That reminds me of another time I saw the Woggles in portsmouth @ the Elvis room. All the Woggles were really cool guys to hang out with and friendly to talk too. at this particular show it was a weird night like a sunday and me and a couple friends had seen them play a great show in Maine the night before and they said if we weren't doing anything we should come to NH the next day and they would put us all on the list. Fuck yeah we went, and it was a good thing we did because there was maybe 2 or 3 other people there. Basically we had our own private Woggles show and they still gave it everything they had and we danced our asses off and they played every song we called out for. So we hung out with em all night and I took them to BullMoose Music, which is a great huge shop with lots of vinyl up the street. I remember Montague secretly buying an old Metallica tape which he confided to me that he was going to use to torture the other guys. I remember I had just found out about Coast to Coast with Art Bell and Montague was obsessed with it so we talked about that at length. Back in those days he carried these sheets with him that had every radio station in every state so he could listen every night on tour in the van. He was a great guitar player and great guy and he is missed. The stories about walking in on people reminded me of a story they told me that night. They had stopped at a truck stop on tour so that they could take showers. There was a truckstop woman that apparently took a liking to one of the Woggles, if memory serves it was Dan Electro, and she hopped in the truck stop shower with him in an effort of seduction, and it took some persuading from him to get her to leave! Ah the hazards of the road! i'd love to hear the stories about the mummies. Erin - thats so cool you got to hang out with Jeff from the Dead Boys!

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Which reminds me....I accidently walked in on him when he was changing in the band room of one place they were playing and he had only a shirt on.  Luckily his back was turned to me so I was able to back out of the room before he noticed I was there.

Which reminds me....I accidently walked in on him when he was changing in the band room of one place they were playing and he had only a shirt on.  Luckily his back was turned to me so I was able to back out of the room before he noticed I was there.

Manfred's one of the coolest guys I've ever met and am really honored to be his friend.  That was really awesome of him to do that.

Max Reverb said:

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

you are correct, jesco definitely likes to party ; )

joey fuckup said:

Oh wow, staying at Jeff's place!  That's awesome!  I would really like to knock a few beers back with 'ole Jesco; I bought the "Wild & Wonderful Whites" dvd, really enjoyed it, and felt like he was just a good country guy that likes to party!  Did you see the pre-party vids for the film's release with Johnny Knoxville on You Tube?  Would've been a blast!

erin said:

one time i accidentally walked in on paul collins (the nerves/paul collins beat) changing into his pajama pants. boy was i red in the face.

 

i stayed at jeff magnum of the dead boys house. he put us up in his basement/rock'n'roll bunker, which was filled with his record collection and dead boys memorabilia (photos, original tour posters with the dead boys and damned, etc). he was a very gracious host! he has been a guest on my radio show several times.

 

i hung out in a basement with jesco white the dancing outlaw. jesco lifted up his shirt and showed me his tattoos (specifically elvis/manson on his back). then he squeezed his nipple and sang songs at me. he's something else.

Shit!  That's awesome!!

Max Reverb said:

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

Too bad you couldn't have taped all that!

Dana V. Hatch said:

Hard to pick just one but what about the Demolition Doll Rods? All three were totally nude when I met them backstage at Brownie's in NYC. One time a clubowner caught Danny naked in the ladies' room and cancelled the show on the spot. The cops were called and someone (me) launched and M-100 at 'em. Once in Boston a drunk jock was making google eyes at Danny onstage until he found out Danny was a dude then he got hostile. Danny turned around and stuck his ass in the guy's face and spread. The audience went wild and the jock stormed out in a fit of homosexual panic. Once the Slicks were on tour and Margaret gave us rolls of admission tickets in four different colors so we never ran out of drink tickets at clubs. Margaret and Christine used to do yoga in our front yard when they'd stay over, attracting a lot of gawkers (ok, maybe just one).

Oh wow, staying at Jeff's place!  That's awesome!  I would really like to knock a few beers back with 'ole Jesco; I bought the "Wild & Wonderful Whites" dvd, really enjoyed it, and felt like he was just a good country guy that likes to party!  Did you see the pre-party vids for the film's release with Johnny Knoxville on You Tube?  Would've been a blast!

erin said:

one time i accidentally walked in on paul collins (the nerves/paul collins beat) changing into his pajama pants. boy was i red in the face.

 

i stayed at jeff magnum of the dead boys house. he put us up in his basement/rock'n'roll bunker, which was filled with his record collection and dead boys memorabilia (photos, original tour posters with the dead boys and damned, etc). he was a very gracious host! he has been a guest on my radio show several times.

 

i hung out in a basement with jesco white the dancing outlaw. jesco lifted up his shirt and showed me his tattoos (specifically elvis/manson on his back). then he squeezed his nipple and sang songs at me. he's something else.

ha! after the sac show, was it??? yeah, i remember everyone just came here and went to sleep ; ) long live hotel hot trash!

Max Reverb said:

I think i might have had a pajama party with you ha! But the other dudes were too tired to let me play pinball!

erin said:

i have pajama parties with bands all the time. favorite moments: tabman from holy shit! wearing one of my dresses and jumping on my bed, marcus from uv race playing pinball in his underwear (pulled up to his chest), have a rootbeer float party with the daily void and dots from italy, making scott from the blowtops do fart situps with a self-inflating whoopee cushion, benji from the creteens appearing in my bedroom doorway at 5am screaming, "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!" and on and on...

In 1981 I met Stiff Little Fingers for the first time. Being so influenced by The Clash, SLF always come out of the dressing room after a gig and hang out with fans for beers, chat, signing stuff and whatever. They were very nice, very cool and tolerant guys, and have been each time I have met them since.

Met Nick Cave last year when he was on a reading/speaking tour promoting his book. I asked him a question and he took the piss out of my Hawaiin shirt. The guy moderating pointed to me to ask my question and while I'm doing it Cave slowly fishes in his pocket and pulls out a pair of wrap arounds and sticks them on without saying anything, just a little smile. Before he answers he says: "Cool shirt, man." Afterwards while I'm in line to get the book signed he spots me and says: "Ah the man with the shirt!" I could only weakly say "Thanks" when he signed the book...then walk off feeling seven feet tall.

When I was a hack on the local paper I interviewed Rat Scabies and as the interview unfolded he got to know I was a big Damned fan, so at the end he says: "I'll put you on the guest list, come back stage after for a beer." I had already bought a ticket and I have to admit I didn't want to find out that guys whose music I had loved since I was a teen were assholes. So I didn't go back...They might have been great guys but I didn't want to risk it! They were supported on that tour by The Fuzztones.. What a show!!!

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

I think i might have had a pajama party with you ha! But the other dudes were too tired to let me play pinball!

erin said:

i have pajama parties with bands all the time. favorite moments: tabman from holy shit! wearing one of my dresses and jumping on my bed, marcus from uv race playing pinball in his underwear (pulled up to his chest), have a rootbeer float party with the daily void and dots from italy, making scott from the blowtops do fart situps with a self-inflating whoopee cushion, benji from the creteens appearing in my bedroom doorway at 5am screaming, "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!" and on and on...

If you haven't seen it yet, Jerry Springer once devoted an entire episode to GG Allin, and had him on the show.  It's absolutely incredible how crazy he really was:

Holy crap that's GG ? What ever happened to him ...thanks for the replies.

kopper said:

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

Only saw GG once. Way late. Maybe early to mid 90's up in San Francisco. I wasn't impressed. Just watched him do his poo thing and chase people around the club. Musically, it was boring and pretty generic sounding. With that said, I do like the two singles I have - 'Gimme Some Head' & 'No Rules' which it seems alot of people I know don't like. There was a CD that came out around '99/2000 that had most of his early stuff on it. i really liked it but can't find it now. Anyone know what it was called?

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

I agree, Always was, is, and always shall be is an amazing record! I'm not a huge fan of much released after that, but that record, made with the jabbers, is a punk rock / power pop gem. And i heard it was recently reissued, don't know by who though......

whatwave dave said:

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

 

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.

GG ALLIN was a punk rock god and true new england hero. I proudly visited his grave and enjoy much of his catalogue. He's got great country stuff out there, great pop punk, great scum punk, spoken word, poetry, GG stirred a lot of pots and his musical merit is sadly overshadowed by his hilarious and limitless antics. But at the core if you really look at it is an artist who suffered and endured unflinchingly for his personal mission and never caved in, bowed down, or gave up. There is an honesty and a realness in his songs that cannot be found in much music. GG didn't give you what you wanted he gave you what you deserved. Other great recordings he made include the Murder Junkies LP (not to be confused with the band the murder Junkies) where GG was backed by ANTi-Seen. His last album is highly under rated as well Brutality and Bloodshed for ALL. Some people don't dig on the cookie monster esqe vox on this record but GG always liked to try new things, and this record is more indicative of his real life philosophy. It is hard to imagine anyone will ever overshadow GG ALLIN.

Welcome aboard Joey! Great first show and i'm looking forward to more!!

Thanks Freddi!  Really dig your show by the way!

FREDDI said:

Welcome Joey!!

I don't own that single, but didn't they have some tracks on the Hope & Anchor comp, or maybe the Live at the Vortex comp? I guess I should look.

Start with Archive From 1959.  It is a two disk (or record) collection with a good sampling of his different bands.  You can see which you like most and go from there. 

Gonzo said:

Christ....anyone got any ideas where I can start ?

i've always heard that he had many many records but to actually see it compiled like that is amazing.

HELL YES THE SNEAKY PINKS. trent and justin are the best!

Blaine said:

The Victims

Angry Samoans

Teenage Head

Useless eaters

Marked Men

Ramones

Supercharger

Skrewdriver

The Spits

Sneaky Pinks

 

Can't say I have a top 10 but, those bands have gotten a lot of play over the last few years.  Just the first off the top of my head.

In No particular order:

The Misfits
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Minor Threat
The Meat-Men
GG ALLIN & various
The Ramones
Nipple Violator
The Dwarves
Fang

daniel darling said:

I like alot of Nirvana's music. I don't get into it as much these days but when i was in my early teens it was great cause here was a band that pissed of every kids parents. They sounded way more "dangerous" than Michael Jackson!

I don't believe kurt was murdered though. I think he felt like shit because most of the people who were buying his music were the people he disliked. Although there is a quote from him in his biography that says something like "i wanna be a famous rockstar and die young like Jimi Hendrix". So maybe he got his wish.

 

Like em or not they were the last band in commercial history to change the face of rock music. I just couldn't stand all those shitty copy cat grunge bands that came out years later like Nickelback and shit uuurrghh!

 

Is anyone into Ty Segall at all ?? I hear alot of Kurt Cobain influence in his music (and his dress sense too) But that kid does it right! If you like Nirvana Lady Strange you should get Ty Segall's album "Lemons" if you don't have it already of course :-)