Gore rockers Gwar first bathed crowds in buckets of fake blood in 1984.

Some Vancouver fans may still be working to remove the stains from when the shock rockers first visited Vancouver on the Tour de Scum on Oct. 17, 1990.

The cartoon crew return for a pre-Halloween gig on The Return of Gor Gor Tour, which comes to Vancouver on Oct. 29 at the Vogue Theatre. Tickets at admitone.com .

Seemingly guided by a creative urge to up the ante of gross gooey gunk you can fling all over fans, the group has proved its staying power for the past four decades. The memory of a Gwar performance lives on long past doing post-show laundry.

“The mark we leave on the history of rock ‘n’ roll is indelible. You will never get it out,” says lead singer Blothar the Berserker, otherwise known as Michael Bi

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