Gwar

It’s the collaboration that nobody had in mind, but everyone should be glad it exists: Metal band Gwar has played NPR’s famed Tiny Desk. The over-the-top, outrageously dressed group members made note of the obvious clash of styles at the top of their Monday performance while also acknowledging their familiarity with NPR’s work. (For the uninitiated, the names of these band members are a doozy, so be prepared for some enjoyable ridiculousness.)“Gwar and NPR, they said it couldn’t be done,” lead singer Blöthar the…

There are some all-time classic documentaries that every horror fan has likely already seen: Best Worst Movie, American Movie, and Terror in the Aisles, to name a few. But what about more recent entries into the genre? Here are 10 of the very best horror-adjacent docs dating from 2012 until now.Read more... There are some all-time classic documentaries that every horror fan has likely already seen: Best Worst Movie, American Movie, and Terror in the Aisles, to name a few. But what about more recent entries into the…

One of the few acts who can legitimately thank Beavis and Butt-Head for making them famous (as opposed to merely cult), Gwar was, and still is, an American heavy metal act with punk roots who got started in the 1980s in Richmond, Virginia. They’re best known for performing in elaborate monster/alien costumes (mostly big headpieces and bare midriffs) and deploying lashings of fake bodily fluids and prosthetics in their act, such as a notorious massive codpiece called the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu that sprays “sperm” at the…