Tag Archives: Pustulus Maximus

Guitarist Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus) parts ways with GWAR

Posted by on November 7, 2023

  Lead guitarist Brent Purgason, known as Pustulus Maximus, has announced his exit from GWAR. Purgason joined in 2012 after Cory Smoot’s passing, where he took on a new persona of Pustulus Maximus and worked on albums from 2013’s Battle Maximus up to their most-recent full-length offering, 2022’s The New Dark Ages. While not specifying […]

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Interview: GWAR talk 30 years together, new album, Warped Tour

Posted by on May 3, 2017

GWAR, best known for being over the top, extremely sarcastic, and always outspoken, took a few minutes to speak with us at a headlining show in Pontiac, Michigan. Warned by my escort that more often than not, the interview never goes as planned, we spoke with lead singer Blothar and lead guitarist Pustulus Maximus before […]

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GWAR vs. Thor: Pustulus Maximus responds to ‘Ragnarok’ trailer

Posted by on April 11, 2017

In 1995, GWAR released their fifth album, titled Ragnarok. This November, the  third installment in the Thor film series will be released. It’s titled Thor: Ragnarok. While it’s not like you can hold a copyright on Norse mythology, Gwar and Thor sound a lot alike. And GWAR’s album about a comet heading towards earth and Oderus Urungus (R.I.P.) […]

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Interview: GWAR’s Pustulus Maximus announces bid for Presidency at GWARBQ 2015

Posted by on August 28, 2015

This year at GWARBQ 2015, we teamed up with WSOU’s Brian Uzzo to ask some hard-hitting questions of our murderous alien overlords, and managed to escape without being horribly murdered. GWAR lead guitarist Pustulus Maximus tolerated us long enough to deal some dirt on the future of GWARBQ, the band’s restaurant, the secrets buried in […]

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Kim Dylla surprised to be out of GWAR [UPDATE: guitarist Pustulus Maximus responds]

Posted by on May 7, 2015

And it just keeps escalating. The statement released today by GWAR announcing the departure of Kim Dylla from the band after just a few months after joining came as a surprise to everyone ,including Dylla herself, according to a statement released by the singer via Facebook. It’s really nice when you find out important things from […]

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Members of GWAR, BTBAM, Abiotic and Locrian pick their top albums of 2014

Posted by on December 2, 2014

With it being December, everyone’s starting to list their favorite albums of the year. We’re no different, which is why we’ve turned to some of the people making that music. In this installment, Between the Buried and Me’s Tommy Rogers, GWAR’s Pustulus Maximus, Travis Bartosek of Abiotic and Steven Hess of Locrian, Stay tuned throughout […]

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Video: GWAR intend to last 1,000 years

Posted by on August 20, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/WxY2Ga23B9g[/youtube] While at the GWAR-B-Q this past weekend, we got a brief moment to interview the band’s Beefcake the Mighty and Slymenstra Hymen just a few hours before they took the stage for their first show since the passing of their frontman Oderus Urungus. While we had limited time to chat with them, we were […]

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GWAR’s Oderus Urungus: “’Battle Maximus’ is a f**king amazing album, and I’m sure that Flattus is f**king proud of us”

Posted by on September 12, 2013

The death of a bandmate is a tragic struggle for any band, even when said band’s members consist of scumdogs from outer space. However, the almighty GWAR moved forward despite the loss of Flattus Maximus (aka Cory Smoot). And luckily for them, the Maximus clan came to the aid of GWAR to help them through […]

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GWAR Premieres New Song, Sets Release Date For ‘Battle Maximus’

Posted by on July 22, 2013

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onKb4NWvC9U[/youtube] GWAR have announced the release date for their long awaited new album Battle Maximus. The album is slated to come out on September 17 on Metal Blade Records. Battle Maximus is the band’s first with new guitarist Pustulus Maximus, who joined GWAR last year after the death of former guitarist Cory Smoot (better known […]

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Oderus Promises That GWAR Will Play Three New Songs On Tour

Posted by on February 28, 2013

It’s been known that GWAR has been working on a new album, the first to feature new scumdog Pustulus Maximus. And while a release date nor title has still not been set in stone, Oderus Urungus confirms that fans will get to hear GWAR play not one, but THREE new songs during the Fate Of […]

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