The Suicide Sessions
album by GG Allin
The Suicide Sessions is the sixth studio album released by American punk rock musician GG Allin, shortly before his arrest in September 1989.
The album was originally released on cassette in 1989, and rereleased in 1991 on Awareness Records alongside Allin's 1987 album You Give Love a Bad Name. The album was rereleased in 1997 on CD along with Allin's live album Anti-Social Personality Disorder – Live.
Background
Allin later recalled: "The days were hot and nasty. I woke up in a pool of my own piss, sweating and stinking in my room in some seedy dive in Manchester, NH. Body odor, booze and death were always in the surrounding air. Tracy [his girlfriend] was in intensive care because of a suicide attempt...so was Jo Ann... For me death was around every corner. I went looking for it at any cost. Mark came by to pick me up one day to go to Lowell, Mass to record. What came out of these recordings were the Suicide Sessions...
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