GG Allin/Quotes

I'm just running wild in the street.
You might look at me and see a creep.
You might think I'm twisted in the brain.
But I don't care 'cause me you'll never tame.
I'm livin' like a 'rangutang.

—GG Allin, Livin' Like An Animal

I once asked G.G. why he dedicated his life to such a selfless mission, injuring and poisoning himself to the point of hospitalization to simply entertain a few hundred strangers. He couldn’t say. He was an imbecile. He insisted he hated everyone and didn’t care about his audiences but in reality he cared deeply, far more deeply than they deserved. He really thought his audiences merited his hate – a hatred so misdirected it always ended up hurting himself more than it did the spectators looking for a cheap thrill. He reminded me of a would-be Hitler, a fucked-up little misanthrope who’d destroy the world if he got any power for no reason except his own inferiority complex which needed compensation through needless acts of violence.
G.G. was a danger to himself and others and ultimately a failure on any artistic level. But as Robert Williams has said, “If it commands attention, it’s culture. If it matches the couch, it’s art.” As a counter-culture icon of mindless barbarism he stands alone.

—Nick Zedd, The Boy Who Cried Wolf