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August 15, 2007 at 7:25am

I SCENE IT: GWAR

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...the gruesome spectacle of a live GWAR show will numb you to a lot of  things. The band's act is so ridiculously over the top you forget how incredible the music actually is. These guys are playing fast, fairly complex metal in costumes that probably weigh 100 pounds. This all the while blood and assorted bodily fluids flow freely from the various effigies the on-stage slaves gut, gore, and eviscerate.

Monday night's sold-out show at Water Street Music Hall was textbook GWAR: loud, violent, bloody, and incredibly vulgar. Singer Oderus Urungus took pleasure in extended periods of urination over the audience. The blood that sprayed over the crowd had fans of all ages (I saw a cat in his 50s) emerging from the pit looking like chewed up pieces of Dentyne.

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Ochs said on Aug. 31, 2007 at 11:19am

I've actually seen GWAR quite a few times (they thankfully always seem to hit Rochester on tour), and I thought this show was very poor. The set list and stage show were unimpressive. Maybe It was just end-of-tour fatigue. Then again, everyone can have an "off night".

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