A Tour Of Merle Allin's NYC Apartment (January 1992)

[@leahflower9924]

I gotta give credit to any woman who could marry into the Allin family lol

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah lol. To be fair Merle's marriage was doomed from the start from what I've been told

[@zippymufo9765]

@@kerrysrarities Merle is a sack of ass. One of those guys where every woman who's with him winds up totally hating him.

[@glenbellefonte9620]

Not me. I gotta take a few points from her. I mean wtf. Dudes that play around in their feces. No way.

[@chadlovell5982]

@Kerry's Rarities Yeah something seemed fishy about that, she is just too cute. Kinda nerdy, I likes me some nerdy.

[@erickrohn2970]

Yeah because she's a real winner herself lol

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

put merle and gg together and you'd get one full moustache

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah the gap and hitler stache together. Haha

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

I always figured that it was intentional.

[@grimgolf79]

@@patrickmccutcheon8860 yeah, me too... and still do so ;)

[@Biancapanzram]

Not just a moustache, you'd get an entire beard. Their facial hair was exactly opposite of each other and together would be a full beard

[@cplineberger]

The best Cribs episode ever.

[@Valkonnen]

No, the best was Crispin Glover. He had a wall with dimensionally realistic wax sculptures of various Eye Diseases from the 18th Century. Even Joe Coleman doesn't have that, and I've been to his place personally. Lots of real preserved human specimens including cross sections of heads, babies in jars and mummies.

[@bradsully6620]

Do a tour of dinos apartment and see if there's any room to walk now.

[@xx7secondsxx]

Just watched his SOFTWHITEUNDERBELLY interview today!!! Gotta love Merele🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻✊✊

[@selfishstockton6123]

Same

[@ypaulbrown]

me too

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah Merle is the coolest for sure

[@fraser666]

Same here dude🤣🤣🤣

[@Dan23_7]

Me too 👍🏼

[@noeditbookreviews]

I don't remember what it was but my friend bought something Merle was selling and he was nice enough to throw in a hand-written letter along with some memorabilia. Nice guy

[@kerrysrarities]

Same! I bought vol 3 of the murder junkies 2005 European tour dvd-r and the gg allin and antiseen dvdr from him and he sent in a note in the package to me and I messaged him the next day and he responded thank you. Hes a real one indeed

[@at0micwerew0lf]

Merle is by far the most personable person I’ve met in the punk scene. He just comes off as a regular guy. That apartment is the 1st place I met him, of course Buying some Murder Junkies gear and some Gacy letters…he threw in some Ramirez stuff too.

[@kerrysrarities]

@@at0micwerew0lf he is a totally cool guy for sure

[@Deladead6669]

That’s usually how it goes in the punk community even to this day

[@BA-vv4jy]

Same! One time, I bought a T-shirt and Merle threw in a free poop painting. My new T-shirt smelled like ass but I was happy nonetheless. Anyone who can make art from chunks of human shit is OK in my book. Such a kind soul.

[@vincetrujillojr510]

Merle is pretty soft spoken and polite, all things considered.

[@kerrysrarities]

He totally is. Even in person when I met him he was soft spoken

[@TrueStakeHolder]

@@kerrysrarities He's racist and conniving. How you're both not bothered by his racism tells your story. Sheesh.

[@TrueStakeHolder]

@KGW I know you are. Thanks for sharing.

[@JonMcAfee]

@@TrueStakeHolder womp womp , not what anyones talking about

[@TrueStakeHolder]

@@JonMcAfee I know, but that isn't going to stop me from addressing and calling out racism. But regardless, I have been following GG since the 90's. Just cause I call his band and himself racist that doesn't mean he hasn't shared some quality points of view that will likely last a very long time. IIRC, didn't he graduate as a woman. And then he goes onto become the small club show that 99% of the world wouldn't be able to handle a full set of his show.

[@WendigoHyde]

When I was a teenager living in Hawthorne I used to take the train to alot of shows. There was a show at Lamours I believe it was I met Merle completely different because I was Expecting what you would get with his brother. But even then in the mid 90s he was just a soft spoken polite person. Everyone even from the hardcore scene that have met him say the same

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah I met Merle too twice and he really is one of the coolest people ever

[@InvisibleIcons-z5h]

Merle can be a huge dickhead/ asshole & can be fucking cool, funny & even nice (on occasion lol) like most people it depends on a bunch of shit & also the person themselves on how he acts or reacts to a situation or person. I mean Merle has talked tons of shit about my brother & probably myself over the years, but that doesn't mean I don't like or get along with the guy. I'm just saying as with most people he can be really nice or he can be a total prick like most of us.

[@robbelk6465]

I had a small recording studio called TCS in Omaha NE, the murder junkies came through town and I did a live record for them at the saddle creek bar. It was wild Dino got naked and such. I told Merle to credit me if it was released.....but I don't think to this day it has.... Anyway,maybe someday it will surface. I still got mine,and I guess that's a rarity of such! Good fun,scary shit😂

[@kerrysrarities]

Wait really? What year was it recorded? I would absolutely LOVE to hear it! Any murder junkies live recording would be so cool to hear or see

[@robbelk6465]

Sorry to get yer hopes up,I forgot to mention after many drinks this was in 08. Post GG....but I got to burn one with the band and it was as close to the "experience" any of of us could get . It was still a thrill to meet Meril and Dino,and record the music. Not sure the name of the guy that embodied GG.....but it was sumpin else.....will never forget that night. Rob B.

[@DrPhil-pw2to]

3000 dollars a month probably wouldn’t be enough for that apartment today

[@kerrysrarities]

Oh I know. NY in particular has gotten insane expensive. I can see why he moved to NJ like 8 years after this was filmed.

[@thomasdupont7186]

seriously ?! Damned and I thought France was expensive....

[@DrPhil-pw2to]

@@thomasdupont7186 yeah people would pay way more than that for a place in Manhattan.

[@yankees29]

Probably double that.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Depends on the apartment. There is a lot of rent controlled apartments. Cyndi Lauper stayed in a rent controlled place for years (and she still might).

[@at0micwerew0lf]

I remember that place!! NYC apartments are generally pretty congested…and iguana have a particular smell, not necessarily bad…but if you know it, you know it and it was present in that apartment.

[@kerrysrarities]

Right. Plus the ciggarette smoke too

[@lawndogmoon2]

I have this on VHS. I think some compilation tape I bought from Skeeter Rider 20+ years ago. Merle & Mishi must've gotten divorced. Cool video.

[@kerrysrarities]

Thanks! Yeah I seem to remember when Skeeter had a lot of this kind of stuff and yes Mishi and Merle have since gotten divorced.

[@caseystrange]

@@kerrysrarities didn't that have to do with alcoholism?

[@kerrysrarities]

​@@caseystrange that was his first wife. Not Mishi

[@MariselaR.da1daOnly]

His house seems so nice and neat. I clicked expecting a huge mess!

[@kerrysrarities]

Oh you should see Dinos place then. Love him and all but I would feel so claustrophobic in it

[@selfishstockton6123]

@@kerrysrarities do you have a video of Dino’s apartment?

[@kerrysrarities]

​@@selfishstockton6123it was in the all in the family documentary

[@zackjohnson9302]

Love his balls. Swazi and a hit stache. Dude don't give a fuck just like GG .... That's what makes these guys so one of a kind.

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah you gotta love their I dont give a shit attitude indeed. Thats punk rock right there

[@zippymufo9765]

@@666gorewhore GG is the epitome of punk. Complete hostility to anything acceptable or mainstream l.

[@zippymufo9765]

@Elkster Eidolon He didn't rape anyone 😂 It was all hype and bullshit, stupid.

[@CyrusCageSCWS]

@@666gorewhoreThat's what it was when it started

[@zippymufo9765]

@Elkster Eidolon Take your psychiatric meds please

[@francotacha5487]

2:43 Damn, a "Deranged" poster. Great movie

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah Merles got great taste in movies for sure!

[@CS-xn6vb]

This was when rappers and mainstream made fun of anything weird. Now it’s cool to be a weird.

[@kerrysrarities]

You definitely have a point.

[@danieleesquivel8946]

Merle Is cool❤ and fantastic❤

[@kerrysrarities]

He has always been a nice guy with me. Hes cool for sure

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

That Pogo gacy is so sick , would love that …I bet Merle sold that long time ago

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah I wish I had one personally

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

@@kerrysrarities yea one sold for 20K recently … its like outta my ballpark that’s for sure

[@kerrysrarities]

@@crazycarlsadventures5983 20K? Fuck. Didn't know they were so rare

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

@@kerrysrarities yea sold off true crime memorabilia, crazy

[@rcr-zt4of]

@@kerrysrarities A lot of his paintings were burned after he was executed. So that’s why they are so rare…

[@DoctrineOfMayhem]

Man I'd love to there in the crowd listening to Merla, Dino, Weber and GG without the camera on...

[@kerrysrarities]

@@DoctrineOfMayhem i know right? Wonder what kind of conversations that would be had?

[@caseystrange]

Not being well versed/Deep into GG Allin lore, I don't have a good impression of Johnny Puke from what I know. Is there something I'm missing?

[@kerrysrarities]

Johnny Puke ain't a good guy tbh. Hes the one that got GG the dose of H that killed him. Surprised hes still alive considering all the brain damage he has tbh

[@robertflorea9426]

He’s a national treasure I seen him at chiller con some horror convention in nj looks scary to civilians but yes so nice

[@kerrysrarities]

He really is a cool dude

[@johnvon9268]

Merle really looked up to and Loved His brother.

[@kerrysrarities]

@@johnvon9268 oh dude he totally did. They were close for a while and i can tell Merle really misses his brother now.

[@chadlovell5982]

I know he's done with collecting, but I always thought a Joe Coleman piece, and a Manson spider would be a get. Coleman is just awesome, very Robert Williams but macabre. And the spider is just awesome..where did Manson fund the time, lol.

[@Gordon1990]

Uncle Charlie was making spiders up in prison?

[@TheoriginalBillBraskey]

@@Gordon1990oh yeah. You never saw a Manson Spider?

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i swear i have this maybe he did another one

[@kerrysrarities]

That makes sense if you have this. People told me this wasnt rare and I guess it really isnt

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

back when human beings could still afford manhattan.

[@kerrysrarities]

Oh yeah. I just looked at the price of the exact apartment Merle lived here now. 4k per month. Ridiculous

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

look up old issues of maximum rock and roll zine in the 90s

[@kerrysrarities]

Ive seen a couple of Merles ads in a couple of issues advertising GG videos. Especially when he lived in NY from 1991-1999

[@gavin6666]

Do you have the Tromeo and Juliet scene with Merle in it?

[@kerrysrarities]

I sure do. I'll post it right now

[@kerrysrarities]

Just uploaded it

[@gavin6666]

Thanks!

[@kerrysrarities]

@@gavin6666 No problem

[@patdisaster8259]

Bitch stole my Harley......!....hah lee

[@Russ_Hell-Russell_Stevens]

His voice sounds so much like Edward Norton

[@kerrysrarities]

People have joked its him in disguise haha

[@MasonGeorgeMotorcycles]

Super rad!

[@kerrysrarities]

Thanks man!

[@JamesSmith-iy5nm]

one thing never changes, usually when you look into a toilet, youre gonna see a lot of crap floating around.

[@austint7533]

The hitler and gacy statues 😂

[@kerrysrarities]

Haha right?!

[@ElGatoBlanco1970]

Ok. It's supposed to be Gacy aka Pogo the Clown. That makes way more sense as I was thinking it looked very much like Art the Clown from those Terrifier films, despite it being 1992.

[@pandaberserk3390]

thats a huge apartment at the the time how much was they making to afford that?

[@kerrysrarities]

I looked up the currency. It was about 400 per month at the time

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

at one point 900 something and.... @@kerrysrarities

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

he knows me

[@kerrysrarities]

Very cool

[@yankees29]

Johnny Puke…GG died at his place right?

[@kerrysrarities]

Correct

[@SocialJusticeDestroyer]

anyone know the location of this apt? Part of town?

[@kerrysrarities]

If I remember correctly this was at 298 Mulberry St in NY.

[@SocialJusticeDestroyer]

@@kerrysrarities great! Just what I wanted to know. Down in Little Italy / Lower East Side. Thank you, and great video.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i know him-he is a nice guy

[@kerrysrarities]

Merle was definitely nice with me when I met him too

[@MrChezlor]

Does anyone know what each of meles tattoos are of? Only ones I can see are the dagger, ripped leopard skin and a baphomet I think.

[@kerrysrarities]

Hes got so many. I don't even know

[@kerrysrarities]

@fluxxus That's funny

[@MrChezlor]

@fluxxus ahhh!! Jesus I wouldn’t have guessed that it was a wound! It does look like a slice a pizza now you said it. That’s awesome! 😂😂😂

[@Tattooedpain]

Still waiting to see Johnny Pukes polaroids he took of GG.

[@kerrysrarities]

Eh I mean personally it would be depressing seeing the last photos of GG alive. It would be fascinating though

[@Tattooedpain]

@@kerrysrarities he took them when GG was dead before he called an ambulance.

[@kerrysrarities]

@@Tattooedpain Ah thats right. I was thinking of someone else who mentioned someone had a roll of film of GG partying right before he died. Yeah they would be interesting to see

[@gavin6666]

I heard they were confiscated by the cops

[@izzydeadyet7336]

Holy Merle’s got some beef on him

[@firefly44220]

Back when you didn’t have to be rich to live in nyc

[@kerrysrarities]

Thats so true. I have friends who lived there at the time in little places and it was so much cheaper then. Nowadays you eithee have to know people or have at least 3-5 amazing paying jobs to rent a decent apartment haha

[@Yassin.ibn.farouk]

Maybe would have been better with the lights on

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah true. Kinda wish someone would have at least turned on some more lights but eh. It is what it is

[@misterslats]

I literally bumped into Merle at the Long Beach monthly flea market like 15 years ago. I shoulda asked for a photo but he was with his chick and I didn't wanna bother him.

[@kerrysrarities]

Interesting. I met Merle in Long Beach 7 years ago and he had his girlfriend in his house. Nice couple.

[@mushroomleg]

Shout out to Stu Spasm from Lubricated Goat. (Hopefully he kept GG away from those gerbils).

[@BGNOLA]

I saw LG in Hattisburg Mississippi around then; we drove up from New Orleans, and my accent confused their road manager

[@joshuataft5541]

Omg

[@kerrysrarities]

Oh yeah

[@freebee8221]

So who was in the photo?

[@kerrysrarities]

1:05 Merles friend.

[@Dan23_7]

John Gacey painting… Acid Bath

[@kerrysrarities]

Good eye!

[@Dan23_7]

@@kerrysrarities It’s a shame they didn’t make more music. I’ve heard some of Dax’s stuff by himself.

[@aldorechiasson]

And everything is for sale

[@kerrysrarities]

@@aldorechiasson thats the motto at murder mart. At murder mart, everything is for sale. Buy or die.

[@tsopuaifa]

That is a huge fockin apartment... for being NYC. °_°

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah it was!

[@danielktdoranie]

Is that chicken John?

[@kerrysrarities]

Nah. He was gone by this point

[@mathiasr.sander-nielsen5250]

OMG..he is a misfits fan

[@kerrysrarities]

He is. Although lately he said he isnt as crazy about them these days its cool he is a fan

[@leahflower9924]

I grew up near Danzig and sopranos

[@bobhardcore6707]

johnny!

[@kerrysrarities]

Wheres Johnny? -GG Allin

[@jjackson4754]

So funny they have a picture of Herschell Gordon Lewis on their wall. Yes, he directed slasher films, but he was actually a conservative businessman. I wonder what he would think of this. RIP, Herschell.

[@kerrysrarities]

There exists a photo actually of Merle and him online with Merles wife. Merle was dressed all punk rock and stuff but Herschell didnt seem to mind. May he rest in peace indeed

[@BGNOLA]

He was originally an English professor; he compared Blood Feast to a Walt Whitman poem: "lousy, but the first of its kind."

[@jasonmisfit5781]

I want that shirt Merle has on!

[@kerrysrarities]

Same! I think someone sold one like it on ebay recently for 700 bucks. Crazy

[@vince182]

@fluxxus do you have one of your own that you could post a picture of? I’d love to see the graphics on something that wasn’t an early 90s home video camera 😂

[@kerrysrarities]

@fluxxus Ahh damn. Wish you did. Thats cool

[@oro7114]

That house is so tidy

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah it is

[@ETGOTHOME7]

The gerbil s need a bigger cage man

[@kerrysrarities]

oh I know right?

[@earlgallup5223]

I bet that apartment has a stench to it

[@kerrysrarities]

Well yeah ciggarettes and musty probably. When I visited his home in Long Beach his house smelled fine

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

you dont know

[@kerrysrarities]

No I dont know if he did another tour like this. Think this is the only one

[@soresrekt7138]

pogo the clown is fucking valutable ! is wroth lots of cash

[@kerrysrarities]

Is it now? I believe it

[@soresrekt7138]

@@kerrysrarities oh yeah wayne paintings and all weird things famous serial killer had done like paintings and stuff are very collectibles and valutable ...

[@wilhelmvg9978]

John Wayne Gacy painting of Bozo must be absolutely priceless now

[@kerrysrarities]

Merle sold the gacy paintings in 2002 for around 6K. I imagine It has doubled in price within the last 21 years

[@Looneybin]

When I look at him today, in 2023... I feel deeply sad. Sure, what "is" is cool but what coulda' been with just a LITTLE common sense to go with the punk, ya' know?

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah. I feel you. I kind of wonder how different the careers of both him and GG would have been if they went more mainstream and popular with GG and the jabbers etc. Cause they were such a good band and if Merle joined them it would have been so different. It is what it is

[@teebitta6649]

Does he have a curtain mustache and detached sideburns? 🤔 interesting…

[@kerrysrarities]

Yeah. That was his style. Now he has a grey and red beard

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i think i have this

[@kerrysrarities]

I figured. People bitched at me absolutely NON stop about this and saying it wasn't rare and they saw this exact video on youtube many many times before I uploaded it yet I dont remember seeing it on before. Then again I haven't been looking at GG content on youtube for that long so yeah

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

@@kerrysrarities it was in spunkasfuk catalog i think

[@SuperEman500]

Why is Hitler dressed so weird?

[@kerrysrarities]

Times definitely changed for him after he escaped the war. Then he turned punk rock

[@mplslawnguy3389]

This is what Hitler would have been if someone would have just bought his paintings.

[@funkoff5]

Pretty chill dude compared to his brother

[@kerrysrarities]

Oh of course! No doubt about it.