It was the night before Thanksgiving and the fake bodily fluids were flowing throughout the Midtown, where we sent photographer Ben Murphy to document the almost-annual show from alien shock rockers GWAR. The band arrived on stage, each member in their now-infamous costumes and proceeded to play largely filthy rock and roll music, but most of the fun was to be had in taking in the giant inflatable robot aliens and, again, getting covered in goo. Here are some sights Murphy captured at the show.

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We Got GWARed!

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December 2, 2009

<h1>We Got GWARed!</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 2, 2009</p> <p><p /> It was the night before Thanksgiving and the fake bodily fluids were flowing throughout the Midtown, where we sent photographer Ben Murphy to document the almost-annual show from alien shock rockers GWAR. The band arrived on stage, each member in their now-infamous costumes and proceeded to play largely filthy rock and roll music, but most of the fun was to be had in taking in the giant inflatable robot aliens and, again, getting covered in goo. Here are some sights Murphy captured at the show.<br /> </p> </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/we-got-gwared-2134710/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12942&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/we-got-gwared-2134710/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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