Back in Ann Arbor, GG touched down just long enough to check in with his parole officer, got another pass, then he was on another plane to Tampa, FLA for a week. Meanwhile the CD/LP GG recorded with ANTiSEEN had been released in Europe (called Murder Junkies) and was slowly making its way to this continent.
The in-store was set for July 27th, 1991.
But GG arrived a couple of days earlier.
GG stayed with Mark Robinson and [deleted]. A lot of plans were made ... but for the most part, a lot of alcohol consumption took place. Madness was about to take over this house ... as only GG could invite. Mark and [deleted] even turned on each other often throughout his stay as tension built ... Mark often having to sleep outside. Unless of course he wanted to stay up and watch GG jerk off all night while sucking on his roommate's girlfriend's panties he had stolen. People were in and out all week doing interviews, or just stopping by out of curiosity. The house was beginning to look like a dumpsite before long. Beer, wine and whiskey bottles covered the floor and all the tables and garbage was strewed everywhere. GG seemed to have an odor however that made the apt. even smell ok. His t-shirt had yellowed due to the fact that over 90% of it was covered in cum stains and he could also scrape the dirt from his body literally with his fingernails. Nobody was even sure if he had even taken a bath or shower since his release from prison.
And sleep was almost nil. As GG would drink all night and play an acoustic guitar, making up songs as Mark recorded. Or late night drunken swims in the pool, jumping off the roof into about 3 ft. of water as the neighbors would yell to them to shut up and keep it down. They ignored those pleas. Even a late night wrestling match on the kitchen floor. A personality has diff. ways of releasing itself and its tension. Allin's was in madness and rock 'n' roll.
The in-store was a major success. GG, Mark and his girlfriend and their roommate all pitched in to rent a limo to get them there. They all knew they would be too fucked up to make it on their own. So around 10:00 AM it picked them up and drove them around Tampa for a couple of hours before arriving at the store. In the limo some of them would have breakfast ... a breakfast that consisted of Jim Beam, Champaign and marijuana.
At 12:00 when the limo finally did arrive at the store the place was packed and people were waiting outside to get a first glimpse of Mr. Scumbag Extraordinaire. When the driver opened the door to let them out, the smell of a sewer came seeping out ... the smell and the feel that told you that GG Allin was in town.
GG and Mark ended up selling everything they had. Allin even selling some of the clothes on his back as he so often did. He signed autographs, tits, asses, and at one point even bashed his head continuously against the hard wood counter drawing blood and bleeding all over peoples' LP's. People brought him gifts of Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, cigarettes, pot, panties, pills, records, photos etc. The whiskey, pot and pills he indulged quickly. The rest he sold. He had no room for possessions. Someone at the store even offered to give GG a free tattoo. GG took him up on it and later that week Allin had a rat put on the left side of his head.
After about 2 hours at the store, GG was ready to get to fuck back to Mark's and start in on some heavy drinking. But before they did leave the store, 3 very beautiful young and sexy girls approached GG. They were strippers at a local bar and GG wasted no time in asking them over to Mark's. They had to work that night said they ... so Allin invited them for a photo session the following day. They accepted. One of the 3 girls gave GG her phone # and Allin gave them directions to Mark's. Then both parties went off. GG, Mark and [deleted] went back to the house along with a few other followers for some more bleeding, stinking and drinking.
The following day was much like the others. Allin and Mark still drunk from the night before and tapping it off with a morning beer. Actually it was afternoon. It wouldn't be long before the 3 girls showed up for the photos. Other people were already hanging around waiting. Allin ignored them for the most part. There would be more interviews set up that day ... but Allin did not trust the alternative music press. He perceived them as no different from anyone else, trying to brainwash people into playing into the political ass kissing in the music industry. At this point, Allin was only interested in getting the photos done, getting drunk, getting some pussy and doing the recording session that Mark had set up for that evening.
That late afternoon in the aftermath, Mark and [deleted] were again arguing in the bedroom. On the living room couch, GG and [deleted] sat finishing a bottle of wine. GG convinced her to stay and go to the studio with them, much against the wishes of Mark. She had her own car so GG took advantage of the opportunity. This even sparked up a fight between all of them.
But GG got the last word. "Fuck you" he screamed out. "Fuck all of you. It's my way or no way." Now GG was pissed off. He was bringing [deleted] to the studio. He screamed out again, "If she don't go, then I don't fucking go." Then GG and [deleted] drove off to the local liquor store. There they purchased a fifth of vodka and continued driving around and yelling at slow moving vehicles as [deleted] drove 90-100 mph sucking down the vodka with GG. But after nearly hitting another car, Allin ordered her to watch where to fuck she was going. He didn't need any pigs on his ass. She looked aver at him and said, "You're no fun." With that, Allin backhanded her in the face as hard as he could and replied, "I'm not here to have fun." Then they drove back to Mark's.
Studio: A still drunken GG woke [deleted], half dragging her out to her car. Mark was going to drive her car and [deleted], who was still pissed off would meet them there later. On the way GG told Mark to pull over so he could buy a case of beer. Mark was pissed about it because he was worried about us getting kicked out of the studio because it was located at the [deleted], where Mark was going to school and the recording was being done without their knowledge. But GG didn't give a fuck. He wanted more alcohol and you certainly can't argue with a drunken GG Allin ...
When they finally did arrive at the studio, the band was almost finished with the music. GG, Mark and [deleted] now downed beers. The more Mark drank the more he forgot about being pissed in the first place. Eventually, as the night progressed, I think it was Mark who actually went out for more.
When it was finally time for GG to do his vocals, [deleted] was once again passed out cold. GG dragged her into the vocal booth and laid her down at his feet, where she remained until the very early morning when the sessions were completed. Between takes, GG would go down on the cold, beautiful, sleeping, drunken bitch for inspiration.
After the session was over, all were more than satisfied with the results. It was a mix of honky tonk, bluesy, jazzed up, ragtime sound with that special GG Allin touch and lyrics that made it his own ... exactly what he was looking for. The original plan was for it to be a complete acoustic record. So when piano, accordion, drums and amps came in, GG was in a fury. But when it was finally completed, GG knew he had created what he was looking for. The vocals came out a bit rough, but then again, after this week was over, so was GG.
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NOTE: Some locations and names were deleted from GG Allin's text by Mark Robinson.
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