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GG Allin (29 August 1956 - 28 June 1993) was a punk rock singer and bandleader. Born Jesus Christ Allin, he was nicknamed GG when his brother could not pronounce his name. His mother renamed him Kevin Michael Allin shortly before he began school. He was raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Allin fronted many bands throughout his career; including The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, Bulge, The Cedar Street Sluts, Antiseen, and The Murder Junkies. He has a large discography, which is largely out of print and sometimes commands high prices from collectors.
He would often perform naked and regular stage antics included attacking audience and band members, defecating, urinating, throwing feces at his audience, and self mutilation. He is said to have fellated his brother on-stage. He was arrested many times throughout his 15 year career for his wild stage antics, and some have regarded these acts as performance art. Performances were often stopped by police after only a few songs.
Allin's notoriety led to appearances on episodes of Geraldo and The Jerry Springer Show.
It is rumoured that he once raped a female audience member and has bragged of taking a woman hostage with a knife live onstage. He promised throughout his career that he would commit suicide onstage on Halloween by blowing himself up by a stick of dynamite stuck between his buttocks.
Despite his repeated threats (or perhaps promises) of an onstage death, Allin died of a heroin overdose on 28 June 1993, in his New York City apartment.
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