Whenever you consider an NPR fan, what do you think about? A glasses and beret carrying, latte guzzling, bleeding-heart neo-liberal with a penchant for pronouns, proper? Precisely. So the truth that GWAR not solely confirmed up at NPR’s places of work, however managed to carry out as a part of the media outlet’s “Tiny Desk Live performance” sequence was form of a shock. I imply, this is identical band that decapitates individuals on stage to cowl their followers in faux blood and sings songs about fucking animals and shit. How did they invade the land of “All Issues Thought of,” Nina Totenberg, and “nationwide treasure” Terry Gross.

However carry out for NPR they did. As you’ll be able to take a look at from the video beneath, they squeezed their bloated varieties behind the tiny, tiny desk, they cracked jokes and carried out 4 raunchy rock tunes to get the gang going. Even the particular person writing the YouTube video’s description acquired in on it.

“Because the band of intergalactic monsters strapped guitars to their battle-worn our bodies, thunder and rain pounded the NPR constructing exterior. As if the late Oderus Urungus was pissing his blessing from Valhalla, the prophecy had lastly been fulfilled: GWAR got here to destroy the Tiny Desk as soon as and for all.

“On Feb. 15, 2020, a parody information website ran the headline: “GWAR asks NPR’s Tiny Desk Employees if They’re Able to Get Their A* Ripped Open.” My textual content messages all of the sudden blew up. Is that this actual? No, it’s actually faux. Can this be actual? Little did they know I’d already been speaking to one of many group’s underlings since 2019 to convey the Scumdogs of the Universe to the workplace of seltzer and sensibility.

“For almost 4 many years, GWAR has terrorized planet Earth with its gratuitously blood-soaked stage reveals and grotesque satire. The interplanetary warriors have made comedian books, beer, BBQ sauce and, um, grownup toys. However, most significantly, GWAR has written a number of the raunchiest, silliest and hookiest heavy steel songs, 4 of which have been carried out on the Tiny Desk to a giddy viewers. No heads have been decapitated, however Blöthar the Berserker and Pustulus Maximus did invade All Issues Thought of afterward to half from NPR with these immortal phrases: “CDeez nutz.”

Feels like we acquired ourselves a fan (or Bohab) within the halls of NPR…

As they’re wont to do, the band referred to as themselves “low forehead” however sought to vary that by boosting their “cultural profile” by bringing out the animated corpse of conductor “Wilhelm Fartwrangler.” It was a dude in a dressing up that solely served to be choked to dying throughout the first music. In fact.

However yeah. I by no means thought today might come. Test it out beneath.