# Dave Brockie, AKA Oderus Urungus of GWAR, found dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436 "2014-03-24T13:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/1 "2014-03-24T13:43:11Z")
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gwar-frontman-brockie-found-dead-in-virginia-home/2014/03/24/2d20bc92-b357-11e3-bab2-b9602293021d\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gwar-frontman-brockie-found-dead-in-virginia-home/2014/03/24/2d20bc92-b357-11e3-bab2-b9602293021d_story.html) > [@](#): > > Dave Brockie, frontman for the heavy metal band GWAR, has been found dead in his Richmond, Va., home at age 50. > > Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh says officers were called to home shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday for a report of a dead person. When officers arrived, Brockie — who went by the stage name Oderus Urungus — was found dead inside the home. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/2 "2014-03-24T14:13:32Z")
☹ Get the crapapult. He would have wanted it that way. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/3 "2014-03-24T15:48:12Z")
Funeral to be held at GWAR’s Antarctic stronghold, presumably. > **[GWAR frontman Brockie found dead in Virginia home](https://news.yahoo.com/gwar-frontman-brockie-found-dead-virginia-home-132024614.html)** > > RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dave Brockie, who as "Oderus Urungus" fronted the alien-costumed heavy metal band GWAR during graphic and fake-blood-soaked stage shows for more than three decades, has died. He was 50. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/4 "2014-03-24T16:55:38Z")
Have Beavis & Butthead been notified yet? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/5 "2014-03-24T18:09:04Z")
I thought that despite the gimmicky nature of his projects, Brockie had a great heavy metal (or whatever) voice. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/6 "2014-03-24T18:16:19Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I thought that despite the gimmicky nature of his projects, Brockie had a great heavy metal (or whatever) voice. Agreed. It really didn’t matter how many drummers they went through after the original Nippleus Erectus left, GWAR without Brockie will be like Black Sabbath without Ozzie. (Saw them like 30 times or more - Death Piggy, GWAR, X-cops. Always enjoyed the shows - even when just about everything went wrong) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/7 "2014-03-24T19:37:58Z")
Ddamn this sucks. I met GWAR a couple times, even partied with them once at a con in Atlanta. Dave was a very cool guy with a compelling take on the world he lived in; he will be missed. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/8 "2014-03-24T21:57:34Z")
Damnit, Damnit, Damnit, They were supposed to be touring shortly, I just made friends with one of their crew guys when we played Richmond Saturday. Damn **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/9 "2014-03-24T22:00:00Z")
I opened for GWAR back a long, long time ago. They came with a Texas death metal band and it was probably 1988. The show was a bit odd, there wasn’t much room for our equipment and we didn’t know jack about GWAR before the show. The band and crew were nice though it was a bit odd backstage. Lots of costumed people running around, not much room. We watched the show from the audience and it was a blast. I never really listened to them but the show was truly fun. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/10 "2014-03-24T23:51:42Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > I never really listened to them but the show was truly fun. That was the beauty of GWAR; their music was generally mediocre but their lives shows were FUCKING AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/11 "2014-03-25T01:29:59Z")
Any news on a cause of death? He’s the second GWAR member to die in the lats couple years, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/12 "2014-03-25T01:51:32Z")
[GWAR covers Kansas](http://www.avclub.com/video/gwar-covers-kansas-70708) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/13 "2014-03-25T02:26:53Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > [GWAR covers Kansas](http://www.avclub.com/video/gwar-covers-kansas-70708) Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/14 "2014-03-26T11:25:29Z")
So I guess now he’s Odorous Urungus. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brockie-aka-oderus-urungus-of-gwar-found-dead/684436/15 "2014-03-26T14:09:56Z")
I think he manipulated the space/time/jizzmoglobin continuum just so he could torture Fred Phelps for all eternity.