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GWAR

Over 25 years of costumed theatrics, fake bodily fluids, and elaborate sci-fi-themed metal is nothing to sneeze at—unless, of course, you’re GWAR, in which case you’ve likely got a line of super-fans in the front row hoping to be covered in viscous layers of snot and sputum. Like a drama-club fantasy gone unchecked, GWAR celebrated a quarter century of revelry in the geeky and macabre in 2009 with the release of its 11th studio album, Lust In Space. Appropriately enough, the anniversary album debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Top 200 chart—the highest GWAR has ever charted. Sadly, guitarist Cory Smoot, who portrayed Flattus Maximus for the last nine years, was found dead on the tour bus earlier this month. The band hasn’t cleared plans for the rest of its North American tour, but as of deadline the tour is going on as scheduled—something their oldest member, as well as its many snot-covered fans, would surely want.

Updated 11/15/2011