R.I.P. Oderus

[sabotabby]

The above image is the only rational explanation for the otherwise premature death of Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus. I'm sure another cause of death will emerge, but this is the correct one. And also sums up why the world is a lesser place in his absence.

Here are some videos to remember him by.

Back when it was metal causing juvenile delinquency and not gangsta rap and Tipper Gore wanted to put warning labels on everything fun, here is GWAR on Joan Rivers talking about censorship.

GWAR covering "Carry On My Wayward Son."

Oderus reading "Goodnight Moon." NSFW.

ETA: jvmatucha has an awesome GWAR story plus more videos, so hop on over there too.

Comments

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

It is a day of mourning at the Overlook.

[sabotabby]

I'm genuinely upset, and the only thing that is getting me through it is how many other people on the internet are genuinely upset.

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

I re-posted your entry over at my journal.

I really want to believe that first image is somehow true.

[sabotabby]

It is. Search your heart.

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

Here's my Gwar story, in which I explain how I got to be the luckiest clubberin the world!

http://jvmatucha.livejournal.com/564102.html

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

This is a splendid and well earned eulogy, which I am hugging to my heart.

[sabotabby]

:')

[misslynx.livejournal.com]

I never really got into them - I had the general impression they were misogynistic dickbags. But I just watched that Joan Rivers clip above, and OMG. Apparently I was missing out on a lot of hilarity, and will have to explore this further. I just wish I'd realized that earlier... :(

[sabotabby]

My initial impression was misogynistic dickbags, but they were parodying that. They were actually completely hilarious.

Also how can you not love a guy who names his strap-on the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu?

[metalana.livejournal.com]

how come I never paid attention to GWAR way back when? This stuff was pretty hilarious in a teenage kind of way.

[sabotabby]

My first impression was "this is puerile bullshit" when I first heard them, and then when I hit high school, a friend who was really into them was like, "no, you need to actually check them out" and I was sold.

[seaya.livejournal.com]

My friend M. Is the girl in the video for "Have You Seen Me?"

She lived in Richmond for decades & was close w/Dave.

She's pretty devastated.

[sabotabby]

My condolences to her.