NewsAugust 16, 2014 3:11 PM ET17,524 views

Gwar's Oderus Urungus receives Viking funeral

Oderus Urungus, the alter ego of deceased Gwar frontman Dave Brockie, was given a Viking funeral yesterday during the Gwar B-Q celebration, which is taking place this weekend in Richmond, VA. Footage of said funeral can be seen below. Meanwhile, Lamb Of God frontman and close friend of Brockie Randy Blythe offered up his thoughts of the ceremony last night via Instagram:
"Tonight we sent Oderus home in a fitting manner at the public memorial for Dave Brockie. A blazing Viking ship with Oderus laid out in it, the cuttlefish pointing proudly straight up. Watching my friend Dave's costume go up in flames in front of a thousand fans was so much more intense for me than the private memorial for friends & family we had April Fool's Day. I spoke at both of them, as GWAR asked me to, & both times as I spoke I was sad. But watching his alter-ego burn tore me up way more than the first memorial, maybe because there was Dave, the human who was my friend who just "left us"- I never saw his body- & then there was Oderus, who was something entirely else. To watch his stage gear burn was like watching part of my life literally go up in flames. I was sobbing my eyes out as I took this photo. It was just a super-intense moment. Very beautiful, but overwhelming. Fly free, Oderus- you are missed"



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