GWAR Exhibition at LA's Beyond The Streets 9.13

BEYOND THE STREETS proudly announces LET THERE BE GWAR, a sprawling retrospective showcasing the 40-year legacy of the legendary art collective and shock rock band, GWAR. Opening September 12 and running through November 2, 2025, this exhibition is a free-to-attend deep dive into the outrageous universe that GWAR has spent four decades constructing through music, performance, and subversive visual art.

Born from a group of punk musicians and visual artists working out of an abandoned dairy building in Richmond, Virginia, GWAR emerged in 1984 as a hybrid of heavy metal theater and absurdist sci-fi mythology. Hunter Jackson, a VCU student crafting costumes for his film Scumdogs of the Universe, joined forces with musician Dave Brockie, and what began as a one-off stunt evolved into a full-blown, blood-splattered empire of art, performance and chaos.

Toy Fair 2025: Trick or Treat Sculpts Questionable GWAR Parts

And the Earth belched and split open, spilling liquid hot magma upon the once lush field of daisies, and from this newly formed chasm emerged a dark figure...crawling...scratching...snarling. Pulling itself onto two monstrous legs and lifting its mutated head toward the heavens to curse a vengeful god it bellowed just ..one..word. GWARRRRRR!!! And then I went to see them play with the Dickies once, spur of the moment, in some abysmal place like Connecticut or DELAWARE and I swear they used fruit juices instead of the usual tasteless fake bloods and we tasted each other as the streams soaked us to our ragged bones. And it was a good night. Anyway, Trick or Treat Studios are FINALLY making the GWAR action figures we deserve and they were on display at NY Toy Fair 2025...

Toy Fair 2023: Trick or Treat Studios Adds Goosebumps, GWAR & More Horrors!

Day one of Toy Fair 2023 is in the books and we've got a TON of toy reveals to go through. While Meghan and Jonathan are sorting through mounds of pictures and video, we'll make a dent in the "official pictures" pile so you see all the shiniest plastics from every angle. 

Trick or Treat Studios used to blow us away with a little booth full of high quality latex masks, perfect for the adult who has chosen to make EVERY DAY Halloween! Now they consistently blow our hair back with action figures and collectibles based on movies and licenses only the most die-hard of horror fiends could identify on sight. Who else would create toys from the weirdest movies we love to death? Basically, they are doing the lord's work. Let's kick off this creep parade...

NYCC 2023: Z2 Rocks with GWAR, Halestorm & More

Z2, the multiple Eisner-winning and Ringo-winning independent publisher of graphic novels, is set to raise their fist in celebration of their music creators this October at New York Comic Con with plans to host multiple signings at their booth, debut new titles, and participate in panels.

Z2 Comics will invade New York Comic Con in October with an array of talent appearing in support of current and upcoming graphic novels. While days and times are yet to be finalized, among those confirmed include Halestorm, GWAR, Alan Robert of Life Of Agony and Dee Snider of the legendary Twisted Sister.