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GG Allin
GG Allin in 1992
Background information
Birth name	Jesus Christ Allin
Also known as	Kevin Michael Allin, GG, Jesus Christ Allin
Born	August 29, 1956(1956-08-29)
Origin	Lancaster, New Hampshire
Died	June 28, 1993 (aged 36) New York City, New York
Genre(s)	Punk rock, spoken word, country and western, shock rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, drums, guitar
Years active	1976–1993
Label(s)	Mountain Records, Ax/tion Records, Blood Records, Onge Records, ROIR, Black and Blue Records, Homestead Records, Awareness Records, Alive/BOMP! Records
Associated acts	Dee Dee Ramone, Little sister's Date, Malpractice, The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Cedar Street Sluts, MC2 (AKA The Motor City Badboys), J Mascis, Mark Kramer, Carolina Shitkickers, Bulge, Criminal Quartet, The Texas Nazis, David Peel, Bloody Mess & The Skabs, Antiseen, The Murder Junkies
Website	Official website

Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock singer-songwriter who performed and recorded with many groups during his career.

Allin is best remembered for his notorious live performances that typically featured wildly transgressive acts such as Allin defecating and urinating onstage, rolling in feces and often consuming excrement (coprophagia), committing self-injury, performing naked, taunting people to perform fellatio on him and committing violent actions toward the audience—often doing many of these things simultaneously. Although more notorious for his stage antics than for his wide body of music, he recorded prolifically, not only in the punk rock genre, but also in spoken word, country and Rolling Stones-influenced rock. His politically incorrect lyrics, which often covered subjects such as misogyny, pedophilia and homophobia, deeply divided opinions of him within the highly politicized punk community.^[1] Though he had a devoted cult following, Allin's music has received mostly negative reviews from critics.^[2][3][4]

Contents 1 Life 1.1 Childhood 1.2 Early music career 1.3 Mid era 1.4 1989 trial 1.5 Documentary 1.6 Last days and death 2 Media 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Life

[edit] Childhood

Born Jesus Christ Allin at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, New Hampshire, Allin was raised in East St. Johnsbury, Vermont and Concord, Vermont.^[2] He was given this messianic name because his father – Merle Allin, Sr., then 33 years old, told his wife – Arleta Gunther, then 23 years old, that Jesus Christ Himself had visited him and told him that his newborn son would be a great and all powerful man in the vein of the Messiah.^[5][2]

As a young child, his older brother, Merle Allin, Jr., was unable to pronounce "Jesus" properly and kept calling him "Jeje", which became "GG". The family lived in a log cabin with no water or electricity. Allin's father, who forbade all conversation in the home after dark, was a religious fanatic and an antisocial man, who was allegedly violent towards his wife and children, though GG himself never used this as an excuse for any of his own eccentricities. At age 12, Allin had contracted Lyme disease and claimed to have never fully recovered from the effects of having the disease at such a young age.

Shortly before Allin started school, his mother changed his legal name to Kevin Michael Allin (on March 2, 1962 by his birth certificate). Arleta had allowed his birth name to stand until this point. However, with her husband's deteriorating mental health, his mother changed his name in order to give Allin a chance at a normal, mockery-free childhood.

GG was considered a misfit from junior high school onwards, and he was placed in special ed classes and had to repeat the third grade. He was known to rebel by showing up to school dressed in drag (his 10th grade school picture depicts him this way), which he said was inspired by the New York Dolls. When asked about his childhood, GG has been quoted as saying "Very chaotic. Full of chances and dangers. We sold drugs, stole, broke into houses, cars, etc. Did whatever we wanted to for the most part - including all the bands we played in. People even hated us back then."^[6]

[edit] Early music career

Some of Allin's earliest recorded musical endeavors were as a drummer. During high school, he had a penchant for provocative theatrics early on. At one early gig (a high school prom), he pulled down the decorations and everyone cheered. Another early gig started a riot.

Allin graduated from Concord High School in 1975, and shortly after formed the band Malpractice with several high school friends and his brother Merle. He was the drummer for Malpractice until the band broke up in 1977. He later became the drummer for the band Stripsearch, and was able to write and perform two songs: "Galileo" and "Jesus in New York City."

His first years as a frontman were with the Jabbers (1977 – April 1984). The Jabbers recorded a number of tracks for which Allin played drums and performed vocals. In 1980 came Allin's debut release, Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be. At the time, Allin was a standard punk rock frontman in the vein of Iggy Pop and Stiv Bators and his music was a catchy, even danceable, mix of power pop and hardcore punk. He was even managed at one point by industry veteran (and The Dead Boys producer) Genya Ravan. Tensions within The Jabbers began to mount as Allin became increasingly uncontrollable, vicious, and uncompromising. The Jabbers discontinued, and the members parted ways. Allin's drug use started during this period.

During the early to mid 1980s, Allin fronted many acts. These included early albums varying from The Cedar Street Sluts to The Scumfucs in 1982, and The Texas Nazis in 1985. However, Allin remained in the underground hardcore scene and was not yet a viable icon of the east coast hardcore scene.

On March 13, 1986, a daughter was born to Allin and Tracy Deneault. Little is known about the child, Nicoann Deneault. It has been speculated that the small picture in GG's left hand at his funeral may have been of Nicoann, though it is most likely a picture of a very young GG Allin.^[7] Tracey Deneault and GG never married. Tracey was a teenage girl Allin took up with when his wife, Sandra Farrow, his childhood sweetheart and a fashion model, divorced him. Allin retreated to a cabin in New Hampshire where he wrote Eat My Fuc.

Though still a marginal figure, Allin gained wider attention with the release by Reachout International Records (ROIR) of Hated in the Nation (1987), a cassette-only release at the time, which contained several tracks from Allin's then-out-of-print back catalogue with The Jabbers, The Scumfucs and Cedar Street Sluts. The tape also featured several new recordings, both in-studio and in-concert, with an all-star band assembled by producer, Maximum RocknRoll columnist, and early Allin patron Mykel Board. This band featured J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. on lead guitar, and Bongwater record producer/musician Mark Kramer on bass.

[edit] Mid era

By the mid to late 1980s, Allin was a heroin addict, alcoholic and general abuser of any intoxicants provided to him. He was poorly groomed and rarely cleaned himself. At this point, Allin also began eating laxatives before performances - as defecation was becoming a regular stage act. Allin described himself as "the last true rock and roller." By this, he meant that rock and roll music itself had started as an embodiment of danger, anti-authoritarianism, rebelliousness but had become largely taken over by corporations and business concerns. Allin's music and performances were thus meant to return rock and roll to what he saw as its roots, reclaiming it from the corporate system.

Allin idolized country music legend Hank Williams, Sr, and saw himself as a kindred spirit. Both were relative loners and outsiders, both were habitual users of intoxicants, both lived with few, if any, possessions and both travelled the country relentlessly. GG Allin's acoustic output, documented particularly on the EP The Troubled Troubador, was heavily influenced by Williams. He recorded his own rewrites of Hank Williams, Jr.'s "Family Tradition" and David Allan Coe's "Longhaired Redneck", calling his own versions "Scumfuc Tradition" and "Outlaw Scumfuc" respectively. Later GG Allin also released another country album Carnival of Excess.

During this period, Allin collaborated with Bulge (aka Boston hardcore punk trio Psycho under a different name, on the album Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies), The Aids Brigade (the 7" EP Expose Yourself To Kids) and The Holymen (You Give Love a Bad Name). Allin also began performing many spoken word pieces. Video footage of these are available but rare. Unwilling to seek steady employment, Allin supported himself by selling his own records. He also claimed to have committed criminal acts such as breaking and entering, robbery and mugging. Allin was also fascinated with serial killers. He wrote and visited John Wayne Gacy in prison a number of times and Gacy painted a portrait of Allin (see American Serial killer art).

By this point, Allin's performances, which often resulted in considerable damage to venues and sound equipment, were regularly stopped after only a few songs by police or venue owners. Allin was charged with assault and battery or indecent exposure a number of times. His constant touring was only stopped by jail time or by long hospital stays for broken bones, blood poisoning, and other physical trauma.

Another attraction to Allin performances was his continual threats of suicide. In 1988, Allin wrote to Maximum RocknRoll stating that he would commit suicide on stage on Halloween 1989. However, he was in jail when that day came. He continued his threat each following year but ended up imprisoned each following Halloween. When asked why he does not follow through with his threats, or sometimes his on-stage defecations, Allin stated, "With GG, you don't get what you expect—you get what you deserve."^[8] He also stated that suicide should only be done when one had reached their peak, meeting the afterlife at their strongest point and not at their weakest.^[9]

[edit] 1989 trial

In late 1989, Allin was arrested and charged with rape and torture of a female acquaintance in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In a psychological evaluation made as part of the trial,^[10] Allin was judged as having above-average intelligence, and was described as "courteous, cooperative and candid." The unnamed evaluator noted Allin did not appear psychotic, and seemed comfortable with his unorthodox lifestyle. However, the evaluator asserted Allin did have behaviors consistent with masochism and narcissism, and displayed symptoms of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.

Allin initially denied the charges, claiming the woman was a willing participant in sexual activities with him, only later changing her account of events.^[11] According to Allin, he cut her, burned her, and drank her blood, however she did the same thing to him. Allin also claimed inconsistencies in the woman's statements to authorities supported his assertions, and the judge in the case agreed there were substantial inconsistencies in the woman's account.^[11] Ultimately, however, Allin plea bargained to reduced felony assault charges,^[11] and he was imprisoned from December 20, 1989 – March 26, 1991.

It was during this confinement that Allin felt energized about his life and "mission," as he put it. He wrote and published The GG Allin Manifesto^[12] (1990) during this period.

[edit] Documentary

After his release from prison, Allin went on another tour, footage of which made it into Todd Phillips' documentary Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies. The documentary also contained graphic scenes from other Allin appearances as well as interviews with Allin, his brother and fellow band member Merle Allin, and the Murder Junkies' naked drummer Dino. The film came out in 1994 and was released on DVD in 1997.

It was during this period that Allin recorded his Murder Junkies album released by New Rose Records and featuring the band ANTiSEEN. This album contained 10 musical tracks and 10 spoken-word pieces. Other than Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies, Allin considered this album to be his most polished professionally recorded album that explored his persona and stated his philosophy on life. It was also during this period that Allin recorded the War In My Head - I'm Your Enemy album released on Awareness Records and featuring the band Shrinkwrap. This particular album consists of one 45 minute track that is a collage of spoken-word pieces which Shrinkwrap put to music.

Meanwhile, Allin's growing notoriety led to appearances on Geraldo, The Jerry Springer Show and The Jane Whitney Show.

[edit] Last days and death

Despite threats of an onstage suicide, Allin died of a heroin overdose in New York City on June 29, 1993, in the Manhattan apartment of John Handley Hurt and Dwanna Yount only six days after leaving prison (and three days after attending the premier of the documentary Hated). He was found lying in his apartment on the night of the 28th but he actually died overnight in his sleep on the 29th. He was 36 years old. His last show was at a small club called The Gas Station in New York City. Video footage of the soundcheck, concert, and aftermath is appended to the DVD release of Hated. In his last show the power went out during the second song, after which he trashed the venue and walked the streets of New York naked and covered in blood and feces, surrounded by fans whom he openly embraced.^[13] On VH1's Freakiest Concert Moments, Allin's final show ranked at number four.

After arriving at his friends' apartment, some party-goers posed for photos with Allin, not knowing that he was already dead. The next morning, some noticed that Allin still lay motionless in the same place where they had left him, and called for an ambulance. Allin was pronounced dead at the scene.^[14]

At his funeral, Allin's bloated, discolored corpse was dressed in his black leather jacket and trademark jock strap. He had a bottle of Jim Beam beside him in his casket, as per his wishes (openly stated in his self-penned acoustic country ballad, "When I Die"). As part of his brother's request, the mortician was instructed not to wash the corpse (which smelled strongly of feces), or apply any makeup. The funeral became a wild party. Friends posed with the corpse, placing drugs and whiskey into its mouth. As the funeral ended, his brother put a pair of headphones on Allin. The headphones were plugged into a portable cassette player, in which was loaded a copy of The Suicide Sessions. The video of his funeral is widely available for purchase, and is an extra feature on the Hated DVD and some bootleg VHS tapes.^[14]

At the time of his death, Allin was making plans for a spoken-word album, and a somewhat unlikely European tour. Reports say he was enthusiastically talking about them to a friend in the hours before his death.^[15]

[edit] Media

• Court document - GG Allin's sentencing in Michigan case
• Court document - GG Allin's clinical transcript in Michigan case

[edit] Discography

• GG Allin discography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official GG Allin Website
• You're Wrong, An Irregular Column by Mykel Board
• GG Allin Online
• Allin's Obituary
• Hated at the Internet Movie Database
• GG Allin at the Internet Movie Database
• Maximumrocknroll Interview - GG Allin interview from 1987
• 2004 Rolling Stone.com article
• GG Allin article and interview by Joe Coughlin
• GG Allin at Find A Grave

v • d • e GG Allin Bands The Jabbers – Bloody Mess & The Skabs – Antiseen – The Murder Junkies  – They Hate Us Major Albums Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be – Eat My Fuc – Hated in the Nation – Boozing and Pranks – You Give Love a Bad Name – Banned in Boston – Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies-Anti-Social Personality Disorder - Live – Suicide Sessions - Brutality and Bloodshed for All – Carnival of Excess: Limited Edition - Dirty Love Songs  – Murder Junkies – The Troubled Troubador Films Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies Related persons Merle Allin – Dee Dee Ramone – Genya Ravan – David Peel – Mark Kramer – Wayne Kramer – Dennis Thompson – J Mascis – Dick Urine – Gerard Cosloy See also Hardcore punk – Shock rock – Punk rock – Spoken Word – Country – GG Allin discography

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NAME	Allin, G.G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allin, Kevin Michael; Allin, Jesus Christ
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lancaster, New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1993
PLACE OF DEATH	New York City, New York