWAR
835
00:36:15,738 --> 00:36:19,046
show that was just shut down
by the Athens Police.
836
00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:20,265
How do you feel
about this?
837
00:36:20,308 --> 00:36:22,484
-Well, there goes
the Constitution,
838
00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:24,138
and everything else
it stands for.
839
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:31,145
-♪ All we are saying
is give GWAR a chance ♪
840
00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,234
-If you enjoy the music
of Barry Manilow,
841
00:36:33,278 --> 00:36:36,368
Liberace, or the Bee Gees,
then you're gonna hate GWAR.
842
00:36:36,411 --> 00:36:37,456
-"Their name is GWAR."
843
00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:38,935
-"GWAR, the band from hell."
844
00:36:38,979 --> 00:36:41,547
-That band, GWAR,
has gotta be the raunchiest,
845
00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,505
most rotten band.
846
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:44,680
They are the worst.
847
00:36:44,724 --> 00:36:46,552
-Oderus...
-Yes?
848
00:36:46,595 --> 00:36:49,990
-...your act has been described
as "obscene" and "disgusting."
849
00:36:50,033 --> 00:36:52,732
What'd you say to that?
-Very accurate.
850
00:36:52,775 --> 00:36:54,299
-Oh, this is one of
the best ones, okay?
851
00:36:54,342 --> 00:36:55,691
I'm gonna read you this.
852
00:36:55,735 --> 00:36:59,042
"To Grawl..."
-- G-R-A-W-L --
853
00:36:59,086 --> 00:37:01,349
"...I am a highly concerned
Catholic Christian
854
00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:03,960
who watched your video cassette,
Tour de Scum.
855
00:37:04,004 --> 00:37:06,267
I've seen many horror shows
in my lifetime,
856
00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:09,314
but nothing compared to what
I saw on Tour de Scum.
857
00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:12,012
I..." -- all caps --
"...WANTED TO PUKE.
858
00:37:12,055 --> 00:37:15,363
You creatures have the morality
of cannibalistic psychotics.
859
00:37:15,407 --> 00:37:18,018
In conclusion,
you need to change
860
00:37:18,061 --> 00:37:19,715
your attitudes
toward the human race.
861
00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:21,587
Believe it or not,
there are some good people
862
00:37:21,630 --> 00:37:22,979
on the planet, too.
863
00:37:23,023 --> 00:37:25,678
God help all of you."
864
00:37:25,721 --> 00:37:27,854
-So, the label
gave us $50,000,
865
00:37:27,897 --> 00:37:30,117
which was typical,
for a music video.
866
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,163
And we said, "Well, instead
of just a music video,
867
00:37:33,207 --> 00:37:36,471
why not just do
an entire music movie?"
868
00:37:36,515 --> 00:37:38,473
-That's like more money
than we'd ever seen.
869
00:37:38,517 --> 00:37:39,735
Do one song?
870
00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:41,911
No. We're gonna do
a whole movie.
871
00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:47,308
-We did months
of pre-production -- months.
872
00:37:47,352 --> 00:37:50,659
And we hired a production team
from Canada.
873
00:37:50,703 --> 00:37:53,009
-I was like, "Why don't you just
let me direct it?"
874
00:37:53,053 --> 00:37:57,013
They're like, "No.
We don't want you to direct it.
875
00:37:57,057 --> 00:38:00,452
Even though you have
a college degree in film-making,
876
00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:03,193
we have to find
a professional director
877
00:38:03,237 --> 00:38:04,978
that knows what
they're doing."
878
00:38:05,021 --> 00:38:07,197
-All these dudes came
from Canada,
879
00:38:07,241 --> 00:38:09,330
and they had found a director
they had worked with before,
880
00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,897
and been happy with.
881
00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:12,986
He was in Richmond
before we even started filming
882
00:38:13,029 --> 00:38:15,162
for probably two
or three weeks.
883
00:38:15,205 --> 00:38:18,383
-He's, like, got these leather
pants on, strutting around,
884
00:38:18,426 --> 00:38:21,864
like, "Hey, you've gotta give me
a double bed with all the chicks
885
00:38:21,908 --> 00:38:24,127
I'm gonna get
while I'm in Richmond."
886
00:38:24,171 --> 00:38:28,175
-And then, the very first night
of production,
887
00:38:28,218 --> 00:38:30,873
he has a fucking
nervous breakdown.
888
00:38:30,917 --> 00:38:33,093
-Oh, yeah,
Ray lost his mind.
889
00:38:33,136 --> 00:38:34,355
He quit.
He flew home.
890
00:38:34,399 --> 00:38:36,096
[Chuckles]
891
00:38:36,139 --> 00:38:38,533
You don't wanna tell Dave
what to do,
892
00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:40,318
and you don't wanna tell Hunter
what to do.
893
00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:43,625
That's, like, the worst
situation you could be put in.
894
00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:46,889
-We're just like, "Dude, you
gotta get the fuck out here."
895
00:38:46,933 --> 00:38:49,196
Because it was like,
"We're doing this."
896
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,286
Then, we're left to pick up
the pieces.
897
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,201
It was fucking
ridiculous.
898
00:38:54,244 --> 00:38:56,943
So, everybody's, like,
directing, and performing,
899
00:38:56,986 --> 00:38:58,466
and then fabricating sets.
900
00:38:58,510 --> 00:39:00,468
And so, you're, like,
getting no sleep.
901
00:39:00,512 --> 00:39:03,253
I'm painting a set,
then I'm doing a scene,
902
00:39:03,297 --> 00:39:05,125
and then I'm coming back
and doing another thing.
903
00:39:05,168 --> 00:39:07,170
-I was playing a role.
I was painting the sets.
904
00:39:07,214 --> 00:39:08,563
I was building props.
905
00:39:08,607 --> 00:39:10,260
Even still during the making
of that movie
906
00:39:10,304 --> 00:39:12,393
I was waiting tables
to pay my rent.
907
00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:14,700
They'd call me up,
"We need somebody's mom!
908
00:39:14,743 --> 00:39:16,310
We need a grandma!"
909
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,746
So, I'd be like, "Hey,
you wanna be in our movie?"
910
00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:20,183
[Laughs]
While I was waiting tables.
911
00:39:20,227 --> 00:39:21,446
it was like that.
912
00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:23,143
-Everybody would
pitch in.
913
00:39:23,186 --> 00:39:25,624
It was like how Hunter
called the slave pit
914
00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:28,583
the "slave pit" because
everybody came in and worked.
915
00:39:28,627 --> 00:39:30,672
You had girlfriends,
and wives, and kids,
916
00:39:30,716 --> 00:39:33,719
and everybody just piling in
to make the show happen.
917
00:39:33,762 --> 00:39:36,983
-And it was a big chaotic mess,
like everything we do.
918
00:39:37,026 --> 00:39:40,595
And it turned out
pretty silly and awesome
919
00:39:40,639 --> 00:39:42,118
in its own weird way.
920
00:39:42,162 --> 00:39:44,033
-Do you really know GWAR?
921
00:39:44,077 --> 00:39:47,515
-I'm their fucking
manager.
922
00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:48,908
-I'd really like
to meet them.
923
00:39:48,951 --> 00:39:50,649
-And you know what?
924
00:39:50,692 --> 00:39:52,477
The thing fucking still
got nominated for a Grammy.
925
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:56,959
♪♪
926
00:39:57,003 --> 00:40:00,354
Yeah, "Phallus in Wonderland"
gets nominated for a Grammy,
927
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,488
and we're just all thinking,
"Man, somebody really fucked up.
928
00:40:03,531 --> 00:40:05,185
Somebody's losing
their job."
929
00:40:05,228 --> 00:40:07,970
-Till this day, we don't
understand how the Grammys work,
930
00:40:08,014 --> 00:40:11,757
because it's like Annie Lennox,
and MC Hammer, and GWAR?
931
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,194
-I remember, Hunter came in,
and was sort of...
932
00:40:14,237 --> 00:40:15,935
He was really matter-of-fact
about it.
933
00:40:15,978 --> 00:40:19,634
It wasn't like, "Man,
we got nominated for a Grammy!"
934
00:40:19,678 --> 00:40:21,854
It was just like, "We got
nominated for a Grammy.
935
00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:23,812
Ehh, just a Grammy."
936
00:40:23,856 --> 00:40:25,510
[Laughs]
937
00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:28,469
-We are gathered here
in this great Hall of Justice
938
00:40:28,513 --> 00:40:33,518
to prove that this alleged fish
is actually a penis.
939
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:41,264
♪♪
940
00:40:41,308 --> 00:40:48,968
♪♪
941
00:40:49,011 --> 00:40:52,232
The president of that
organization was not amused.
942
00:40:52,275 --> 00:40:54,147
He did not like us
at all.
943
00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:55,714
We had to take the picture,
and we were like,
944
00:40:55,757 --> 00:40:57,629
"You know what, man, that's just
who we are in character."
945
00:40:57,672 --> 00:41:00,066
And he's like,
"Yeah, whatever."
946
00:41:00,109 --> 00:41:01,371
The dude was angry.
947
00:41:01,415 --> 00:41:06,942
♪♪
948
00:41:06,986 --> 00:41:10,772
-We were invited out to LA,
to go to the awards ceremony,
949
00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:16,474
but we were specifically told,
"Do not bring the costumes."
950
00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:19,215
Like, "Oh yeah, yeah,
sure, sure."
951
00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:22,784
-Black was the color of choice
for most, but not all.
952
00:41:24,786 --> 00:41:30,357
The loudest fashion statement
was from a band called GWAR.
953
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,185
-We're in costume,
so, of course,
954
00:41:32,228 --> 00:41:35,623
I immediately go up,
and harass Chaka Khan.
955
00:41:35,667 --> 00:41:37,233
I'm just like,
"Chaka Khan."
956
00:41:37,277 --> 00:41:39,888
I was like, "You Earth girls
are making me hot."
957
00:41:39,932 --> 00:41:42,151
And immediately,
her guy there was just like,
958
00:41:42,195 --> 00:41:44,371
"Out of the way, kid."
959
00:41:44,414 --> 00:41:48,114
-So, we lasted about 15 minutes
in the lobby of the Grammys,
960
00:41:48,157 --> 00:41:50,682
and we, like, spilled a drink
on Leader Ford,
961
00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:53,075
and then
we got kicked out.
962
00:41:53,119 --> 00:41:55,251
We went back,
and put our tuxes back on,
963
00:41:55,295 --> 00:41:56,731
sat quietly
in the audience.
964
00:41:56,775 --> 00:41:59,560
And it was pretty boring
the rest of the time,
965
00:41:59,604 --> 00:42:00,779
except for the parties
afterwards.
966
00:42:00,822 --> 00:42:02,128
Those were fun.
967
00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:03,608
-We went to a Warner Bros.
party after.
968
00:42:03,651 --> 00:42:05,827
I did meet Madonna
that night.
969
00:42:05,871 --> 00:42:08,003
I hung out with
the Chilli Peppers that night.
970
00:42:08,047 --> 00:42:10,832
And I got to hold a banana
up to my crotch,
971
00:42:10,876 --> 00:42:13,226
and George Clinton ate it,
at the party.
972
00:42:13,269 --> 00:42:15,358
[Laughs]
973
00:42:19,232 --> 00:42:21,364
That was
a crowning moment.
974
00:42:21,408 --> 00:42:22,583
It was nuts.
975
00:42:22,627 --> 00:42:24,542
And GWAR had no business
being there.
976
00:42:24,585 --> 00:42:28,284
-♪ Divided by the attention,
not to mention the affection ♪
977
00:42:28,328 --> 00:42:30,591
-No matter how you
gussied GWAR up,
978
00:42:30,635 --> 00:42:33,072
and no matter what award
you give it,
979
00:42:33,115 --> 00:42:35,074
it's always gonna be
exactly what it is,
980
00:42:35,117 --> 00:42:40,688
which is this warty little
D&D-playing, snort-nosed kid.
981
00:42:40,732 --> 00:42:42,168
that is...
982
00:42:42,211 --> 00:42:44,736
[Chuckles]
Like, that's what GWAR is, man.
983
00:42:44,779 --> 00:42:46,041
It's just geeky.
984
00:42:46,085 --> 00:42:47,608
and it's wonderful
in that way.
985
00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:50,568
But we didn't fit in
at the Grammys.
986
00:42:50,611 --> 00:42:54,441
-♪ Oh, can't you hear
me calling? ♪
987
00:42:54,484 --> 00:42:58,401
♪ Just like
a sad whale song ♪
988
00:42:58,445 --> 00:43:02,231
♪ I'm on
that road behind ♪
989
00:43:03,537 --> 00:43:06,671
♪♪
990
00:43:06,714 --> 00:43:08,847
-I am Flattus Maximus.
991
00:43:08,890 --> 00:43:10,675
I play guitar.
992
00:43:10,718 --> 00:43:14,330
-Dewey was just moving into
a different point in his life.
993
00:43:14,374 --> 00:43:16,245
He had his own
construction business,
994
00:43:16,289 --> 00:43:17,725
and he was just like,
995
00:43:17,769 --> 00:43:21,076
"I'm not gonna be
a rock 'n roll guy anymore."
996
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,645
How I remember it is, Pete just
showed up at The Slave Pit,
997
00:43:24,689 --> 00:43:28,475
drove a solid 20 some hours
from Texas
998
00:43:28,518 --> 00:43:30,564
with a huge bag of weed,
and was just like,
999
00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:32,958
"I'm gonna be you guys'
new guitar player."
1000
00:43:33,001 --> 00:43:35,003
-Okay, I'll tell you
about Flattus.
1001
00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:38,093
That's who I was supposed to be
when I joined the band.
1002
00:43:38,137 --> 00:43:41,401
So, I'm like, "Alright, I'm
one of them now, I'm a monster."
1003
00:43:41,444 --> 00:43:44,447
So, I'm after a show,
and I'm looking in the mirror,
1004
00:43:44,491 --> 00:43:48,582
and I go, "You look like
a fucking dipshit, man.
1005
00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:50,715
I was like, "Wayne, I need
a mask, or something,
1006
00:43:50,758 --> 00:43:55,241
'cause my face
is not intimidating at all."
1007
00:43:55,284 --> 00:43:58,505
They made me a new costume
with Rydal shoulder pads.
1008
00:43:58,548 --> 00:44:00,768
And they fit good,
so I can fuckin'...
1009
00:44:02,988 --> 00:44:04,946
-Pete is an assassin.
1010
00:44:04,990 --> 00:44:06,774
He is such a good
guitar player.
1011
00:44:06,818 --> 00:44:12,432
[ Guitar solo ]
1012
00:44:12,475 --> 00:44:13,825
Fucking amazing.
1013
00:44:13,868 --> 00:44:22,442
♪♪
1014
00:44:22,485 --> 00:44:26,707
-We seemed to not be able
to get on MTV at all.
1015
00:44:26,751 --> 00:44:28,361
Where do we put
these GWAR videos?
1016
00:44:28,404 --> 00:44:31,320
"Headbangers Ball,"
120 minutes, I don't know.
1017
00:44:31,364 --> 00:44:32,626
This doesn't this make
any sense.
1018
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,889
It doesn't fit.
1019
00:44:34,933 --> 00:44:37,979
-Mike Judge, apparently,
really liked us.
1020
00:44:38,023 --> 00:44:39,720
And he was like,
1021
00:44:39,764 --> 00:44:41,896
"Okay, my characters,
they're these people.
1022
00:44:41,940 --> 00:44:43,724
What would their favorite
band be?"
1023
00:44:43,768 --> 00:44:44,943
"Oh, it would be GWAR,"
1024
00:44:44,986 --> 00:44:46,292
Of course,
Beavis and Butt-Head's
1025
00:44:46,335 --> 00:44:48,120
favorite band
would be GWAR.
1026
00:44:50,209 --> 00:44:53,038
-"Beavis and Butt-Head"
was such an important show.
1027
00:44:53,081 --> 00:44:56,737
And because of the autonomy
that Mike Judge had
1028
00:44:56,781 --> 00:45:01,002
in programming that show,
he was able to go over the heads
1029
00:45:01,046 --> 00:45:03,222
of the people of the Music
Programming Department...
1030
00:45:05,964 --> 00:45:08,706
...and expose them to places
in the country
1031
00:45:08,749 --> 00:45:11,621
where there weren't even
that many radio stations.
1032
00:45:13,319 --> 00:45:15,887
-You have to watch TV for, like,
hour and hours and hours
1033
00:45:15,930 --> 00:45:18,150
before you see this video,
but, like, when you do,
1034
00:45:18,193 --> 00:45:19,629
then, it's all worth it.
-Yeah.
1035
00:45:19,673 --> 00:45:21,588
-We were playing
these little punk rock clubs,
1036
00:45:21,631 --> 00:45:23,590
now we're playing
this ginormous place,
1037
00:45:23,633 --> 00:45:25,548
'cause "Beavis and Butt-Head
loves GWAR,
1038
00:45:25,592 --> 00:45:27,072
so we gotta go
check 'em out."
1039
00:45:27,115 --> 00:45:29,291
And everybody was like,
"What is that shit?"
1040
00:45:29,335 --> 00:45:30,510
I gotta go see it."
1041
00:45:30,553 --> 00:45:31,772
So, our tours
were packed out.
1042
00:45:31,816 --> 00:45:33,252
You know,
we were on our way.
1043
00:45:33,295 --> 00:45:35,080
-There's too much cool stuff
to keep track of.
1044
00:45:35,123 --> 00:45:37,604
-Yeah. Yeah.
1045
00:45:37,647 --> 00:45:39,301
-The "Beavis and Butt-Head"
thing turned into
1046
00:45:39,345 --> 00:45:42,435
the SAGA Genesis Game,
which was a really big deal.
1047
00:45:42,478 --> 00:45:46,308
-The point of the whole game
was to go to a GWAR concert.
1048
00:45:46,352 --> 00:45:47,745
I just thought that was
the coolest thing,
1049
00:45:47,788 --> 00:45:49,659
when I was a kid.
1050
00:45:49,703 --> 00:45:51,531
-I wrote one of them riffs
on that song,
1051
00:45:51,574 --> 00:45:53,228
and it ended up
on the game.
1052
00:45:53,272 --> 00:45:54,490
They put it on,
it was like...
1053
00:45:54,534 --> 00:45:56,710
[Vocalizes]
1054
00:46:00,105 --> 00:46:01,846
"Hey, that's badass.
1055
00:46:01,889 --> 00:46:04,718
Why did I come here?"
1056
00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:07,460
-It seemed like there was
another thing every other week.
1057
00:46:07,503 --> 00:46:09,157
Now, we're gonna do
"Jerry Springer."
1058
00:46:09,201 --> 00:46:11,769
-There always is black humor
in times of change,
1059
00:46:11,812 --> 00:46:13,379
in times of revolution.
1060
00:46:13,422 --> 00:46:15,076
It's been
all throughout history,
1061
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:16,469
and all throughout
literature.
1062
00:46:16,512 --> 00:46:19,733
-Okay. Hold on.
-Will you welcome...
1063
00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:23,041
GWAR!
1064
00:46:23,084 --> 00:46:25,652
-We can blow one of our songs,
and rose to 300 feet in the air.
1065
00:46:25,695 --> 00:46:27,567
-And hang on the Empire
State Building.
1066
00:46:27,610 --> 00:46:30,744
-You probably have already done
that on Sally Jesse, but...
1067
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:34,835
[Laughter]
1068
00:46:34,879 --> 00:46:37,359
-We did a skit in our show
"The Idiot Box"
1069
00:46:37,403 --> 00:46:39,971
where you sacrifice
your daughter to GWAR,
1070
00:46:40,014 --> 00:46:41,450
and they come to your house,
and then take your daughter,
1071
00:46:41,494 --> 00:46:42,887
and she ends up in the show,
1072
00:46:42,930 --> 00:46:44,366
and gets fed through
a giant meat grinder.
1073
00:46:44,410 --> 00:46:46,020
The whole thing is
super violent.
1074
00:46:46,064 --> 00:46:47,282
And there would be people
in the audience
1075
00:46:47,326 --> 00:46:49,371
who were kind of
freaked out.
1076
00:46:49,415 --> 00:46:51,025
And even Heather
was freaked out.
1077
00:46:51,069 --> 00:46:52,679
-Well, she got put into
a meat grinder.
1078
00:46:52,722 --> 00:46:53,854
-I know,
but it wasn't real.
1079
00:46:53,898 --> 00:46:55,290
We weren't really
gonna grind her.
1080
00:46:55,334 --> 00:46:57,118
-You never know.
-Yeah.
1081
00:46:57,162 --> 00:47:01,514
-Remember the name for
your games -- Circuit City.
1082
00:47:01,557 --> 00:47:03,821
-We were in a movie called
"Mystery Date."
1083
00:47:03,864 --> 00:47:05,997
In the script it was written,
"there's a bar band playing."
1084
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,738
But they say,
"Oh, let's get GWAR for that."
1085
00:47:08,782 --> 00:47:10,697
And so, it made for
a much better scene,
1086
00:47:10,740 --> 00:47:12,525
'cause he goes, into
this punk rock show,
1087
00:47:12,568 --> 00:47:14,048
and there's blood
flying everywhere.
1088
00:47:14,092 --> 00:47:17,008
And the girl goes,
"Oh, I love this."
1089
00:47:17,051 --> 00:47:20,315
-"Empire Records,"
another one.
1090
00:47:20,359 --> 00:47:23,884
When we did it,
the audience had no idea
1091
00:47:23,928 --> 00:47:25,886
what was going on.
1092
00:47:25,930 --> 00:47:28,367
I mean, but that's to be
expected at a GWAR show.
1093
00:47:28,410 --> 00:47:31,239
Weird shit happens.
1094
00:47:31,283 --> 00:47:33,415
-I was not the first person
that crawled
1095
00:47:33,459 --> 00:47:35,504
through that cavity
that week,
1096
00:47:35,548 --> 00:47:37,985
so it wasn't
this sterile environment.
1097
00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:39,813
I do remember that.
1098
00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:41,902
-Brockie had some lines,
He was gonna do them,
1099
00:47:41,946 --> 00:47:43,556
but we're at the show.
1100
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:46,428
so, as Oderus, he probably said
a few curse words,
1101
00:47:46,472 --> 00:47:49,736
so they dubbed some other
voice actor's voice onto it.
1102
00:47:49,779 --> 00:47:51,999
-"You love GWAR.
Why don't you join the band?"
1103
00:47:52,043 --> 00:47:53,827
-And they put a big
blurry thing,
1104
00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:56,438
'cause he had the Cuttlefish on,
'cause it was our live show.
1105
00:47:56,482 --> 00:47:58,440
-When they shot it,
it was the full dick,
1106
00:47:58,484 --> 00:48:01,922
which, I remember, he used,
like, masturbate it.
1107
00:48:01,966 --> 00:48:07,058
But on the movie, they, like,
did this prism digitization.
1108
00:48:07,101 --> 00:48:10,061
But it's a cuttlefish,
it's not a dick.
1109
00:48:10,104 --> 00:48:13,891
Do they really look that much
like dicks, cuttlefishes?
1110
00:48:13,934 --> 00:48:15,370
-That's how they try to
get away with it.
1111
00:48:15,414 --> 00:48:17,807
-That's how they get away
with it.
1112
00:48:17,851 --> 00:48:20,941
-So smart.
Because indecency laws.
1113
00:48:20,985 --> 00:48:26,033
-To see it turn into such
a cult classic, it was awesome.
1114
00:48:26,077 --> 00:48:27,774
-The movie is not
about GWAR,
1115
00:48:27,817 --> 00:48:30,298
but that was a gateway
for a ton of people
1116
00:48:30,342 --> 00:48:31,952
to find out about,
like, us,
1117
00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:33,823
and start buying our albums,
and coming to see us.
1118
00:48:33,867 --> 00:48:36,130
So, all those things
sort of add up
1119
00:48:36,174 --> 00:48:40,613
to this sort of infamous sort of
notoriety we have --
1120
00:48:40,656 --> 00:48:42,615
not famous,
but infamous.
1121
00:48:42,658 --> 00:48:44,443
My dad saw
"The Joan Rivers" show.
1122
00:48:44,486 --> 00:48:47,620
-What did he say?
-"Weird. Weird."
1123
00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:55,149
-That was GWAR.
That was GWAR.
1124
00:48:55,193 --> 00:48:57,108
And...
1125
00:48:57,151 --> 00:49:00,850
they were a little too strong
for our airways, here.
1126
00:49:00,894 --> 00:49:03,984
-We got off the ground
being a rock n' roll band,
1127
00:49:04,028 --> 00:49:06,030
but we never were
a rock n' roll band.
1128
00:49:06,073 --> 00:49:08,293
We were
an art collective.
1129
00:49:08,336 --> 00:49:09,772
-Hunter, Don,
a lot of the guys,
1130
00:49:09,816 --> 00:49:11,470
a lot of the artists,
were like,
1131
00:49:11,513 --> 00:49:15,126
"We wanna make movies.
Wanna make full-on movies."
1132
00:49:15,169 --> 00:49:17,432
Don came -- We were riding bikes
through Richmond,
1133
00:49:17,476 --> 00:49:18,956
and he's like --
1134
00:49:18,999 --> 00:49:21,001
"So, we were talking
about this character,
1135
00:49:21,045 --> 00:49:26,093
and I think his name is gonna be
Skulhedface."
1136
00:49:26,137 --> 00:49:27,486
We're riding bikes,
and I'm like,
1137
00:49:27,529 --> 00:49:29,009
"What the fuck
are you talking about?
1138
00:49:29,053 --> 00:49:30,315
I don't understand."
1139
00:49:30,358 --> 00:49:32,230
It was typical
GWAR fashion.
1140
00:49:32,273 --> 00:49:35,363
There's the cart, and the horse
was somewhere back here.
1141
00:49:38,932 --> 00:49:40,978
-We had learned a lot
when we worked on
1142
00:49:41,021 --> 00:49:42,588
"Phallus in Wonderland."
1143
00:49:42,631 --> 00:49:45,678
We took that knowledge
into working on "Skulhedface."
1144
00:49:45,721 --> 00:49:47,854
and we kind of did it
without the Hollywood
1145
00:49:47,897 --> 00:49:49,421
people there this time.
1146
00:49:49,464 --> 00:49:51,597
-We decided to do something
even more ambitious.
1147
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,033
We had twice the budget.
1148
00:49:53,077 --> 00:49:54,556
And so, "Skulhedface"
1149
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:57,342
was this really huge production,
by our standards.
1150
00:49:57,385 --> 00:49:59,213
-The production level
shot way up.
1151
00:49:59,257 --> 00:50:01,781
Every inch of The Slave Pit
was a set.
1152
00:50:01,824 --> 00:50:04,610
We made a full animatronic
Skulhedface.
1153
00:50:04,653 --> 00:50:07,004
Everybody's ideas
thrown in.
1154
00:50:07,047 --> 00:50:09,397
-That's what I love
about GWAR.
1155
00:50:09,441 --> 00:50:13,053
The most insane idea,
"Okay, let's do it."
1156
00:50:13,097 --> 00:50:14,402
And then, we do it --
1157
00:50:14,446 --> 00:50:15,882
and spend a ton of money
and time doing it.
1158
00:50:15,925 --> 00:50:21,061
♪♪
1159
00:50:21,105 --> 00:50:26,327
♪♪
1160
00:50:26,371 --> 00:50:29,069
Really a lot of people's hearts,
and, like, months.
1161
00:50:29,113 --> 00:50:33,769
I mean, I lived in my outfit
for weeks in that summer.
1162
00:50:33,813 --> 00:50:35,380
We wanted to have
all our commercials,
1163
00:50:35,423 --> 00:50:38,165
so we could have the
really fun side projects.
1164
00:50:38,209 --> 00:50:43,083
♪♪
1165
00:50:43,127 --> 00:50:46,521
-Stuffed dolls, pajamas,
video tapes, lunch boxes,
1166
00:50:46,565 --> 00:50:49,829
vitamins, towels, bedspreads,
and coloring books.
1167
00:50:49,872 --> 00:50:51,787
-Blow me, fat boy.
1168
00:50:51,831 --> 00:50:53,093
-Yeah, let's do that.
1169
00:50:53,137 --> 00:50:54,616
Let's film
a 35-millimeter thing
1170
00:50:54,660 --> 00:50:56,749
about Alien
Butt Head Queens
1171
00:50:56,792 --> 00:50:59,099
who produce juice
out of their foreheads
1172
00:50:59,143 --> 00:51:00,535
that powers the world.
1173
00:51:00,579 --> 00:51:02,059
And a corporation
wants to buy it,
1174
00:51:02,102 --> 00:51:03,886
and suck all
the coolness out.
1175
00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:05,975
I mean,
it's just ridiculous.
1176
00:51:06,019 --> 00:51:07,368
It's so insane.
1177
00:51:07,412 --> 00:51:09,240
I think it's, like,
our high water mark
1178
00:51:09,283 --> 00:51:12,069
because it's so weird,
and hard to digest.
1179
00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:13,722
That's why I like it
so much.
1180
00:51:18,771 --> 00:51:21,165
-That was fun.
1181
00:51:21,208 --> 00:51:22,731
Let's eat.
1182
00:51:24,777 --> 00:51:26,561
-Unfortunately,
there was that thing.
1183
00:51:26,605 --> 00:51:28,128
"Who's the director?
1184
00:51:28,172 --> 00:51:31,175
Is it Melanie, or is it Hunter,
or is it Dave?"
1185
00:51:31,218 --> 00:51:34,221
I'm still proud of it,
but if you watch that movie,
1186
00:51:34,265 --> 00:51:38,443
and you can explain
the plot to me, uh, cool.
1187
00:51:38,486 --> 00:51:40,271
[Laughs]
1188
00:51:40,314 --> 00:51:43,361
-We filmed "Skulhedface"
in 35 millimeter
1189
00:51:43,404 --> 00:51:45,885
with the intention of it
having a theatrical,
1190
00:51:45,928 --> 00:51:48,757
midnight movie
cult release.
1191
00:51:48,801 --> 00:51:51,891
None of that happened.
1192
00:51:51,934 --> 00:51:54,241
After, we were like,
"Oh, we're going up."
1193
00:51:54,285 --> 00:51:56,939
Grammy nomination for this one
that we sort of threw together,
1194
00:51:56,983 --> 00:51:58,811
Now, we're putting
all this effort into it."
1195
00:51:58,854 --> 00:52:03,032
And then, it's just, like,
forgotten, cut-out bin.
1196
00:52:03,076 --> 00:52:06,862
I know I saw it physically
with Chuck and Don.
1197
00:52:06,906 --> 00:52:09,300
The sudden disappointment
really soured them.
1198
00:52:09,343 --> 00:52:11,215
We were like,
"Okay, we got a Grammy
1199
00:52:11,258 --> 00:52:12,955
for this last movie.
1200
00:52:12,999 --> 00:52:15,523
'Skulhedface,' we're gonna start
making movies, and comics,
1201
00:52:15,567 --> 00:52:18,091
and we're gonna be
a punk rock Disney."
1202
00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:20,049
But it's also where it...
1203
00:52:20,093 --> 00:52:22,226
it all fell apart,
to a degree.
1204
00:52:27,883 --> 00:52:30,103
-We were mixing...
1205
00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:31,322
"Toilet Earth."
1206
00:52:31,365 --> 00:52:37,589
♪♪
1207
00:52:37,632 --> 00:52:39,721
-We were mixing the album,
1208
00:52:39,765 --> 00:52:44,117
and we had to drive back
to Richmond for a photo shoot.
1209
00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:45,684
-We were in
a station wagon,
1210
00:52:45,727 --> 00:52:47,903
and Pete was sitting
in the back.
1211
00:52:47,947 --> 00:52:49,949
We had to take a piss,
so we pulled off.
1212
00:52:49,992 --> 00:52:53,822
And right as we did,
this car next to us turned,
1213
00:52:53,866 --> 00:52:55,781
very deliberately,
in front of us, right?
1214
00:52:55,824 --> 00:52:59,088
So, we clipped, like,
just barely hit, his back end.
1215
00:52:59,132 --> 00:53:01,830
-Right away, I'm like,
"Drive off. Drive off.
1216
00:53:01,874 --> 00:53:04,006
They're gonna rob us."
It was so obvious.
1217
00:53:04,050 --> 00:53:06,574
-Guys in the car that hit us
immediately hop out,
1218
00:53:06,618 --> 00:53:09,098
and pull out a gun.
"Oh shit!"
1219
00:53:09,142 --> 00:53:12,145
So, he floors it,
and we just take off.
1220
00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:13,799
And they start
shooting at us.
1221
00:53:13,842 --> 00:53:15,670
-It was like an automatic --
semi-automatic handgun.
1222
00:53:15,714 --> 00:53:16,976
It was like...
[Imitates rapidfire]
1223
00:53:17,019 --> 00:53:18,499
-One, two, three,
four, five.
1224
00:53:18,543 --> 00:53:22,242
And poof, came through,
hit me in the chest.
1225
00:53:22,286 --> 00:53:23,852
Everything went
slow motion.
1226
00:53:23,896 --> 00:53:25,463
I'm like,
"Wow, I have been shot.
1227
00:53:25,506 --> 00:53:26,899
I never thought
I'd be shot.
1228
00:53:26,942 --> 00:53:28,509
Wow. I've been shot."
1229
00:53:28,553 --> 00:53:30,642
-He goes,
"I'm shot. I'm shot."
1230
00:53:30,685 --> 00:53:33,601
-Straus puts his hand
on Pete's chest,
1231
00:53:33,645 --> 00:53:36,517
and he pulls it back, and you
could see his hand was all red.
1232
00:53:36,561 --> 00:53:38,171
And he starts
freaking out.
1233
00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:41,827
And when he did,
he kicked the driver.
1234
00:53:41,870 --> 00:53:46,484
So, the driver of the car
goes into the median strip,
1235
00:53:46,527 --> 00:53:48,573
and flattens two tires.
1236
00:53:48,616 --> 00:53:50,009
-Blows out the tire
1237
00:53:50,052 --> 00:53:51,706
probably about
five blocks away
1238
00:53:51,750 --> 00:53:53,752
from where the guy
has just shot at us.
1239
00:53:53,795 --> 00:53:55,536
-We open the back of
the station wagon.
1240
00:53:55,580 --> 00:53:58,844
Pete is laying on that,
and he's sucking wind,
1241
00:53:58,887 --> 00:54:00,411
because his lung
is punctured.
1242
00:54:00,454 --> 00:54:03,065
So, he's going like...
[imitates heavy breathing]
1243
00:54:03,109 --> 00:54:04,763
Right?
1244
00:54:04,806 --> 00:54:06,504
And we're watching him die.
That's what we think.
1245
00:54:06,547 --> 00:54:11,509
-I jump into the back with Pete,
and, like, the tail gate's open,
1246
00:54:11,552 --> 00:54:13,815
and he's just sitting in
the back of the station wagon.
1247
00:54:13,859 --> 00:54:17,297
And here comes this car,
flying around the corner,
1248
00:54:17,341 --> 00:54:18,690
hauling ass up to us.
1249
00:54:18,733 --> 00:54:21,214
Everyone just bolts
into the ghetto.
1250
00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:23,738
But Derks stayed there
with me.
1251
00:54:23,782 --> 00:54:26,785
-All these guys with guns
jump out of the car,
1252
00:54:26,828 --> 00:54:28,439
fucking pointing them
at me and Pete.
1253
00:54:28,482 --> 00:54:30,702
-And they put guns in the air
and they go, "Freeze."
1254
00:54:30,745 --> 00:54:33,052
-"Freeze."
1255
00:54:33,095 --> 00:54:35,489
-I immediately soiled my pants,
'cause I had to pee.
1256
00:54:35,533 --> 00:54:36,969
Remember, I had to pee.
1257
00:54:37,012 --> 00:54:38,492
I was holding it
after they shot me.
1258
00:54:38,536 --> 00:54:39,798
That's pretty good.
1259
00:54:39,841 --> 00:54:41,887
They shoot me,
and I'm still holding it.
1260
00:54:41,930 --> 00:54:43,976
It seemed like an hour went by,
and he finally goes,
1261
00:54:44,019 --> 00:54:45,369
"Gang patrol."
1262
00:54:45,412 --> 00:54:47,109
I'm like,
"Damn. Thank God."
1263
00:54:47,153 --> 00:54:48,372
'Cause I thought
he was gonna shoot me
1264
00:54:48,415 --> 00:54:50,243
right in the
fucking face.
1265
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:54,726
-And they were just like these
plain clothes gangster cops.
1266
00:54:54,769 --> 00:54:56,554
I guess they infiltrated gangs,
and stuff.
1267
00:54:56,597 --> 00:55:00,340
But they looked like
fucking gangsters.
1268
00:55:00,384 --> 00:55:01,907
-I didn't experience them
as police.
1269
00:55:01,950 --> 00:55:04,562
Like, they got out,
and I just started running.
1270
00:55:04,605 --> 00:55:07,608
And they pull us all back.
And Derks is still there.
1271
00:55:07,652 --> 00:55:09,436
Derks never ran.
1272
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,961
He stayed there with Pete,
thinking that he was gonna die.
1273
00:55:13,005 --> 00:55:15,442
He just stayed there.
1274
00:55:15,486 --> 00:55:17,705
That's the kind of guy
he is.
1275
00:55:17,749 --> 00:55:19,272
-Yeah, he's not very smart,
is he?
1276
00:55:19,316 --> 00:55:21,666
[Laughs]
1277
00:55:21,709 --> 00:55:23,581
No, I love Derks
to death, man.
1278
00:55:23,624 --> 00:55:26,105
We have a bond, man.
1279
00:55:26,148 --> 00:55:27,933
'cause I would've been running
like a motherfucker.
1280
00:55:27,976 --> 00:55:30,022
[Laughs] I'm kidding.
1281
00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:32,111
I relayed all the information
to the cop.
1282
00:55:32,154 --> 00:55:33,895
And he's looking at Derks
and he's like,
1283
00:55:33,939 --> 00:55:38,465
"I'm worried about that guy.
He looks like he's in shock."
1284
00:55:38,509 --> 00:55:40,467
-Yeah. I kind of...
1285
00:55:40,511 --> 00:55:41,947
blanked out
after that.
1286
00:55:41,990 --> 00:55:44,341
I don't remember getting to
the hospital.
1287
00:55:44,384 --> 00:55:46,386
-We were on the way to do
a photo shoot,
1288
00:55:46,430 --> 00:55:47,692
and I didn't make it,
1289
00:55:47,735 --> 00:55:49,911
and they still had to do
the shoot.
1290
00:55:49,955 --> 00:55:52,131
-What I remember
about this,
1291
00:55:52,174 --> 00:55:54,568
we've already rented
the cameras,
1292
00:55:54,612 --> 00:55:56,309
we've already got
the lights.
1293
00:55:56,353 --> 00:56:00,531
It's all set up.
We have to film this tomorrow.
1294
00:56:00,574 --> 00:56:04,273
We're coming to get you
in this van, me and Derks.
1295
00:56:04,317 --> 00:56:05,840
And Derks,
at this point,
1296
00:56:05,884 --> 00:56:09,714
like, I am more worried
about him than I am Pete,
1297
00:56:09,757 --> 00:56:12,673
because he's rattled, man.
1298
00:56:12,717 --> 00:56:14,501
Like, he's not talking
at all.
1299
00:56:14,545 --> 00:56:16,938
And his eyes
don't look right.
1300
00:56:16,982 --> 00:56:18,462
And...
1301
00:56:18,505 --> 00:56:20,725
they put us in the back
of this van.
1302
00:56:20,768 --> 00:56:22,030
Like, they come up to get us
in a van
1303
00:56:22,074 --> 00:56:23,467
that doesn't have seats
in it.
1304
00:56:23,510 --> 00:56:25,120
it was just a back, right?
1305
00:56:25,164 --> 00:56:28,602
And so, every time the van --
it would bounce,
1306
00:56:28,646 --> 00:56:33,781
we would scream out,
'cause we were so raw.
1307
00:56:33,825 --> 00:56:39,744
And I resented that more than
I can describe to you right now.
1308
00:56:39,787 --> 00:56:42,442
That slave attitude
that I talked about earlier,
1309
00:56:42,486 --> 00:56:45,097
the dark side of that
is that the individual
1310
00:56:45,140 --> 00:56:46,446
didn't matter at all.
1311
00:56:46,490 --> 00:56:47,795
Not at all.
1312
00:56:47,839 --> 00:56:49,449
That's what it felt like
to me.
1313
00:56:49,493 --> 00:56:51,538
I felt traumatized by that.
1314
00:56:51,582 --> 00:56:55,107
And I didn't understand
why or how
1315
00:56:55,150 --> 00:56:57,326
they could let it
get to that point.
1316
00:56:57,370 --> 00:57:00,112
And so,
that's really why I left.
1317
00:57:03,463 --> 00:57:09,077
-So, Pete had to have a big
section of his colon taken out.
1318
00:57:09,121 --> 00:57:11,471
Lived with a colostomy bag
for years,
1319
00:57:11,515 --> 00:57:14,909
and still having health issues
related to it.
1320
00:57:14,953 --> 00:57:16,215
-Watcha gonna do?
1321
00:57:16,258 --> 00:57:17,782
Welcome to America.
1322
00:57:19,784 --> 00:57:21,786
But...
1323
00:57:21,829 --> 00:57:24,353
don't ride in a hatchback
if you're gonna get shot at.
1324
00:57:24,397 --> 00:57:25,790
[Laughs]
1325
00:57:25,833 --> 00:57:28,140
-But as soon as he could,
he was back on stage,
1326
00:57:28,183 --> 00:57:30,272
rocking out
with a colostomy bag.
1327
00:57:30,316 --> 00:57:35,800
♪♪
1328
00:57:35,843 --> 00:57:37,192
-Did you have
a cesarian?
1329
00:57:37,236 --> 00:57:39,499
-Oh, that's where
the ringworm went in.
1330
00:57:39,543 --> 00:57:42,154
Right there.
Big -- Big ringworm.
1331
00:57:42,197 --> 00:57:43,503
Texas ringworm.
1332
00:57:43,547 --> 00:57:47,115
♪♪
1333
00:57:47,159 --> 00:57:49,030
-Yeah, when GWAR was looking for
a bass player,
1334
00:57:49,074 --> 00:57:52,164
I knew the perfect guy for GWAR,
and it was Casey.
1335
00:57:52,207 --> 00:57:54,209
-Of course, Casey,
coming from Rigor Mortis,
1336
00:57:54,253 --> 00:57:58,823
that's, like,
legitimate metal player.
1337
00:57:58,866 --> 00:58:00,738
-I was 100% on board.
1338
00:58:00,781 --> 00:58:02,261
And then, he told me
1339
00:58:02,304 --> 00:58:03,784
I'd have to pay for my own
flight up to Richmond.
1340
00:58:03,828 --> 00:58:05,960
And I was broke
as a joke.
1341
00:58:06,004 --> 00:58:09,921
So, I said "I can't."
1342
00:58:09,964 --> 00:58:11,705
-I was like "Really?"
1343
00:58:11,749 --> 00:58:14,099
-Luckily, he called me
the next day,
1344
00:58:14,142 --> 00:58:15,927
and said he had
talked them into it,
1345
00:58:15,970 --> 00:58:17,972
and they were gonna pay for
my flight up there.
1346
00:58:18,016 --> 00:58:19,583
That was it.
1347
00:58:19,626 --> 00:58:23,674
I just had to learn some songs,
and I had them.
1348
00:58:23,717 --> 00:58:25,197
It doesn't take much.
1349
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:26,894
You can put on a hat
and feel like a cowboy.
1350
00:58:26,938 --> 00:58:28,417
Put on
a Beefcake costume,
1351
00:58:28,461 --> 00:58:31,638
and I turned into that version
of Beefcake.
1352
00:58:31,682 --> 00:58:34,162
Man, it was like joining a
fraternity, joining a family.
1353
00:58:34,206 --> 00:58:36,730
You know,
it really was.
1354
00:58:36,774 --> 00:58:41,169
Beefcake The Mighty,
number 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
1355
00:58:49,177 --> 00:58:51,049
-We were on
"Metal Blade."
1356
00:58:51,092 --> 00:58:53,312
And metal blade was getting
picked up by Warner Bros.
1357
00:58:53,355 --> 00:58:54,705
-Which would be huge
for GWAR, right?
1358
00:58:54,748 --> 00:58:56,445
Like, the next step.
1359
00:58:56,489 --> 00:58:57,838
We would get into
more record stores,
1360
00:58:57,882 --> 00:58:59,492
we'd have a bigger push,
marketing-wise,
1361
00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:01,494
behind the record,
all of this stuff.
1362
00:59:01,538 --> 00:59:03,931
-At that time, Warner had just
been bought by Time Inc,
1363
00:59:03,975 --> 00:59:06,586
which is this huge
multinational corporation.
1364
00:59:06,630 --> 00:59:10,068
So, of course, the first record
we put out is a GWAR record
1365
00:59:10,111 --> 00:59:14,594
with a song called "BDF" --
"Baby Dick Fuck" on it.
1366
00:59:14,638 --> 00:59:17,510
-They were like, "Yeah,
we're not putting that out."
1367
00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:20,774
-It was so filthy that, I mean
I thought I'd heard it all.
1368
00:59:20,818 --> 00:59:25,692
But Brockie, wordsmith that
he is, managed to find a way.
1369
00:59:25,736 --> 00:59:26,867
-"If you get rid of
that song,
1370
00:59:26,911 --> 00:59:29,696
we'll take you to
the next level."
1371
00:59:29,740 --> 00:59:32,046
So, like, from here to here,
I guess.
1372
00:59:32,090 --> 00:59:33,918
and it meant
more money.
1373
00:59:33,961 --> 00:59:35,963
We had a meeting about it.
1374
00:59:36,007 --> 00:59:39,227
A bunch of artists and musicians
trying to come to one decision.
1375
00:59:39,271 --> 00:59:41,186
I was like, "I'm staying out
of this shit.
1376
00:59:41,229 --> 00:59:42,535
I'm the new guy.
1377
00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:43,623
It's like...[Babbles]
1378
00:59:43,667 --> 00:59:45,320
-Brockie made a speech
1379
00:59:45,364 --> 00:59:47,932
that would have made
Mark Anthony blush,
1380
00:59:47,975 --> 00:59:50,630
saying that we'll never
fall back on our art.
1381
00:59:50,674 --> 00:59:52,850
And so, Warner Bros.
dropped us.
1382
00:59:52,893 --> 00:59:54,808
So, we found out
the hard way
1383
00:59:54,852 --> 00:59:57,724
that we really cannot
get away with everything.
1384
00:59:59,770 --> 01:00:03,382
-"Metal Blade" backed us on it,
so they kind of missed out
1385
01:00:03,425 --> 01:00:06,515
on getting their major
Warner Bros. distribution
1386
01:00:06,559 --> 01:00:08,648
because of us.
1387
01:00:08,692 --> 01:00:11,651
-I'm a stern believer in
you sign an artist,
1388
01:00:11,695 --> 01:00:13,174
and they have a vision,
1389
01:00:13,218 --> 01:00:14,436
and they have what they
wanna say and do,
1390
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,221
and they should do that.
1391
01:00:16,264 --> 01:00:19,006
I'm the last person to censor
what they should do or say.
1392
01:00:19,050 --> 01:00:20,747
To that fact, I mean,
we gave up a record deal
1393
01:00:20,791 --> 01:00:22,357
with Warner Bros. records
1394
01:00:22,401 --> 01:00:24,838
just because we couldn't put out
a GWAR record.
1395
01:00:24,882 --> 01:00:28,015
-We shipped 70,000 albums.
70,000 albums.
1396
01:00:28,059 --> 01:00:32,106
We charted at 168,
and we were so ecstatic.
1397
01:00:32,150 --> 01:00:36,241
And then, all of a sudden,
40,000 records get shipped back.
1398
01:00:36,284 --> 01:00:39,157
-They had some pretty poppy
songs that could have been,
1399
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:42,203
not radio hits, but could have
been, you know, something.
1400
01:00:42,247 --> 01:00:44,466
But Dave would always put in
crazy lyrics in there
1401
01:00:44,510 --> 01:00:45,729
that would prohibit them
1402
01:00:45,772 --> 01:00:46,947
from getting ever played
on the radio.
1403
01:00:46,991 --> 01:00:48,688
-♪ Fish fuck, baby
1404
01:00:48,732 --> 01:00:50,385
♪ I'm gonna fuck you
with a fish ♪
1405
01:00:50,429 --> 01:00:52,126
I remember, one day,
I was talking to Dave,
1406
01:00:52,170 --> 01:00:55,216
and he's like, "Yeah, maybe
I shouldn't have messed that up.
1407
01:00:55,260 --> 01:00:56,740
Maybe we should have written
a pop song.
1408
01:00:56,783 --> 01:00:59,656
Maybe I should have not
put in five 'fucks,'
1409
01:00:59,699 --> 01:01:01,440
and whatever else
was in there."
1410
01:01:01,483 --> 01:01:03,007
"Well, there you go.
1411
01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:04,835
You probably should have
done that."
1412
01:01:04,878 --> 01:01:08,403
-The thing is, we never really
had the chance to sell out.
1413
01:01:08,447 --> 01:01:11,276
We never had,
"If you just do this,
1414
01:01:11,319 --> 01:01:13,321
you'll get this pot
of gold."
1415
01:01:13,365 --> 01:01:16,455
Because if that happened, you
know what, we probably would.
1416
01:01:16,498 --> 01:01:19,414
[Laughs]
1417
01:01:19,458 --> 01:01:22,417
As long as it's
a decent-sized pot of gold.
1418
01:01:22,461 --> 01:01:31,165
♪♪
1419
01:01:31,209 --> 01:01:36,649
-How many people out there have
heard of Slave Pit Incorporated?
1420
01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,260
Slave Pit is sponsoring
a special section
1421
01:01:39,304 --> 01:01:41,741
of the T-shirt tonight,
featuring --
1422
01:01:41,785 --> 01:01:44,439
featuring cool comics
1423
01:01:44,483 --> 01:01:47,225
written and drawn
by the guys in GWAR.
1424
01:01:47,268 --> 01:01:51,055
My goals were very different
from Dave Brockie's goals.
1425
01:01:51,098 --> 01:01:53,753
I wanted to publish comic books
and make movies.
1426
01:01:53,797 --> 01:01:56,538
Dave wanted to be
a super rock star.
1427
01:01:56,582 --> 01:01:58,540
Dave wanted to make movies
and comics, as well,
1428
01:01:58,584 --> 01:02:00,760
but he just wanted it
to be about him.
1429
01:02:00,804 --> 01:02:04,285
And that was where
our divergence and clashes
1430
01:02:04,329 --> 01:02:06,331
all eliminated,
basically.
1431
01:02:06,374 --> 01:02:07,767
-There was always tension
1432
01:02:07,811 --> 01:02:09,943
between all the
hierarchy people.
1433
01:02:09,987 --> 01:02:12,772
It was a little bit
destructive,
1434
01:02:12,816 --> 01:02:16,645
because there wasn't cohesion
with those people,
1435
01:02:16,689 --> 01:02:18,778
because everybody was vying for
their own position,
1436
01:02:18,822 --> 01:02:22,216
trying to fight to have
their spot in the band.
1437
01:02:22,260 --> 01:02:24,044
And the gladiatorial
competition
1438
01:02:24,088 --> 01:02:26,917
to have the stronger idea
survive,
1439
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:30,137
I mean, Hunter and Dave
having to constantly battle
1440
01:02:30,181 --> 01:02:33,097
with each other,
and have this tension.
1441
01:02:33,140 --> 01:02:36,927
-To me, being in GWAR
was like being on
1442
01:02:36,970 --> 01:02:40,234
the world's greatest
basketball team,
1443
01:02:40,278 --> 01:02:42,759
but you never make it
to the playoffs
1444
01:02:42,802 --> 01:02:46,284
because your own teammates
are always stealing the ball
1445
01:02:46,327 --> 01:02:48,373
just as you're
about to score.
1446
01:02:48,416 --> 01:02:50,941
And I felt like I had to dance
with the devil
1447
01:02:50,984 --> 01:02:54,248
in order to get
a lot of things accomplished.
1448
01:02:54,292 --> 01:02:57,643
-Me and Hunter had static
multiple times from things,
1449
01:02:57,686 --> 01:03:00,733
where I thought
I'm helping Hunter,
1450
01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:04,693
and then he took it as
a slight towards him.
1451
01:03:04,737 --> 01:03:07,914
You know, instead of it looking
like master and apprentice,
1452
01:03:07,958 --> 01:03:10,482
he looked at it
as competition.
1453
01:03:10,525 --> 01:03:13,093
-Hunter is sort of
a genius.
1454
01:03:13,137 --> 01:03:15,835
Like, I'm a big fan of his art
and his concepts.
1455
01:03:15,879 --> 01:03:18,751
But he doesn't play well
with others, you know?
1456
01:03:18,795 --> 01:03:22,146
He thinks that, if anyone takes
one of his ideas,
1457
01:03:22,189 --> 01:03:23,538
and changes it --
1458
01:03:23,582 --> 01:03:25,366
which is the nature
of collaboration --
1459
01:03:25,410 --> 01:03:30,067
that it's someone
doing something to you.
1460
01:03:30,110 --> 01:03:32,547
-Listen to the songs
that Hunter Jackson sings.
1461
01:03:32,591 --> 01:03:34,941
Listen to what he's saying
in those songs.
1462
01:03:34,985 --> 01:03:39,163
They're all like,
"You fucked up.
1463
01:03:39,206 --> 01:03:41,643
You ruined everything.
1464
01:03:41,687 --> 01:03:43,863
You took this away
from me."
1465
01:03:43,907 --> 01:03:47,127
It's like, all of that stuff
was there on stage.
1466
01:03:47,171 --> 01:03:52,654
-♪ How dare you try to make
a slave of me ♪
1467
01:03:52,698 --> 01:03:54,526
-And everybody knew it.
Hunter knew it, you know?
1468
01:03:54,569 --> 01:03:56,963
So, it was always
like...
1469
01:03:57,007 --> 01:04:01,011
real, but also at the distance
that art allowed.
1470
01:04:01,054 --> 01:04:04,231
-♪ Won't you die
1471
01:04:07,321 --> 01:04:10,150
-Me and Bobby, you know,
we were slaves.
1472
01:04:10,194 --> 01:04:12,109
That's how we were identified
for the longest time.
1473
01:04:12,152 --> 01:04:14,502
It was like, "Oh, isn't it nice
that they let you
1474
01:04:14,546 --> 01:04:16,983
come out on tour with them,
and blah, blah, blah, blah."
1475
01:04:17,027 --> 01:04:18,855
We were the guys
that were sort of,
1476
01:04:18,898 --> 01:04:21,161
"Look, oh, don't listen to
that punk kid.
1477
01:04:21,205 --> 01:04:22,684
He doesn't know what
he's talking about."
1478
01:04:22,728 --> 01:04:24,904
And at a certain point,
I didn't.
1479
01:04:24,948 --> 01:04:27,559
But you're giving up
so much of your life,
1480
01:04:27,602 --> 01:04:29,169
and you're struggling
so hard
1481
01:04:29,213 --> 01:04:31,606
to be part of this thing
that's so great,
1482
01:04:31,650 --> 01:04:33,913
and you're just slaves.
1483
01:04:33,957 --> 01:04:35,045
-Don't get so close
to the camera.
1484
01:04:35,088 --> 01:04:36,307
Do that over again.
1485
01:04:36,350 --> 01:04:37,961
Don't get so close
to the camera.
1486
01:04:38,004 --> 01:04:40,572
-I was looking at a lot of these
older guys for tutelage
1487
01:04:40,615 --> 01:04:42,313
in what was happening.
1488
01:04:42,356 --> 01:04:43,705
Come to find later on,
they didn't know
1489
01:04:43,749 --> 01:04:45,011
what the hell they were doing,
either.
1490
01:04:45,055 --> 01:04:52,627
♪♪
1491
01:04:52,671 --> 01:04:54,020
-GWAR was at this stage
1492
01:04:54,064 --> 01:04:55,935
where we just did
whatever we wanted.
1493
01:04:55,979 --> 01:04:58,198
So, if we wanted to play stuff
that wasn't thrash or punk,
1494
01:04:58,242 --> 01:05:00,418
or stuff that wasn't metal,
we did it.
1495
01:05:00,461 --> 01:05:03,203
-♪ Now they know that
they can't control us ♪
1496
01:05:03,247 --> 01:05:05,379
♪ I'm Sleazy, and I think
you outta know this ♪
1497
01:05:05,423 --> 01:05:07,904
♪ Everybody rip
everybody else off ♪
1498
01:05:07,947 --> 01:05:10,036
♪ Everybody rip,
rip everybody off ♪
1499
01:05:10,080 --> 01:05:12,256
-It's not like today,
where the fans could tell you
1500
01:05:12,299 --> 01:05:13,822
immediately what they think
of it.
1501
01:05:13,866 --> 01:05:15,433
We were just sort of like,
"Well, we're GWAR.
1502
01:05:15,476 --> 01:05:17,304
We're gonna write
whatever kind of music we want.
1503
01:05:17,348 --> 01:05:18,610
And we did it.
1504
01:05:18,653 --> 01:05:20,351
- Come on, ladies,
sing it with me.
1505
01:05:20,394 --> 01:05:23,006
♪ Don't need a lover
1506
01:05:23,049 --> 01:05:25,834
♪ Don't need a man
1507
01:05:25,878 --> 01:05:28,228
-We thought the band should be
much larger than they were.
1508
01:05:28,272 --> 01:05:31,057
-Grammy nominations, they're
doing huge headline tours,
1509
01:05:31,101 --> 01:05:32,885
they're doing all this
amazing art,
1510
01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:35,757
but we didn't have
the sales
1511
01:05:35,801 --> 01:05:38,238
that we all felt that
the band should have.
1512
01:05:38,282 --> 01:05:41,546
-Long-form video had been
a big form of income for us,
1513
01:05:41,589 --> 01:05:44,853
because we would get, like,
$100,000 budgets,
1514
01:05:44,897 --> 01:05:46,507
and that would pay
people's salaries,
1515
01:05:46,551 --> 01:05:50,294
and pay for us to come up with
a new plan, and new idea.
1516
01:05:50,337 --> 01:05:52,339
And all that money
was sort of drying up.
1517
01:05:52,383 --> 01:05:54,385
And we were touring a lot,
and touring, and touring,
1518
01:05:54,428 --> 01:05:56,561
and touring, and touring
and it was just relentless.
1519
01:05:56,604 --> 01:05:57,997
-[Indistinct]
1520
01:05:58,041 --> 01:06:00,086
Mr. Nicholson is suggesting
the three of you
1521
01:06:00,130 --> 01:06:04,003
could be joined by a friend
of yours for an additional $100.
1522
01:06:04,047 --> 01:06:07,528
-I fucking did a lot of partying
on the road.
1523
01:06:07,572 --> 01:06:11,750
I toured a long time
with being shot, you know?
1524
01:06:11,793 --> 01:06:14,100
I mean,
I toured with a colostomy bag.
1525
01:06:14,144 --> 01:06:16,015
That's not
the healthiest lifestyle
1526
01:06:16,059 --> 01:06:19,018
if you're not good friends
with will power.
1527
01:06:19,062 --> 01:06:21,325
And I wasn't.
1528
01:06:21,368 --> 01:06:25,372
-As I remember it, a point came
where we just all felt like,
1529
01:06:25,416 --> 01:06:29,898
if he doesn't go home,
and take care of himself,
1530
01:06:29,942 --> 01:06:31,552
he's going to die.
1531
01:06:31,596 --> 01:06:32,814
He's going to die.
1532
01:06:32,858 --> 01:06:34,468
-He was in a bad place,
anyway,
1533
01:06:34,512 --> 01:06:37,558
so, I think,
when GWAR approached him
1534
01:06:37,602 --> 01:06:41,910
to sit out the tour cycle,
and get healthy,
1535
01:06:41,954 --> 01:06:46,872
and come back, he heard,
"Get out, and fuck off."
1536
01:06:46,915 --> 01:06:49,396
-I definitely
needed a break.
1537
01:06:49,440 --> 01:06:51,529
And they gave me one
by firing me.
1538
01:06:51,572 --> 01:06:52,747
[Laughs]
1539
01:06:52,791 --> 01:06:59,754
♪♪
1540
01:06:59,798 --> 01:07:01,060
-I called my brother,
and he's like,
1541
01:07:01,104 --> 01:07:04,933
"Dude, Dave Brockie
left a message?"
1542
01:07:04,977 --> 01:07:08,459
He was like,
"It's Oderus Urungus from GWAR."
1543
01:07:08,502 --> 01:07:10,678
He goes, "It sounds like
fucking Oderus
1544
01:07:10,722 --> 01:07:14,073
is yelling at me
on my answering machine."
1545
01:07:14,117 --> 01:07:16,380
-I want my fucking
cuttlefish back!
1546
01:07:16,423 --> 01:07:19,339
-And so, then, I'm getting
an audition with GWAR.
1547
01:07:19,383 --> 01:07:21,080
Cut to just
a few weeks later,
1548
01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:24,997
and I'm walking out,
in this Flattus Maximus costume,
1549
01:07:25,041 --> 01:07:28,261
with shoulder pads
and the dumb flipper feet.
1550
01:07:28,305 --> 01:07:29,523
Yeah.
1551
01:07:29,567 --> 01:07:30,872
And looking in the mirror
at myself, like,
1552
01:07:30,916 --> 01:07:32,961
"What the fuck
am I doing?"
1553
01:07:33,005 --> 01:07:38,924
♪♪
1554
01:07:38,967 --> 01:07:40,795
And so, it felt like
a superhero.
1555
01:07:40,839 --> 01:07:42,101
It felt awesome.
1556
01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:45,104
♪♪
1557
01:07:45,148 --> 01:07:47,541
-Who said that we kill
everything?
1558
01:07:47,585 --> 01:07:51,110
-Which just happens to be
the name of GWAR's new album.
1559
01:07:51,154 --> 01:07:55,114
[Indistinct talking]
1560
01:07:55,158 --> 01:07:59,466
♪♪
1561
01:07:59,510 --> 01:08:02,295
-I was always,
as a fan of music,
1562
01:08:02,339 --> 01:08:04,384
gotten kind of critical of bands
that I like
1563
01:08:04,428 --> 01:08:06,038
when they get
kind of silly.
1564
01:08:06,082 --> 01:08:09,520
And then, I'm the one singing
as a giant talking toilet
1565
01:08:09,563 --> 01:08:11,174
on that one album.
1566
01:08:11,217 --> 01:08:13,611
[Indistinct]
1567
01:08:16,831 --> 01:08:19,660
We got to an HR Pufnstuf stage,
where our bodyguard
1568
01:08:19,704 --> 01:08:23,229
has a big penis with big
ball sack, Popeye chin,
1569
01:08:23,273 --> 01:08:25,405
And it got
really silly,
1570
01:08:25,449 --> 01:08:27,451
and not metal,
and I understand
1571
01:08:27,494 --> 01:08:29,801
why albums
weren't selling as well,
1572
01:08:29,844 --> 01:08:33,152
and "Metal Blade"
wasn't as interested in us.
1573
01:08:33,196 --> 01:08:35,154
-The show wasn't working.
It was confusing.
1574
01:08:35,198 --> 01:08:39,158
People were like,
"What in the fuck is happening?"
1575
01:08:39,202 --> 01:08:40,594
The thing about it is,
1576
01:08:40,638 --> 01:08:43,815
Brockie is also
the most gregarious,
1577
01:08:43,858 --> 01:08:46,600
hysterical human being
I ever met in my life.
1578
01:08:46,644 --> 01:08:51,649
I remember, we played Europe,
and I walked into the airport,
1579
01:08:51,692 --> 01:08:56,349
and Dave has a leather jacket,
leather pants, motorcycle boots,
1580
01:08:56,393 --> 01:08:58,960
and wraparound,
like, Oakley sunglasses,
1581
01:08:59,004 --> 01:09:01,354
and he's the Terminator.
1582
01:09:01,398 --> 01:09:03,922
And I just go up to him,
and I'm like, "Terminator."
1583
01:09:03,965 --> 01:09:06,620
And he's just standing
in the middle of the airport.
1584
01:09:06,664 --> 01:09:07,621
I go, "Dave, what
are you doing?"
1585
01:09:07,665 --> 01:09:09,275
He goes,
"There is no Dave."
1586
01:09:09,319 --> 01:09:12,235
And so, he's actually
impersonating the Terminator.
1587
01:09:12,278 --> 01:09:14,150
Ad I'm like, "Kickass."
1588
01:09:14,193 --> 01:09:15,673
'Cause with Dave,
you never knew
1589
01:09:15,716 --> 01:09:18,110
how long you were in
on this ride.
1590
01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:21,287
Turns out, a few months.
1591
01:09:21,331 --> 01:09:22,723
He didn't break
character.
1592
01:09:22,767 --> 01:09:26,858
He was the Terminator
for the entire tour.
1593
01:09:26,901 --> 01:09:30,557
And at one point,
we were walking in the streets
1594
01:09:30,601 --> 01:09:33,821
in New Orleans, broad daylight,
and we could hear him --
1595
01:09:33,865 --> 01:09:37,260
somebody running behind us,
and it was Brockie,
1596
01:09:37,303 --> 01:09:40,045
totally Donald Ducking,
but Terminator-style,
1597
01:09:40,088 --> 01:09:43,353
so, he had a leather jacket with
no pants and combat boots --
1598
01:09:43,396 --> 01:09:44,919
or his, like,
motorcycle boots.
1599
01:09:44,963 --> 01:09:46,399
And he was just
jacking off,
1600
01:09:46,443 --> 01:09:50,708
running down the street,
with sunglasses on.
1601
01:09:50,751 --> 01:09:52,057
Yeah.
1602
01:09:52,100 --> 01:09:53,885
-[Laughs]
1603
01:09:53,928 --> 01:09:56,540
I mean,
You don't forget that.
1604
01:09:56,583 --> 01:10:00,761
-My vision of him as a friend
was this guy
1605
01:10:00,805 --> 01:10:03,590
who always had
a great story to tell
1606
01:10:03,634 --> 01:10:07,246
in the most ridiculous way
possible.
1607
01:10:07,290 --> 01:10:09,988
He always had a way
of making you feel special,
1608
01:10:10,031 --> 01:10:11,337
and making you
feel involved,
1609
01:10:11,381 --> 01:10:13,861
but he was also, like,
hard to handle.
1610
01:10:13,905 --> 01:10:19,693
Like, you had to be in a wild
mood to even keep up with Dave.
1611
01:10:19,737 --> 01:10:24,263
-We had this super fan who would
send us bottles of liquid acid.
1612
01:10:24,307 --> 01:10:26,744
And they'd be in the freezer
at the Slave Pit.
1613
01:10:26,787 --> 01:10:28,833
I'm up there working on
something with Don,
1614
01:10:28,876 --> 01:10:32,271
and Dave comes in with a bunch
of people he's collected.
1615
01:10:32,315 --> 01:10:34,142
They're gonna go on
an adventure.
1616
01:10:34,186 --> 01:10:37,537
And Dave pulls the bottle of
liquid acid out of the freezer,
1617
01:10:37,581 --> 01:10:39,278
and he squirts so much
into his eyeball.
1618
01:10:39,322 --> 01:10:40,410
I couldn't believe it.
1619
01:10:40,453 --> 01:10:43,195
Just like...
1620
01:10:43,239 --> 01:10:44,849
And then, he was gone
for three days.
1621
01:10:44,892 --> 01:10:48,026
And I heard stuff like all
over town, like, "Oh, we were --
1622
01:10:48,069 --> 01:10:53,379
I think we were running up
the center of 64 median naked."
1623
01:10:53,423 --> 01:10:56,600
And then, like, you know,
he comes in to work Monday,
1624
01:10:56,643 --> 01:10:58,166
and it's like
nothing happened.
1625
01:10:58,210 --> 01:10:59,690
And he's just like [hums]
1626
01:10:59,733 --> 01:11:01,909
"I was tripping my balls off
for three days.
1627
01:11:01,953 --> 01:11:03,171
I don't remember,
really, what happened."
1628
01:11:03,215 --> 01:11:05,261
It's like,
all these epic journeys
1629
01:11:05,304 --> 01:11:08,176
to the center
of the mind.
1630
01:11:08,220 --> 01:11:11,092
So, yeah, I mean, that's where
he drew his creative well,
1631
01:11:11,136 --> 01:11:13,356
but sometimes, it's really
rough to work with someone,
1632
01:11:13,399 --> 01:11:17,273
or trying to rein
that kind of personality in.
1633
01:11:17,316 --> 01:11:19,666
-Once he got on
one of these binges,
1634
01:11:19,710 --> 01:11:23,104
the lack of sleep would make him
get a little unhinged,
1635
01:11:23,148 --> 01:11:25,063
a little unbalanced,
1636
01:11:25,106 --> 01:11:28,893
and he was trying to convince
people to join his movement.
1637
01:11:28,936 --> 01:11:31,330
-Sometimes, he'd just get
pretty divorced from reality,
1638
01:11:31,374 --> 01:11:33,332
and it would be
a little scary.
1639
01:11:33,376 --> 01:11:35,465
Like, the Hale-Bopp thing
was happening,
1640
01:11:35,508 --> 01:11:37,945
and Heaven's Gate
was all happening.
1641
01:11:37,989 --> 01:11:43,690
-Your only chance to evacuate
is to leave with us.
1642
01:11:43,734 --> 01:11:46,127
-The rest of us,
we're just making some art.
1643
01:11:46,171 --> 01:11:50,349
This is a lot of, like, input to
come up with these weird ideas.
1644
01:11:50,393 --> 01:11:52,873
Dave sort of started
getting into believing it,
1645
01:11:52,917 --> 01:11:54,353
and talking about
how Slave Pit
1646
01:11:54,397 --> 01:11:57,530
was going to become
their own renegade compound,
1647
01:11:57,574 --> 01:11:59,315
and go up against the
government, and stuff.
1648
01:11:59,358 --> 01:12:00,533
And it would be like,
1649
01:12:00,577 --> 01:12:03,928
"Oh, okay, like,
where -- where --
1650
01:12:03,971 --> 01:12:06,060
are you in character, now,
talking about this?"
1651
01:12:06,104 --> 01:12:10,151
-♪ Summoning the master
1652
01:12:10,195 --> 01:12:13,154
♪ Call forth his form
most vile ♪
1653
01:12:13,198 --> 01:12:14,895
-Dave never thought
he was taking it far enough,
1654
01:12:14,939 --> 01:12:16,506
or being true enough,
1655
01:12:16,549 --> 01:12:18,290
so he would, like,
really push the boundaries.
1656
01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:22,033
And it would be sometimes
where he was just out there.
1657
01:12:22,076 --> 01:12:26,254
-There were plenty of times
when I saw Dave perform,
1658
01:12:26,298 --> 01:12:29,693
and I'm like,
"Oh, my God, Dave is gone.
1659
01:12:29,736 --> 01:12:32,870
Whatever demon or monster
drives him
1660
01:12:32,913 --> 01:12:35,394
is fully in control now,
1661
01:12:35,438 --> 01:12:37,962
and Dave Brockie
is only a passenger
1662
01:12:38,005 --> 01:12:40,834
watching from
the back seat."
1663
01:12:40,878 --> 01:12:43,097
-There's not many people
that come along in your life
1664
01:12:43,141 --> 01:12:45,186
that are as big
as Dave Brockie --
1665
01:12:45,230 --> 01:12:48,102
this, just,
hyper- artistic guy
1666
01:12:48,146 --> 01:12:49,800
with a bazillion ideas
in his head,
1667
01:12:49,843 --> 01:12:54,282
going at all times, very well
read, very intelligent,
1668
01:12:54,326 --> 01:12:57,111
but at the same time,
he had that sense of danger.
1669
01:12:57,155 --> 01:12:59,853
Like, you know
he's gonna break that thing.
1670
01:12:59,897 --> 01:13:01,377
He's not gonna be able
to help himself,
1671
01:13:01,420 --> 01:13:03,117
By the end of
this interview,
1672
01:13:03,161 --> 01:13:06,294
he's gonna break
that fucking vase.
1673
01:13:06,338 --> 01:13:09,820
-When you do an interview,
say, with Dave Brockie,
1674
01:13:09,863 --> 01:13:12,257
you are getting
bowled over.
1675
01:13:12,300 --> 01:13:14,433
You could be sitting there
in a monster costume,
1676
01:13:14,477 --> 01:13:17,741
you're not gonna say a fucking
word, because why would you?
1677
01:13:17,784 --> 01:13:20,047
Whatever you say
is gonna pale in comparison
1678
01:13:20,091 --> 01:13:23,007
to the amazing things that
are coming out of his mouth,
1679
01:13:23,050 --> 01:13:26,227
like dictation
from a higher being.
1680
01:13:26,271 --> 01:13:27,968
-It worries me
that somebody, somewhere,
1681
01:13:28,012 --> 01:13:29,492
is gonna watch you guys,
and say,
1682
01:13:29,535 --> 01:13:31,885
"Okay, that's what we do."
1683
01:13:31,929 --> 01:13:33,452
-Well, let them join the army,
or something.
1684
01:13:33,496 --> 01:13:34,714
There's plenty
of outlets for that.
1685
01:13:34,758 --> 01:13:37,587
He was one of
the all-time greats --
1686
01:13:37,630 --> 01:13:40,067
the all-time greats,
there's no doubt about it.
1687
01:13:40,111 --> 01:13:42,243
There's never gonna be anyone
like that guy.
1688
01:13:42,287 --> 01:13:46,683
-Dave was really talented, but
he was not a generous performer.
1689
01:13:46,726 --> 01:13:50,687
It wasn't about making room for
other people to do what they do.
1690
01:13:50,730 --> 01:13:53,559
Like, they gave us the questions
for that show.
1691
01:13:53,603 --> 01:13:56,170
So, we get them from
Joan's producers.
1692
01:13:56,214 --> 01:13:58,390
Before we go, we're sitting
there talking about
1693
01:13:58,434 --> 01:13:59,739
what we're gonna do,
1694
01:13:59,783 --> 01:14:01,132
and thinking of the ways
we're gonna answer,
1695
01:14:01,175 --> 01:14:02,829
and who's gonna
say what, right?
1696
01:14:02,873 --> 01:14:06,964
But then, we get there,
and Dave starts saying it all --
1697
01:14:07,007 --> 01:14:10,184
like, all the stuff
we had planned to say.
1698
01:14:10,228 --> 01:14:12,796
-I don't watch --
I don't watch much television.
1699
01:14:12,839 --> 01:14:15,581
-Of course we do.
-Except for your show.
1700
01:14:15,625 --> 01:14:17,583
We watch your show
24 hours a day.
1701
01:14:17,627 --> 01:14:19,063
-All the time.
All the time.
1702
01:14:19,106 --> 01:14:21,413
-And Dave, like, it never
crossed his mind that
1703
01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:24,329
that was something that
he wouldn't do.
1704
01:14:24,372 --> 01:14:26,244
-Same thing
with Sexecutioner.
1705
01:14:26,287 --> 01:14:28,115
Chuck would make these
cool things
1706
01:14:28,159 --> 01:14:30,248
for the Sexecutioner
to do,
1707
01:14:30,291 --> 01:14:31,684
and then,
by the end of the show,
1708
01:14:31,728 --> 01:14:33,512
Oderus would be
doing them.
1709
01:14:33,556 --> 01:14:35,993
There wasn't room enough
for the Sexecutioner
1710
01:14:36,036 --> 01:14:39,518
and Dave Brockie's ego
on the stage at the same time.
1711
01:14:39,562 --> 01:14:42,869
-I loved it.
[Indistinct] my baby.
1712
01:14:42,913 --> 01:14:46,394
It's the one thing that I did
that people liked.
1713
01:14:46,438 --> 01:14:49,528
But it just wasn't
fun anymore.
1714
01:14:49,572 --> 01:14:51,835
I think everybody was shocked
when I just said,
1715
01:14:51,878 --> 01:14:53,967
"No. I've had enough.
I'm gonna go."
1716
01:14:57,667 --> 01:14:59,625
-I think Dave was at the point
where he didn't want
1717
01:14:59,669 --> 01:15:03,020
all these extra characters
stealing stage time from him,
1718
01:15:03,063 --> 01:15:08,939
or up-staging him with
their girly butt, or whatever.
1719
01:15:08,982 --> 01:15:11,942
In my artistic journey,
I had to keep going.
1720
01:15:11,985 --> 01:15:13,552
And I was doing
the Miss Electra thing.
1721
01:15:13,596 --> 01:15:16,033
And it was a little, maybe,
too dangerous
1722
01:15:16,076 --> 01:15:17,556
or the band was
afraid of it.
1723
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:19,166
And then, at that point,
I was like,
1724
01:15:19,210 --> 01:15:20,690
"If I can't shoot lightning
on stage with GWAR,
1725
01:15:20,733 --> 01:15:22,039
then, I'm outta here."
1726
01:15:22,082 --> 01:15:23,388
[Laughs]
1727
01:15:26,434 --> 01:15:28,698
-We had a lot of
cool shit planned,
1728
01:15:28,741 --> 01:15:30,874
but Dave and I were just
working against each other
1729
01:15:30,917 --> 01:15:32,223
just too much.
1730
01:15:32,266 --> 01:15:35,400
It was fucked up.
1731
01:15:35,443 --> 01:15:39,491
-We'd just finished filming
"It's Sleazy."
1732
01:15:39,535 --> 01:15:40,884
We were gonna
do it all ourselves,
1733
01:15:40,927 --> 01:15:43,277
and Hunter was the director
this time.
1734
01:15:43,321 --> 01:15:47,325
-I was finally given the
directorship of the project,
1735
01:15:47,368 --> 01:15:50,720
but the catch is,
Dave is the producer.
1736
01:15:50,763 --> 01:15:55,725
What happens is, Dave hires all
of his half-ass junkie friends
1737
01:15:55,768 --> 01:15:59,380
to be the crew,
and half of them don't show up.
1738
01:15:59,424 --> 01:16:02,035
And the ones that do show up
make outrageous,
1739
01:16:02,079 --> 01:16:05,996
crazy mistakes
that fucked us.
1740
01:16:06,039 --> 01:16:07,824
-We'd just got
all the footage filmed,
1741
01:16:07,867 --> 01:16:12,045
and next thing I heard is like,
"Yeah, Hunter left."
1742
01:16:12,089 --> 01:16:13,873
"Wait, he's gonna do
the movie, though, right?"
1743
01:16:13,917 --> 01:16:15,875
And they're like,
"No. He's just gone."
1744
01:16:15,919 --> 01:16:19,792
-Here I am, supposedly one
of his best friends,
1745
01:16:19,836 --> 01:16:23,622
and he gives me a week's
notice that he's leaving.
1746
01:16:23,666 --> 01:16:25,102
He doesn't tell anybody
in the band.
1747
01:16:25,145 --> 01:16:27,191
He just says,
"Hey, by the way, I'm moving.
1748
01:16:27,234 --> 01:16:28,888
I'm taking off."
1749
01:16:28,932 --> 01:16:33,284
-I was just like, "You know,
Dave is just so out there.
1750
01:16:33,327 --> 01:16:34,677
I don't want to be a part
of it."
1751
01:16:34,720 --> 01:16:36,635
As much as I
loved GWAR --
1752
01:16:36,679 --> 01:16:39,116
I did GWAR
until I was 40 years old,
1753
01:16:39,159 --> 01:16:42,815
and I poured everything
I had into it --
1754
01:16:42,859 --> 01:16:46,645
I just didn't see the story
having a happy ending.
1755
01:16:46,689 --> 01:16:48,342
-So, it ended up being
me and Dave,
1756
01:16:48,386 --> 01:16:50,518
sitting there,
editing this movie.
1757
01:16:50,562 --> 01:16:54,131
And I'd never edited film,
or anything like that.
1758
01:16:54,174 --> 01:16:55,872
So, I had to learn
how to edit film,
1759
01:16:55,915 --> 01:17:00,746
and do an entire feature length
thing in a couple weeks.
1760
01:17:03,706 --> 01:17:06,491
-So, I had this separate
bank account
1761
01:17:06,534 --> 01:17:09,799
that I was being really
super guarded of,
1762
01:17:09,842 --> 01:17:12,105
because I knew that,
in the future,
1763
01:17:12,149 --> 01:17:16,632
I was going to wanna print comic
books, which cost, what, $5,000?
1764
01:17:16,675 --> 01:17:18,938
what would happen if I went to
the musicians, and go,
1765
01:17:18,982 --> 01:17:23,900
"Hey, dude, I need $5,000
so I can print this comic book."
1766
01:17:23,943 --> 01:17:25,205
What do you think
they're gonna do?
1767
01:17:25,249 --> 01:17:26,816
They're gonna
fucking laugh.
1768
01:17:26,859 --> 01:17:28,382
-He had moved away.
1769
01:17:28,426 --> 01:17:31,298
You know, he'd moved
away to Philly, and had...
1770
01:17:31,342 --> 01:17:33,126
There was this
discrepancy of,
1771
01:17:33,170 --> 01:17:34,345
"What are you doing
with that money?
1772
01:17:34,388 --> 01:17:35,694
There's that money
sitting there.
1773
01:17:35,738 --> 01:17:37,174
What do we want to do
with this money?"
1774
01:17:37,217 --> 01:17:38,741
-I'm on the tour bus,
and, all of a sudden,
1775
01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:42,309
all this screaming
and conflagration breaks out.
1776
01:17:42,353 --> 01:17:44,094
And Dave has
grabbed Hunter.
1777
01:17:44,137 --> 01:17:46,487
He's trying to drag him,
pull him out onto the bunk.
1778
01:17:46,531 --> 01:17:48,881
I had to get in between the two,
and separate them.
1779
01:17:48,925 --> 01:17:52,363
Dave was holding a flyer
that was advertising,
1780
01:17:52,406 --> 01:17:54,191
"Slave Pit merchandise."
1781
01:17:54,234 --> 01:17:59,544
And on it, the address was
Hunter's Philadelphia address.
1782
01:17:59,587 --> 01:18:03,722
Hunter was running his own
GWAR merchandise department,
1783
01:18:03,766 --> 01:18:08,031
and not informing us,
or sharing any of the profits.
1784
01:18:08,074 --> 01:18:12,078
Dave basically considered that
the ultimate backstab.
1785
01:18:12,122 --> 01:18:13,993
-And they go,
"Hey, all that money
1786
01:18:14,037 --> 01:18:16,039
that you've made
selling comic books
1787
01:18:16,082 --> 01:18:17,823
in the parking lot
while we were partying,
1788
01:18:17,867 --> 01:18:20,696
we decided that it all
belongs to us."
1789
01:18:22,785 --> 01:18:25,657
And that was how I got
kicked out of GWAR.
1790
01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:29,443
-That's when he thinks that
he was kicked out of the band.
1791
01:18:29,487 --> 01:18:32,751
And as far as
I'm concerned --
1792
01:18:32,795 --> 01:18:35,449
and this is how I viewed
that meeting --
1793
01:18:35,493 --> 01:18:38,365
he was never
kicked out of the band, ever.
1794
01:18:38,409 --> 01:18:41,804
But I don't think he was
interested, at that point.
1795
01:18:41,847 --> 01:18:44,850
I think he thought,
with Dave around,
1796
01:18:44,894 --> 01:18:46,460
there was too much
opposition,
1797
01:18:46,504 --> 01:18:48,419
and he didn't want to
deal with Dave anymore.
1798
01:18:48,462 --> 01:18:51,378
I know that was one of
the major sticking points.
1799
01:18:51,422 --> 01:18:54,730
He didn't wanna
deal with Dave.
1800
01:18:54,773 --> 01:18:57,254
Years after that, he would just
show up at my house.
1801
01:18:57,297 --> 01:18:59,778
And I'd let him come,
and take whatever he wanted.
1802
01:18:59,822 --> 01:19:03,129
He took off with tons of
our artwork,
1803
01:19:03,173 --> 01:19:05,871
and things that we've never
gotten back, you know?
1804
01:19:05,915 --> 01:19:08,439
But I was like
open-door policy --
1805
01:19:08,482 --> 01:19:11,094
"Come on in.
Take what you need.
1806
01:19:11,137 --> 01:19:13,444
you're one of the main
creators of this.
1807
01:19:13,487 --> 01:19:17,187
I'm your friend.
Take what you need."
1808
01:19:17,230 --> 01:19:20,973
But still, to this day, I don't
think he sees it that way.
1809
01:19:21,017 --> 01:19:23,584
-Toward the end, I was just
so tired of fighting everybody
1810
01:19:23,628 --> 01:19:25,804
to try to get
anything done.
1811
01:19:25,848 --> 01:19:27,719
People that I don't
even respect
1812
01:19:27,763 --> 01:19:32,332
voting on what projects I do
and don't get to work on.
1813
01:19:32,376 --> 01:19:37,903
And mostly, they're -- a lot
of times, they're motivated by
1814
01:19:37,947 --> 01:19:40,863
just wanting to thwart
my efforts,
1815
01:19:40,906 --> 01:19:43,430
and bring Hunter
down a peg.
1816
01:19:43,474 --> 01:19:46,259
There was just too much of that
kind of stupid stuff going on.
1817
01:19:46,303 --> 01:19:47,608
It was counterproductive.
1818
01:19:47,652 --> 01:19:49,741
And I feel totally free,
1819
01:19:49,785 --> 01:19:54,093
and have no desire to go back to
struggling with those assholes.
1820
01:19:58,619 --> 01:20:01,318
-Yeah, it's a...
1821
01:20:01,361 --> 01:20:03,102
it's a tough one,
with Hunter.
1822
01:20:03,146 --> 01:20:07,759
I mean, for a long time, man,
like, when I first got there,
1823
01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:12,024
he was my teacher,
he was my friend.
1824
01:20:12,068 --> 01:20:15,071
And I know that, like,
the master and apprentice
1825
01:20:15,114 --> 01:20:16,899
kind of relationship
goes into this thing
1826
01:20:16,942 --> 01:20:18,248
where everybody's cool
1827
01:20:18,291 --> 01:20:20,076
because you're learning
from the guy,
1828
01:20:20,119 --> 01:20:21,555
and then, you go on,
1829
01:20:21,599 --> 01:20:24,428
and the idea is to surpass
the master.
1830
01:20:24,471 --> 01:20:26,343
The apprentice
becomes the master.
1831
01:20:26,386 --> 01:20:29,215
And I don't think Hunter
ever understood that part of it.
1832
01:20:29,259 --> 01:20:31,348
He resented it
more than...
1833
01:20:31,391 --> 01:20:34,307
And he kind of let it
destroy our friendship.
1834
01:20:34,351 --> 01:20:36,092
And it was unfortunate,
1835
01:20:36,135 --> 01:20:38,790
because we had a pretty fucking
amazing friendship.
1836
01:20:38,834 --> 01:20:42,359
And I miss it.
You know, I miss him.
1837
01:20:42,402 --> 01:20:46,842
And, you know, it's...
1838
01:20:46,885 --> 01:20:49,192
it's an unfortunate mess
of this, you know?
1839
01:20:49,235 --> 01:20:51,934
♪♪
1840
01:20:51,977 --> 01:20:54,501
Yeah. Sorry.
1841
01:20:54,545 --> 01:20:55,981
-I don't know, man.
1842
01:20:56,025 --> 01:20:59,985
I sort of like being 3,000 miles
away from them.
1843
01:21:00,029 --> 01:21:02,553
I'm glad to be 3,000 miles away
from Richmond,
1844
01:21:02,596 --> 01:21:05,425
Virginia,
right now.
1845
01:21:05,469 --> 01:21:07,384
-He was just gone.
1846
01:21:07,427 --> 01:21:10,909
And people just kind of
lost faith in it, I think.
1847
01:21:10,953 --> 01:21:12,911
And they just needed to live
their own lives.
1848
01:21:12,955 --> 01:21:14,434
People had to move on.
1849
01:21:14,478 --> 01:21:17,568
We'd been doing it
for well over a decade,
1850
01:21:17,611 --> 01:21:19,962
and people were growing up,
and getting older,
1851
01:21:20,005 --> 01:21:21,441
and everyone
kind of realized,
1852
01:21:21,485 --> 01:21:23,617
"Okay, GWAR is never
gonna be huge.
1853
01:21:23,661 --> 01:21:26,446
And I'm not ever gonna get rich
doing this band.
1854
01:21:26,490 --> 01:21:30,842
And how much of my life
am I gonna dedicate to it?
1855
01:21:30,886 --> 01:21:34,106
And am I gonna end up
50 years old..."
1856
01:21:34,150 --> 01:21:38,937
[Laughs]
"...and this is all I have?"
1857
01:21:38,981 --> 01:21:40,896
-Don was pretty much gone.
1858
01:21:40,939 --> 01:21:43,811
He was still around, but just
coming in when he needed to be,
1859
01:21:43,855 --> 01:21:45,596
and then,
just doing his own thing.
1860
01:21:45,639 --> 01:21:47,598
Danielle had moved to LA.
1861
01:21:47,641 --> 01:21:49,165
Chuck was in New York.
1862
01:21:49,208 --> 01:21:51,558
-Casey and I
went to Dallas.
1863
01:21:51,602 --> 01:21:53,821
Bobby and Matt
moved to New York.
1864
01:21:53,865 --> 01:21:56,955
We were just
on a hiatus.
1865
01:21:56,999 --> 01:21:59,958
-You know, It was really, like,
Dave, Derks, and Brad.
1866
01:22:00,002 --> 01:22:01,960
Like, that was it.
1867
01:22:02,004 --> 01:22:04,745
-Also, we lost our old Slave Pit
on Chamberlain.
1868
01:22:04,789 --> 01:22:06,138
This guy had bought
the building,
1869
01:22:06,182 --> 01:22:09,446
and was gonna turn into
a used-car place.
1870
01:22:09,489 --> 01:22:11,839
That was kind of
the last straw,
1871
01:22:11,883 --> 01:22:14,712
whenever we put everything
into storage.
1872
01:22:14,755 --> 01:22:16,366
-I loved GWAR.
1873
01:22:16,409 --> 01:22:18,803
It had been a good part
of my life up to that point.
1874
01:22:18,846 --> 01:22:21,588
But I figured,
you know, like...
1875
01:22:21,632 --> 01:22:24,504
it's not really
sustainable.
1876
01:22:24,548 --> 01:22:26,680
[Indistinct talking]
1877
01:22:33,209 --> 01:22:34,993
[Indistinct talking]
1878
01:22:38,954 --> 01:22:41,565
-When it came time to do
the next record,
1879
01:22:41,608 --> 01:22:44,307
there was all these just
wacky ideas rolling around.
1880
01:22:44,350 --> 01:22:46,570
And it was like,
"Aren't we metal?
1881
01:22:46,613 --> 01:22:48,311
Aren't we supposed to be
in that world?
1882
01:22:48,354 --> 01:22:49,573
'Cause that's who
we're playing with,
1883
01:22:49,616 --> 01:22:51,488
and that's who
we're touring with."
1884
01:22:51,531 --> 01:22:54,708
So, me and Zach were just kind
of not really into the idea,
1885
01:22:54,752 --> 01:22:56,884
and kind of decided,
"Well, man, maybe --
1886
01:22:56,928 --> 01:22:59,104
you know,
maybe we should step down."
1887
01:22:59,148 --> 01:23:03,282
-But I'm this young,
idealistic little shit.
1888
01:23:03,326 --> 01:23:04,980
And I sold them
on the idea.
1889
01:23:05,023 --> 01:23:06,503
I was like --
me and Casey did.
1890
01:23:06,546 --> 01:23:09,549
It was "Dude, let's just make
a metal record
1891
01:23:09,593 --> 01:23:13,684
that's about death, and war,
and blood, and guts."
1892
01:23:13,727 --> 01:23:15,077
-We didn't, like,
set out,
1893
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:16,861
"Okay, every song
has to be heavy."
1894
01:23:16,904 --> 01:23:18,645
The mindset
sort of changed.
1895
01:23:21,126 --> 01:23:22,867
-I was talking to Dave
fairly often.
1896
01:23:22,910 --> 01:23:24,782
It wasn't like I was estranged,
or mad at him.
1897
01:23:24,825 --> 01:23:27,045
I was just like, "I've just
gotta do my own thing."
1898
01:23:27,089 --> 01:23:30,962
And so, when he played me some
of the stuff, I was like --
1899
01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:32,616
He's like, "Are you
gonna be involved,
1900
01:23:32,659 --> 01:23:34,748
if we do a tour,
and build stuff?"
1901
01:23:34,792 --> 01:23:37,360
And I was just like, "God, man.
Yeah. Like, this is awesome.
1902
01:23:37,403 --> 01:23:38,839
This is what
I want to hear.
1903
01:23:38,883 --> 01:23:40,232
Yeah. Play some metal."
1904
01:23:40,276 --> 01:23:47,109
♪♪
1905
01:23:47,152 --> 01:23:48,849
-♪ Centuries of carnage
1906
01:23:48,893 --> 01:23:51,939
♪ Centuries of chaos
yet unfolded ♪
1907
01:23:51,983 --> 01:23:54,029
-In that timeframe,
in that hiatus,
1908
01:23:54,072 --> 01:23:57,075
that was the most money
I've ever made in my adult life,
1909
01:23:57,119 --> 01:24:00,470
because I was doing movies,
and I was doing commercials.
1910
01:24:00,513 --> 01:24:03,212
I was actually doing
production stuff,
1911
01:24:03,255 --> 01:24:05,997
and getting paid
the right amount to do it.
1912
01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:07,520
I got a call from Dave,
and he was like,
1913
01:24:07,564 --> 01:24:10,262
"Well, we're getting the band
back together."
1914
01:24:13,004 --> 01:24:16,834
-When you had people like
Hunter, and Chuck, and Don
1915
01:24:16,877 --> 01:24:18,879
moving on,
we were so lucky
1916
01:24:18,923 --> 01:24:22,666
that we had Bobby and Matt
that had sort of come in
1917
01:24:22,709 --> 01:24:24,755
apprenticing,
and things like that.
1918
01:24:24,798 --> 01:24:28,628
They were so ready and willing
to take the baton,
1919
01:24:28,672 --> 01:24:30,195
and not miss a beat,
1920
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:32,545
and still put on these dynamic,
amazing shows,
1921
01:24:32,589 --> 01:24:35,722
which is building Rome
in a day, you know, every day.
1922
01:24:35,766 --> 01:24:37,985
-And those guys were like,
"We got it."
1923
01:24:38,029 --> 01:24:39,944
And they fucking did.
1924
01:24:39,987 --> 01:24:42,120
-In some other band, they would
just be like, roadies.
1925
01:24:42,164 --> 01:24:43,817
But these guys,
they are GWAR.
1926
01:24:43,861 --> 01:24:45,906
They made all this stuff.
They make this art.
1927
01:24:45,950 --> 01:24:47,560
And, like,
what band do you know --
1928
01:24:47,604 --> 01:24:49,519
metal band that takes
an 18-wheeler
1929
01:24:49,562 --> 01:24:51,129
full of shit with 'em.
1930
01:24:51,173 --> 01:24:53,523
There's not a ton.
And they have to take that.
1931
01:24:53,566 --> 01:24:56,482
'Cause what other band
has a giant fucking dinosaur?
1932
01:24:56,526 --> 01:25:04,403
♪♪
1933
01:25:04,447 --> 01:25:08,668
-When we came back to go GWAR
again, we were in debt.
1934
01:25:08,712 --> 01:25:10,757
We were getting ready
to lose our space.
1935
01:25:10,801 --> 01:25:12,019
-We had said for years,
1936
01:25:12,063 --> 01:25:15,153
"This is too hard for us
to do festivals.
1937
01:25:15,197 --> 01:25:17,764
Our breakdown and setup time
is too long."
1938
01:25:17,808 --> 01:25:21,942
But when we sort of realized
our mindset is stuck in the way
1939
01:25:21,986 --> 01:25:23,422
we have always
done stuff,
1940
01:25:23,466 --> 01:25:25,381
but it doesn't have to be
that way.
1941
01:25:25,424 --> 01:25:26,643
Just nuts and bolts.
1942
01:25:26,686 --> 01:25:28,166
Like, "That's stupid.
Don't do that.
1943
01:25:28,210 --> 01:25:29,559
Do this instead."
1944
01:25:29,602 --> 01:25:33,780
♪♪
1945
01:25:33,824 --> 01:25:35,652
We were just like, "Shit,
we're getting a second wind.
1946
01:25:35,695 --> 01:25:37,523
Let's fucking grab it.
1947
01:25:37,567 --> 01:25:39,743
If we get the offers for shows,
let's just keep taking them."
1948
01:25:39,786 --> 01:25:42,267
But being older, and spending
a lot of time on tour
1949
01:25:42,311 --> 01:25:44,008
leads to some
bad habits.
1950
01:25:44,051 --> 01:25:46,184
And not just the drinking
every night
1951
01:25:46,228 --> 01:25:48,447
because you're so bored
or lonely,
1952
01:25:48,491 --> 01:25:50,232
but the physical toll.
1953
01:25:50,275 --> 01:25:54,888
Like, Dave classic, like, back,
jumping around and singing
1954
01:25:54,932 --> 01:25:57,630
with those costumes on
your back.
1955
01:25:57,674 --> 01:26:02,200
I remember hearing about people
just stealing, or getting oxies,
1956
01:26:02,244 --> 01:26:06,291
and just being like,
"Huh, that's weird."
1957
01:26:06,335 --> 01:26:08,815
[Crowd chanting "GWAR!"]
1958
01:26:08,859 --> 01:26:12,819
-I loved Dave Brockie.
I looked up to him.
1959
01:26:12,863 --> 01:26:15,735
I asked him questions
about life.
1960
01:26:15,779 --> 01:26:18,564
And one thing about Brockie is,
no matter how much partying,
1961
01:26:18,608 --> 01:26:20,740
how off the rails he was,
how crazy he was,
1962
01:26:20,784 --> 01:26:23,482
when it came show time,
he was fucking...
1963
01:26:23,526 --> 01:26:25,484
He loaded
that truck in.
1964
01:26:25,528 --> 01:26:27,225
He did the show.
1965
01:26:27,269 --> 01:26:30,141
He pulled the work
of all of us,
1966
01:26:30,185 --> 01:26:32,099
and then,
loaded that truck out.
1967
01:26:32,143 --> 01:26:35,712
And then,
all bets are off.
1968
01:26:35,755 --> 01:26:39,498
But his work ethic
started waning, you know?
1969
01:26:39,542 --> 01:26:41,587
He started missing
sound checks.
1970
01:26:41,631 --> 01:26:45,156
And it just wasn't him.
1971
01:26:45,200 --> 01:26:48,899
And I somehow had
the wherewithal to go,
1972
01:26:48,942 --> 01:26:51,249
"I don't wanna be present
for this.
1973
01:26:51,293 --> 01:26:55,862
So, please,
do something about this.
1974
01:26:55,906 --> 01:26:57,995
And if you don't,
I'm gonna have to go."
1975
01:26:58,038 --> 01:27:01,216
And he's,
"Dude, you're right,"
1976
01:27:01,259 --> 01:27:02,695
Whatever.
And he was supposedly --
1977
01:27:02,739 --> 01:27:04,088
and he didn't.
1978
01:27:04,131 --> 01:27:05,263
He didn't.
And I knew he didn't.
1979
01:27:05,307 --> 01:27:10,921
♪♪
1980
01:27:10,964 --> 01:27:13,358
-When Zack left,
Cory was right there
1981
01:27:13,402 --> 01:27:15,534
to jump in,
and take the reins,
1982
01:27:15,578 --> 01:27:17,275
and write even more
contemporary metal.
1983
01:27:17,319 --> 01:27:21,584
♪♪
1984
01:27:21,627 --> 01:27:24,151
-Cory was such an easy person
to get along with.
1985
01:27:24,195 --> 01:27:26,153
He was so...
1986
01:27:26,197 --> 01:27:30,593
I don't wanna say "simple,"
but he had this charm to him
1987
01:27:30,636 --> 01:27:33,509
that you just could not
dislike the guy.
1988
01:27:33,552 --> 01:27:36,947
-Now it's cool, 'cause I don't
have to get a real job.
1989
01:27:36,990 --> 01:27:38,862
I can do this,
and pay my bills.
1990
01:27:38,905 --> 01:27:43,301
-He had this whole new blood
kind of metal thing going on.
1991
01:27:43,345 --> 01:27:45,521
And he was younger,
and he was hungry.
1992
01:27:45,564 --> 01:27:48,437
and they would just make me have
to play harder, and play stuff
1993
01:27:48,480 --> 01:27:50,308
that I never even thought about
playing before.
1994
01:27:50,352 --> 01:27:55,748
♪♪
1995
01:27:55,792 --> 01:27:59,752
-The thing about Flattus is
there's been countless people
1996
01:27:59,796 --> 01:28:01,319
in the Flattus costume.
1997
01:28:01,363 --> 01:28:03,321
Somebody told me that,
for photo shoots,
1998
01:28:03,365 --> 01:28:05,932
and press stuff,
and all those different things,
1999
01:28:05,976 --> 01:28:09,414
there have been upwards of 30
people in the Flattus costume.
2000
01:28:09,458 --> 01:28:13,244
Cory was just such a little
caveman full of metal,
2001
01:28:13,288 --> 01:28:15,768
and I think he made
that character become
2002
01:28:15,812 --> 01:28:19,511
what it always sort of
seemed like it was trying to be.
2003
01:28:19,555 --> 01:28:21,339
And that's no slight
to anybody else
2004
01:28:21,383 --> 01:28:22,906
that ever played
the character.
2005
01:28:22,949 --> 01:28:25,256
It's just -- It's like
the costume fit him better.
2006
01:28:27,519 --> 01:28:29,304
The Sounds from
the Underground,
2007
01:28:29,347 --> 01:28:33,699
it introduced us to sort of
a new generation of rock kids
2008
01:28:33,743 --> 01:28:36,702
who would not have thought GWAR
was cool, starting like this,
2009
01:28:36,746 --> 01:28:38,051
and by the end,
just being crushed,
2010
01:28:38,095 --> 01:28:41,054
'cause we would do a lot
in a half-hour.
2011
01:28:41,098 --> 01:28:43,448
These kids coming to the shows
were kids.
2012
01:28:43,492 --> 01:28:47,365
These bands were young kids,
and their fans were young kids.
2013
01:28:47,409 --> 01:28:48,801
Kids who weren't
even born
2014
01:28:48,845 --> 01:28:50,760
when some of the first
GWAR stuff came out.
2015
01:28:50,803 --> 01:28:52,544
So, we weren't sure
how they were gonna go over,
2016
01:28:52,588 --> 01:28:54,067
but of course,
they went down a storm.
2017
01:28:54,111 --> 01:28:56,331
Kids loved them,
freaked out about it,
2018
01:28:56,374 --> 01:28:57,984
and they became a staple
of that tour.
2019
01:28:58,028 --> 01:29:06,471
♪♪
2020
01:29:06,515 --> 01:29:09,213
-We toured three and a half
months straight one time.
2021
01:29:09,256 --> 01:29:10,910
I mean,
it was insane.
2022
01:29:10,954 --> 01:29:13,130
And I remember going, like,
"Wow, I got through that."
2023
01:29:13,173 --> 01:29:14,392
I had money.
2024
01:29:14,436 --> 01:29:15,915
But I just remember,
like,
2025
01:29:15,959 --> 01:29:19,354
the toll that it took
on people, personally.
2026
01:29:19,397 --> 01:29:20,790
It's rough.
2027
01:29:20,833 --> 01:29:23,401
I could see that,
even though things were good,
2028
01:29:23,445 --> 01:29:24,837
we pushed it too hard.
2029
01:29:24,881 --> 01:29:26,709
We toured too much.
2030
01:29:26,752 --> 01:29:29,581
We kept saying, like, "Hey, we
can get another tour this year,
2031
01:29:29,625 --> 01:29:31,453
make a lot more money."
2032
01:29:31,496 --> 01:29:33,977
And we were just like,
"Fuck it, alright."
2033
01:29:34,020 --> 01:29:39,243
♪♪
2034
01:29:39,286 --> 01:29:44,422
♪♪
2035
01:29:44,466 --> 01:29:47,425
-I was lying in my bunk,
and I heard...
2036
01:29:47,469 --> 01:29:48,992
Eddy, our tour manager.
2037
01:29:56,565 --> 01:29:58,654
Eddy was banging on
everybody's bunks,
2038
01:29:58,697 --> 01:30:00,699
to get their passports,
2039
01:30:00,743 --> 01:30:03,615
'cause we were going --
crossing into Canada.
2040
01:30:03,659 --> 01:30:05,051
And so, I pulled
my curtain back,
2041
01:30:05,095 --> 01:30:07,837
and Eddy was knocking on
Cory's bunk,
2042
01:30:07,880 --> 01:30:09,186
and he wouldn't
wake up.
2043
01:30:09,229 --> 01:30:11,406
And he opened it,
and tried to wake him.
2044
01:30:20,676 --> 01:30:24,506
-When we sat down after the
police took us to the hotel,
2045
01:30:24,549 --> 01:30:27,944
we kind of talked about, like,
"What should we do?"
2046
01:30:27,987 --> 01:30:29,946
As we talked about it,
it was like,
2047
01:30:29,989 --> 01:30:31,600
"The only way we can help
his widow,
2048
01:30:31,643 --> 01:30:34,037
the only way we can
help ourselves,
2049
01:30:34,080 --> 01:30:36,169
is to do what
we're doing."
2050
01:30:36,213 --> 01:30:38,868
'Cause we go home,
we're all gonna go home,
2051
01:30:38,911 --> 01:30:40,696
and go to
our individual houses,
2052
01:30:40,739 --> 01:30:45,135
and probably have, like,
a nervous breakdown, you know?
2053
01:30:45,178 --> 01:30:47,137
-We continued on
with the tour.
2054
01:30:47,180 --> 01:30:50,183
We cancelled one show,
and played...
2055
01:30:50,227 --> 01:30:55,624
the night after he died,
we were up on stage again.
2056
01:30:55,667 --> 01:30:58,409
Finished out that tour.
2057
01:31:02,065 --> 01:31:04,807
-We're a bunch of dudes
that don't really
2058
01:31:04,850 --> 01:31:06,373
talk to each other
in that way.
2059
01:31:06,417 --> 01:31:08,680
It's amazing that
we've been together for so long,
2060
01:31:08,724 --> 01:31:10,203
and we don't really relate
2061
01:31:10,247 --> 01:31:13,163
on any sort of deep,
emotional level.
2062
01:31:13,206 --> 01:31:14,947
We're all such weirdos.
2063
01:31:14,991 --> 01:31:18,037
So, like, being together, and
grieving together on tour was,
2064
01:31:18,081 --> 01:31:20,953
like, the most helpful thing
for me, personally.
2065
01:31:23,042 --> 01:31:24,479
It helped me
process it.
2066
01:31:27,046 --> 01:31:29,353
-When Cory died,
we kinda realized that
2067
01:31:29,396 --> 01:31:31,311
you're more than just
putting the suit on.
2068
01:31:31,355 --> 01:31:33,052
You become
that character.
2069
01:31:33,096 --> 01:31:36,055
And if you die as that
character, that character dies.
2070
01:31:36,099 --> 01:31:43,541
♪♪
2071
01:31:43,585 --> 01:31:51,157
♪♪
2072
01:31:51,201 --> 01:31:54,291
-My wife was really good friends
with Cory.
2073
01:31:54,334 --> 01:31:58,643
So, when we got the news
that Cory had passed,
2074
01:31:58,687 --> 01:32:01,559
she was -- I had to stop my wife
from running out of the door.
2075
01:32:01,603 --> 01:32:02,821
She wanted to go
see Jamie,
2076
01:32:02,865 --> 01:32:05,084
which is Cory's wife
at the time.
2077
01:32:05,128 --> 01:32:06,477
She was just devastated.
2078
01:32:06,521 --> 01:32:07,739
I mean,
that was like a member --
2079
01:32:07,783 --> 01:32:09,654
That was somebody
very close to us.
2080
01:32:09,698 --> 01:32:13,092
Eventually, I get a call
from Mike Derks,
2081
01:32:13,136 --> 01:32:15,573
asking to go try out.
2082
01:32:15,617 --> 01:32:18,097
And I didn't know who else
tried out,
2083
01:32:18,141 --> 01:32:19,969
but I just remember
telling myself
2084
01:32:20,012 --> 01:32:22,232
that nobody else
can have this
2085
01:32:22,275 --> 01:32:26,366
because they're not in
that circle.
2086
01:32:26,410 --> 01:32:28,499
I didn't want a stranger
to take this job,
2087
01:32:28,543 --> 01:32:30,849
you know,
to take this burden.
2088
01:32:30,893 --> 01:32:32,547
-Here he is right now,
ladies and gentlemen.
2089
01:32:32,590 --> 01:32:34,026
-Oh, my God. Look.
2090
01:32:34,070 --> 01:32:35,854
-Posthumous, come here.
-Victory.
2091
01:32:35,898 --> 01:32:40,598
-You bear a striking resemblance
to your family member, Flattus.
2092
01:32:40,642 --> 01:32:43,732
-Antoinette and Aunt Cindy
are doing very well.
2093
01:32:43,775 --> 01:32:45,908
Thank you very much.
-I told you he was deaf.
2094
01:32:45,951 --> 01:32:48,606
-He's just a fucking
straight-up rocker, man.
2095
01:32:48,650 --> 01:32:52,523
I mean, he's of that old-school
rock n' roll heavy metal.
2096
01:32:52,567 --> 01:32:54,264
He stepped up a lot, man.
2097
01:32:54,307 --> 01:32:56,614
He did all these little promos
for the tour.
2098
01:32:56,658 --> 01:32:58,355
They're amazing, man.
2099
01:32:58,398 --> 01:33:02,489
-Time for you to get
a little Christmas spear...it.
2100
01:33:04,753 --> 01:33:09,453
-To be a fan, to cross over into
a member of the band,
2101
01:33:09,496 --> 01:33:11,150
you have these thoughts
and these impressions
2102
01:33:11,194 --> 01:33:12,456
of these people
that you don't know,
2103
01:33:12,499 --> 01:33:14,284
that you're looking,
reading about.
2104
01:33:14,327 --> 01:33:16,503
Meeting them is one thing,
and then actually becoming,
2105
01:33:16,547 --> 01:33:19,898
like, really close to people
is another.
2106
01:33:19,942 --> 01:33:21,987
That's kind of where it,
I guess,
2107
01:33:22,031 --> 01:33:26,426
changes the most,
is when you're not --
2108
01:33:26,470 --> 01:33:28,777
sometimes, you're not a fan
anymore, you're just family.
2109
01:33:28,820 --> 01:33:38,656
♪♪
2110
01:33:38,700 --> 01:33:40,702
-Please welcome GWAR's
delightful singer,
2111
01:33:40,745 --> 01:33:42,051
Oderus Urungus.
2112
01:33:42,094 --> 01:33:43,835
-Hello. Hello.
2113
01:33:43,879 --> 01:33:45,576
-Now, you hate Earth,
don't you?
2114
01:33:45,620 --> 01:33:47,665
-Oh, I despise it.
But I love it at the same time.
2115
01:33:47,709 --> 01:33:49,493
-Yeah, you do.
2116
01:33:49,536 --> 01:33:51,800
-See, Earth is the only place
in the galaxy that has crack.
2117
01:33:51,843 --> 01:33:53,192
-Yeah, that's true.
2118
01:33:53,236 --> 01:33:55,151
[Laughter]
2119
01:33:55,194 --> 01:33:59,198
-"Viva La Bam," basically,
I got $300,000 per episode
2120
01:33:59,242 --> 01:34:00,852
to do whatever the hell
that I wanted.
2121
01:34:00,896 --> 01:34:03,333
And it was usually
messing with my parents,
2122
01:34:03,376 --> 01:34:05,248
turning the house into
a skate park,
2123
01:34:05,291 --> 01:34:07,424
alligator in the kitchen,
things like that.
2124
01:34:10,427 --> 01:34:11,820
-[Screams]
2125
01:34:11,863 --> 01:34:13,125
What are you doing here?!
2126
01:34:13,169 --> 01:34:14,561
-It's scary upstairs.
2127
01:34:14,605 --> 01:34:15,911
-Aren't your friends up there
with you?
2128
01:34:15,954 --> 01:34:17,608
-[Crying]
They're not my friends.
2129
01:34:17,652 --> 01:34:20,872
They're not my friends.
2130
01:34:20,916 --> 01:34:22,787
-Oderus Urungus.
2131
01:34:22,831 --> 01:34:25,921
It was the story of how Oderus
couldn't be outrageous anymore,
2132
01:34:25,964 --> 01:34:28,488
so he wanted to do
children's birthday parties.
2133
01:34:28,532 --> 01:34:32,536
So, of course, he steals my
face, and uses it as a mask
2134
01:34:32,579 --> 01:34:34,146
to play children's
birthday parties.
2135
01:34:48,291 --> 01:34:55,211
♪♪
2136
01:34:55,254 --> 01:34:57,866
[Cheering]
2137
01:34:59,911 --> 01:35:01,304
[Applause]
2138
01:35:04,176 --> 01:35:07,614
-Let's have a round of applause
for all the bands so far.
2139
01:35:07,658 --> 01:35:14,621
♪♪
2140
01:35:14,665 --> 01:35:21,585
♪♪
2141
01:35:21,628 --> 01:35:28,723
♪♪
2142
01:35:34,816 --> 01:35:37,383
-Yeah, I got a call
in the middle of the night.
2143
01:35:37,427 --> 01:35:38,994
And he's sobbing.
2144
01:35:39,037 --> 01:35:40,909
And he --
And he just says its
2145
01:35:40,952 --> 01:35:42,737
He's like, "Dave's dead."
2146
01:35:45,783 --> 01:35:47,480
-He had a sheet hanging,
2147
01:35:47,524 --> 01:35:49,961
separating his living room
from the kitchen,
2148
01:35:50,005 --> 01:35:53,835
I could see through the sheet,
but I didn't go in.
2149
01:35:57,142 --> 01:36:00,798
Yeah, I didn't wanna
see him.
2150
01:36:00,842 --> 01:36:03,975
-Dave passed,
and he's in his chair.
2151
01:36:04,019 --> 01:36:05,977
And I didn't go in the other
room to look at Dave either,
2152
01:36:06,021 --> 01:36:09,546
man, 'cause that's not the way
I remember those guys.
2153
01:36:09,589 --> 01:36:15,117
I remember those guys as fierce
players and great friends.
2154
01:36:18,250 --> 01:36:20,644
-We learned this with Cory,
like, the thing you got to do
2155
01:36:20,687 --> 01:36:23,038
is you've gotta tell
the important people
2156
01:36:23,081 --> 01:36:26,737
before they find out,
before it hits the news.
2157
01:36:26,781 --> 01:36:29,609
So, I was like, "I got to call
a bunch of my old friends,
2158
01:36:29,653 --> 01:36:30,828
and give them bad news.
2159
01:36:30,872 --> 01:36:34,005
But I'd rather them
hear it from me."
2160
01:36:34,049 --> 01:36:35,702
-Brad called me.
2161
01:36:35,746 --> 01:36:37,574
And the minute I saw
his phone number on my phone,
2162
01:36:37,617 --> 01:36:42,013
I knew it was real,
and I broke down pretty hard.
2163
01:36:42,057 --> 01:36:43,798
I still can't talk
about it.
2164
01:36:43,841 --> 01:36:48,367
I break down every time
I even start thinking about it.
2165
01:36:48,411 --> 01:36:50,021
-Derks called me.
2166
01:36:50,065 --> 01:36:53,372
and I'm glad it was Derks
that called me.
2167
01:36:53,416 --> 01:36:54,634
I don't know why.
2168
01:36:54,678 --> 01:36:57,812
But it was...
2169
01:36:57,855 --> 01:37:01,206
Man, you know, try to wrap
your head around that.
2170
01:37:01,250 --> 01:37:05,515
Dave fucking Brockie?
The guy's a fucking bull.
2171
01:37:05,558 --> 01:37:06,995
-I couldn't process it.
2172
01:37:07,038 --> 01:37:09,780
I still have
his fucking phone number,
2173
01:37:09,824 --> 01:37:12,087
and I go back through our texts
all the time --
2174
01:37:12,130 --> 01:37:13,958
just random shit.
2175
01:37:14,002 --> 01:37:19,007
He would text me constantly --
"Love you, buddy. Miss ya."
2176
01:37:19,050 --> 01:37:21,357
-I got a call while
I was working that day.
2177
01:37:21,400 --> 01:37:22,793
And...
2178
01:37:24,795 --> 01:37:27,711
It sucked.
I mean, I cried out.
2179
01:37:27,754 --> 01:37:29,844
I remember that.
2180
01:37:29,887 --> 01:37:32,107
And just was crushing me
2181
01:37:32,150 --> 01:37:35,850
to think about them
losing everything --
2182
01:37:35,893 --> 01:37:37,329
like, losing Dave, and,
at the same time,
2183
01:37:37,373 --> 01:37:38,940
losing their...
2184
01:37:38,983 --> 01:37:41,116
everything they'd worked for,
you know?
2185
01:37:41,159 --> 01:37:45,424
Like, staring that
in the face.
2186
01:37:45,468 --> 01:37:48,427
-I assumed that it was over,
you know?
2187
01:37:48,471 --> 01:37:49,907
And I was fine
with that,
2188
01:37:49,951 --> 01:37:52,040
because losing someone
like Dave Brockie
2189
01:37:52,083 --> 01:37:55,130
is a lot more important to me
than losing a job.
2190
01:37:55,173 --> 01:37:56,958
I was like, "I can go get
another job.
2191
01:37:57,001 --> 01:38:02,267
There's no more Dave Brockie.
You can't replace that."
2192
01:38:02,311 --> 01:38:05,357
-He was the most energetic,
enthusiastic,
2193
01:38:05,401 --> 01:38:09,057
prolific frontman any band
could ever have asked for.
2194
01:38:09,100 --> 01:38:11,320
And we were damn lucky
to have him.
2195
01:38:13,278 --> 01:38:14,845
-We all freak out
on this planet.
2196
01:38:14,889 --> 01:38:16,238
We all get confused.
2197
01:38:16,281 --> 01:38:18,675
We all do
the lower things sometimes.
2198
01:38:18,718 --> 01:38:21,286
But when you really
lose someone,
2199
01:38:21,330 --> 01:38:25,812
all that noise of confusion
between you goes away,
2200
01:38:25,856 --> 01:38:28,859
and you realize the only thing
that really matters is love.
2201
01:38:31,340 --> 01:38:33,385
So, that's what
I remembered.
2202
01:38:37,737 --> 01:38:39,043
Totally.
2203
01:38:43,439 --> 01:38:44,701
-And I called Hunter.
2204
01:38:44,744 --> 01:38:47,573
And, you know,
I had a number that,
2205
01:38:47,617 --> 01:38:49,184
I wasn't sure if it was his
or not.
2206
01:38:49,227 --> 01:38:52,056
And he told me never to call it,
you know, but I was like,
2207
01:38:52,100 --> 01:38:54,406
"Well, you know,
Dave Brockie just died,
2208
01:38:54,450 --> 01:38:56,278
so I'm calling
this number."
2209
01:38:56,321 --> 01:39:01,022
-Bob Gorman called me,
and told me that he had died,
2210
01:39:01,065 --> 01:39:02,893
and all like that.
2211
01:39:02,937 --> 01:39:06,723
But I didn't wanna go to
his funeral because...
2212
01:39:06,766 --> 01:39:10,945
you know, I hated the guy,
and I didn't want to --
2213
01:39:10,988 --> 01:39:13,860
who knows what
I might say, you know?
2214
01:39:13,904 --> 01:39:17,690
I was like,
"Man, you know, like...
2215
01:39:17,734 --> 01:39:20,215
I know you hate us all,
and everything,"
2216
01:39:20,258 --> 01:39:22,260
but I was like, "This guy was
a big part of your life,
2217
01:39:22,304 --> 01:39:26,177
and part of something that
you guys gave the world."
2218
01:39:26,221 --> 01:39:28,353
-I said everything
I wanted say to him.
2219
01:39:28,397 --> 01:39:31,008
He knows how I felt
about him.
2220
01:39:31,052 --> 01:39:35,839
I just feel like his story
came to its logical conclusion.
2221
01:39:35,882 --> 01:39:39,060
It's too bad,
but...yeah.
2222
01:39:42,063 --> 01:39:43,716
That's how it is.
2223
01:39:47,894 --> 01:39:49,331
-When I was a kid,
I used to think
2224
01:39:49,374 --> 01:39:50,897
the worst thing
that could possibly happen
2225
01:39:50,941 --> 01:39:52,421
is if, like, I would be
at the end of my life,
2226
01:39:52,464 --> 01:39:54,510
and look back,. and I'd go,
"You just fucked up.
2227
01:39:54,553 --> 01:39:59,906
You didn't do anything.
You just...blew it."
2228
01:39:59,950 --> 01:40:01,647
And I don't feel
that way.
2229
01:40:01,691 --> 01:40:04,737
It's like, when I met these guys
that we created GWAR together,
2230
01:40:04,781 --> 01:40:06,739
it really gave my life
meaning,
2231
01:40:06,783 --> 01:40:08,437
I mean, if you're an artist
or a musician,
2232
01:40:08,480 --> 01:40:10,526
it's very fucking
difficult...
2233
01:40:10,569 --> 01:40:11,918
-Yes, it is.
-...to make a living.
2234
01:40:11,962 --> 01:40:14,573
So, somehow,
we've been able to do it.
2235
01:40:14,617 --> 01:40:18,577
And there's not a second
that I'm not just absolutely,
2236
01:40:18,621 --> 01:40:20,536
count my lucky stars,
my blessings,
2237
01:40:20,579 --> 01:40:23,930
and all the fans that have
supported us for so many years.
2238
01:40:23,974 --> 01:40:26,063
That is the greatest thing,
as an artist, that you can get.
2239
01:40:26,107 --> 01:40:36,073
♪♪
2240
01:40:38,032 --> 01:40:45,822
[Bagpipes play]
2241
01:40:45,865 --> 01:40:47,998
[Crowd chanting "Oderus!]
2242
01:40:51,871 --> 01:40:53,612
-When I get to three,
2243
01:40:53,656 --> 01:40:57,268
I just want you to scream
at the top of your lungs,
2244
01:40:57,312 --> 01:41:01,055
so that Dave can hear you,
alright?
2245
01:41:01,098 --> 01:41:04,797
And you'll be amazed
at how good this feels.
2246
01:41:04,841 --> 01:41:07,452
And it's something that he did
all the fucking time.
2247
01:41:07,496 --> 01:41:09,628
[Laughter]
2248
01:41:09,672 --> 01:41:14,764
One...two...three.
2249
01:41:14,807 --> 01:41:19,943
[All screaming]
2250
01:41:19,986 --> 01:41:29,866
♪♪
2251
01:41:39,049 --> 01:41:42,618
-When we lost Dave,
we pretty much assumed that
2252
01:41:42,661 --> 01:41:45,316
that would be it
for GWAR.
2253
01:41:45,360 --> 01:41:51,279
But, you know,
it's just such a huge thing
2254
01:41:51,322 --> 01:41:53,281
that we had all been
working on,
2255
01:41:53,324 --> 01:41:55,152
and dedicating
our lives to.
2256
01:41:55,196 --> 01:41:57,285
And...
2257
01:41:57,328 --> 01:41:59,417
there's so much more
to this band
2258
01:41:59,461 --> 01:42:01,767
than any one person could
put into it,
2259
01:42:01,811 --> 01:42:06,163
even though he did put more in
than anyone.
2260
01:42:06,207 --> 01:42:09,645
♪♪
2261
01:42:09,688 --> 01:42:11,081
-You have so many people
that have been
2262
01:42:11,125 --> 01:42:13,649
in and out of this band
since day one.
2263
01:42:13,692 --> 01:42:16,173
I mean, hundreds,
at least 100 people
2264
01:42:16,217 --> 01:42:18,175
probably, have been,
one way or another,
2265
01:42:18,219 --> 01:42:21,309
considered to be
an active member of GWAR.
2266
01:42:21,352 --> 01:42:24,529
And when you lose somebody
in a band
2267
01:42:24,573 --> 01:42:28,446
that's such a big group
of people, you can't just say,
2268
01:42:28,490 --> 01:42:30,405
"Well, that's it,"
and it's over.
2269
01:42:30,448 --> 01:42:34,060
-You know, I fell in love
with GWAR when I was a fan,
2270
01:42:34,104 --> 01:42:36,889
and then, to be part of it,
it's just been amazing.
2271
01:42:36,933 --> 01:42:39,588
You know, it's hard to let
that die on the vine,
2272
01:42:39,631 --> 01:42:41,720
because you're just like,
"This thing is so cool."
2273
01:42:41,764 --> 01:42:46,725
And you want that magic that
you saw as a fan to perpetuate.
2274
01:42:46,769 --> 01:42:50,033
You want to share that
with other people.
2275
01:42:50,076 --> 01:42:51,426
-After Dave passed,
I'm like,
2276
01:42:51,469 --> 01:42:53,471
"What the hell
are we gonna do?"
2277
01:42:53,515 --> 01:42:58,215
We know that Dave would have
wanted us, and GWAR, to go on.
2278
01:42:58,259 --> 01:43:01,697
You know, he'd even talked
about it in interviews.
2279
01:43:01,740 --> 01:43:06,484
And the only person --
the only person that, you know,
2280
01:43:06,528 --> 01:43:10,271
most of us thought could even
have a chance of doing it,
2281
01:43:10,314 --> 01:43:14,318
let alone us was getting excited
about, was Mike Bishop.
2282
01:43:14,362 --> 01:43:16,842
In the early years,
he was part of the spirit.
2283
01:43:16,886 --> 01:43:18,583
He was like the heart
of the band.
2284
01:43:18,627 --> 01:43:21,325
And to bring him back,
you know,
2285
01:43:21,369 --> 01:43:23,371
was the only thing
that made sense.
2286
01:43:23,414 --> 01:43:25,503
We thought, "Well,
that's gonna be the thing
2287
01:43:25,547 --> 01:43:27,244
that could actually work."
2288
01:43:27,288 --> 01:43:28,724
Not only that,
but I remember him
2289
01:43:28,767 --> 01:43:31,205
saying to me that
he came back...
2290
01:43:31,248 --> 01:43:36,601
He's like -- He's like,
"I can help heal you guys
2291
01:43:36,645 --> 01:43:38,603
as well as be
the singer."
2292
01:43:40,649 --> 01:43:43,782
-I mean, they were hurting,
without doubt.
2293
01:43:43,826 --> 01:43:48,700
And...I tried hard to...
2294
01:43:48,744 --> 01:43:52,313
to do what I could to make
that pain less for them.
2295
01:43:52,356 --> 01:43:53,531
I did.
2296
01:43:53,575 --> 01:43:55,272
And singing was part
of it.
2297
01:43:55,316 --> 01:43:57,927
Like, making it so that
they could keep going.
2298
01:43:57,970 --> 01:44:01,278
felt like service to them,
and to today.
2299
01:44:01,322 --> 01:44:05,500
You know, so, I mean, it wasn't
hard for me to figure out.
2300
01:44:05,543 --> 01:44:07,632
♪♪
2301
01:44:07,676 --> 01:44:11,027
-♪ The world has never
looked so dark ♪
2302
01:44:11,070 --> 01:44:15,336
♪ The pain never felt
so bad ♪
2303
01:44:15,379 --> 01:44:18,948
♪ Is it wrong
to try to go on? ♪
2304
01:44:18,991 --> 01:44:23,300
♪ To try to [indistinct]?
2305
01:44:23,344 --> 01:44:26,912
♪ Will you let us
scream again? ♪
2306
01:44:26,956 --> 01:44:30,438
♪ [Indistinct]
2307
01:44:30,481 --> 01:44:37,096
♪ I can feel you
like a phantom limb ♪
2308
01:44:37,140 --> 01:44:38,620
-We still get a lot of,
you know,
2309
01:44:38,663 --> 01:44:40,230
"without Brockie,
there is no GWAR,"
2310
01:44:40,274 --> 01:44:41,449
and blah blah blah.
2311
01:44:41,492 --> 01:44:42,972
And Derks
said it best --
2312
01:44:43,015 --> 01:44:44,539
like, "Yeah,
ever since your grandma died,
2313
01:44:44,582 --> 01:44:46,323
your family sucks."
2314
01:44:46,367 --> 01:44:47,933
You know?
2315
01:44:47,977 --> 01:44:50,327
It's just such a shitty thing
to say to guys
2316
01:44:50,371 --> 01:44:52,808
who knew Dave
better than anyone,
2317
01:44:52,851 --> 01:44:54,505
and loved him more
than anybody else.
2318
01:44:54,549 --> 01:45:00,119
It's his legacy.
He devoted his entire life GWAR.
2319
01:45:00,163 --> 01:45:01,860
-It's just the way
I knew those guys would want it.
2320
01:45:01,904 --> 01:45:03,427
Like, they wouldn't
want us to stop
2321
01:45:03,471 --> 01:45:05,342
because they weren't here.
2322
01:45:05,386 --> 01:45:06,865
GWAR has never stopped.
2323
01:45:06,909 --> 01:45:09,172
We've had a million people
in the band come and go,
2324
01:45:09,215 --> 01:45:10,869
an GWAR always goes on.
2325
01:45:13,655 --> 01:45:16,048
We're on the Warped Tour
in 2017,
2326
01:45:16,092 --> 01:45:18,355
and, like,
Derks was resting a lot,
2327
01:45:18,399 --> 01:45:19,878
and he was tired.
2328
01:45:19,922 --> 01:45:21,663
And one day he was, like,
school-bus yellow.
2329
01:45:21,706 --> 01:45:23,621
-I kind of collapsed
on stage.
2330
01:45:23,665 --> 01:45:25,667
And sent me to
the emergency room.
2331
01:45:25,710 --> 01:45:28,147
And the band had to go on
without me.
2332
01:45:28,191 --> 01:45:30,715
And it took months.
2333
01:45:30,759 --> 01:45:34,371
Finally, I was diagnosed
with myelofibrosis.
2334
01:45:34,415 --> 01:45:36,939
-I told Mike once,
a long time ago,
2335
01:45:36,982 --> 01:45:40,159
and especially when he was sick,
I was like,
2336
01:45:40,203 --> 01:45:41,900
"Look, I don't know
what you're gonna do,
2337
01:45:41,944 --> 01:45:43,772
if you're gonna stay,
or whatever,
2338
01:45:43,815 --> 01:45:46,078
but whatever you do,
take me with you.
2339
01:45:48,603 --> 01:45:50,300
-Having to sit at home
in the summer
2340
01:45:50,344 --> 01:45:51,736
when they were out
on Warped Tour
2341
01:45:51,780 --> 01:45:53,259
was probably the hardest thing
in my life,
2342
01:45:53,303 --> 01:45:56,524
to know that this band
that I helped to create,
2343
01:45:56,567 --> 01:46:01,616
and bring this far,
was out there playing...
2344
01:46:09,841 --> 01:46:11,756
...and to not be part
of it.
2345
01:46:15,107 --> 01:46:17,501
-I've known him for
a really long time.
2346
01:46:17,545 --> 01:46:20,330
He's not the most
outspoken guy.
2347
01:46:20,374 --> 01:46:23,812
He's pretty intelligent,
really sensitive human being.
2348
01:46:23,855 --> 01:46:26,771
And it's --
And I love him.
2349
01:46:26,815 --> 01:46:29,948
And I'm so glad that he made it
through that shit.
2350
01:46:29,992 --> 01:46:33,212
I really am.
2351
01:46:33,256 --> 01:46:35,737
And I like playing music
with him.
2352
01:46:35,780 --> 01:46:37,826
And I'm glad
I still get to do it.
2353
01:46:37,869 --> 01:46:39,741
It's just the best.
2354
01:46:39,784 --> 01:46:42,265
-The transfusion
was a total success,
2355
01:46:42,308 --> 01:46:46,748
and I'm getting ready
to go out again this fall.
2356
01:46:46,791 --> 01:46:49,315
The cancer's in
100% remission.
2357
01:46:52,536 --> 01:46:55,583
And I'm feeling great.
2358
01:46:55,626 --> 01:46:58,760
I know GWAR is kind of
stronger for it, in a way.
2359
01:46:58,803 --> 01:47:02,894
They -- Like,
we just pull it together.
2360
01:47:02,938 --> 01:47:05,157
The world needs a GWAR,
you know?
2361
01:47:05,201 --> 01:47:06,463
It needs GWAR.
2362
01:47:06,507 --> 01:47:08,683
It needs it
to smack it around,
2363
01:47:08,726 --> 01:47:11,468
and tell it what to do and
tell it why it looks like shit,
2364
01:47:11,512 --> 01:47:14,340
and tell it why it sucks,
you know?
2365
01:47:14,384 --> 01:47:17,169
And hopefully, there would be
some beauty in that.
2366
01:47:17,213 --> 01:47:20,259
-♪ Fuck this place
2367
01:47:20,303 --> 01:47:23,698
♪ Fuck this place
2368
01:47:23,741 --> 01:47:26,744
♪ Fuck this place
2369
01:47:26,788 --> 01:47:28,485
♪ Fuck this place
2370
01:47:28,529 --> 01:47:31,009
[ Feedback whines ]
2371
01:47:31,053 --> 01:47:32,663
♪♪
2372
01:47:32,707 --> 01:47:35,100
♪ Sexecutioner
2373
01:47:35,144 --> 01:47:37,015
♪♪
2374
01:47:37,059 --> 01:47:39,801
♪ Yeah
2375
01:47:39,844 --> 01:47:42,194
♪ One, two, three
2376
01:47:42,238 --> 01:47:43,848
♪ Whoo
2377
01:47:43,892 --> 01:47:46,460
♪♪
2378
01:47:46,503 --> 01:47:48,374
♪ Slymenstra Hymen
2379
01:47:48,418 --> 01:47:52,074
♪♪
2380
01:47:52,117 --> 01:47:54,555
-Hello, little boys!
[ Giggles ]
2381
01:47:54,598 --> 01:47:56,078
♪♪
2382
01:47:56,121 --> 01:47:57,862
♪ Sleazy P
2383
01:47:57,906 --> 01:48:00,125
♪♪
2384
01:48:00,169 --> 01:48:01,387
-We're a team.
2385
01:48:01,431 --> 01:48:03,172
♪♪
2386
01:48:03,215 --> 01:48:04,782
-♪ GWAR Woman
2387
01:48:04,826 --> 01:48:13,617
♪♪
2388
01:48:13,661 --> 01:48:22,539
♪♪
2389
01:48:22,583 --> 01:48:23,845
-Once you've been in that band,
2390
01:48:23,888 --> 01:48:25,934
you're always in that band.
2391
01:48:25,977 --> 01:48:28,937
I talk about GWAR,
even though my career,
2392
01:48:28,980 --> 01:48:31,548
I am in a band
called Rise Against.
2393
01:48:31,592 --> 01:48:33,942
But I'm forever in GWAR.
2394
01:48:33,985 --> 01:48:36,118
That's my family,
you know, still.
2395
01:48:36,161 --> 01:48:45,562
♪♪
2396
01:48:45,606 --> 01:48:55,093
♪♪
2397
01:48:55,137 --> 01:48:57,095
-It's amazing.
Like, I've gotten to hang out
2398
01:48:57,139 --> 01:48:58,967
with one of my best friends
that I haven't been able
2399
01:48:59,010 --> 01:49:01,926
to hang out with
in a really long time.
2400
01:49:01,970 --> 01:49:05,060
It's like we picked
right back up where we left off.
2401
01:49:05,103 --> 01:49:07,715
And even though
we've had our differences
2402
01:49:07,758 --> 01:49:10,152
and there's been some static
between us,
2403
01:49:10,195 --> 01:49:12,415
overall, man,
he's my friend, you know?
2404
01:49:12,458 --> 01:49:15,157
[ Laughs ] And it's nice
to have my friend back.
2405
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:16,462
[ Laughs ] You know?
2406
01:49:16,506 --> 01:49:18,639
So...yeah.
2407
01:49:18,682 --> 01:49:25,471
♪♪
2408
01:49:25,515 --> 01:49:29,084
-Chaos has been what's made
this band move forward
2409
01:49:29,127 --> 01:49:30,868
for 30-some years.
2410
01:49:30,912 --> 01:49:32,653
And it's crazy
when you think about it.
2411
01:49:32,696 --> 01:49:34,611
There's nothing else like this.
2412
01:49:34,655 --> 01:49:37,266
♪♪
2413
01:49:37,309 --> 01:49:39,573
-We're doing more things
than ever --
2414
01:49:39,616 --> 01:49:42,619
the festival,
a lot of different endorsements.
2415
01:49:42,663 --> 01:49:44,795
Matt's got the comics going on.
2416
01:49:44,839 --> 01:49:47,929
I just put together
GWAR's first museum show.
2417
01:49:47,972 --> 01:49:49,408
The GWAR Bar.
2418
01:49:49,452 --> 01:49:52,020
-Yeah, when Dave died,
we were months away
2419
01:49:52,063 --> 01:49:53,630
from getting the bar open,
2420
01:49:53,674 --> 01:49:56,241
and now it's kind of
like a little GWAR museum
2421
01:49:56,285 --> 01:49:57,982
that you can get drunk in.
2422
01:49:58,026 --> 01:50:00,985
-You don't do GWAR
because you want to get rich.
2423
01:50:01,029 --> 01:50:02,944
You don't do GWAR
'cause you want to get famous.
2424
01:50:02,987 --> 01:50:06,338
You do GWAR because
you fucking love it.
2425
01:50:06,382 --> 01:50:08,297
I didn't get rich off this.
2426
01:50:08,340 --> 01:50:10,342
I've put a lot of my life
into it,
2427
01:50:10,386 --> 01:50:14,346
and I wouldn't trade it
for anything at this point.
2428
01:50:14,390 --> 01:50:17,523
-I can't believe it's been
the defining thing in my life
2429
01:50:17,567 --> 01:50:19,308
and I'm still doing it
30 years later,
2430
01:50:19,351 --> 01:50:21,745
but it's made meaning
out of my life,
2431
01:50:21,789 --> 01:50:24,226
and I've enjoyed every bit
of it, even the horrible shit.
2432
01:50:24,269 --> 01:50:26,750
So, like, I'm proud
of everybody I work with
2433
01:50:26,794 --> 01:50:29,144
and everything that we've done,
even the crappy stuff.
2434
01:50:29,187 --> 01:50:32,538
So, like, try and find
another GWAR. There's not one.
2435
01:50:32,582 --> 01:50:35,019
So that's something
to be said for that.
2436
01:50:35,063 --> 01:50:41,504
♪♪
2437
01:50:41,547 --> 01:50:45,551
-♪ Motherfucker
2438
01:50:45,595 --> 01:50:47,858
♪♪
2439
01:50:47,902 --> 01:50:51,688
-Yeah, man, I've had just
12 concussions in this band,
2440
01:50:51,732 --> 01:50:54,169
and the doctor was like --
The last one,
2441
01:50:54,212 --> 01:50:57,302
he was just like, "What line
of work are you in again?
2442
01:50:57,346 --> 01:50:59,130
[ Laughs ]
2443
01:50:59,174 --> 01:51:02,264
He's like, "You should probably
find some other line of work."
2444
01:51:03,831 --> 01:51:11,055
♪♪
2445
01:51:11,099 --> 01:51:18,323
♪♪
2446
01:51:18,367 --> 01:51:20,108
-♪ Your socks they smell,
your feet they stink ♪
2447
01:51:20,151 --> 01:51:21,892
♪ You never take a bath
2448
01:51:21,936 --> 01:51:23,764
♪ Your nose it runs,
you bust your buns ♪
2449
01:51:23,807 --> 01:51:25,635
♪ You always finish last
2450
01:51:25,679 --> 01:51:27,768
♪ Sick of
-♪ Sick of
2451
01:51:27,811 --> 01:51:29,291
-♪ You
2452
01:51:29,334 --> 01:51:32,773
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2453
01:51:32,816 --> 01:51:34,818
♪ Sick of
-♪ Sick of
2454
01:51:34,862 --> 01:51:36,646
-♪ You
2455
01:51:36,690 --> 01:51:40,476
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2456
01:51:40,519 --> 01:51:43,827
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
2457
01:51:43,871 --> 01:51:47,962
♪♪
2458
01:51:48,005 --> 01:51:54,664
♪♪
2459
01:51:54,708 --> 01:51:58,189
♪ Sick of you
2460
01:51:58,233 --> 01:52:01,323
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2461
01:52:01,366 --> 01:52:05,544
♪ I'm sick of you
2462
01:52:05,588 --> 01:52:08,417
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2463
01:52:08,460 --> 01:52:12,551
♪ I'm sick of you,
I'm sick of you ♪
2464
01:52:12,595 --> 01:52:15,816
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2465
01:52:15,859 --> 01:52:19,863
♪ I'm sick of you,
I'm sick of you ♪
2466
01:52:19,907 --> 01:52:23,127
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2467
01:52:23,171 --> 01:52:27,218
♪ I'm sick of you
2468
01:52:27,262 --> 01:52:30,308
♪ I'm so sick, so sick of you
2469
01:52:30,352 --> 01:52:34,356
♪ I'm sick, sick, sick, sick,
sick, sick, sick, sick ♪
2470
01:52:34,399 --> 01:52:36,053
♪ I'm so sick
2471
01:52:36,097 --> 01:52:38,229
♪ So motherfuckin'
titty-suckin' ♪
2472
01:52:38,273 --> 01:52:44,714
♪ God damn, don't you know it,
I am fuckin' sick of you ♪
2473
01:52:44,758 --> 01:52:52,504
♪♪
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