"A scorching, forty-five minute modern mondo with an intense, breakneck focus on self-abuse and sexual and moral deviancy within underground performance art and culture. Live footage of the performances of G G Allin, interviews with banned-from-drawing comic book artist Mike Diana, and a vitriolic ode to mass slaughter courtesy of the masked Full Force Frank, are amongst the film's more noticeable moments.
Mark Hejnar's film successfully recalls the mondo format in its fascination with cultures that deviate from the everyday, and its assumption that this interest will be instinctively shared by the audience. Indeed, a title-card which introduces startling (for the uninitiated, at least) footage of G G Allin defecating on stage and anally masturbating with a banana alludes to this, the title reading 'What You All Came To See.' Mainstream culture may be appalled, but Hejnar nevertheless appears to be goading it into admitting the presence of a grisly fascination. This is often shocking stuff, for sure, yet frequently with an intentional sense of absurdist humour (Diana struggling to make himself vomit, on demand, over a crucifix) that allows greater access into this patchwork of controlled chaos."
"As far as woodworking is concerned, I'm particularly interested in burlwood and other uncommon woods. You won't find much veneer here, nor will you see anything you've seen elsewhere. I'm building things that sound great, that work well, and that enhance musical experiences with their absolutely unique character."
ASSACRE was formed by artist Ben Aqua in Austin, Texas in September of 2003. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Ben spawned ASSACRE as an outlet for his fascinations with extreme/experimental music and performance art. After self-releasing a demo in 2004 entitled Impossibly Silent, ASSACRE began making a name for himself throughout Texas with his wild, confrontational and unpredictable performances.
ASSACRE ambitiously toured the USA in the summer of 2005 in support of his first full-length release, Fantastic Illusions Worth Dying For (Awthum Records, August 2005). e album features eight tracks of fantasy, death, and thrash metal mixed with bizarre, abstract sound collages, displaying a wide variety of musical influences - from Death to Klaus Nomi to Mr. Bungle to Sun Ra.
ASSACRE has shared stages with the Sword, the Gossip, Japanther, Paper Rad, At All Cost, Horse the Band and Zom Zoms. Festival performances include the South By South West Music Festival in 2005 in Austin, Texas and the Homo A-Go-Go Festival in 2006 in Olympia, Washington.
ASSACRE IS A ONE MAN FANTASY METAL SPEEDNOISE EXPERIMENTALFEST BEING FROM OUTER SPACE & THE METAFUTURE
This ghoulish effigy is a striking representation of GG ALLIN circa 1991. The figure, limited to 2000 numbered units, stands at 7 inches tall and is made of a lightweight polyresin. Displayed in a tri-windowed box, here GG is accurately sculpted right down to the tattoos, blood, and filth.