Gwar lead singer Dave Brockie died Sunday , his manager said Monday . Brockie was 50 . `` His body was found Sunday by his band mate at his home in Richmond , Virginia , '' Gwar manager Jack Flanagan said in a statement on the group 's website . An autopsy will be done to determine why he died , Flanagan said . His heavy metal band formed in 1984 , billing itself as `` Earth 's only openly extra-terrestrial rock band . '' Brockie performed as Gwar 's frontman under the persona of `` Oderus Urungus . '' The band was based on a mythology of an `` elite group of chaos warriors '' who `` ravaged the galaxy '' until they were `` banished to the most insignificant planet in the universe ... the seething mud ball known as Earth . '' `` My main focus right now is to look after my band mates and his family , '' Flanagan said . `` More information regarding his death shall be released as the details are confirmed . '' People we 've lost in 2014 .
A band mate found Brockie dead at his Virginia , Richmond , home 1984 . Brockie billed itself as `` Earth 's only openly extra-terrestrial rock band '' An autopsy will be done to determine why Brockie died , Gwar 's manager says .