GWAR

The 10 Geekiest Metal Bands of All Time

By: Adam Steininger Geeks love metal more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal that was forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway across the universe on Serenity and then discovered by Silver Surfer while scouting for delicious planets. These b ... More >>

Who Stole the Punk Rock Picnic?

How OC's biggest backyard party went from mosh pit to money pit

Promoter of Cancelled Punk Rock Picnic Finally Sued By Fed-Up Vendor Who Wants His Money Back

So remember that whole Punk Rock Picnic Music Festival thing that a lot of people paid money for but never happened? Finally, after three months of ticket holders and vendors waiting for refunds from the cancelled fest, someone has finally launched a lawsuit in small claims court against the show's ... More >>

Oderus Urungus of GWAR Says the Presidential Election Should Be Decided With Gladiatorial Combat

By: Alex DistefanoIt has been nearly 30 Earth years since the infamous, killer mutant heavy metal space creatures known as GWAR first visited this planet. Anyone who has ever had blood and entrails splattered on them at one of their shows knows that life on this planet has never been the same since. ... More >>

Top 10 Wally George Band Interviews From The Hot Seat

Come Friday, it'll be nine years since Wally George, the ultimate crotchety conservative, left this world for the big public access talk show in the sky. The self-proclaimed father of "Combat TV" died of pneumonia in 2003 at age 71 inside Fountain Valley Hospital. He left behind ... More >>

Tool at Mandalay Bay Events Center Last Night

​ToolJanuary 14, 2012Mandalay Bay Events CenterWith Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan touring heavily behind his own project Puscifer, it was a surprise to hear Tool hastily announce a winter tour. It is approaching six years since Tool has released their last album 10,000 Days. Since Califo ... More >>

Gary Tovar Has His Goldenvoice

The iconic concert production company birthed Coachella, helped punk-rock luminaries early in their careers—and isn't done yet

[UPDATE: An Interview with Gas Station Manager Who Found Cory Smoot] Flattus Maximus, GWAR Guitarist, RIP

Update: Our sister paper Minneapolis City Pages has an interview with the gas station manager who discovered Cory Smoot dead and called 911. "It really, really shook the band," says Dan Anderson. "Pretty much all of them were crying, teary eyed. It broke them up pretty good." Read the whole intervie ... More >>

Twitter Reacts to the Death of Steve Jobs

​Never has the passing of a CEO of a giant corporate entity enticed such a reaction from the world: We've weeded through the thousands and thousands (and thousands) of tweets expressing their condolences for Steve Jobs and pulled together the most interesting--or, in the case of GWAR lead singer O ... More >>

A Perfect Circle at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​A Perfect CircleJuly 28, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterAfter a smattering of dates on the West Coast back in November, A Perfect Circle returned for a triumphant homecoming show at the Gibson Amphitheater. Sitting down in front of a small toy piano, Billy Howerdel plunked out the ... More >>

The Eyesores

The Doll Hut

TGIF: Eddie Spaghetti, OC Music Awards, Autolux, the Scion Fest and More

​Just in case you don't have plans yet this weekend, we've chosen the best of what's around for your perusal, with tidbits of Eddie Spaghetti, OC Music Awards, Autolux (pictured above), the Scion Fest and more.

Local Record Review: The Aquabats

Beat Blvd. is Heard Mentality's weekly review of local releases. If you're an OC musician or band with something new to offer--vinyl single, full-length album, CD, cassette--we want to hear from you! Send copies, along with any photos and PR material, to Beat Blvd., c/o OC Weekly, 2975 Red Hill Ave. ... More >>

Gwar

The Glass House

Top 5 Epic Interviews with GWAR

​How do you sum up 25 years of blood-drenched stage shows, rubber-mutant costumes, cannibalized pop-culture effigies and heavy-metal savagery? You can't. But Oderus Urungus sure can. As the quasi-satanic frontcreature of GWAR, the galaxy's most brutal band of man-eating mutants, Urungus (aka Dave ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: Saosin, Los Lobos, More

​Newport Beach's Saosin just released their their second album, In Search of Solid Ground, this past Tuesday. Rather than rest on their hard-rockin' laurels, they're preparing a headlining show at the House of Blues in Anaheim: well, on December 20. So lots of preparation. Tickets are on sale this ... More >>

Too Much for a Monday: Japanese Motors, Pistolero Finish Up Residencies

​Monday? More like FUNday, at least tonight (oh, that was clever). Not only do we have the shows that Ryan and Nate told you about earlier today, two Orange County bands are closing out their July residencies tonight: Japanese Motors (pictured) and Pistolero, both from Costa Mesa.

[Feedback 2008] Long Beach's Mike Monster Isn't Just Pretending to Be Spooky

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "Less is Mor" Vickie Change educates us about Hollywood nightlife mogul Anton Posniak, who set out to remake the OC scene. Now he’s got more lawsuits than restaurants here. Gustavo Arellano mocks California's fires in "The Fire All the Time: Create Your Own Inferno News Story!". And Matt Co ... More >>

Glass House-Bound Shock Rockers GWAR Inspire Civic Pride, Fake Blood and All

Saturday - 11/24

Travis at the House of Blues, GWAR at the Glass House, Scarlett Sisters Circus at the Bowers Museum

Extreme Projectiles

Sounds of the Underground Summer 2007 Tour

Full Metal Racket

SiX turn OC into Oh!Rage! County

Mutant Puppet Rock Band Roolz

Radioactive Chicken Heads Carrot Topp declares GWAR

Get Out!

April 20 - April 27: Now Leave Me Alone

This Week in Mexican Metal

Brujeria

Monster Mash

Five hits from Hell

Best Music Writing 2004

Special web Exclusive Anthology

Joyful Noise

Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape

When The Sick Get Serious

Gwar Now Rip from the Headlines

Bloodless

Guignol doesnt ooze like she used to

A Walrus Shrugged

AWOL One, the rapper laureate of La Habra

Windex Rocks!

I love things I hate!

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