att us ▁really ▁origin ates ▁from . ▁ ▁What ▁is ▁apparent , ▁though , ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁ill iter ate , ▁has ▁a ▁slight ▁Southern ▁acc ent , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁attributes ▁his ▁" expl os ive ▁guitar ▁style " ▁to ▁a ▁strict ▁di et ▁of ▁veget ari ans , ▁which ▁also ▁causes ▁his ▁inf am ous ▁atomic ▁flat ul ence . ▁ ▁Following ▁Sm oot ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁the ▁band ▁explained ▁the ▁character ' s ▁absence ▁by ▁claim ing ▁that ▁Fl att us ▁st ole ▁G war ' s ▁spaces hip ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁his ▁home ▁planet , ▁' Plan et ▁Home '. ▁ ▁Fl att us ' ▁history ▁The ▁first ▁man ▁to ▁port ray ▁the ▁" arm ored ▁c low n " ▁( t aken ▁from ▁the ▁pre - 2 0 0 5 ▁web ▁bio ) ▁was ▁De we y ▁Row ell , ▁who ▁played ▁on ▁Hell - O ▁and ▁Sc um d ogs ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse . ▁He ▁left ▁the ▁band ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁" T our ▁De ▁Sc um " ▁t ape , ▁and ▁before ▁America ▁Must ▁Be ▁Dest roy ed , ▁G war ' s ▁third ▁album , ▁was ▁recorded . ▁Until ▁mid - 1 9 9 2 , ▁after ▁G war ' s ▁Ph all us ▁In ▁Wonder land ▁was ▁released , ▁the ▁Fl att us ▁Maxim us ▁character ▁was ▁absent . ▁America ▁Must ▁Be ▁Dest roy ed ▁had ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁guitar ▁parts ▁( save ▁two ▁sol os