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Matt Mills

“It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes”: Gwar singer responds to conservative backlash over onstage Donald Trump ‘killing’

Gwar onstage in 2025.

Gwar have reacted to the conservative backlash they received after ‘killing’ actors dressed as Donald Trump and Elon Musk onstage last week.

The costumed heavy metal band’s singer – Michael Bishop, who performs as “Blöthar The Berserker” – says the idea that they’re normalising political violence is “absurd”, likening their stage shows to the cartoonishness of Looney Tunes.

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