At that point, GG had transformed himself taking Iggy Pop’s confrontational style and taking it to whole new heights. When Merle and GG Allin stopped performing together during the 80s, Merle still kept a close eye on his brother attending some of his gigs. When I left to go to Boston and GG moved to Manchester, he got married and moved and put The Jabbers together.” “… He pretty much got banned from every place.” – Merle Allin We just went up and recorded the three songs, Beat Beat Beat, One Man Army, Import to Death, which eventually came out on GG’s debut album but that was in 1978. When we stopped being Kevin Michael Allin and became GG Allin was when we came out from behind the drums, took the mic and was like, ‘Okay, I’m gonna start my own thing.’ We really didn’t even have a name. Merle would explain, “Me and GG had been hanging out, writing songs and that’s where the very first job or single was written in Vermont… The pair would play through such local bands as Little Sisters Date playing stuff like Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper and Malpractice.Įventually the brothers would check out the scenes in Boston and New York. GG would take up the drums while Merle would take up the guitar. The Allin’s eventually relocated to Williamsburg, Vermont and Jesus Christ Allin changed his name to Kevin Michael Allin.īoth Allin boys became heavily influenced by the 60s British blues invasion but when glam rock hit in the early 70s, they took it a step further and adopted the dress of their heroes. Their father, Merle says, was a manic recluse, very much a hermit who named his youngest son Jesus Christ Allin saying, “It was pretty much turbulent the first 10 years of our life…” Their father even pondered the idea of offing his entire family before taking his own life. They were raised in a log cabin with no running water. People would love us before we went on and by the time the show was over, they wanted to kill us.” Jesus Christ Allin born in Lancaster, New Hampshireīoth GG Allin and Merle were born in the small town of Lancaster, New Hampshire in 19, respectively. It was a complete disaster with Merle remembering, “There were shows where we feared for our lives. While GG Allin made a name for himself in the US punk underground during the 80s, the 90s marked the first time that GG undertook the Sustained tour with a set backing band. “There were shows where we feared for our lives…” – Merle Allin GG and his brother, Merle Allin were in GG’s last backing band, the Murder Junkies during the early 90s. Before it was commonplace, GG Allin was covered from head to toe in tattoos and he had a fondness for scraggly facial hair.
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