JONAS ÅKERLUND To Direct Punk Legend GG ALLIN Biopic

According to The Hollywood Reporter, controversial punk rocker GG Allin is getting the biopic treatment courtesy of Jonas Åkerlund, the music video director behind heavy metal thriller Lords of Chaos.

The feature, titled GG Allin: Live. Fast. Die., will be produced by Don Murphy and Susan Monford of Angry Films and MVD Entertainment Group. The producers have acquired Allin’s life and music rights, and have a script written by Richard Schenkman.

Åkerlund: "This is exactly the type of real and raw story I am looking for and this film explores the ugly belly of the beast and how Kevin Allin came to be GG. Punk was already a genre about pushing limits, expanding on musical genres and the definition of artistic expression. At a time when punk was thought to be dead, sold out or too raw to survive, GG came into the scene bleeding, pissing, and sinking like no punk before. Live. Fast. Die. is about a sick person who should have asked for help. GG’s strong persona was a gift, but this borderline personality disorder was not treated, and killed him."

Allin was a cult and fringe figure in the 1980s punk scene who became notorious for his outrageous behavior at shows, notably defecating onstage and sometimes hurling it at his audience. His shows frequently ended in chaos and violence, and he found himself frequently arrested and imprisoned. Allin fell headlong into booze and drugs while putting out albums — punk, spoken word and country — mostly on cassette in the 80s.

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