# Rock Band Hell on Earth to Defy New St. Pete. Fla. Law With Onstage Suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686 "2003-09-30T13:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/21 "2003-10-02T17:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan Mahoney \* > \*\* > And Bosda, You can count two GG Allin fans on the board now. \*\* It’s like watchin’ gangrene spread! How can you be “Fighting Ignorance” when you liked Alin, Ignorance embodied himself?:dubious: PS How do you like my sig? ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/22 "2003-10-02T18:59:58Z")
Ack, where did my extremely witty post in response to **Bosda** go? OK. > [@](#): > > The fact that we have a GG Alin fan on this Board scares the Sh@t outta me. I wouldn’t call myself a “fan” so much as a “rubbernecker at the car wreck.” G.G. is the apogee of a trajectory that rock has been on since the Big E: the Shocking Action to Provoke Controversy. Elvis swiveled his hips so you could see his Big Johnson working it beneath his trousers (Ed Sullivan was reported to have believed Elvis used some kind of prosthetic). Jim Morrison pulled it out onstage and talked about fucking his mother. G. G. took it as far as humanly possible, except he didn’t kill himself onstage. And to me G. G. just proves how bankrupt that little gag has become–Brittany/Madonna mouth mash or no. After G. G., give it up. There’s nothing you can do that would be more shocking. These posuers in Florida are rank amateurs. Say what you will about G. G., he was the real deal–a genuine psychotic. But he was not a musician–I’ve had more musical farts. Several years ago, I was given (as a tip while bartending) a videotape of G. G.'s infamous Memphis show at the Antenna club. The cameraman made it three songs into the set, and I think the cops showed up immediately after he stopped filming. **Bosda** , the next time you’re in West TN, I hereby formally invite you to the **vibro-bunker** for cocktails and a viewing of the tape. You’ll never be the same after you’ve seen G. G. > [@](#): > > The fact that you live in the same state as I do, scares me worse. Even scarier–I’m from McMinnville. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/23 "2003-10-02T19:05:05Z")
And my reply was lost too. While Vibrotronica got most of it, I’d also add that Allin filled a niche that no longer needs to be filled. That part of the art spectrum has been filled. Entertainment is often ignorent while still managing to be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/24 "2003-10-05T12:16:21Z")
[Suicide concert Webcast cancelled](http://www.msnbc.com/news/973386.asp) > [@](#): > > TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 4 — An Internet broadcast of a concert that was to feature a suicide of a terminally ill person did not happen Saturday because the Web site was attacked. The band’s leader said the concert still went on, but he didn’t know whether the suicide did. ---
**Author:** ![paranormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@paranormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paranormal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/25 "2003-10-05T13:15:42Z")
i thought the band was gonna get some OTHER guy to commit suicide. Someone terminally ill… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/26 "2003-10-05T14:22:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*I also failed to find the site, **effac3d**. Smellin’ a bit like a hoax… \*\* Well, I managed to find the site, but it’s down. Even though it’s down, I don’t know if it would be against board rules to post it. If a mod comes into the thread to say it’s OK, I’ll post it. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/27 "2003-10-06T18:25:52Z")
> [@](#): > > The band’s leader said the concert still went on, but he didn’t know whether the suicide did. Wasn’t the suicide going to be onstage? How would a band member be unsure if it happened? “Guitar solo…check. Bass solo…check. Drum solo…check. Pyrotechnics…check. Guy killing himself…uhhh, hey Ted, did a guy kill himself next to you? You don’t know either? Eh, we’ll figure that one out later. Lasers…check” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686.md?page=1)