OFF: Truth (oh no) and Shock Rock

[Paul Mather]

On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Guido Vacano wrote:

> > Each and every parent needs to be on guard against this assulat on our
> > children.  My kids don't listen to Manson or Gwar becuase THEY have no
> > desire to.  They saw footage of GWAR and thought they were clowns.
>
> They ARE clowns! I don't know much about GWAR, but I get the impression
> that they are just doing a "comic book" thing, and that they don't take
> themselves seriously. It's a theater of the absurd.

Tsk, tsk.  You living in Richmond all that time and you don't know much
about its musical claim to fame... ;-)

(A guy in our lab is a self-confessed Gwar fan; I have this information
on good authority.)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.cs.vt.edu

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