G.G. ALLIN
Res-Erected (Roir)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Here's one resurrection too many folks ain't waitin' on. G.G. Allin's been underground, literally, for six years now but as all corpses in the biz, continues to release records. This latest excavation digs up live material from various video sources ensuring a spot among Allin's back catalogue of atrocious sound quality concert releases. That may be Dee Dee Ramone on a couple of cuts, but it really makes no difference as the guitars are sharp buzz punk blasts no matter who's at the helm. Then there's G.G., who gives it his very all on stage, and thankfully all we have is his snarly vocals. Musically speaking, Allin was a visual artist, storming any stage that would be foolish enough to have him, and then proceeding to hold the audience hostage with a barrage of atrocities. Allin would either beat somebody up, or somebody would beat him up, or the cops would shut him down before anybody got beat up. Was it art? Listening to the interview snippets scattered throughout this disc, it appears that G.G. indeed had an agenda, and somewhat of a rational motivation for his actions: he wanted to fuck things up. Whereas others in the biz tried to bring the world down with their anthems, G.G. did it with the personal touch. If nothing else, he holds the distinction of scaring away the author of this review - and this is the man who bravely ventured to the Richard Thompson gig!

© 1999 - John Sekerka