Departures
Violence Has Arrived was Casey Orr's last Gwar album before he took an extended leave from the band. It is also the only Gwar album with Zach Blair on guitar. Blair left in early 2002, while Orr left shortly before the Halloween 2002 tour. Orr has since returned to the fold, replacing Todd Evans in April 2008. "Immortal Corrupter" is the sole video from this album, and features Orr in the role of Beefcake the Mighty for the last time before he left.
It's also the final album on Metal Blade Records until 2009. In a 2004 interview, Beefcake the Mighty (then portrayed by Todd Evans) would say that the reason for the switch is because Metal Blade had some European distribution problems, and they weren't being fixed. However, Brockie has also gone on record as stating that their departure was a result of them being denied payments owed to them for a number of years (due to the poor sales of the previous two albums, which also lead to cutting off the Europe deal). The band returned to Metal Blade Records for their 2009 release, Lust in Space, which is also their first album since reuniting with bassist Casey Orr.
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