GWAR Guitarist Found Dead on Tour Bus 33.12K Seth Abramovitch 11/04/11 02:27AM Filed to: rip rip gwar Heavy Metal Tweetg Tweetd Fb Gettypic Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus, the lead guitarist for Disneyfied Satanic metal outfit GWAR, was found dead on the band's tour bus on Thursday after playing a date in Minneapolis. There's no word yet on how it happened. [AP]