The Life of GG Allin

Kevin Michael “GG” Allin (August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock singer-songwriter who performed and recorded with many punk-rock 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, committing self-injury, performing naked, 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 racism, deeply divided opinions of him within the highly politicized punk community. Though he has a devoted cult following, Allin’s music has received mostly negative reviews from critics.

Here is an entire episode of Jerry Springer that featured GG Allin. What a maniac.

Here is video if the last day GG Allin was alive. He stormed out of his last show after the venue lost power and he proceeded to trash the streets of NYC.

There is a documentary about his life called Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies. You can watch the entire thing after the jump.