GWAR announces new female lead singer - Vulvatron

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...and she's pretty awesome. Mildly NSFW covered up prosthetic breasts at the link.

Article on Wondering Sound

The public face of GWAR — the all-singing, all-decapitating, blood-and-guts-drenched thrash metal horror circus of Richmond, Virginia — was always founding member Dave Brockie. He took the stage in the impossibly foul guise of ringleader “Oderus Ungus,” of course, but sans makeup, he was a much-loved fixture of the Richmond scene, and when he passed away from an accidental heroin overdose at the age of 50 earlier this year, a dark cloud seemed to pass over the metal community.

After a few months, GWAR began making moves to carry on without Brockie, a move he undoubtedly would have appreciated.

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Now, the band was left with a seemingly impossible task: finding a new front-person. How could anyone ever replace the outrageous, magnetic Dave Brockie? They couldn’t, and the GWAR crew knew better than to try, so they came up with something entirely different, and entirely unexpected. The band that has spent 30 years shocking the conscience of middle America might have made their most shocking move of all.

Meet Vulvatron, a spiky purple Amazon whose massive (prosthetic) breasts occasionally shoot geysers of blood out onto her hapless audience. Vulvatron is not dancing, or breathing fire, or keeping the slaves in line (though one assumes she’ll be adept at all three).

Thoughts? Can anyone replace Dave Brockie? Is this a good turn for GWAR or should they just hang up the spiky shoulderpads and turn it in?
 
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Oh my god, I thought she look familiar in the picture; I used to follow her on live journal in the early 2000s and I later came across her OkCupid account a few years ago! What a weird small world moment.

Edit: to give a little more context, I wasn't following her music (I didn't even know that she was a performer), it was just a random internet crush.

Edit 2: I just checked and her OkCupid profile is still online, lol.
 
Thoughts? Can anyone replace Dave Brockie?
No. He was their main writer. Even if she is a good writer, it's not like it would be the same.


Is this a good turn for GWAR or should they just hang up the spiky shoulderpads and turn it in?
I guess that depends on their intent. Are they planning on new music? If so, remains to be seen. If they are planning on touring their catalog ... could be okay assuming she sounds good and has stage presence.
 
This is great.


I regret never going to a GWAR show, despite living just outside of Richmond and going to the city pretty regularly.

edit: I swear I've seen that girl on the downtown mall.
 
I was just thinking about GWAR the other day. I wondered if they'd try and get a new vocalist.

Vulvatron is an awesome name.
 
This reminds me of Dave Brockie's death and now I am sad. I've never really been a big Gwar fan, but I love the series Holliston and we will almost assuredly never get new episodes.
 
haha, well played GWAR.

I never really enjoyed their albums, but their shows are ridiculous fun. She looks like the perfect new leader.
 
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