GWAR announce Dave Brockie arts foundation

Saturday, April 12, 2014 

Music

Related articles

• Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies, aged 84
• Wikinews attends Animeleague's summer 2023 Birmingham, UK Anime & Gaming Con
• Belgian broadcaster reveal nation's Eurovision 2024 entrant
• Loreen wins Eurovision for Sweden for second time
• 'Rock and roll never dies': Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years

Collaborate!

• Pillars of Wikinews writing
• Writing an article

The surviving members of satirical metal band GWAR yesterday announced a charitable arts foundation in the name of Dave Brockie. Brockie, 50, died last month.

Founding frontman and singer Brockie spent 30 years leading "Earth's only openly extra-terrestrial rock band", which actually hailed from Richmond, Virginia. Their obscene lyrics and theatrical live shows brought fame to Brockie, who went by stage name Oderus Urungus, and the fellow Virginia Commonwealth University art students that made up the band.

GWAR unveiled the foundation in a video statement yesterday. Amongst the stated aims are providing support to artists who cannot acquire funds via traditional routes and "the advancement of music, images, letters and performances in the arts". The foundation is also to preserve Brockie's body of work and promote his legacy.

"We would like to thank fans and friends for their outpouring of love", the band said.

A public memorial for Brockie is scheduled for August 15, and the annual GWAR-B-Q is to go ahead the next day. Drawing a line between the stage persona and the man who played it, the band add "Just face it — Oderus would order you to be present and pay tribute to Dave Murray Brockie, his own personal slave!"

Donations can be made at the GWAR-B-Q and via GWAR's website. The rubber-costumed band remains to publicly decide if they will continue to perform and record. They say the foundation's first task will be to fund and erect a monument "to provide the world with a place to pay respects to the memory of a very cherished man".

• "GWAR frontman Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus dies at age 50" — Wikinews, March 25, 2014

• Sean Michaels. "Gwar launch David Brockie Foundation dedicated to late frontman" — The Guardian, April 11, 2014
• Martin Kielty. "GWAR launch Brockie foundation" — Metal Hammer, April 11, 2014
  

Share this:

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable. Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication. Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections. Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable. Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication. Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections. Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.