Gwar's Oderus Urungus Gets 'Cool Gig' on FOX News
Posted on Jul 9th 2009 11:00AM by Linda Laban
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Fox News' 'Red Eye' recently gained a new correspondent on their show. An Interplanetary Correspondent, no less, in the guise of Oderus Urungus, frontman for shlock metalheads Gwar. "It's really weird, all of a sudden Oderus has been showing up in all these weird places," Dave Brockie, the man behind the rubber-suited Oderus Urungus, tells Noisecreep. "We're developing him as a TV personality in his own right."
This week Brockie traveled to Las Vegas to do an onsite report from the World Series of Poker tournament for the news-spoofing 'Red Eye.' Who better to comment on news items and events than a blood-lusting, sexually perverted, extra terrestrial with one hell of a bad attitude?
"People expect him to say outrageous things and act like a maniac. But, really, what gets people is when he's reasonable, articulate, and intelligent, and you actually agree with what he's saying. But, then, in a blink of an eye he turns back into a slobbering maniac."
Mmmm, reasonable? We must have missed that part. During his first two appearances, Oderus badmouthed illegal downloading, Spaceport America, and NASA bombing the moon, keeping it slightly cleaner for broadcast than he might otherwise do.
"That's the great thing about being Oderus. It's like the 800-pound gorilla. Where does the 800-pound gorilla weigh in on Michael Jackson's death?" asks Brockie. "Anywhere he wants to!"
Gwar, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, releases its eleventh album, 'Lust In Space,' August 18. What do his fellow intergalactic scumdogs in Gwar think of Oderus grabbing the spotlight?
"That's what a lead singer is supposed to do. It's ridiculous if your lead singer is a mousey type, who doesn't get any cool gigs. I would fire that lead singer immediately," he snaps.
"I'm one of the biggest, loud-mouthed people you'd ever wish to meet," admits Brockie – oh, there's that reasonable thing. "The band would get mad if I wasn't doing stuff like this."
Filed under: Interview, Metal Minutia
Comments
Geriat 7.11.2009 2:43PM
I saw Oderous on Redeye this week, I was cracking up and I don't even know who GWAR is! I just had insomnia and put on FOX insted of infomercials!
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Allieat 7.11.2009 2:48PM
Red Eye is on so late in the am that no one ever catches it. I haven't seen it in some time!
irenaiosbso2002at 7.11.2009 3:17PM
actually, something like Fox itself: grotesque, subhuman, bombastic -- oh, and stupid!
Angeloat 7.11.2009 8:21PM
irenaiosbso2002
at 7.11.2009 3:17PM actually, something like Fox itself: grotesque, subhuman, bombastic -- oh, and stupid!
Hey dorenaisalesbo (or whatever your stupid name is),
Spoken like a true liberal, assbag. If you ever dated any member of GWAR that would be a huge step upward for your sorry ass. If anyone should know anything about being stupid it's you, bitch!!!
irenaiosbso2002at 7.11.2009 11:49PM
Hey, Angelo: thanks for proving my point!
rocksoliddlmat 7.12.2009 6:16PM
totally agree - this channel is horrible and red eye is so lame - that "heavy" (best efforts at being polite) and his band of weird ones can ruin any morning. they are little children who pretend to know things - surpised they can find the building...
jmcbond43at 7.12.2009 6:36PM
Spot on!!! One wonders if he could possibly tell as many half-truths or bold lies as O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck and so on? (Now Fox seems so desperate they are countenancing treasonous attacks on America. Beck is the one who just couldn't possibly deny Michael Scheuer's dismaying, horrifying and clearly dimwitted statement that America's only chance is to be attacked again by bin Laden with a nuclear device. How could anyone be so irresponsible? Well, as we have seen, the ones who protest the most --Limbaugh, Craig, Gingrich, Sanford, Ensign & Co.--are the most guilty of moral failings. And it is Faux News, after all. Too bad they don't know enough to present a real conservative agenda and practice responsible journalism. )
Mitser Happat 7.12.2009 9:58PM
Twits. You wouldn't know common sense (Fox News) if it fell out of the sky, sat on your face, wiggled, and farted.
irenaiosbso2002at 7.11.2009 3:23PM
Something like Fox itself: grotesque, subhuman -- and, what? Oh yes, stupid
cmc46ctat 7.12.2009 8:48PM
Irena I hope you and your family get run over by a fucking bus tommorrow. Talk about grotesque, I'll bet your vagina looks like a stillborn sasquatch fetus.
TERRYat 7.11.2009 4:20PM
Redeye is definitely one of the funnier shows out there. If it ever gets an earlier time slot it would surely broaden its audience beyond the insomniacs and night shifters.
redclaysreturnat 7.11.2009 8:08PM
What a refreshing change from the emo "victimocracy" music emanating from CNN and MSOBAMA.
Gregginsarasotaat 7.11.2009 9:04PM
I've never heard of Gwar!!! I must be living
under a rock!!!!!
Carl A. Johnsonat 7.11.2009 10:22PM
He's perfect for Fox News. All you ever hear on that channel is how there's Communists hiding behind every rock in your backyard and every Democrat in the world is directly related to Osama Bin Laden. He's a perfect fit for those reactionary kooks on Fox News.
mainlymodernistat 7.11.2009 10:24PM
Another brain-dead conservative on the staff of a bunch of losers. Sean Hannity should have stuck to being a bar tender. What a sad and pathetic crew of entertainers on FOX! This is not news;it's garbage.
Mr. Rackleffat 7.11.2009 11:57PM
Another conservative? Have you even seen GWAR? Or RedEye? My guess is no. Calling that show or GWAR conservative proves that YOU are the brain dead one. Most likely you saw the words Fox News and your MSNBS programing took over. Give it a rest and go back to watching olbermann, or ill save you an hour and sum up every show he has ever done. "HURUMPH , FOX NEWS IS BAD... HOW DARE YOU... CORNELL..WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!'' There you go.
SUSICYQat 7.12.2009 10:00PM
do you like those bar tender do they tast as good as chicken tenders...