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GWAR, Municipal Waste defend Kathy Griffin over Trump photo
Alternative Press ^ | June 3, 2017 | Jordan Toney

Posted on 06/04/2017 9:30:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

After comedian Kathy Griffin's attorney referenced bands like Municipal Waste and GWAR as other public figures who have created "disturbing imagery" involving President Trump, both bands have come to Griffin's defense.

Check out exactly what they said below!

Comedian Kathy Griffin recently made headlines around the world after the comedian posted a picture of herself holding a bloodied decapited Donald Trump head. Since then, she's been fired from her position as co-host of CNN's annual New Year's Eve program along with being slammed from the Trump family. Griffin was also slammed by her former co-host of CNN's New Year's Eve program, Anderson Cooper.

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On June 2, Griffin and her attorney Lisa Bloom held a news conference where they talked about the photo. At one point Bloom brings up Municipal Waste, GWAR and Marilyn Manson saying, "Many male artists have created far more disturbing imagery ... A Marilyn Manson music video shows him beheading a Trump figure. The band Municipal Waste has an image of Trump with a bloody gunshot to his head on a band t-shirt. The band G-W-A-R has had violent images like this for president after president for years. They're all just considered bad boys. Unlike these male artists, Kathy apologized."

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But now some of these "bad boys" are coming to the defense of the comedian.

Tony Foresta, lead singer for Municipal Waste, contacted Style through email where he wrote, "We did this sh*t two years ago, get with the times, Kathy. Haha, just kidding! For years comedians, actors, musicians, (literally everyone), have been speaking out against Trump, not just metal bands. I don't understand why people are making such a big deal now. I think it's pretty messed up that she's basically being singled out because she's a prominent female comedian. I feel that people from all walks of life should have equal rights in desecrating Trump's bloody corpse. Welcome to the club, Kathy!"

The t-shirt Bloom referenced to features a graphic image of the President, along with the phrase "The Only Walls We Build Are Walls Of Death" written on the back.

GWAR, who will be performing at the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, also contacted Style. Bassist Beefcake the Mighty mentioned how the quality of the Trump head in her photo was "about as good" as ones they would use on stage, along with inviting Griffin on stage with them.

"We'd like to invite Kathy Griffin to join us on stage in decapitating Trump, then we'd like to kill her," he says. "She and her lawyer need to learn how to say Gwar. It's not an acronym. It's a guttural feeling. You just have to belt it out ... We've been killing presidents for years now and we'll continue ... We don't discriminate. We're not into politics and we hate all humans. We'll kill everyone."

Other comedians have come to Griffin's aid, including Alec Baldwin who has been recently known for portraying the President on Saturday Night Live. Baldwin spoke directly to the comedian in a stream of tweets which you can check out below.

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Do you feel that Griffin should have to apologize for the image? Let us know in the comments.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: barf; deathmetal; griffin; gwarbage; heavymetal; poopoo; trump
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1 posted on 06/04/2017 9:30:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well if Municipal Waste is in her corner...


2 posted on 06/04/2017 9:32:44 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do I reeeeeeeaalllly want to “check out” what these leftoid morons have to say?

................REEEEEAAAALLLLLLLLY?

...................Naah.


3 posted on 06/04/2017 9:33:33 AM PDT by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m reserving judgment until Septic Tank weighs in.


4 posted on 06/04/2017 9:34:16 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

Has Spinal Tap weighed in?


5 posted on 06/04/2017 9:34:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Heh, heh. Not that I’ve heard.


6 posted on 06/04/2017 9:36:10 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

Or Slipknot.


7 posted on 06/04/2017 9:39:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: dp0622

My thought too, and remember how many deleterious fungi are in municipal waste. I’ll refrain from naming them......


8 posted on 06/04/2017 9:39:05 AM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These guys were crying about how they did it first.

No one cared, GWAR.


9 posted on 06/04/2017 9:39:19 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Texas Eagle

Yes, and Mr. Potapotty and The Big Stink are forming an investigative committee.


10 posted on 06/04/2017 9:39:50 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We knew this would happen. Mere seconds after she goes into the doghouse, the press and the entertainment industry would gather round her and defend her against right-wing bullies. She’s the next martyr. Her CNN gig is safe.


11 posted on 06/04/2017 9:40:24 AM PDT by marron
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Or Cradle of Filth.


12 posted on 06/04/2017 9:41:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Oh no, it's sexist now to criticize this fading little bottled red crone for her mock decapitation of the President of the United States.

Whatever will we do?

13 posted on 06/04/2017 9:43:37 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Municipal Waste, GWAR and Marilyn Manson saying, "Many male artists have created far more disturbing imagery ... A Marilyn Manson music video shows him beheading a Trump figure. The band Municipal Waste has an image of Trump with a bloody gunshot to his head on a band t-shirt. The band G-W-A-R has had violent images like this for president after president for years. They're all just considered bad boys.

So, on top of everything else, the woman is a plagiarist.

To what depths will she sink? Does her depravity no know bounds?

14 posted on 06/04/2017 9:44:10 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kathy should see if Roger Waters needs a Singer.

They could hang Kathy from the floating “F-Trump” Pig.


15 posted on 06/04/2017 9:44:18 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
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To: dp0622

If Municipal Waste is in her corner, that is a s***ty situation.


16 posted on 06/04/2017 9:44:21 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s a reason GWAR and such sadistic and demonic groups are at the fringes. Since Kathy Griffin invokes them in her defense, she too should be relegated to the fringes.

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean there is no limit to how sadistic, vulgar, demonic and evil you can be. It means that when you have repeatedly lost touch with the edge of what is acceptable, decent people will no longer associate with you.

Libertarians understand that the purpose of law is limited to protected us from each other, and that morality is different from legality. Not everything that is legal is moral.

Progressive Socialists do not see any such thing as morality. This is why they push the envelope with regard to affronting the sensibilities of decent people.


17 posted on 06/04/2017 9:44:53 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: dfwgator

My late aunt babysat all the Slipknot boys when they were toddlers.


18 posted on 06/04/2017 9:45:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The classic “if your friends jumped off a Cliff, would you do it too” situation.


19 posted on 06/04/2017 9:46:07 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
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To: dp0622

Well if Municipal Waste is in her corner...

My thoughts exactly........lol


20 posted on 06/04/2017 9:46:47 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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