Conflict has arisen with the GWAR camp, after the band today announced they are parting ways with vocalist Kim Dylla, who is known for playing the character of Vulvatron.
Dylla and the shock-rock band’s guitarist, Brent Purgason, have clashed online over the announcement, with Dylla claiming she wasn’t told her Vulvatron character would be taken over by someone else.
Here’s how all of this kicked off. A post to the GWAR Facebook page first announced the Dylla will no longer be part of the group. The statement read:
“GWAR, the world’s premier shock rock band, today announced that Kim Dylla was released from the band directly following the fall 2014 GWAR Eternal Tour, and will no longer perform with the group. Dylla played the character of Vulvatron, a buxom Scumdog from the distant future, on the band’s last national tour. The group garnered quite a bit of press when it was erroneously reported that Dylla, in the role of Vulvatron was the new lead singer for the band.
Brent Purgason, slave of the recently defrosted intergalactic barbarian, Pustulus Maximus, had this to say; “Kim did a great job, but we wanted to go a different direction with the Vulvatron character. You will absolutely see more of Vulvatron in the future, just not portrayed by Kim. There is no ill will, no acrimony, and no drama. We respect Kim’s talent without question, it just isn’t what we needed in the character.”
Following GWAR’s post, Dylla took to her own Facebook page to tell fans she wasn’t told about the news regarding Vulvatron before it was announced online. Dylla wrote:
“It’s really nice when you find out important things from people you consider to be your friends from posts on the internet and messages from strangers. There is something called basic respect not existing in that modus of communication.
That being said, I’m currently looking for a new vocal gig with a serious metal band that likes to tour their asses off. Doesn’t matter what style but no core b.s., no symphonic metal. Must be chill dudes and down with beer drinking hellraisers. Must not be threatened by strong women, no deep-seated drama. Location unimportant.”
That’s when the Facebook comments conflict really kicked off, when Purgason responded saying that he did, in fact, tell Dylla before the band’s Facebook announcement.
“I did tell her in person. January 5th of this year. I’m trying to stay out of this thread but I don’t like being villainized when that’s not the truth,” Purgason wrote.
Dylla then responded saying that she was not aware that GWAR were planning on having someone else carry on the Vulvatron character. She claims she was told the character was not going to be used until some point in the future. She wrote:
“No one told me they were getting someone else to play the character I created which is why I am disappointed with the way this was handled. I was told my character was not going to be used for a while and things were going in a different direction with the storyline so take a year off but I’d be welcome back at gigs in the future if they were right for the character. Those are two wholly different things.”
The conversation continued back and forth for some time, with Purgason suggesting that members of GWAR don’t own the characters they portray on stage. Dylla said the band’s Facebook statement was disrespectful, before Purgason said that “GWAR created Vulvatron so yeah, that is my point”.
The conversation continued into some ugly territory, with Purgason claiming Dylla’s drinking was causing issues within the band. Some comments appear to have been deleted by both Dylla and Purgason, but the rest of the conversation was picked up by Ultimate Guitar.
Read the whole thing below.
GWAR, the world’s premier shock rock band, today announced that Kim Dylla was released from the band directly following... Posted by Gwar on Thursday, 7 May 2015
It's really nice when you find out important things from people you consider to be your friends from posts on the... Posted by Kim Dylla on Thursday, 7 May 2015
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