Live from Antarctica is GWAR's first commercial video release on Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 Video label that was sold through major retailers. Billed with them playing a live show in Antarctica the packaging reads as quoted; "For the first time you can enjoy an actual GWAR cannibalistic blood orgy invading the privacy of your own home. Finally you can experience a live performance in relative safety. Those too timid to attend a live GWAR show will appreciate that even though most viewers will suffer permanent brain damage at least they won't get blood all over their latest trendy outfit. Laugh in abject horror as Oderous Urungus, The Sexecutioner

Sexecutioner

Sexecutioner was a character in the band Gwar, played originally Mike Delaney, and finally by Chuck Varga from 1989 until 1995-6, with one final appearance in 2000...

, Slymenstra Hymen

Slymenstra Hymen

Slymenstra Hymen was Gwar's dancer and occasional singer portrayed by Danielle Stampe . She is perhaps best known for fire dancing, usually during the song "Horror of Yig." On the tours for the Carnival of Chaos album, she danced to the song "Sammy," because "Horror of Yig" often followed the...

, and company Rape, Burn, and Pillage their way into your heart. Join them in their never ending quest for exploitational sex and gratuitous violence." First release was on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 and the DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 was released in 2002 and is still available.

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Horror of Yig" Scumdogs of the Universe
3. "Black and Huge" Scumdogs of the Universe
4. "The Years Without Light" Scumdogs of the Universe
5. "World 'O' Filth" Hell-O
6. "Americanized" Hell-O
7. "Maggots" Scumdogs of the Universe
8. "Love Surgery" Scumdogs of the Universe
9. "Je M'Appelle J. Cousteau" Hell-O
10. "I'm in Love (With a Dead Dog)" Hell-O
11. "The Salaminizer" Scumdogs of the Universe
12. "Sexecutioner" Scumdogs of the Universe
13. "Sick of You
    Sick of You
    "Sick of You" is the third track in heavy metal band GWAR's second album, Scumdogs of the Universe.-Overview:"Sick of You" is, lyrically, a simple song, dealing with feelings of utter distaste for a despised one in a somewhat comical fashion:...
    
    " Scumdogs of the Universe
14. "Techno's Song" see below
15. "U Ain't Shit" Hell-O
16. "Cool Place to Park" Scumdogs of the Universe

Miscellaneous

The "Techno's Song" performed on this video is actually "The Private Pain of Techno Destructo" featured on "Carnival of Chaos

Carnival of Chaos

Carnival of Chaos is the Gwar's sixth studio album. It is perhaps most notable as their longest album , and also as the album that contains Stampe's solo number: "Don't Need a Man". Hunter Jackson also returns in "The Private Pain of Techno Destructo", and there is an ballad entitled "Sammy" about...

", which was, oddly, released seven years later. The choreography for the performance, however, does match the lyrics of "Techno's Song" from Hell-O

Hell-O

Hell-o! is the debut album by Gwar. The album was released in 1988, on Shimmy Disc Records.Gwar's angle on the album is that of a morbid punk band obsessed with debauchery, violence and toilet humor...