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===''Violence Has Arrived'' and the DRT Entertainment years (2001β2009)=== [[File:Gwar-10.jpg|thumb|right|Gwar in concert in [[Edmonton]]]] Due to the band's distaste for the previous album, Gwar's sound changed considerably for the next recording. With Tim Harriss gone, Zach Blair was hired to fill his spot as [[Flattus Maximus]], Casey Orr also having returned to the band as [[Beefcake the Mighty]] for the recording of the band's first entirely [[thrash metal]] album in years: ''[[Violence Has Arrived]]'', released on November 6, 2001, the album being seen as a "comeback" of sorts and setting off changes that resulted in the current state of the band. In 2002 [[Zach Blair]] left Gwar to form the power-pop band Armstrong along with drummer Brad Roberts. The band released one album titled ''Dick the Lionhearted''. Since February 2007, Blair has been the guitarist for [[Rise Against]]. As the band focused on a heavier, more brutal sound near the end of this period, it would also result in the creation of another side project, the [[Dave Brockie Experience]], a band created by frontman [[Dave Brockie]] along with rhythm guitarist Mike Derks and drummer [[Jizmak Da Gusha|Brad Roberts]] as a way of continuing the comedic sound found on albums like ''[[We Kill Everything]]'' while maintaining a more serious focus in releases by Gwar. They released their first LP on March 20, 2001, ''[[Diarrhea of a Madman]]''. In June 2004, Gwar left Metal Blade and signed with [[DRT Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=June 18, 2004 |title=GWAR Inks With DRT |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/gwar-inks-with-drt-1435251/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The band left Metal Blade due to the label's perceived lack of faith in the band and the lack of album distribution beyond the US, along with the band's belief that they were funding "shitty bands on the label". Despite this, the band maintained they had no animosity to [[Brian Slagel]] or the label in general.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=August 25, 2005 |title=GWAR Frontman: 'METAL BLADE Get All My Respect And Love' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/gwar-frontman-metal-blade-get-all-my-respect-and-love/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> Their first album for the label, ''[[War Party (album)|War Party]]'', was released in October of that year''.'' The album met with a large underground success, as it followed the same path ''Violence Has Arrived'' did, but this time with a more serious and technical edge, partially thanks to the efforts of new lead guitarist Cory Smoot ([[Flattus Maximus]]) and bass guitarist Todd Evans ([[Beefcake the Mighty]]). Videos were released for "Bring Back the Bomb" and "War Party," and the band was invited to play on the Sounds of the Underground tour in 2005. That same year the band released ''[[Live from Mt. Fuji]]'', the band's first live album besides the then extremely rare ''[[You're All Worthless and Weak]]'', released in 2000 (and re-released in 2006) on [[Slave Pit Records]]. In 2004 Gwar teamed up with [[Grey DeLisle]] (as the voice of Grandma Stuffum) in the ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episode "Operation F. O. O. D. F. I. T. E."; the band was credited as Rawg and the songs "The Private Pain of Techno Destructo", "Morality Squad", and "Gor-Gor" were performed with new lyrics, pertaining to the episode, written for each song. [[File:Gwar-paris-hilton-disembowelment.jpg|thumb|Disemboweling a [[Paris Hilton]] character β part of Gwar show in [[Edmonton]], 2004]] Gwar began work on their next album, tentatively titled ''Go to Hell!'', in January 2006. That same month, Gwar opened a gallery show called "The Art of Gwar" at Art Space gallery in Richmond to display the many props, costumes, cartoons, paintings produced by The Slave Pit, Gwar's art and effects studio.<ref>{{cite news|last1 = Galloway|first1 = James|title = The art of GWAR|pages = 1, 14|newspaper = Commonwealth Times|location = Richmond Va|date = February 6, 2006|url = https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/com/1446/|access-date = May 28, 2024}}</ref> On February 23, 2006, Gwar's official website announced Gwar's album, officially titled ''[[Beyond Hell]]'', for which, at the urging of [[DRT Entertainment]], a cover version of [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]'s "[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]" was recorded and released.<ref name=Ultimateguitar.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/Gwars_corey_smoot_we_try_to_make_music_as_kick-ass_as_the_stage_show.html |title=Ultimate Guitar Cory Smoot interview |access-date=October 31, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109020455/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/gwars_corey_smoot_we_try_to_make_music_as_kick-ass_as_the_stage_show.html |archive-date=November 9, 2006 }}</ref> The music video was directed by David Brodsky on July 2, 2006. The part of the "school marm" has been mistakenly identified as Devin Townsend, the producer of the ''Beyond Hell'' CD. It is actually Scott Krahl, a long-time Gwar "slave" and inventor of Gor-Gor. "School's Out" was nominated for Best Video of 2006 on MTV2's ''Headbanger's Ball''. The ''Blood Bath and Beyond'' DVD was released on June 20, 2006, containing exclusive behind the scenes and vintage footage of the band. Gwar performed a special "half-time" show at the Sounds Of The Underground 2006 tour. Gwar went on to headline the following year's Sounds of the Underground Tour in 2007. Vocalist [[Oderus Urungus]] is also featured on the last [[Strapping Young Lad]] album [[The New Black]] as a guest vocalist on the song "Far Beyond Metal". Oderus' lines in the song are taken directly from the Gwar song "Maggots" ("now in the halls of the Necrolord..." etc.). ''[[Beyond Hell]]'' was released on August 29, 2006, with Gwar touring to support the album and being helped by the creation of new props for this tour, including several characters from ''Beyond Hell''{{'}}s plot, including Jitler and Jewcifer. Gwar was also present at the third annual Rock & Shock festival from October 13 to 15 as a part of this tour. In Spring 2008 Todd Evans left Gwar to focus efforts on his project Mobile Deathcamp. Shortly after Todd's departure, Casey Orr was confirmed to return as Beefcake the Mighty. Sleazy P. Martini returned to the stage with Gwar during their Electile Dysfunction '08 tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwar.net/home.php |title=Gwar NEWS |work=Gwar homepage |publisher=Slave Pit Inc. |year=2008 |access-date=August 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812130435/http://www.gwar.net/home.php |archive-date=August 12, 2008 }}</ref>
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