I Was A Murder Junkie: The Last Days of GG Allin [Paperback]

Evan Cohen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Recess Records; 1 edition (July 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967017009
• ISBN-13: 978-0967017006
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars G.G's book, December 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Was A Murder Junkie: The Last Days of GG Allin (Paperback)

The book is great. Too bad it's so short. I've never read a book this fast. Extremely interesting, if you are a fan. Extremily disgusting, if you are not

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, March 10, 2000

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Mr. James Fiorenzo (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Was A Murder Junkie: The Last Days of GG Allin (Paperback)

Evan Cohen is the Bruce Chatwin of the hardcore punk underground. This book is a must-have for GG fans or those interested in the, uh, extremities of the human condition. The pics are great too -- my fave is GG in a stormtrooper helmet shaking the hand of Johnny Cash (GG loved Cash and Hank Williams the First). Cohen has a great eye for the critical detail, and I gotta salute anyone who would have gone through his experiences on this trip. I would have bailed after ten minutes. Evan, maybe I'll run into you in NYC one of these days. If so, the first Snapple's on me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great contribution to the history of punk, May 15, 2006

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Jessica Lux (Rosamond, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Was A Murder Junkie: The Last Days of GG Allin (Paperback)

Cohen's book is an account of GG Allin's last tour, a four-week van trip of music, destruction, blood, sexual perversity, violence, and, of course, defecation. Author Cohen is a nice Jewish kid who got his roadie job with GG Allin precisely because he wasn't a rabid, insane Allin fan. He stood quietly on the sideline's to videotape the band's one-of-a-kind shows. However, GG did rub his bloody head on Cohen's jacket each night after the show, Cohen crammed into tiny hotel rooms with four unwashed, unclean, bruised Murder Junkie band members on a regular basis.

Cohen's trip diary is a shock-fest, pure and simple, but an objective one. Chapters about the tour alternate with brief passages telling about Allin's childhood and rise in the music business. Dozens of photos appear throughout the book, and it includes a CD of tour recordings and interviews. All in all, vicariously living the GG Allin tour experience in text, visuals, music, and spoken word is well worth the price of this book.