# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oderus-urungus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:46:49.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oderus-urungus"
name: "Oderus Urungus"
slug: "oderus-urungus"
description: "David Murray Brockie was a Canadian-born American singer and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, in which he performed as Oderus Urungus, and he was a bassist and lead singer in the bands Death Piggy, X-Cops, and the Dave Brockie Experience (DBX). He additionally played the Oderus Urungus character in the comedy horror TV sitcom Holliston. Brockie died of a heroin overdose in 2014."
tagline: "Canadian Vocalist and Bassist (1963-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oderus-urungus-04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-08-30"
deathDate: "2014-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             12.52587991718426
  historical:           8.371545333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882199/"
    handle:    "nm0882199"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://oderus.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/553300"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "ديف بروكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "ديف بروكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oderus_Urungus"
    title: "Oderus Urungus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brockie"
    title: "Dave Brockie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brockie"
    title: "Dave Brockie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "オーデラス・ウランガス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brockie"
    title: "Dave Brockie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brockie"
    title: "Dave Brockie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6f87f716-befd-40db-961a-747152ad08d5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump