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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful my arris', 14 Mar 2005
Whilst I'd be very surprised that someone would buy this on the strength of one review, I feel compelled to put the record straight:
This is without doubt, the most disgusting & hideous music video I have seen in almost 35 years.
This other 'review' is a wind up. The 'music' is a shambolic noise at best & the 'star' of the 'film' is beyond description.
That said, if you like the thought of a tuneless fat no-mark having a dump on stage & smeering himself in it & attacking women (with furniture!) YOU WILL LOVE THIS.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Man That Punk Tried To Forget, 12 Oct 2002
The definitive angry young man, GG Allin was a normal enough kid, but somewhere along the way he got disillusioned. Big Time. His stage performances made the Sex Pistols look like Josie and the Pussycats, but in between hurling abuse and faeces at the crowd, GG really had a message...why do we all have to be the same? And fair enough. If he wanted to split his head open on a microphone and stay in a permanent substance haze, why couldn't he do that? Well in fact he did, until he dropped dead from a heroine overdose a few months after this documentary was completed. The candid interviews with his friends and fans are part pure black comedy and part trailer trash horror, but ultimately it's a sad tale about a person whose potential was thwarted by a society who just couldn't let him be him. An honest, if not visceral insight into a unique individual. Watch it - but not while you're eating!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Artist or Criminal?, 21 Jul 2008
In June 1993 Kevin Michael "G.G." Allin was found face down in a New York apartment after taking a fatal drugs overdose, ending his bizarre career as a punk rock singer/songwriter. In actual fact, G.G's band, 'The Murder Junkies' (featuring brother Merle on bass) were terrible but people probably didn't go to his shows for the music. G.G. was better known for his outrageous behaviour and his stage shows often lead to his hospitalization, arrest and/or imprisonment. Hated is a short documentary featuring live performances and interviews with G.G and the band.
Whilst I can't take the man seriously for a second, morbid curiosity got the better of me and I ended up reading up on the antics of G.G. Allin after a pal leant me this dvd. Morbid curiosity is probably why most people would pay to see his dreadful band but disturbingly, there do appear to be genuine fans at some of his shows. Fans who readily accept they may end up beaten, sexually assaulted or at the least covered in Allin's blood and faeces. Allin once said "My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets and the audience is the target" so you pretty much knew what you were letting yourself in for if you went to the show but you also should know that a lot of this appalling behaviour is included on the dvd. The film is only about 50 minutes long (ending in footage of Allin's funeral where fans partied with the corpse, pouring liquor and dropping pills into his mouth). It is very interesting however if you're the kind of person who enjoys circus freakshows , just don't watch it when eating.
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