GG Allin

Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (born Jésus Christ Allin; le 29 Août 1956 – June 28, 1993) ce qui American punk rock singer-songwriter oms performed and recorded with many groups during his career. Allin ce best known for his controversial performances en direct, which often vedette transgressive de l'acts, including auto-mutilation, onstage la défécation devient and le coprophagia, indecent exposure and assaulting audience members, for which he was arrested and emprisonnée on de multiples occasions. AllMusic and G4TV s That's Tough have called him "the most spectacular degenerate dans rock & roll history and the toughest rock star in the world”. Known more for his notorious stage antics than for his music, Allin recorded prolifically, not only in the punk rock genre, mais aussi dans le spoken word, country, and more traditional style rock. His lyrics, which often métastatiques themes of racism and misogyny, polarized écouteur and created varied opinions of him within the highly politicized punk communauté. When questioned about his music and spectacles, Allin often replied that he was trying to make rock music "dangerous" again. Allin s music ce often poorly recorded and produced, given limited distribution, et met with généralement négative reviews from critics, although he maintained a cult following throughout and after his career. Allin promise for several years that he would les by suicide on stage during one of his concerts, but instead died from an accidental drug overdose on June 28, 1993, at the age of 36.