Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be

G.G. Allin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Halycon
• ASIN: B000003JMO
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,560 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

G.G. Allin's debut album from 1980 gets a 1998 CD release on Halycon Records.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's A Rock & Roll Party, June 5, 2005

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Avram Jarek Fawcett (crapland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be (Audio CD)

The cover is misleading. Here we see GG as the trashy guy most people know. Strange, since he was much more human at this point. Kinda wild hair and clean shaven (there's a pic in this CD's booklet that shows this). And that's not the only thing different. The music is, well, music. None of the bashing scratching noise of his other stuff. And his voice? Rather than the deep bellow, his all snotty and punk. High pitch. The band? The Jabbers. Led by Rob Basso's solos (HOT!) with GG providing drums. A few guests pop up, GG's bro Merle on bass, an electric piano player (GASP!) and a trio of ladies who act as prostitutes on the comic "P***y Summit Meeting" and then provide backing vocals on "Cheri Love Affair." Sound quality is raw, just as it should be. The music is a twist of punk agression ("Bored To Death" is 100% punk) and some goofy power pop (the twisted bubblegum of "Unpredictable"). And is it obscene? Nah. Not really. Except for "@$$FACE," but at least it's kinda funny. There's a few slurs of swearing throughout the album, but there's no dog crap or perv sex like his other stuff.

Best tracks: Don't Talk To Me (punk masterpiece), I Need Adventure (rockin' riff and solo), Cheri Love Affair (groovy), and Automatic (crazy call and response vocals).

Enjoy, and BE CAREFUL OF HIS OTHER STUFF!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saint GG, full of piss, October 4, 1999

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S. Clark - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be (Audio CD)

New Hamshire's favorite son. Makes me proud to have come from there. Too bad his musical output went to hell so quickly after his first couple albums. He took himself too seriously, and thought he had to walk the walk, even if it meant plodding stupidly down into hell. But at his early peak, he was sublimely, beautifully obscene.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars from the when he could sing era......., October 17, 2000

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homefree (Mass) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be (Audio CD)

In a G.G. sense "Always, was, is and..." is a great album. Any G.G. fan knows the Jabbers (his backing band on this album) actually were a decent band. The playing is tight throughout the record. And there are even some PG-13 songs to be found as well!! Compared to later recordings G.G.'s voice sounds like it belongs to another person. Dare I say he hits a high note every so often!

The humor is more funny than sick on this one, as G.G. was only beggining to stir up the kind of trouble he is known for. The lyrics though not as sick as later outings, will by no means be confused with Dylan. For example from "Gimme some head" ............."hey now girls I want lip service. I don't wear a uniform and I'm not in the service." G.G. god love him. The tracks on this album became some of his best known "GSH", "You hate me, I hate you", "NYC tonite", "1980's rock and roll", and the (I'll be damned) toe tapper "Don't talk to me"

If you want a quick look into the career of G.G. go for the ROIR release "Hated in the Nation." If you want an album where you see where the G.G. we all know and hate started when the music actually mattered then go for this one. You will be pleasantly surprised.