The Untold Truth Of Gwar

GWAR's outrageous shows have gotten them a hardcore fanbase, but occasionally they also get themselves into trouble. As stated by Louder, the band sometimes has to deal with local press claiming the violence they depict onstage is real, and in the United Kingdom, government officials threatened to take away the licenses of any club that

GWAR's outrageous shows have gotten them a hardcore fanbase, but occasionally they also get themselves into trouble. As stated by Louder, the band sometimes has to deal with local press claiming the violence they depict onstage is real, and in the United Kingdom, government officials threatened to take away the licenses of any club that allowed GWAR to perform. Once, Oderus Ungerus was actually taken out of a gig in handcuffs.

On one infamous occasion, Dave Brockie (Oderus Ungerus) was actually arrested because of GWAR's live show. As described by Michael Plumides, owner of the 4808 club in Charlotte, North Carolina, where GWAR was performing their fateful show in 1990, Oderus had pretended to sodomize another band member dressed as a Catholic priest with a crucifix. After the show, the local police arrived, with numerous patrol cars and a helicopter, to arrest him for obscenity.

Hilariously, the officers also decided to take Oderus' prosthetic genitalia, The Cuttlefish of Cthulhu. Because the prop was drenched in fake blood, the police took it away in a mop bucket. Reportedly, the detective in charge ordered his officers to "confiscate that fish, or penis, or whatever the hell it is."

Brockie and Plumides were taken out of the club in handcuffs and briefly taken to jail. GWAR was banned from the entire state of North Carolina for a year, Plumides noted.

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