Hated is a documentary by Todd Phillips of the life of legendary punk rock musician, GG Allin and a more disgusting or disturbing man you will most likely, never know. Utterly and completely insane; he was as crude and violent, as unpleasant and untalented a musician as a person could possibly be.
His behavior was so utterly obscene, it was not even to be believed by the most hard core of punk rockers. One of his favorite things to do on stage was to urinate and defaecate and then eat his own feces and drink his own urine. Yes, you read that right. He also hurled it at the audience.
He was so violent and so devoid of human empathy, it is said had he not been a musician, he most easily could have been a serial killer. He was known for assaulting his own audience and more often than not, he was beaten up or arrested before his shows even began.
His shows usually ended with him naked and covered in blood after gouging and cutting himself and members of the audience were always encouraged to perform oral sex on him.
It was often said that attending one of his shows was like going to a freak show.
His behavior often overshadowed his music which was by many standards, raw and forgettable .
Although he did have a cult following, local critics and police were so enraged by his antics, it landed him in jail no less than 50 times.
His personal life was just as disturbing. Often thought to have severe mental disorders which were made, no doubt much worse by his acute addiction to drugs and alcohol, in 1989 he was was arrested for the torture and rape of a woman in Michigan. He was accused of burning, cutting and raping the woman as well as forcing her to drink blood and Allin denied all charges, insisting that it was mutual and consensual, and surprisingly to a degree, the judge agreed and reduced the charges to felony assault and Allin served about a year and a half in prison.
Allin's life ended as memorably as he had lived it. On the night of June 27, 1993, he went onstage at a club in New York City. Two songs in, the power went out and Allin sailed into the crowd where he proceeded to destroy anything in the club that he could get his hands on. Allin went out into the streets, naked and covered in blood and feces and so did the crowd as Allin attempted to embrace his fans who were reveling in the street. Allin ended up at a friend’s apartment where he died of a heroin overdose in the early hours of June 28. Although dead, his partying friends continued to pose with him and take pictures until one of them realized something was not quite right and called the paramedics. Allin was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 36.
The photo above shows Allin lying in his coffin. He is dressed in a jacket and jock strap.
Todd Phillips documentary on the man is nothing short of brilliant. It does not judge the man or his music, but documents a phenomenon. Phillips looks at GG with unflinching honesty and does not sugarcoat the reality of a most disturbed individual who continuously lashed out at the world around him.
If you like documentaries and are interested in how they SHOULD be done, you should honestly check out Hated, which is a serious and honest look at the psychopathology of the insanity of a lone outsider, but be warned: it is graphic.
Until next time...
Love and Light To All,
LadiofZen
