Hated: G.G. Allin And The Murder Junkies ( 1994 ) Netflix Review

Starring:  G.G. Allin, Merle Allin, Dee Dee Ramone, & Geraldo Rivera

Directed By Todd Phillips

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107086/


     With almost no other way to describe G.G. Allin, let me put it into two words, Disturbingly Poetic.  I'm not saying that G.G. offended me or anybody else I know, as a matter of fact, I really became a fan when I saw some underground VHS tapes of his last performances.  I still remember the first time I saw him Light a Sub Pop t-shirt on fire, piss on it, then finally shit on it.  That was  before one song had even been played.  As the show went on so did G.G.'s antics.  Self mutilation, shoving a microphone up his ass, throwing feces like a mad ape at the zoo, and attacking crowd members physically at will.  These were all staples at a Murder Junkies show, that is until the cops came to shut the whole show down.

     Todd Phillips ( The Hangover, Old School ) directed this 1994 documentary with an unflinching eye for the true Murder Junkies experience.  By the time the film was completed G.G. had already died of an accidental heroin overdose.  What was caught on film was nothing short of cinematic gold.  G.G.'s infamous house clearing at a NY small college, stints in the hospital, getting arrested for abuse and lewd conduct, and finally the imprisonment of G.G. for rape and torture of a woman.  As soon as he was paroled, G.G. skipped out on a meeting to go on another tour.

     Other Murder Junkies were interviewed to give their insight on such a legend.  Merle (G.G.'s brother ) often makes comments with almost no worry in his voice about his brothers beliefs and what makes him tick.  Even Dino the naked drummer makes quite a little scene himself by playing naked on his drum kit, and is none too shy about showing off "the goods".  The biggest impact on this disc was G.G. being himself.  At one point during the movie, G.G. is doing a spoken word, and begins to cut his body, and bang his head.  When the discussion of suicide on Halloween, live in front of an audience is brought up, almost everybody interviewed seemed to blow it off.  Now, when the same thing is said to G.G. at the spoken word event, he invites a female crowd member up to say it to his face.  When she does, G.G. begins assaulting her, until some fellow crowd members come to her safety.

     The biggest impact on me was when Geraldo interviewed G.G.  When asked typical dumb Geraldo'ish questions, Allin fired back exactly what was on his mind without flinching.  Maybe being named Jesus Christ Allin when he was born didn't help ( which was changed by his mother after the divorce to Kevin Michael Allin ).  Or maybe that growing up in a log cabin and getting lyme disease at an early age might have helped form the man that became G.G. Allin, Possibly it could've been the abuse suffered at the hands of a religiously fanatical father.  Who really knows other than the man himself?

     The film really focuses on the later part of G.G.'s life.  You get a sense that this whole movement would have been an epic thing to behold if you were able to see it. 

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