Members of GWAR and the Slave Pit crew have just posted the above video thanking fans for all their support in the loss of frontman Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus of GWAR. The band confirmed that there will be a free public memorial in Dave's honor on Friday August 15th and the GWARBQ will go on as Dave would have wanted the following day.
The band have also started the Dave Brockie Foundation which they describe as:
"The Dave Brockie Foundation is a charity fund with the mission of promoting the advancement of music, images, letters and performances in the arts. It will endeavor to encourage promising talents, as well as preserving the legacy of Dave's body of works. It intends to be a support system to those who have dedicated their lives in pursuit of creativity. The Dave Brockie Foundation will be a resource for artists in the fields of music, film, literature and all visual arts who cannot find funding through mainstream channels. The DBF will also strive to catalog and preserve Dave's vast collection of original images, recordings and written words, and make them available for the world to appreciate. The foundation's first goal is to finance the creation of a memorial monument in Richmond, Virginia to provide the world with a place to pay respects to the memory of a very cherished man."
Donations can be made on GWAR's website
