One of the greatest minds in music passed away yesterday at the tragically early age of 50. You’ve probably never heard of David Brockie, but I bet you have at least seen a few images or video clips of him on stage as Oderus Urungus, the well-endowed Scumdogian leader of GWAR. Beyond masterminding the band’s famous in-your-face stage antics, Brockie managed to infuse America’s most politically incorrect band with some incredibly clever lyrics and a sardonic whit that seemed to criticize the real atrocities in this world even while pretending to glorify them.
Here is a look at the more human side of the late, great David Brockie. You will always be my favorite live musician, and you’ve taken us beyond hell! I hope you can rest more peacefully now.
Through the Shattered Lens 
I was very saddened to hear that he passed away while I waited for my flight to leave Boston.
Do you think GWAR will continue on as a band or just break up?
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If I had to guess I would say the band will break up. It was Brockie’s brainchild from the beginning, and guitarist Cory Smoot just died from a blood clot two years ago too. I mean, I hope the band carries on. Writing Oderus’s death into GWAR lore would be a fitting tribute, but that’s a lot to ask for from Mike Derks and Brad Roberts, and I have no idea how actively involved in the actual song and stage writing they’ve been. The current incarnations of Beefcake and Maximus are too new to legitimately keep it going without Derks’ and Roberts’ support, and they’ve both got a lot to chew on, losing band members they’ve played with for 10 and 25 years in a row like that.
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RIP Dave Brockie \m/
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