Metal Band GWAR Sued for Allegedly Stealing Late Singer Dave Brockie’s Cremains
The father of Dave Brockie, the late lead singer of the outlandish thrash metal band GWAR, has sued the band’s surviving members, accusing them of having stolen his son’s cremated remains, bass guitars and artwork, court documents revealed Monday.
Dave Brockie — better known as Oderus Urungus in the gory, science fiction- and fantasy-inspired band followed obsessively by millions around the world — died March 23, 2014, of acute heroin toxicity.
In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in state circuit court in Richmond, Virginia — where GWAR was formed in 1984 — Brockie’s father, William Brockie, the administrator of his estate, seeks $1 million in compensatory damages plus punitive damages for alleged breach of contract and unauthorized use of Dave Brockie’s image, as well as the return of Brockie’s cremains.
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