Episode 267: GG Allin: Jesus Christ Punk Rock Legend
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On this new episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we dive deep into the shallow end of the genius pool and take a look at the man behind the madness of the infamous ‘poop punk stage movement’, G.G. Allin.
Born Jesus Christ Allin in 1953, the young Allin would spend his early days in a log cabin in New Hampshire with his older brother Merle. Quietly the family would listen to their father explain how they didn’t need things like electricity or running water. Dear old Dad even mentioned that the savior Jesus Christ had visited him and explained to him that his second son would be a “great man in the vein of the Messiah.” When pops wasn’t serenading the family with sermons and prophecies they even had the chance to listen to the repeated dull thuds of their father digging the family graves in the basement.
Not one to let his father steal the funk, G.G. Allin found solace and comfort in music. In his mid-teens, he and his brother Merle created a band called Little Sisters Date where they covered KISS, Aerosmith, and other popular bands of the time. He actually graduated high school in 1975 in Vermont.
After high school, G.G. would play in a number of different bands in the underground hardcore scene yet was not part of the east coast hardcore scene. His performances in Manchester, New Hampshire with the Cedar Street Sluts earned him the nickname of “the madman of Manchester” in the mid 1980’s.
Having discovered the escape and comfort of heroin and every other drug handed to him by fans or friends, G.G. found his true calling in Peoria, IL in 1985 when he defecated on stage for the first time. Maybe it was the madness of watching hardcore punks run screaming towards the doors or the anger and outrage of the venue owners, but whatever it was, G.G. Allin was hooked.
Join us as we take a plugged nose look at the self-proclaimed, “last true rock and roller.”
Watch Hated GG Allin and the Murder Junkies Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piEQGeyiE-k
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