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Published On: Mon, Mar 24th, 2014

Dave Brockie, founder, frontman for GWAR, found dead in Virginia home

GWAR  founder and vocalist Dave Brockie was found dead in his Richmond home Sunday, reported Style Weekly.

Oderus Udungus, vocalist of GWAR, performing live at No Sleep Til Festival 2010. photo Stuart Sevastos

Oderus Udungus, vocalist of GWAR, performing live at No Sleep Til Festival 2010. photo Stuart Sevastos

Brockie’s friend and former GWAR member Chris Bopst confirmed the death to CBS 6 news. Richmond Police also confirmed Brockie’s death.

“At approximately 6:53 p.m. on Sunday, Richmond Police were called to a residence in the 4800 block of West Seminary Avenue for a report of a deceased individual,”  Richmond Police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh wrote in an email.

“When officers arrived, they found David M. Brockie, 50, deceased inside the home.”

Detectives do not suspect foul play at this time, she added. The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine Brockie’s cause of death.

“My main focus right now is to look after my band mates and his family,” GWAR manager Jack Flanagan said in a statement. “More information regarding his death shall be released as the details are confirmed.”

“Dave was one of the funniest, smartest, most creative and energetic persons I’ve known,” former Gwar bassist Mike Bishop says to Style Weekly. “He was brash sometimes, always crass, irreverent, he was hilarious in every way. But he was also deeply intelligent and interested in life, history, politics and art.”

“His penchant for scatological humors belied a lucid wit. He was a criminally underrated lyricist and hard rock vocalist, one of the best, ever! A great front man, a great painter, writer, he was also a hell of a bass guitarist. I loved him. He was capable of great empathy and had a real sense of justice.”

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