GWAR Show in Georgia
- Artist/Author/Producer: GWAR
- Confronting Bodies: Athens, GA Police
- Dates of action: 5/15/92
- Location: Athens, GA
- Description of the Art Work
- GWAR's skits and props include a phallic-shaped fish that shoots liquid
into the audience, and a skit in which mannequins are dismembered and
fake blood sprayed at the crowd.
- Description of incident
- The band performed at the Georgia Theatre in Athens on May 15, 1992 and
was shut down by police. Athens police charged the theater's owner with
violating the county's alcoholic beverage code, which forbids facilities
form presenting "licentious or obscene" performances when liquor is
served.
- Results of incident
- The Georgia ACLU represented the band and members of the audience and
received a settlement of $17,500.
Source: ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992