GWAR - Scumdogs Of The Universe
1990 Metal Blade

Track Listing:
1.  The Salaminizer
2.  Maggots
3.  Sick Of You
4.  Slaughterama
5.  The Years Without Light
6.  King Queen
7.  Horror Of Yig
8.  Vlad The Impaler
9.  Black And Huge
10. Love Surgery
11. Death Pod
12. Sexecutioner
13. Cool Place To Park

Line-Up:
Vocals:  Oderus Urungus
Guitars:  Balsac, Flattus Maximus
Bass:  Beefcake The Mighty
Drums:  Jizmak The Gusher
Vocals on Slaughterama:  Sleazy P. Martini
Vocals on Cool Place To Park:  Beefcake The Mighty
Bass on Cool Place To Park:  Oderus Urungus

Website:  www.gwar.net

Uncle Meat's Rating:  A-
Overall Rating:  A-

Also be sure to read:
GWAR - War Party by Shev
GWAR - You're All Worthless & Weak by Uncle Meat & Shev
Dave Brockie Experience - Diarrhea Of A Madman by Shev
Dave Brockie Experience - Songs For The Wrong by Shev
X-Cops - You Have The Right To Remain Silent... by Shev

Uncle Meat's Review:
There’s a certain calming effect that spinning GWAR has on me.  GWAR takes me back to a simpler time, when I didn’t have all of the crushing responsibilities of adulthood.  Although GWAR has changed their sound over the years, sometimes dramatically, they have always been a constant presence for yours truly.

Anyway, Scumdogs Of The Universe, the album.  This is was my first listening experience with the juggernaut know as GWAR (for some extra fun, my first exposure to GWAR was an article in Thrasher).  I fast forwarded (damn you, cassettes) to Slaughterama because a friend told me what a killer song it was.  And to this day it is my favorite GWAR song.  To these ears it is the perfect blend of over-the-top hysteria (the actual lyrics and delivery seem to me like an old Gong Show episode) and semi-thrash music.

The album has several stand out tracks:  The Salaminizer, which I’m still wasting to sing Karaoke, Vlad The Impaler and Sexecutioner.  The only really awful tracks are Maggots and Sick of You (made even worse by the shitty video).  One has to wonder why theses tacks are third and second, respectively, on the running order.

Some strange musical moments crop up, bagpipes at the opening of Horror Of Yig and the dance-inducing opening of Black And Huge.  Aside form that the album ranges from fast to more mid-paced thrash type music.

Recommended if you love freedom.
Uncle Meat's Rating:  A-

Discography (last updated 6.13.06):
Hell-O - 1988
Scumdogs Of The Universe - 1990
America Must Be Destroyed - 1992
The Road Behind EP - 1992
This Toilet Earth - 1994
Ragnarök - 1995
Carnival Of Chaos - 1997
We Kill Everything - 1999
Slaves Going Single - 2000
Violence Has Arrived - 2001
You're All Worthless And Weak - 2002
Let There Be GWAR - 2004
War Party - 2004
Live From Mt. Fuji - 2005