The universe trembles as Empire Records' Ethan Embry seeks revenge against GWAR
Back in 1995, a year when the space-faring, metal-loving aliens of GWAR were at the height of their powers, the band made a cameo appearance in Empire Records. A TV plays the video for “Saddam A Go-Go” as Ethan Embry’s character Mark eats a pot brownie. Transfixed, as we all are, by GWAR, Mark imagines himself being invited to play guitar with the band before the fantasy turns sour and, growls and screams mixing with Daniel Johnston’s “Rock & Roll/EGA,” Mark watches himself get eaten alive by the band’s toothy, forever-hungry World Maggot.
Now, after decades of quiet planning, Embry has publicly announced that he wants revenge for GWAR’s sneak attack. After discovering that the band will assemble for this fall’s Riot Fest, he told the world to expect, at long last, payback for Mark and, by extension, all the poor humans devoured by the World Maggot in the past.