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you are ab-using [QUOTE]blah blah blah[/QUOTE] to reply to ellzzirk.
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[QUOTE="ellzzirk:298"]3/2/02
A room full of bad attitudes. Overpriced beer. Pushy bouncers. A turd on the
bathroom floor.
I must be in Worcester Mass.
Yes, that's how you can identify the lovely cities of Massachusetts. For
example, if the urinals appear to be full of orange juice, you're probably in
Haverhill. As for the Manray club....oh man let's not even think of that one.
Anyway...
I was at the Crapadium to see the almighty GWAR. This is one of the best
bands on Earth, period. I had seen them once, around 1994 in Boston, with the
Dickies. This time around though, they somehow got thrown out to Worcester,
which is like a fate worse than death. But no matter, they put on a great
show.
Opening up were um....Ah who cares? God Forbid is ok. Goat Whore were quite
good actually-very 80's thrash influenced. I hear they're some relation to
the now-defunct band Acid Bath, but I have no familiarity with them.
Gwar always brings out their fair share of enthusiastic fans. This was best
summed up by an older man with a positively ancient GWAR shirt who yelled
'YEAAAA! GWAAAARRRRR!! ROCCCCKKK MANNN!!! GWARRRR!!' This man then zipped his
fly, flushed the urinal, and returned to the part of the club where the show
was being held.
On that note, I should point out that the Palladium has an asenine no-smoking
policy which is broken by...well simply going into the bathroom. All the
security does now is yell at people. In fact, last night, I actually heard
some of the bouncers telling people 'look just go into the bathroom if you're
gonna smoke.' Great, just like school.
So as a result, there's always a crowd of semi-inebriated people in there,
having what amounts to a 'Heavy metal roundtable' discussion. The combined
knowledge of the Worcester Palladium men's room would put most 'respectable'
metal magazines and web sites out of business. I read once about a
documentary film called 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot', where the subject was
interviewing various people at a Judas Priest concert around 1986. Whoever
put that thing together needs to make the sequal here. Just watch out for
that turd. It may be slithering across the tiles on its own, thanks to the
mysterious clear puddles that cover the floor by the end of every show.
So GWAR finally comes on around 11. They seem to have stripped down to just
the 5 basic members, with a few nameless 'Slave pit' members to assist
bringing out various monsters and props. No Slymenstra Hymen, Sexecutioner,
Sleazy P Martini or Techno Destructo. This was Gwar 2002, stripped to its
bear bones. Well hell, with them putting their real names inside the cd's now
and their singer Dave Brockie putting out solo work, I suppose there's no
point in keeping the illusion up.
The set list seemed to cull heavily from their 'Scumdogs of the Universe'
album, which is everyone's favorite for some reason. As for me, I liked 'This
Toilet Earth' best but they didn't even play anything from that. Or from
'Hell-o!', the first album. I wanted to hear the 'GWAR Theme' and sing along
but I suppose maybe next time. They did play a lot of stuff from their newest
cd, 'Violence has Arrived', but I haven't gotten around to hearing that one
much yet.
Ok, that takes care of the music-yes I do care about the music. As for the
visual presentation....
GWAR always puts on a hell of a show, featuring giant phoam rubber monsters
and a lot of fake blood, urine and other various bodily fluids being sprayed
over the crowd. I mean, this is worse than Gallagher-a lot of the Palladium
was covered in plastic. I didn't get squirted this time, unlike the 94 show
where I came home covered in red and green spooge. Being in Worcester gets
you grimey enough though, I suppose.
The show featured a number of 'guests', such as Osama Bin Ladin, who was
decapitated. President Bush then came out, and talked about his war to 'Rid
the world of minorities er um I mean evildoers.' He met a similar fate, as
did Mike Tyson, whose gloves were hacked off with an axe, resulting in
another stream of fake blood. A newer character was introduced too; Bloody
Mary. Mary's phoam rubber breasts shoot blood, and her phoam rubber crotch
shotts um...actually I'm not sure what that was. It looked green, but that
may have just been the stage lighting. Then came the biggie-Pope John Paul
the Whatever was brought out in honor of being so close to the Boston
Catholic community. The Pope was cut in half, his intestines laid bare before
us all. And then, we got the REAL surprise; the return of GOR GOR. Yes, the
crack-addled dinosaur, who made an appearance in time to eat the Pope's
entrails and lovingly drool blood and guts over the delighted audience
members. GOR GOR then turned on the band, however, and had to be brought down
with a sword through his massive head. It was sad to see GOR GOR go, but I
suppose it had to be done. (Actually, I've heard a rumor that GOR GOR is
actually Mr Snuffalupagus without his furry disguise. That is the meaning of
the 4 digit number at the beginning of each Sesame Street episode; the number
of children fed to GOR GOR/Snuffy.
All in all, I was most impressed, as always. I think I'm one of the few
people who actually appreciates GWAR's hunor without taking it at face
value-a close examination of some of their lyrics reveals that they're far
from a stupid band. In fact, they're somewhat political at times. Further
proof of this can be found with their singer's solo album; Dave Brockie
Experience's 'Diarrhea of a Mad Man', with a Dead Kennedys-esque logo. That
band has toured recently too-I'm gonna look into it next time. Just watch out
for that turd.
Dev
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