MINNEAPOLIS - Gwar lead guitarist Flattus Maximus has been found dead in the band's tour bus. Manager Jack Flanagan says Maximus -- born Cory Smoot -- was found early yesterday as the band was ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The lead guitarist for the heavy metal band GWAR was found dead Thursday on its tour bus following a concert in Minneapolis, the band's manager and record label said. Manager Jack ...

Update: Our sister paper Minneapolis City Pages has an interview with the gas station manager who discovered Cory Smoot dead and called 911. “It really, really shook the band,” says Dan Anderson.

Cory Smoot aka Flattus Maximus (right), R.I.P. Pictures from the campy-blood-soaked Gwar set, the Every Time I Die-costumed-as-Chippendales-dancers set, and the mighty Ghoul (no Warbeast) at House of ...

GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot, who portrayed the role of Flattus Maximus in the band for the last nine years, was found dead today. The cause of death is not known. Smoot was discovered when his bandmates ...

GWAR frontman Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus, has opened up about yesterday's sudden death of the band's guitarist Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus (pictured above in and out of costume). In the ...

The Smoot family and Slave Pit Inc. released a statement regarding the official cause of death of guitarist Cory Smoot, according to The Gauntlet. Smoot played the character of Flattus Maximus for ...

Flattus Maximus (right) in Chicago on 10/31 (more by Carmelo Espanola) Metalsucks is reporting that Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus has passed away:It is with a sense of profound loss and tragedy that ...

Last week, we were shocked and saddened to report on the death of GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus. Today, details of memorial services were made available. Here is the full press ...