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G.G. Allin often talked about achieving rock n' roll immortality by committing suicide onstage, but the late punk rock cult figure (who actually died of a cocaine and heroin overdose in 1993) has now been posthumously immortalized in a considerably more benign way — as a limited-edition bobblehead doll.
    Music collectible manufacturers Aggronautix have released a numbered run of 2,000 G.G. Allin "1991" bobbles, which portray the bruised, tattooed and filth-caked madman wearing only a dog collar, fingerless gloves, and a jockstrap with "Eat Me" scrawled upon it. Though the doll doesn't spout profanity, attack random audience members or perform Allin's patented imitation of a soft-serve chocolate ice cream machine, its impressive visual veracity is vouched for by no less than Allin's brother Merle, who worked closely with the company on the doll's creation. "I had been thinking about doing a G.G. figure for a while, so when the guys came to me with the idea, I was into it," Allin says. "The proofing process took a long time, but we got it right. The doll looks really good and I'm happy with it."
    Equally stoked about the Allin figure is Meatmen frontman Tesco Vee, who is also getting a limited-edition Aggronautix bobble — though unlike Allin, he's actually lived to see it hit the shelves. "As a toy collector of two decades, and classic bobble head collector," Vee exults, "imagine just how geeked I became, when informed that yours truly would enter the pantheon of 'Throbblehead' punk rock losers, along with poopy soulmate GG Allin!"
    Bizarre as they might be, both figures seem like just the ticket for that punk rocker on your gift list who already has everything. As longtime G.G. and Meatmen fan Thurston Moore enthuses, "Just when you thought your weirdo musical heroes were destined for the trash heap of history, along comes Aggronautix immortalizing them for future degenerations."

— Dan Epstein

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