GWAR Guitarist since 2002 and 5th enhabitor of the character Flattus Maximus, Cory Smoot mysteriously passed away recently 2 weeks into a 6week US/Canada tour.
GWAR has decided to continue with their tour, as what I understand to be as much about their own mourning as well as respect for Smoot.
Speaking of 'out of respect for' the Flattus Maximus character will be retired, in GWAR lore he returned to his home planet, "Planet Home" 'and will never return to this mudball planet again. And this is a sadder place for that.' (http://www.gwar.net/)
The band and as much of the live show as they could bring (props etc but not Gor-gor their pet dinosaur) were in Auckland last December for the No Sleep Til fest, with Megadeth and 3 Inches of Blood, and as apart of the lead up I got to interview front man Oderus Urungus.
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| RIP Cory Smoot/ Flattius Maximus |
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