The GWAR-B-Q was fucking awesome last weekend. Got proper drunk and high out in the field whilst Cannabis Corpse played so missed that. Had drove down with three friends to Richmond, one dude was into metal like me, but the other two were familiar but not fans by any means.
Walked in to see Corrosion of Conformity tear it up. They played Mad World, Vote with a Bullet and another track from Blind. Thoroughly enjoyed that. They were just having quite a bit of fun up on stage.
Next was Battlecross on the second stage, which was a tiny ass picnic pavilion that bands played under. Dudes were young and were a fucking blast. Awesome pit, great tunes and ended with a cover of Fucking Hostile. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
MuniWaste played next at the main stage. Their tunes generally sucked, but the energy was awesome and there was a huge pit. For Iron Reagan having some awesome songs, I'm unsure how Waste can suck so bad.
Then Pig Destroyer played. I left Waste a few minutes early to get in the middle of the crowd at the second stage. Under the fucking picnic pavilion. The stage was basically two steps up of boards. People lined up respectfully in front of it till the music played. Then the frenzy erupted.
Here is me at the front of the melee, holding my own against people shoving from behind:
Here is a video of me tumbling over the crowd in the khaki shorts:
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They played a lot of tracks from Book Burner, definitely Bug and Diplomat. But they closed with Hyperviolet and Cheerleader Corpses. Twas sick. People convinced them to do an encore. The entire stage was packed with people. At one point, Hull told me to make sure nobody bumped him. He gave me a thanks and a handshake after the set and said my ANb shirt was awesome.
Finally, GWAR played. I was pretty fucking broken from the previous set, but headed up to the front anyways. It was squeezed tight. Blood started spewing out when they brought a creepy priest guy out on stage. They put an axe in his head, then bent him over and shoved his cross up his ass. After a few songs, I was over the fucking crowd shoving and I got my share of green jizz and red red kroovy so I crowdsurfed over the barrier to get out. They brought a crucified Jesus out and finished putting the nails in his hands and ankles. Then chopped off his limbs, hacked off his torso and cut his face off, leaving this mass of muscle screaming in between songs as I look over and see a father lifting his five year old daughter on to his shoulders. They brought some babies out and raped them. They brought out some old band members, one dude with a buzzsaw. Their set ended with an encore in which they brought out Obama and decapitated him after some racist banter.
