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Metal Band GWAR Says Secret Service Contacted It Over Mock Onstage Execution of Trump

The sci-fi scumlords GWAR have been killing presidents onstage for years, but until now they say they've never had problems with the Secret Service.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.23.2026 12:47 PM

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A member of the metal band GWAR says the band was contacted by the Secret Service after it performed a mock execution of President Donald Trump onstage.

GWAR has been known for decades for its comically violent and over-the-top live shows, which involve dousing the audience in gallons of fake blood and other bodily fluids, as well as performing faux executions of various world leaders and other famous people. Reason's Christian Britschgi wrote in a 2022 review of a GWAR concert that the show included "beheading a rambling Joe Biden, dismembering a MAGA hat–wearing January 6 conspiracist, performing an onstage plunger abortion, severing Vladimir Putin's nipples with an axe, and killing Xi Jinping while demanding he fork over some General Tso's chicken."

GWAR has always escaped........

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