E.M.F. (album)
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Eat My Fuc is the second full-length studio album
by controversial American
punk rock
musician GG Allin
, released in 1986 on Black & Blue Records. This album, played with the backing band The Scumfucs, marks the era where his singing voice had not yet began to deteriorate from a high-pitched sneer into a husky growl, yet his lyrics began to include extreme sociopathic themes and shock value. Around this time and soon after, as well, the depravity of Allin's increased heroin addiction had grown and he was regularly in and out of prison.
Recorded at an unknown and rather primitive-sounding New England
recording studio, the thirteen studio tracks on the album range from the sophomoric egotism of "Hard Candy Cock" and "Cock on the Loose" to the misanthropic "I Wanna Rape You" and "I Wanna Fuck Your Brains Out." One track, "Fuckin' the Dog", is the original version of the song "Livin' Like an Animal" that appeared on the "Live Fast Die Fast" EP and the CD "Banned In Boston".
The original pressing of E.M.F., self-released by Allin on the Blood label and using the unabbreviated title, had the record in a plain paper sleeve with similar black & white xeroxed cover art glued to it, the front of which had what GG claimed was an individually self-traced outline of Allin's erect penis on the cover. Allin claimed in a video interview around this time (for his first home video release, Scumfuc Alley Trash, shot by Black & Blue Records co-owner Peter Yarmouth) that when he was handdrawing each front cover of this pressing, he had his then-girlfriend act as a fluffer to keep his penis erect for the drawings.
The subsequent re-release in 1989 by Black & Blue Records retitles the album, for front cover purposes, E.M.F., and does not mention The Scumfucs on the album cover (although they are clearly credited on the record label), nor does it list the song titles on the cover; the Black & Blue edition also adds 3 studio recordings "I Want to Rape You", "I Wanna Fuck Your Brains Out" and "Teachers Pet" from an earlier EP. Both versions contained Live at the A7 Club track which was from an April 1983 performance by GG and the Jabbers to the end of side two of the album.
None of the members of The Scumfucs are individually identified on the album cover, nor are the Jabbers mentioned in the credits of the Black & Blue rerelease in conjunction with the live bonus tracks.
The "Dick Urine" production credit on the album was alleged to be one Richard Yorun, an up-and-coming recording engineer and producer that had been given the Dick Urine pseudonym by Allin, and who had reportedly died in a motorcycle accident in Sweden while he was attempting to set up Black & Blue Records. In reality, Richard Yorun never existed: the name, originally a GG Allin joke credit printed on some early cassette self-releases, is actually a collective pseudonym for Allin and Black & Blue Records owner Peter Yarmouth. It is believed that the title "Eat My Fuck" was inspired by a scene in the 1981 punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization
where a fan repeatedly yells "Eat My Fuck" at the band Fear
.
The listing above is for the more common Black and Blue Records version of the album. On the vinyl and cassette versions, Side Two started with "Teacher's Pet". The original version was in the same order minus the 3 bonus tracks.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by controversial American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
musician GG Allin
GG Allin
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...
, released in 1986 on Black & Blue Records. This album, played with the backing band The Scumfucs, marks the era where his singing voice had not yet began to deteriorate from a high-pitched sneer into a husky growl, yet his lyrics began to include extreme sociopathic themes and shock value. Around this time and soon after, as well, the depravity of Allin's increased heroin addiction had grown and he was regularly in and out of prison.
Recorded at an unknown and rather primitive-sounding New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
recording studio, the thirteen studio tracks on the album range from the sophomoric egotism of "Hard Candy Cock" and "Cock on the Loose" to the misanthropic "I Wanna Rape You" and "I Wanna Fuck Your Brains Out." One track, "Fuckin' the Dog", is the original version of the song "Livin' Like an Animal" that appeared on the "Live Fast Die Fast" EP and the CD "Banned In Boston".
The original pressing of E.M.F., self-released by Allin on the Blood label and using the unabbreviated title, had the record in a plain paper sleeve with similar black & white xeroxed cover art glued to it, the front of which had what GG claimed was an individually self-traced outline of Allin's erect penis on the cover. Allin claimed in a video interview around this time (for his first home video release, Scumfuc Alley Trash, shot by Black & Blue Records co-owner Peter Yarmouth) that when he was handdrawing each front cover of this pressing, he had his then-girlfriend act as a fluffer to keep his penis erect for the drawings.
The subsequent re-release in 1989 by Black & Blue Records retitles the album, for front cover purposes, E.M.F., and does not mention The Scumfucs on the album cover (although they are clearly credited on the record label), nor does it list the song titles on the cover; the Black & Blue edition also adds 3 studio recordings "I Want to Rape You", "I Wanna Fuck Your Brains Out" and "Teachers Pet" from an earlier EP. Both versions contained Live at the A7 Club track which was from an April 1983 performance by GG and the Jabbers to the end of side two of the album.
None of the members of The Scumfucs are individually identified on the album cover, nor are the Jabbers mentioned in the credits of the Black & Blue rerelease in conjunction with the live bonus tracks.
The "Dick Urine" production credit on the album was alleged to be one Richard Yorun, an up-and-coming recording engineer and producer that had been given the Dick Urine pseudonym by Allin, and who had reportedly died in a motorcycle accident in Sweden while he was attempting to set up Black & Blue Records. In reality, Richard Yorun never existed: the name, originally a GG Allin joke credit printed on some early cassette self-releases, is actually a collective pseudonym for Allin and Black & Blue Records owner Peter Yarmouth. It is believed that the title "Eat My Fuck" was inspired by a scene in the 1981 punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization
The Decline of Western Civilization
The soundtrack was released in December 1980 by Slash Records on LP. In the late 1990s it was released on CD as well. It is currently out of print. Germs singer Darby Crash appears on the soundtrack album cover. He died shortly before the film was released, though the promotional images for the...
where a fan repeatedly yells "Eat My Fuck" at the band Fear
Fear (band)
Fear is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1977. The band is credited for helping to shape the sound and style of American hardcore punk, the group started out as part of the early California punk rock scene, and gained national prominence after an infamous 1981...
.
Track listing
- "Hard Candy Cock"
- "Out for Blood"
- "I Don't Give a Shit"
- "Drink, Fight, and Fuck"
- "Convulsions"
- "I Wanna Fuck Your Brains Out"
- "I Want to Rape You"
- "Teacher's Pet"
- "Fuckin' the Dog"
- "Cock on the Loose"
- "Clit Licker"
- "God of Fire in Hell"
- "Blow Jobs" ("She Got A Nose Job" by Mike Russo, Jeanne Hayes, The Dellwoods, new lyrics by GG Allin)
- Live at the A7 Club
- (live versions of "You Hate Me and I Hate You" and "No Rules" and audience interviews)
The listing above is for the more common Black and Blue Records version of the album. On the vinyl and cassette versions, Side Two started with "Teacher's Pet". The original version was in the same order minus the 3 bonus tracks.