Hell-O

by GWAR

Overview

While Gwar is really more of a sight gag, its music has always held up its end of the band's bit, riffing on heavy metal cliches while using those same elements to create serviceable headbanging music. Musically, the papier-mache pranksters' 1988 debut falls somewhere between Black Sabbath and Anthrax; lyrically, it's like Ween trapped inside the brain of a 14-year-old kid. Fart jokes, snickering song titles (the winner: "I'm In Love (With a Dead Dog)"), plenty of bizarre and/or gory references to sexual perversion, and references to anal caves -- it's all in a day's work for Gwar. Standouts include "Americanized," which adds a bit of Crass-style street punk into the band's sound, the joke-establishing "Gwar Theme" ("We are Gwar/We'll go far/We've got guitars/We'll eat your car") and "Techno's Song," which introduces Techno Destructo, a Gwar-hating alien who lives "way past Uranus." The death ray sound effect cutting through "World O Filth"'s hardcore thrash is also spectacular. ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2024
Label:	Pit Records
UPC:	0853288003245

Album Credits

Performance Credits

A   Primary Artist
GWAR   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Adam Green   Production Assistant
Kramer   Producer
GWAR   Composer,Production Assistant