Gwar Frontman Disses Corey Taylor
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FHMonline.com recently conducted an interview with Dave Brockie, GWAR frontman and intergalactic badass. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
FHMonline.com: SLIPKNOT recently told us that they're the most insane band. Why should we believe you?
Brockie: They're basically a GWAR tribute band — they dress up in these silly costumes and we appreciate that. I see no reason to denigrate SLIPKNOT or what any other band has done. But come on, we're monsters from outer space! How can they possibly compete with that?
FHMonline.com: Bands like LORDI are certainly trying, recently winning the Eurovision award for Best Song. But aren't they just GWAR-Lite?
Brockie: Well, yeah totally. They're like a kiddie version of GWAR. It's all part of one big bloody genre in rock 'n' roll history starting with Jay Hawkins and Alice Cooper and KISS. A lot of people are like, "These people are ripping you off!" But they're not ripping us off anymore than we ripped off KISS or any other band that incorporated theatrical elements into their shows.
FHMonline.com: Who's been your gnarliest fan?
Brockie: I love GWAR fans because they realize that we really are the mutants of the industry, the bottom feeders, if you will. It takes a level of commitment to be a GWAR fan. One of the most legendary dudes we ever met was this guy, Billy, who was a good friend of ours from California. He was really into taking acid. He cruised around with us for a week and once when we were getting ready to cross the border into Canada he nudges me and says, "Hey Brockie, I've got 200 hits of acid on me — what should I do?” I'm like. "You fucking idiot! You're going to get this whole van arrested." So he ate the entire sheet of acid. Two hundred hits. He couldn't talk for four days. He survived — but, I don't really think his brain came out of it very well. He ended up in prison for assaulting his Korean neighbor with a shotgun.
FHMonline.com: If we drug tested you right now, what would we find?
Brockie: Weed — and tons of it. We're just a bunch of stoners. We like to drink beer and smoke pot. But one of the things that GWAR has avoided, which I think is a big part of our longevity, is hard drugs. We've seen it fuck up a lot of people and destroy a lot of bands. This band is just too demanding and it really takes all of your effort and energy, especially wearing a 50-pound armored suit in front of a bunch of people. And then you have the Sounds of the Underground tour where the shows are outdoor — it's really fucking hot. I was reading this interview with Corey [Taylor, lead vocalist] from SLIPKNOT and he was bitching about how hot his overalls were. Put on my shit, son. I bet you won't last five minutes. He's a big whiner.
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Corey Taylor may indeed be a whiner, but Brockie is full of sh**.
GWAR costumes have little material and are mostly makeup and not "50-pound armored suits". Unless you mean to tell me he's wearing 50 pounds of styrofoam held together by lightweight rubber.
And 200 hits of acid and he lived? Nice try. I'm no expert, but I would guess that even half that much would cause respiratory failure at the very least. I couldn't picture someone living through it.
If these guys wanted publicity so damn bad, they should have just asked.
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Brockie's like the funniest guy in metal, read any of his more Oderous interviews. I doubt he's that serious about this. Anyway if he says his suit is 50 pounds I'd be inclined to believe him seeing as he actually made and wears the thing.
">So if one weighed about 80 kg, then the lethal dose would be (estimated)
>between 16mg and 80mg, or in street terms between about 50 to 250 hits
>of the strongest blotter acid you can find. " www.lycaeum.org/drugs/synthetics/lsd/LSD.od.html --- I mean it's definately possible he lived through it, but as he said he'd be past even Ozzy. I remember reading about this guy who strapped a whole lot of acid to himself on a plane flight but started sweating so hard most of it hit him lol, don't take too much kiddos.
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wtf im not really a fan of slipknot/stone sour but id rather listen to them than gwar. Brockie sounds like a f***ing d***head saying his costumes are better than slipknots it sounds like someone at a fancy dress party comparing outfits....IS METAL ABOUT WEARING OUTFITS NOW?
@Bubba513: dude this isn't metal, it's Entertainment,
Gwar sucks music wise, but their shows are awesome(i saw them with Devildriver!!!) and will be seeing them again with Shadows Fall in an off day appearance from SOTU!!(Though i wouldn't go if Shadows wasn't there..)
I love GWAR and they are by far the best live show I have ever seen. The riffs are just as bad a$$ as any other band out there. As far as the stuff being 50 lbs. I can honestly say that it DOES weigh that much. I had a chance to see and touch all the stuff a few years ago in NYC and it wasn't light, thats for sure. GWAR kickd a$$ in NJ this past Saturday. Go see them if you get a chance!
Wow, this really made my day.
In my opinion, Brockie is really just covering up how much Gwar sucks by putting Corey Taylor down.
Gwars horrible music if over-shadowed by their awesome stage antics. If you actually compare the two bands, just by music, you'd find that Slipknot isn't as sh**ty as Gwar.
And 200 hits of acid? Way to prove how much of a f***ing liar he is. That kid would have surely died.
Even half that would kill you.
Wow that is hard to compare I love all three bands but it would get hot for men since they have body hair and the costumes! Why hate on Corey Taylor now that hes in Stone Sour... and LORDI well now they aren't a kiddie version of them, why compare another band to your limits I wouldn't. LORDI haas the best videos though.
NO BODY LOVES ME, IM GONNA CRY SO HARD MAN.......................... NOT!!!! U DUDES ARE SO TOUCHY AND SENSITIVE KICK a$$ DUKE'S THE MAN. I LIKE BOTH SLIPKNOT AND GWAR I DONT CARE I HEARD THAT COREY TAYLOR IS IN A RAP GROUP TOO, DID U HEAR THAT ONE?..............AND THAT DAVE BROCKIE HAS A POLKA GROUP DID U HEAR THAT ONE?
NOT TALKIN TO CYNIC. BUT UH, GWAR=GAY, WHAT ARE U? UH? SLIPKNOT GWAR YEAH, YEAH, YEAH WHO CARES, THEY ARE BOTH RICH BASTARDS ANYWAY. GWAR, SLIPKNOT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. U ARE A TRUE METAL HEAD, OH IM SUCH A POSER AND WHAT DO I KNOW? 012345678, GWAR YEAH WHATEVER DONT EVEN CARE U GEEK.
I dont care about eather of these bands slip,,,whaterver or gwar but you can take 200 hits of acid and not die only because you cant make real acid anymore the cemical that made it dosent exsist any more so ya if it were the 60's they'd be tosat but now 200 really only about 50 of the real sh**
f*** slipknot. Corey is a crybaby. Brockie and co. are the real f***ing deal. If you've ever only seen gwar at three pm on sotu, you missed the f***in boat. I've seen gwar 11 times since 1995 and slipknot 5 times and slipknot was real good live, but they NEVER even came close to blowing gwar off the stage. Corey is a wimpy baby. GWAR GWAR GWAR! f***ing gwar is the best band that ever recorded.
Who f***ing gives a sh** if Gwar can put on a great show?
Since when does stage shows overshadow music and lyrics.
It's part of the total package, I know, but seriously come on.
Alice Copper and Marilyn Manson put on f***ing rad shows, but
atleast they have the music to back it up.
Unlike Gwar.
One: it's absurd to argue/get upset over a costume and Two: they chose to wear these costumes so I'm not entirely sure their complaints are valid. These clothes have nothing to do with their sound so I really woudn't care if they took them off. Every one of them is playing a vain popularity contest.
One thing I can say is that without the costumes, both bands would lose a sh**load of fans. All costumes do is distract you from the music, and many dedicates of both bands only have, "ahem", blindfolds over their ears. Were those blindfolds turned to the eyes instead, then those fans could turn their attention to decide if they really like what they do as much as they do.
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GWAR's music is f***ing awesome, I downloaded and loved the track Immortal Corrupter before I'd even seen their goofy costumes. Never seen them live either. What's a bet if GWAR didn't have an image there would be none of these comments ripping out their song writing, which seems to have this mythical aura of being sub par around MU. What tracks are you talking about?
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Not really ripping on GWAR's music, just the image they try to portray. One of friend's made me listen to one of their cds in his car and I thought it was f***in insane. A few minutes later he told me they were costume wearing a$$holes like slipknot and ICP, and they immediatly went down a few notches in my mental list of good bands. Like you said, without the image, many more people would probably be more receptive to their music. Likewise, they would most likely lose some fans, but it would be for the best, since those would be the poser fans who love the band for their costumes. Metal does not need cool stage shows to be kickass; mosh pits and a good band will do just fine thank you.
I don't know where Brockie gets off thinking that he's got it worse than Corey Taylor!
I do agree that it is kinda weird for Corey to say it's hot in that jumpsuit of his, but at the same time, he does have it worse that Brockie. Because...
Brockie doesn't wear no f***in' 50 pounds of armor every night that's f***in' bullsh**! Corey Taylor's gotta wear a hot a$$ black jumpsuit & Brockie has to wear a plastic/rubber pair of shulder pads, a mask, some leggings, gloves, & a f***in' G-String! He also gets cool liquids shot all over him the whole night. So he's got it good compared to Corey Taylor!
So I don't know where he thinks he's got it worse than Corey. He's wrong to the highest degree!
Also, for the record, to settle this little debate...
SLIPKNOT IS WAAAYYYY BETTER THAN GWAR!!!!
Gwar is one of the greatest bands I've ever heard & seen but... NO ONE holds a candle to SLIPKNOT!!! NO ONE!!!
SLIPKNOT RULES!!!
Keep It Hard & Rock On!
First of all, mr dotson, you sir are a disgrace.
Think of it this way. Gwar has had the same three people in charge, pretty much. Balsac, Oderus, and Jizmak. Everyone else has changed and Gwar's sound hasn't really changed. They're still heavy as hell, and you still know one of gwar's surfmetal riffs when you hear it. Being based where I am I've had the luck of speaking with Gwar on a few occasions. A few friends from the nw ohio area are now IN gwar. Flattus (Cory Smoot) Beefcake (Todd Evans) and one of the new slaves (Nate Krishna) look em up. Is anyone aware that Gwar USED to be Death Piggy before changing to Gwar for a ART SCHOOL PROJECT. I'm willing to bet that's not too well known. It wasn't only the costumes. It was the charcters, the back story, the concept albums. True, Gwar has strayed from a few of these elements as of late, but what are you gonna do? Gwar's played on a few cramped tours like this and there really isn't a way to incorporate the whole story into a forty-five minute set. Gwar used to play for two and a half hours and never miss a beat. Even with all that shxt on. And yes, the costumes are MUCH heavier than a jumpsuit and a halloween mask.
Dave Brockie told me the last time I saw them live that one of his favorite things about Gwar is, if you think about it, they'll never really die. There will always be hardcore fans DYING to fill their costumes. They may be on their damn-near 20th year, but they could just be getting started.
I understand why slipknot wears what they wear. Corey said in an interview that it was to show on the outside how the music makes them feel on the inside. And that's pretty f***in' deep. I adore both bands, but slipknot's on their third major release, and gwar's just released their tenth. They've seen a lot and been around tons more. And for that alone, they deserve a little bit more respect.
And another glaring difference is that GWAR has never RAPPED on a song. End of argument.
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I actually did know that about the art school thing. Also anyone who has ever read an interview with Brockie knows he jokes the whole time because he's hilarious. I doubt he was anyway really dissing Corey Taylor so you can all calm down.
GWAR has never rapped on a song? Yeah that's not quite true - Slaughterama was a rap song they did. Like their jazz rip off song 'Have you seen me?'
ok i stopped reading by comment 48, and all i got to say is.................RedrumSyndrum AND metal 2 death AND whitepony ARE f***ING IDIOTS!!!!!!!!! I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANY f***IN GWAR MUSIC IN MY LIFE, BUT ONE I KNOW IS THAT LORDI IS f***ING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IF U SAY THAT LORDI SUCKS, THEN U HAVE THE sh**TEST TASTE IN f***IN MUSIC, WHICH MOST LIKELY MEANS THAT GWAR SUCKS............. and zero 54 if it takes a band to piss on ur face for u to like them, then i would hate to know who ur favorite band is cause they probaly jack off on u and the sad part about it...........is that thats more f***in werid than that guy i love incest.
o and guys......who gives a f*** about costumes?
To answer Zach's question in post 63, Lordi are the ones who apparently give a f*** about costumes. That's why they come out to every show dressed up like faggoty monsters like they're at a retard convention.
And I'm not even kidding about that. If you lined up any member of Lordi in a line with five other guys and said to me, "find the retard", I'd have to pick the dumbass in the monster costume.
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gwar sucks mole covered sweaty and hairy liver spotted vein popping grandpa asses, sorry i hate that stuff (including glam metal), but cynic is right, i've seen interviews with him, he is never serious in one interview and im sure wasnt insulting anyone, but just talking about how great his band was in a joking way. Just watch the one on metal sanaz's myspace, but i dont suggest watching any others, she has bad interviews, they all say f*** way to much, sucking the meaning right out of the word. They say it like valley girls say like.
You guys can all suck a donkey wang - GWAR rules, their music is way better than SLIPKNOT - I've never seen a show live I appreciate them musically. If Oderus says he wears a 50 pound suit I believe him. If Oderus says he uses a dead dog as a sex object then I'm inclined to think he's kidding becuase he's just a big stoner.
Her we go again! Gwar vs. Slipknot:ding*ding* 4th round: hahahahaha I don't know Gwars music but I've seen them in their costumes and they are like: in underwear with some chaps and some football-gear, and Slipknot in coveralls! All these mask/costume bands are only complainin' about their suits and that their shows are very hard! So why don't you just take that sh** off or stop b****in'
Damn why can't Corey just shut the f*** up? He always has to talk sh**, i really hated him for being a whining and sh** talking b****! but after years of hate and anger for him, I've finally found my peace with him! BUT NOW THIS sh** AGAIN!
Hope Corey got beaten in school when he was a kid! If he's running around and just attack people without any reasons or just starting fake rumours about other people, he just runs people down! Well I always beat the sh** outta people for rumors or sh**talkin' and they never dared to say somethin against me ever again! We should do it like in the medevil or arabia, if you steal you will lose your hand and if you lie/spreading rumors and sh**talkin you will lose your tongue! LET'S JUST CHOP HIS TONGUE OFF! AND AFTER THAT GWAR AND EVERYBODY WHO WANT CAN BEAT HIM TO DEATH!!!! YAHEW!!!!!
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slipknot sucks!!!
get a life guys, and a new career