Musical Perversions: GWAR – “Sexecutioner”
Today, thanks to my ITunes being set to random, we begin yet another feature at CSM, “Musical Perversions.” I honestly don’t know if there will be any follow-up “musical perversions,” but there could be so it seemed worth creating a new tag.
Most people have at the least heard of GWAR. The theatrical thrash group has a reputation for raunchy and disturbing stage shows skewering politics, religion, sexual taboos, and so much more. They have outrageous costumes and claim to be from outer space and have come to Earth to reign terror upon the populace.
My first exposure to GWAR came in fifth grade when someone dubbed me a copy of Scumdogs of the Universe. I don’t remember who and I have no idea what happened to the tape, but do remember it was very naughty. Case in point, this song that just randomly played in my ITunes and inspired this post: “Sexicutioner.” A quick scan of the thousands of songs in my music library reveal this to be the only GWAR track in my hard drive and I have no clue how it got there. The Sexicutioner, wikipedia tells me, is a side member of GWAR and “was summoned in an ancient ritual by Oderus, and was raised from infancy to become Scumdog material.” Of course, the song says he comes from France and “when you are in France, you pull down your pants.” Yep. e also has a predilection for adding the letter “s” to any word that starts with “ex”, such as “sexcuse me.”
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