All Hail Vulvatron, GWAR’s Unlikely New Vocalist (nsfw)

[Katashi_itto]

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 Urungus,” 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. The show must go on, after all. The lineup has been in near-constant flux ever since a ragtag bunch of punks and art students christened themselves Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh (later shortened) and released debut album Hell-O in 1988. Dubbed the Slave Pit, a rotating cast of lurid characters has come and gone over the past two decades, but never without Brockie.

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). For the first time since the departure of dancer and backing singer Slymenstra Hymen (Danielle Stampe) in 2000, GWAR has a female member, and she’s the frontwoman.
http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/vulvatron-gwar-new-frontwoman-metal/

[Feral Child]

1. Scary chick!

Impressive.