Last year, alien monster metal thrashers Gwar made unexpected headlines after they received a ton of hate from right wing Twitter for performing an on-stage skit at Riot Fest, in which they brutally 'murdered' standing US President Donald Trump, appearing to disembowel a caricatured version of him as blood sprayed over their audience.
Videos of the performance went viral over social media, with high profile, reactionary far right account Libs Of Tiktok claiming that Gwar were "promoting violence", even going so far as to label it "incitement". Other Twitter users suggested that Gwar should be banned from performing, seemingly missing the memo that the band have been publicly disembowelling, beheading and generally slaying figureheads of note from across the political spectrum for decades.
