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Black Friday (Gwar single album)

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"Black Friday"

SinglebyGwar

Released

November 25, 2016

Recorded

2013, 2014

Genre

Thrash metal, punk rock

Length

10:14

Label

Metal Blade

Gwar singles chronology

"Isn't This Disgusting?"
(2011)

"Black Friday"
(2016)

Black Friday is a single by thrash metal band Gwar, that was issued on picture disc for Record Store Day Black Friday 2016.^[1] It is the first studio material released by the band since founding member and lead singer Dave Brockie died of a heroin overdose on March 23, 2014.^[2]

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Side A (dubbed "Side Oderus") contains the band's final studio recording with Brockie, and side B (dubbed "Side Blothar") contains the band's first studio recording with new lead singer Michael Bishop as his new character Blothar the Berserker. Side B features the only appearance of the character Vulvatron Destructo, portrayed by singer and seamstress Kim Dylla, due to her dismissal from the band in early 2015.^[3]

The single consists of re-recorded cover songs that were initially released through The A.V. Club's annual A.V. Undercover series. The lyrics of the Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died" were rewritten to include the names of friends of the band who had died.^[4] Each verse is sung by a different member of the band.

The rewritten lyrics honor actor and comedian Robin Williams, Peter SteeleofType O Negative, Jeff HannemanofSlayer, Jackass member Ryan Dunn, local friend David Castleman, former Death Piggy drummer Sean Sumner, Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell, Ministry and Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia, freak show performer Crazy White Sean, and former Gwar members Cory Smoot and Dave Brockie.

Track listing

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Side Oderus
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" / "Baba O'Riley"	Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Pete Townshend	5:35

Side Blothar
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"West End Girls" / "People Who Died"	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Jim Carroll, Brian Linsley, Stephen Linsley, Terrell Winn, Wayne Woods, Gwar	4:39
Total length:			10:14

Personnel

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Side Oderus:

Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) – lead vocals
Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus) – lead guitar, backing vocals
Michael Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) – rhythm guitar
Jamison Land (Beefcake the Mighty) – bass, backing vocals
Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha) – drums

Side Blothar:

Michael Bishop (Blothar the Berserker) – lead vocals
Kim Dylla (Vulvatron Destructo) – female vocals
Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus) – lead guitar, backing vocals
Michael Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jamison Land (Beefcake the Mighty) – bass, backing vocals
Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha) – drums

References

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^ "RECORD STORE DAY – SpecialRelease". Retrieved October 4, 2017.

^ Grow, Kory. "Gwar Frontman's Death Ruled Heroin Overdose". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

^ Childers, Chad. "GWAR Dismissal of Kim Dylla Leads to Online Spat Over Vulvatron Character". Loudwire. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

^ "GWAR – People Who Died Lyrics". Genius. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

v t e Gwar
Balsac the Jaws of Death Jizmak Da Gusha Sawborg Destructo Grodius Maximus Bonesnapper Blothar Sleazy P. Martini Beefcake the Mighty Oderus Urungus Flattus Maximus Sexecutioner Slymenstra Hymen Techno Destructo Nippleus Erectus Joey Slutman Mr. Magico Lee Beato Stephen Sphincter Hans Orifice Müsel Scroda Moon Pustulus Maximus Vulvatron
Studio albums	Hell-O Scumdogs of the Universe America Must Be Destroyed This Toilet Earth Ragnarök Carnival of Chaos We Kill Everything Violence Has Arrived War Party Beyond Hell Lust in Space Bloody Pit of Horror Battle Maximus The Blood of Gods The New Dark Ages
Singles	"School's Out" "Black Friday"
Videos and DVDs	Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1 Phallus in Wonderland Skulhedface (video)
Related articles	Discography Members Dave Brockie Experience Death Piggy X-Cops Slave Pit Records

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