The Read
The band is a sustained bit that has outlasted nearly every scene it mocked: alien warlords, elaborate foam armor, mid-set beheadings, thrash played competently underneath all of it. The joke works because the band never relaxes its commitment to it. Forty-odd years in, GWAR is one of the few acts whose live show is genuinely un-streamable, because the whole thing is about being in the splash zone. A Sunday at Brooklyn Bowl makes the spectacle feel even more unreasonable. Practical advice: do not wear anything you care about, and do not stand up front unless you mean it. Everyone leaves stained and cheerful. Few bands still deliver a night this specific.
The Venue
Brooklyn Bowl
925 3rd Ave N
A Germantown venue where national touring acts share a building with bowling, food, and enough logistical ease to make group-night planning simple.
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Shape The Night
Before
Henrietta RedJulia Sullivan's Food & Wine Best New Chef 2018, James Beard nominee. The raw oyster program is the reason to start at the bar. The smoked mackerel toast and wood-roasted fish are worth knowing about. Polished without being stiff.
7:00 PM · Gwar