6/7/2023 0 Comments Punk wars gg allin figure![]() The running time here consists of three shows from Allin’s very last tour before he died in 1993: The Fastlane in Asbury Park, NJ (4/25/93), Somber Reptile in Atlanta, GA (5/15/93) and the 5th Street Warehouse in Austin, TX (5/18/93). Anybody who has heard the maniac man’s musick will know what I mean – it’s red and raw and dripping lewd crude rude scumcuntpunk whose quality on record and CD varies from great to intolerably bad. I mean, the sound is excellent here, but, well, it wasn’t so much excellent as excrement (butt thankfully there’s none of Jesus’s infamous s**t-flinging-and-eating on display here) during the gigs themselves. The appropriately named ‘Terror in America’ comes to you in 5.1 Surround Sound, which is akin to gold-plating a turd. Guy lived, was in extreme pain, caused pain to himself and others, and he died a probably long overdue death in his late 30s, leaving behind a twisted car crash legacy of bloodshed and brutality for all that still fascinates and appalls and disgusts people in equal measures. I’m not here to pump up the volume on his ‘punk underground anti-hero’ image, cos that’s been done to (his) death and beyond. What to say about wacky wee GG that’s not been said already? Well, there’s not a whole helluva lot I could say. “THIS IS NOT THE LOLLAPALOOZA TOURS! NO! WE SHOULD DROP BOMBS ON THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS! F**K THE HAIRCUT PEOPLE! F**K THE PHONEY BULLSHIT! WE DON’T NEED THIS BULLSHIT, WE DON’T NEED THIS DRUMSET! NO, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS F*****G REVENGE! AND DON’T F*****G FORGET IT! IT’S YOU WHO MUST BELIEVE IN THE REAL ROCK AND ROLL UNDERGROUND, NOT THE FRAUD, NOT THE PHONEYS, NOT MAJOR LABEL BULLSHIT! IT’S TIME TO KILL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS, AND IT’S TIME TO KILL ‘EM NOW!” – Peaceful words from Jesus. If you’re not, well, you’re maybe better off, and if you don’t like DVDs of performances that are more bloodsport than entertainment then you should avoid this like the aurally and visually transmitted plague. If you are, and like his stuff, then this DVD is a must-see. I guess that many people who frequent this site will be familiar with the self-destructive sonic myth of the late hardcore scatpunk all-American idiot icon Jesus Christ (yes, that was the name he was genuinely given at birth, though his was presumably not immaculate) ‘GG’ Allin, who died of a drugs overdose in 1993. ![]() “Human beings display a deep and restless violence, which no longer channels itself into wars but has to emerge in road rage, internet porn, contact sports like hyperviolent professional rugby and US football, reality TV, and so on.” – JG Ballard, 2003.Īdd ‘watching GG Allin DVDs’ to the end of that list.
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