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An online petition is begging the NFL to take a risk and book the early 90s heavy-metal act, GWAR, for next year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Football fans have a message for the NFL: Forget the boring pop acts and take a risk with next year's show.

In the wake of the NFL's announcement that pop star Bruno Mars will perform the Super Bowl 2014 half-time show, an online petition has been created demanding heavy metal costume band GWAR perform the 2015 show.

And it has more than 23,000 supporters after only a few days.

Never heard of GWAR? The heavy-metal group started in the 80s, peaked in the early 90s, and is probably best known for its elaborate science-fiction inspired costumes and its habit of spraying its audience with fake blood.

The petition received some attention from sports news radio earlier this week, resulting in a surge of signers. It's the brainchild of Kentucky video producer Jeff Cantrell, who addresses his request to NFL Senior Vice President Greg Aiello.

GWAR frontman Dave Brockie writes an often-raunchy football column for MetalSucks.com called "Necessary Roughness," a fact Cantrell argues should make the band a strong contender.

“We don't want another year of sitting around talking through a muted, boring NFL Super Bowl halftime show,” Cantrell writes. “We want something different. We want a real spectacle that only GWAR can provide.”

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