Now The1stFive is reporting that Fucked Up recently tapped Ben Gibbard, Ted Leo, and Mountain Goats to help them lay down tracks for a “7-inch comprised entirely of ‘cleaned up’ GG Allin covers.” The compilation was curated by New Jersey-based non-commercial radio station, WFMU, and is available by making a pledge during the 52-year-old station’s upcoming fundraising drive, which runs from February 28-March 13.

If you’re not the type that supports local, community-based radio, then you can still get pumped up for the release of Fucked Up’s forthcoming studio album – David Comes To Life – by copping a 12-inch live release titled Coke Sucks. The title refers to frontman Damian Abraham’s disdain for Coca-Cola (apparently he’s a Pepsi fan), and the record is being released in a rainbow of colors: Red, black-and-white, salmon, gold, clear, to name a few.

Orders ship on March 10th and are available via Chunklet. David Comes To Life still doesn’t have a release date, but you can try for a copy of the GG Allin covers 7-inch by checking out the full details and making a pledge to WFMU here.

For those of you uninformed, Allin was one riotous public figure in the late eighties. I say public figure rather than “musician”, “star”, or “band member” because he really was none of those things. In some ways, more than one, he was a total asshole. His mentality of “opening people’s eyes to the real world” included everything from publically raping women in his audience to smearing fecal matter over his eyes and face. Somewhere in between the raping and the shitting, he managed to configure a band long enough.

Many bands, in fact. The clip you’re going to see is Allin with the Antiseen, inarguably his most tame band name out of the twenty or so nomenclatures he went by. To get an idea of what you might expect musically, here’s a handful of some of the bands Allin was a part of: The Scumfucs, The AIDS Brigade, Bloody Mess & The Skabs, and The Southern Baptists. To think, you haven’t even heard about his upbringing yet.

There’s such a backstory with Allin, that it’s hard to really sum up his life into a small little article. For one, he was beaten by his folks in the back woods New Hampshire. Furthermore, he attained the name “G.G.” from his brother, who couldn’t pronounce Jesus. Yes, his birth name was Jesus Christ Allin. Apparently, his father had been convinced he would be the messiah. Close but no cigar, Papa Allin. Seriously, if you have the time, please read the Wikipedia entry on him. It’s both intriguing and… “unbelieveable.”

While you should watch the surreal episode of Jerry Springer, featuring Allin and his “groupies”, I urge you to see the spectacle that was his live show performance. Filmed and performed in 1988, “Bite It You Scum” is a pretty good example of everything that was Allin. While there’s the usual flare of bullshit (literally and metaphorically) hi jinks, what’s more is that he actually performs the song. Be forewarned, however, that this video is graphic and explicit in nature, so for all our office readers out there, save it for later… or peek around that cubicle corner.

Anyhow…