""Heavy Metal Band Stage Phony Beheading of Elon Musk, Murder Trump in Shocking Festival Performance.""
""The idea that GWAR is normalizing violence is patently absurd," Bishop said."
""Yeah, it pissed me off! We're a group of artists that makes art, and it's really the idea that what we have done is normalizing violence...there's nothing normal about the violence that goes on at a GWAR show. It's a cartoon, it's Looney Tunes.""
""We're not millionaires that are afraid of what people are going to say when they see what we do.""
GWAR performed staged disembowelments and decapitations of effigies representing public figures such as Donald Trump and Elon Musk during a Riot Fest set, prompting conservative outrage and sensational headlines. The band pushed back, with singer Michael "Blöthar the Berserker" Bishop calling claims that the performances normalize violence "patently absurd" and describing the theatrics as cartoonish, Looney Tunes-style spectacle. Social media and outlets amplified prior instances of similar stunts, including an effigy of Hillary Clinton. Riot Fest and fans noted the band’s long history of provocative stage theatrics, while GWAR defended their artistic intent and free-speech right to perform.
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