GWAR Takes Part In A.V. Undercover Series For Fourth Time

For the fourth year in a row (the most by any artist human, Scumdog or otherwise), your masters from GWAR returned to The A.V. Club to take part in the A.V. Undercover Series, featuring artists covering other artists' music.

GWAR's first offering tackled the Kansas classic, "Carry On Wayward Son" - which was voted favorite performance of the year, This, of course, came as no surprise to the scumdogs from GWAR who consider themselves the greatest rock performers on this or any other planet in history.

After a year of celebrating the victory, the group returned to defend the crown with its unique spin on Billy Ocean's "Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car." What happened for the third appearance? The band returned and went New Wave with a version of Pet Shop Boy's "West End Girls," which segued into a re-worked version of Jim Carol's "People Who Died," paying tribute to fallen GWAR members and friends of the band. And of course, GWAR won performance of the year again. (Did you think they wouldn't?)

This time, the band also dug deep into its cassette collection and pulled out Cyndi Lauper's Greatest Hits. Once they came across "She-Bop" and learned that it was a song about masturbation, which is a habit near and dear to the GWAR heart, the alien overlords decided this is the song they must play to defend their "Undercover" title for an unprecedented fourth time! So without any more fanfare here it is, the orgasm-inducing GWAR rendition of "She-Bop" with a little surprise at the end right here.

After hearing that the A.V. Club was inviting GWAR back for a fourth time, Pustulus admits, "I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit."

A.V. Club VP/Editor in Chief Josh Modell had the following to say about GWAR's fourth visit: "Every year we hope GWAR will forget where our studio is so that they won't crush us and the competition. But every year they manage to find us and breathe horrible new life into an old classic. We submit, we submit."

GWAR is currently in the midst of a 30th anniversary tour. Remaining dates are as follows:

10/28: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
10/29: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/30: Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
10/31: Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
11/2: Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club
11/3: Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
11/4: Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
11/5: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
11/6: Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
11/7: Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
11/8: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
11/9: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/11: Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
11/12: Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
11/13: New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
11/14: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/15: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/17: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
11/18: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
11/19: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
11/20: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Live
11/21: Houston, TX @ Houston Whatever Fest*
11/22: Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
11/24: Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
11/25: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/27: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/28: Orlando, FL @ Venue 578
*Festival Appearance
**Cryptopsy Providing Direct Support