--- description: Following reports of evidence of heroin use at his home, a medical examiner's office confirmed the metal icon's cause of death Tuesday title: Gwar Frontman Dave Brockie Died of Accidental Heroin Overdose image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c8b6c29c5e6299/6986961906f2c1805032f4f4/ap574994322897.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gwar Frontman Dave Brockie's Death Ruled an Accidental Heroin Overdose  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 12:10 AM CUT  Dave Brockie at the Fear Net and Resident Evil Party at Voyeur Nightclub for Comic-Con in San Diego, July 13, 2012. Dave Brockie at the Fear Net and Resident Evil Party at Voyeur Nightclub for Comic-Con in San Diego, July 13, 2012.Jeff Bottari—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 12:10 AM CUT The late frontman of thrash-metal mainstay Gwar, Dave Brockie, [died of an accidental heroin overdose](http://wtvr.com/2014/06/03/dave-brockie-gwar-lead-singer-died-of-accidental-heroin-overdose/ "undefined"), the Virginia State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Tuesday. Onstage with the band, Brockie inhabited the costumed character Oderus Urungus — [“a 43 billion year-old alien from the planet Scumdogia](http://time.com/35450/gwar-oderus-urungus-dave-brockie-death/ "undefined").” In late March, he was found dead in his home [at age 50](http://time.com/35450/gwar-oderus-urungus-dave-brockie-death/ "undefined"), WTVR reports. Police had evidence of heroin on the scene, but a cause of death was not confirmed until now. Brockie’s friends told local media they had been concerned about his health and behavior in the lead-up to his death. Brockie was a founding member of the two-time Grammy-nominated band and its [only consistent member](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-sly-shocking-soul-of-gwar/284617/ "undefined") since it began in 1984. \[[_WTVR_](http://wtvr.com/2014/06/03/dave-brockie-gwar-lead-singer-died-of-accidental-heroin-overdose/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2820727/gwar-dave-brockie-heroin-overdose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2820727/gwar-dave-brockie-heroin-overdose/"},"headline":"Gwar Frontman Dave Brockie's Death Ruled an Accidental Heroin Overdose","datePublished":"2014-06-04T00:10:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:12:01.987Z","description":"Following reports of evidence of heroin use at his home, a medical examiner's office confirmed the metal icon's cause of death Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/2820727/gwar-dave-brockie-heroin-overdose/","keywords":["celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c8b6c29c5e6299/6986961906f2c1805032f4f4/ap574994322897.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8c8b6c29c5e6299/6986961906f2c1805032f4f4/ap574994322897.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obit-GWAR Frontman","caption":"Obit-GWAR Frontman","creditText":"Jeff Bottari—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2820727/gwar-dave-brockie-heroin-overdose/","name":"Gwar Frontman Dave Brockie's Death Ruled an Accidental Heroin Overdose"}}]}] ```