GWAR: Tiny Desk Concert

Lars Gotrich, July 17, 2023 As the band of intergalactic monsters strapped guitars to their battleworn bodies, thunder and rain pounded the NPR building outside. As if the late Oderus Urungus was pissing his blessing from Valhalla, the prophecy had finally been fulfilled: GWAR came to destroy the Tiny Desk once and for all. On Feb. 15, 2020, a parody news site ran the headline: GWAR asks NPR s Tiny Desk Staff if They re Ready to Get Their A Ripped My text messages suddenly blew up. Is this real No, it s literally fake. Can this be real Little did they know I d already been talking to one of the group s underlings since 2019 to bring the Scumdogs of the Universe to the office of seltzer and sensibility. For nearly four decades, GWAR has terrorized planet Earth with its gratuitously bloodsoaked stage shows and grotesque satire. The interplanetary warriors have made comic books, beer, BBQ sauce and, um, adult toys. But, most importantly, GWAR has