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The rocker who once sang on the album ‘This Toilet Earth’ hopes to raise funds for public media.

You really can’t judge a book by its cover. Take, for example, Blothar the Barbarian, the monstrous lead singer of the legendary shock rock metal group GWAR. With gigantic horns, spiked shoulder pads, a disgusting visage, and other grotesque body parts, Blothar terrorizes the stage. Each show, he belts out songs like “Sick of You” and “Viking Death Machine” while disemboweling his (fake) victims in a rampage of (stage) blood and guts.

At first glance, you wouldn’t peg Blothar as a big fan of Masterpiece Theater, This American Life or Sesame Street. But in reality, he’s an outspoken supporter of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. And he’s done something particularly GWAR-esque to support public media in its time of need.