GG Allin

GG Allin built his notoriety through concerts in which he stripped naked, defecated on stage, covered himself in excrement, injured himself with objects and fought with audience members. This behaviour was documented by the press before and immediately after his death.

Attribution

Personally implicated

Allin repeatedly announced publicly that he would kill himself on stage during a Halloween concert, postponing the date as imprisonment, probation or other constraints prevented the planned performance. This promise became a central element of his public image.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Personally implicated

Allin's final concert at New York's Gas Station ended after approximately ten minutes amid a fight with audience members; the chaos continued in the street. A few hours later, he was found dead in an East Village flat, his death attributed to an apparently accidental heroin overdose.

State of the evidence

Reported by the press

Attribution

Personally implicated

The police report reproduced by the Austin Chronicle describes Allin naked, bleeding and defecating on stage as the audience fled. An audience member stated that excrement had struck his head and that he wished to file a complaint. After receiving medical treatment, Allin was detained under a Michigan warrant seeking the revocation of his probation.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

During a concert at Milwaukee's Odd Rock Café, Allin defecated on stage and used the excrement during his performance. He was arrested for disorderly conduct; after protracted proceedings, a jury found him guilty in August 1991.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Personally implicated

Allin was accused of seriously injuring a woman in Ann Arbor, including by burning and cutting her. He disputed the complainant's account and invoked consensual sexual practices; the case ended with a plea to a reduced charge of felonious assault and a prison sentence.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

During an improvised performance at the University of Michigan's East Quad, witnesses stated that Allin had stripped naked, punched a female spectator in the stomach and struck a student with a chair. Local press reported charges of indecent exposure and assault and battery arising from the incident.

Attribution

Personally implicated

According to AllMusic, Allin was due to appear on the Morton Downey Jr. Show but never reached the studio after he and his band trashed their hotel room and were arrested.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated