
"Madness at the Core of Time" Tour Kicks off October 2nd
After a week and over 35,000 signatures, Antarctic overlords GWAR finally have officially reacted to the petition started by Jeff Cantrell of Morehead, Kentucky on Change.org to have GWAR play the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The petition can be signed at Change.org/GWARBOWL.
"It has long been the joy of GWAR
to submit the human race to any number of hideous tortures, and I can't
think of anything more horrible than you having to watch acts like The
Black-Eyed Peas and Bruno Mars perform. So the temptation to ignore this
is great! But then you start thinking about all of the people that who
have never experienced GWAR before, and will be forced to do so
if we do get the gig, well, at that point my colossal mega-ego kicks in
and I am all over it."
After
a long and wet fart, Oderus continued..."I really don't think we should
be limited to playing the halftime show...I am offering GWAR as
an actual team that could complete in the NFL. Think of the titanic
struggle involved as the NFL submits their best players, hell, we could
play against all the teams at once and still emerge victorious. For too
long has the NFL ignored the obvious fact that the players should be
naked, blind-folded and armed with battle axes, that land mines should
litter the field and whalers should hurl harpoons randomly from the
stands. GWAR is throwing our entire cosmic weight (and we are
fairly hefty) behind this petition, and command all of our followers,
their families, and indeed anybody who has ever existed to sign this
fucking thing, and in fact for those who have already signed it to
create multiple fake email addresses and sign it again!"
And now to top it all off, today GWAR
is ready to bring everyone a little holiday cheer with a select number
of shows this December. That's right it's Christmas Time with Santa
Oderus. These three shows are set for December 27th in New York at Irving Plaza, December 28th in New Haven, CT at Toad's Place and finally a show in Richmond, VA on December 29th at The National. Tickets for all three shows go on sale this Friday.
In support of Battle Maximus,GWAR
will be heading out this fall on the "Madness at the Core of Time"
tour. The tour, which features a completely brand-new show full of
slavering creatures and deserving victims, is set to kick off October 2nd in Columbus, Ohio and runs through November 17th in Washington, DC. GWAR shall be joined by deathcore heavyweights and label-mates Whitechapel, Richmond, VA thrashers Iron Reagan (featuring Municipal Waste singer Tony Foresta) and A Band of Orcs (who are actually a band of Orcs).
GWAR's Battle Maximus features twelve brand new tracks that not only honor their departed ally, but tells the story of GWAR's
latest struggle against what may be their greatest enemy yet...the
insidious "Mr. Perfect", who has travelled through time itself to steal
the power of GWAR--the power of immortality, and use this power
to mutate the human race into his twisted vision of what the "perfect"
human should be. Once again GWAR finds themselves as the only
thing standing between the human race and the latest super-powered
shithead bent on the destruction of GWAR and the enslavement of their worshippers.
The title track from Battle Maximus is streaming HERE.
Check out a stream of the song "Bloodbath" HERE.
GWAR Live:
"Madness at the Core of Time" Tour With Whitechapel, Iron Reagan and Band of Orcs:
GWAR Holiday Dates:
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2014
2/22/14: Soundwave Festival Brisbane
2/23/14: Soundwave Festival Sydney
2/28/14: Soundwave Festival Melbourne
3/1/14: Soundwave Festival Adelaide
3/3/14: Soundwave Festival Perth