** Interview
conducted by Mike of Adrenalin Fanzine - April 2006 **
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** Interview
conducted by Mike of Adrenalin Fanzine - April 2006 ** |
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ADRENALIN: All GWAR fans know about your album, "America Must Be Destroyed". I recently saw on eBay that there is supposedly a rare album called "Germany Must Be Destroyed". What does this album consist of? Is it a live album? ODERUS: I guess. It's a bootleg from a Europe tour some time ago. It's pretty cool and features a shot of me with my ass hanging out. Oh wait, that's all the time. ADRENALIN: What other countries should be destroyed? ODERUS: All of them! Turn the world into one big free-crack communion, unfettered by local law! And GWAR shall preside over all, pissing! ADRENALIN: With all the GWAR merchandise that is out there right now, your home must be filled with tons of crazy stuff. What is your favorite GWAR item that was ever made? ODERUS: Actually, none. I don't collect GWAR merchandise, that's for the fans. Besides if I did my castle would be fucking full of it, and then I wouldn't have anywhere to put my collection of Mongolian Fire Hydrants. ADRENALIN: Have you ever worn the GWAR belt-buckle? ODERUS: No, but I've beat down more than a bevy of bitches with it. ADRENALIN: I used to
have a t-shirt that had the GWAR skull logo on the front and on the
back it had a few illustrations that said, "One more |
time...This is GWAR…this is you…..this is you on GWAR". Now a t-shirt is available with an identical front but the back is blank. Any idea why that got changed? ODERUS: Who fucking knows! If you don't approve, don't buy it! ADRENALIN: OK, enough about merchandising…..why is the word "GWAR" so much fun to pronounce? ODERUS: Because you automatically shit your pants. Or somebodies pants....anybodies pants... ADRENALIN: I know you are probably tired of being asked about the meaning of the band name. So, what doesn't GWAR stand for? ODERUS: Peace, love, understanding, parking meters, tofu, hippies, anything to do with hippies, whiny-ass emo bands, expensive narcotics. ADRENALIN: I was pumped to see the announcement for GWAR's 20th Anniversary tour (with supporting acts Devil Driver, A Dozen Furies, and Mensrea). I checked out the show in Milwaukee. It was insane as usual. How did the tour go for you? Any more tours in the works? ODERUS: Hell yeah! I got five suck jobs that night. We're getting ready to release our new album in Sep. so we have a full year of touring planned, starting with the Sounds of the Underground tour this summer, and then a big headline tour this fall, because it's our 20th anniversary for a whole year. Much maiming to be done, hurumph! |