Halloween is supposed to be disturbing. Its gone so Hallmark happy pumpkin that we forget its a Holiday of madness and fear.
Speaking of Madness and Fear…
GG Allin.
They called him a punk rocker but he wasn’t. He was a sick fuck disguised in the genre, most famous for;
“defecating and urinating onstage, rolling in feces and often consuming excrement, performing naked, committing self-injury,” that according to wikipedia.
Awesome!
The guy was from New Hampshire, born with the name Jesus Christ Allin. Nuff said, he was doomed from the start. Apparently in the early days he was a good drummer but more of a whack job than anything he got more attention ripping stuff apart and being flamboyant.
GG had been arrested for rape (though the charge was reduced) claiming he cut burned and drank the blood of the ‘victim’ but she did the same to him.. quid pro quo indeed. That plus a million other crimes from robbery to asault, the guy was a mess.
He fronted bands from the Scumfucks to The Cedar Street Sluts but mostly he was a shock rocker bleeding, puking and taunting girls up on stage to relieve themselves on him. Folks, I couldnt make this up if I tried, but it does indeed make todays stuff look tame indeed. I dont suggest that you jet out to aquire his recorded catalog as its pretty much crap but the lyrics are sorta funny in an offensive way.
A staple in the NY hardcore scnene, GG made it to The Jerry Springer Show and back and got some movie time in some hip documentarys but its his death in 1993 that is most heinous.
Allin died of a heroin ovedose, he was 36.
Just another junky death?
Not really.
His legend lived on…
Dead at 2am his friends posed for pictures with the dead Allin, claiming they thought he was asleep.
He also had two burial wakes.
One traditional Irish event , the other a rock and roll wake.
For the latter, GG Allin was dressed in a jock strap and leather jacket, unwashed, unembalmed reeking of urine and feces and well .. death.
The wake became a 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”
Happy Halloween.
Oh and its all available on video!
Rest In Peace.
