GG Allin - Bite It You Scum Live

You'd be amazed what you can pick up at our local library. Way back at the start of the 90s I finally rented out the mean looking cassette that had sat in the same place on the rack for a long time. I'd never heard of GG Allin at the time, but within a listen, I was hooked. Not to mention shocked, outraged and utterly rocked in equal turns.

The music is full of some of the most scatological and filthy lyrics you'll ever hear. His shows were little better and became legendary. He was arrested on many occasions, famed for defecating on stage, cutting himself and throwing all sorts of bodily fluids and solids at the audience before fighting them - they were the epitome of animalistic rock and roll excess. I'm not sure I would have wanted to see a show - but Hated In The Nation gave a great idea of what to expect.

I just got a hold of the CD of it, and it's been getting a solid playing and sounds as great today as it ever did. Now some of GG Allin's beliefs and posturing doesn't sit well with me I have to say, but his music is sublime - Hated In The Nation is well worth seeking out, featuring work by the likes of J Mascis and Wayne Kramer, once you get past the filth, it's truly awesome gut wrenching full on rock. To give you a snap shot, here's GG Allin doing a live version of Bite It You Scum circa 1992. Probably not something you'd want to play in a crowded office, but to be fair, of the live footage I've seen, it's pretty tame.

Posted by Dio Bach at 11:47 PM