Following September’s Riot Fest, for about 15 minutes — because the right-wing rage machine has the collective memory of a gnat with head trauma — Gwar was the focus of all the ire in the entire conservative world. Right-wingers got bent out of shape about the Virginia shock-rock legends beheading an effigy of the richest man in the world — hardly a new gag for a group of intergalactic aliens who have been poppin’ the tops off world leaders for the past four decades. And while the right’s little conniption fit was not a surprise, the band’s even-tempered, often hilarious reaction to their moment in the MAGA spotlight was not one we Gwar fans had on our 2025 bingo card. To say that we are pleased and proud little bohabs is to undersell it. Gwar, in all their fake-blood-covered glory, have risen to the moment. Which maybe doesn’t reflect well on the moment, but hey, that’s 2025 for ya. The Dwarves and Blood Vulture open.
7 p.m. at Marathon Music Works
1402 Clinton St.
