B.D.F. Controversy

== B.D.F. ==
"B.D.F." or "Baby Dick Fuck" was the 9th song on GWAR's 4th studio album, This Toilet Earth.
== Controversy ==
Around 1992 and 1993, Gwar was in a search to find a bigger record label. A label that had a keen eye for Gwar was Warner Bros. Records, whom had taken note of Gwar’s increasing success over the last few years. Not only would Metal Blade and Gwar get a great distribution deal out of this, but the record company was also willing to give the movie Skulhedface a bigger budget and a theatrical release. Gwar was excited to get their first taste of real mainstream success, so they got to work on the album and movie. Both were finished in 1993. Though, there was a problem with This Toilet Earth, according to Warner Bros. This was mainly due to the song “B.D.F.” The band was told that if the song was taken off the album, there would be no issues and everything would continue as planned. But if the band refused to drop the song, and the contract was ripped up. The distribution plan with Metal Blade Records would also be gone. Metal Blade said they fully supported whatever Gwar wanted to do. They all did have serious discussions whether to keep the song or not, and they did keep it. The reason for Warner Bros. distaste in B.D.F. was because of the comically vulgar and extremely graphic references to obscene acts that run the gamut from sodomy, necrophila, pre-natal rape, pedophila to mutilation (The songs title is literally just “Baby Dick Fuck” abbreviated). Gwar was forced to release the initial pressing of the CD through priority records. The initial pressing only had 25,000 copies, according to Brad Roberts. The song was removed from subsequent pressings of the CD through Metal Blade. “B.D.F” isn’t the only song that had this issue, 1999’s We Kill Everything had the song “Babyraper” which is less-than-subtle with its title, goes into extreme detail about the same subject, yet this song wasn’t required to be removed from the album, because it was at the lowest point of Gwar’s popularity. Both songs are still played live, though rarely. 
== Aftermath ==
Bob Gorman claims he still doesn't know if the band made the right choice. He stated that they realized if Warner Bros didn't want that one song, then the next time around they'd force GWAR to make something more to their standards, aka screw with their creative process. The band realized this and didn't want that. But "B.D.F." was removed from CD rereleases in the end anyway. So Gorman still doesn't know if they truly made the right choice blowing a record deal just to keep a song that eventually got removed anyway. 
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