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440:. Allin had parted with his previous label, Black and Blue Records once he signed with Homestead Records with Yarmouth's blessings.The goal was to get GG on a major label and both GG and Yarmouth felt Homestead was a good first step in getting there versus the small RI based label. Yarmouth is quoted "GG loved to trash any perceived or real authority including his record labels. I recall one show at The Populous Pudding in CT after the release of his second Homestead release where backstage GG pissed on my leg and yelled proudly that he now had pissed on both his labels. He said he pissed on Cosley's head. GG was that kind of guy. Back in the early days I spent a lot of money advertising GG in music publications. No label after Black & Blue had to sell an unknown artist." 29: 354: 349: 344: 339: 334: 138: 427:
and many others by Black & Blue Records, Allin's stature in the punk rock underground had grown considerably. However, Allin's uncompromising, and increasingly transgressive performances, and his tendency towards extremely lowbrow lyrics, made him an unlikely prospect not only for major labels,
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Jaques Kralian reportedly asked Allin (who co-engineered the recording) and Cosloy if they really were serious about releasing the sessions. His question was answered a few months later when Allin and Cosloy immortalized his inquiry - "You guys aren't planning on pressing this into a record, are
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before those bands left for greener pastures. With room on the roster and a desire to work with Allin again, Cosloy courted the shock-rocker. Allin agreed almost immediately. Homestead would be the biggest label Allin would deal with up until this time.
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All ten of the songs were rehearsed and recorded in one day-long session. Cosloy produced but did not take production credit, instead claiming on the liner notes that he "re-mixed, unmixed, and edited" the album as heard in its final form.
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The album was the first to fully mark a distinct change in his vocal tone, which by this time began to take on a slurred and gravelly characteristic, and increasing usage of
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While most of the song titles are self-explanatory, "Suck Dog" is reportedly about writer and performance artist
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sometime in the mid-1980s.) The other cover version, "Garbage Dump", was written and originally recorded by
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in favor of the rough mid-tempo rock he began on his third full length, 1985's self-released cassette
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through a deal with record distributor Dutch East India, and had released records by
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On May 18, 1987, Allin entered a low-budget studio called The Music Box, located on
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Gerard Cosloy - guitar, editing, backing vocals, remixing, sequencing, mixing
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In 1992, while Allin was serving a prison sentence for parole violation in
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All songs written by G.G. Allin except where noted.
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Studio album
GG Allin
Genre
Punk rock
hardcore punk
Label
Homestead Records
Awareness Records
Producer
GG Allin
Hated in the Nation
Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies
AllMusic
studio album
punk rock
GG Allin
shock rock

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