This Toilet Earth

by GWAR

Overview

On their fourth release, This Toilet Earth, Gwar managed to create a song so heinous ("B.D.F.") that it was removed from the disc post-release, just as the band was removed from their new label, Priority Records. Happily, the lords of gross-out metal were welcomed back to their old home, Metal Blade Records, with open arms and the group hardly missed a beat. On this 1994 offering, the mothers of scatological invention add a smidgen of stop-and-go faux funk to their assault. Faith No More and Zappa-like soundscapes advance tracks like "Pepperoni" beyond Gwar's traditional realm of bad metal. Vocalist Oderous Urungus' delivery sounds more confident than earlier efforts -- due undoubtedly to the years of touring and recording -- and his bandmates perform up to their own low standards. None of this is really meant to be taken seriously, and critical listeners need not consider This Toilet Earth or any other release from the world's most disgusting joke band. But there is some charm to Gwar. In the cynical American tradition of dualistic "free" speech, they are performance artists lampooning everything that's wrong with the marketing of teenage male entertainment, which -- not so ironically -- is everything that they enjoy. ~ Vincent Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	07/27/2018
Label:	Metal Blade
UPC:	0039842508818
Rank:	33690

Album Credits

Performance Credits

GWAR   Primary Artist
Beefcake the Mighty   Bass,Vocals
Michael James   Horn
Tim Harris   Guitar
Jon Mela   Trumpet
Scott Krahl   Vocals
Michael Sid Jones   Saxophone
Tim Harriss   Guitar
Jimmy "Crazy Jimmy" Garthoff   Trombone
Jenna Anderson   Vocals
Balsac the Jaws of Death   Guitar
Jiz Mac the Gusher   Drums
Oderus Urungus   Bass
Jizmak DaGusha   Drums

Technical Credits

Scott Wolfe   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
GWAR   Arranger,Composer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Raymond Scott   Composer
Robert Smith   Mixing,Engineer
Bob Gorman   Artwork
Dan Sites   Artwork
Jeff Eden   Artwork
Chuck Varga   Artwork
Tony Simerman   Graphic Design,Computer Graphics
Balsac the Jaws of Death   Arranger
Dave Brockie   Artwork
Don Drakulich   Artwork
Matt Maguire   Artwork
Hunter Jackson   Design,Artwork,Package Design
Katherine Leatherwood   Photography
Tim Hetfield   Assistant Engineer