Mike Danforth

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We're a band of extraterrestrial war gods that has been banished to the planet Earth for all the crimes they committed in outer space.

We're a band of extraterrestrial war gods that has been banished to the planet Earth for all the crimes they committed in outer space.

We're a band of extraterrestrial war gods that has been banished to the planet Earth for all the crimes they committed in outer space.

I inherited mine. I am Balzac, the Jaws of Death.

I inherited mine. I am Balzac, the Jaws of Death.

I inherited mine. I am Balzac, the Jaws of Death.

And I was the third Jaws of Death. There had been a couple incarnations because the first few shows that GWAR played, it was just a collective of whatever artists and musicians they could grab from VCU and the surrounding areas to throw on these costumes and do a show.

And I was the third Jaws of Death. There had been a couple incarnations because the first few shows that GWAR played, it was just a collective of whatever artists and musicians they could grab from VCU and the surrounding areas to throw on these costumes and do a show.

And I was the third Jaws of Death. There had been a couple incarnations because the first few shows that GWAR played, it was just a collective of whatever artists and musicians they could grab from VCU and the surrounding areas to throw on these costumes and do a show.

I love how folksy that sounds. You know, like, my father is Mr. Balzac. Call me Balzac. But his grandfather was the jaw of death and his grandfather before me.

I love how folksy that sounds. You know, like, my father is Mr. Balzac. Call me Balzac. But his grandfather was the jaw of death and his grandfather before me.

I love how folksy that sounds. You know, like, my father is Mr. Balzac. Call me Balzac. But his grandfather was the jaw of death and his grandfather before me.

No, they made us go around the whole studios, and I think... Yeah, they were kind of using us to scare their co-workers.

No, they made us go around the whole studios, and I think... Yeah, they were kind of using us to scare their co-workers.

No, they made us go around the whole studios, and I think... Yeah, they were kind of using us to scare their co-workers.

I do. I bartend, and I'm one of the managers there.