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GWAR has officially capped off the final dates of “The Return of Gor Gor Tour,” ending their 40th anniversary run the only way they know how: loud, messy, and leaving every venue looking like a crime scene with a merch line.
But just because the tour is over, the chaos hasn’t stopped. Decibel Magazine has tapped the Scum dogs for the January 2026 cover, paired with a new documentary that actually peeks behind the curtain, no myth making, no dramatic voiceovers, just the real people who make the carnage happen night after night.
“GWAR: Behind the Gore,” directed by Decibel’s Justin M. Norton, follows the crew at a San Francisco date and zeroes in on the unsung workers who keep the whole operation stitched together. The video isn’t about the costumes or the shock factor — it’s about the human machinery underneath: techs repairing gear drenched in fake blood, road managers scrambling to keep a show on schedule, and a full backstage ecosystem barely holding together while the band annihilates the stage. It’s a side of GWAR fans rarely get to see, and honestly, it’s just as entertaining as the show itself.
Decibel’s Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian summed it up in classic Decibel fashion, “if you think the monsters onstage are outrageous, wait until you meet the ones running cables behind them.”
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The timing lines up with GWAR’s latest release, The Return of Gor Gor, which dropped with three new studio tracks (mixed by Kurt Ballou) plus four live recordings from The Masquerade in Atlanta mixed by Chris Ronan Murphy. It’s a small but potent snapshot of where the band is in 2026, still fearless, still ridiculous, and still showing more commitment to the bit than anyone else in heavy music.
With the tour wrapped and the documentary out in the wild, this feels like one of those rare moments where GWAR lets the world peek under the armor, not to humanize the monsters, but to show how much work it takes to keep them monstrous.
More blood, more noise, and probably more lawsuits will follow. They’re GWAR. It’s what they do.
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