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Lauren *Weasel* Griffin

Many people love me, many people hate me; there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it. - J

About Me

I LIVE FOR ROCK AND ROLL. THE FAMOUS UNKNOWNS 1988..This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor V2.5

My Interests

Living the life with my main man!

I'd like to meet:

Fellow writers, musicians, poets, gypsies; all swingin' cats and hip kitties. Those who know how to live it up... and fuck 'em if they can't take a joke! ~The Weasel

Music:

Agents, GG Allin, Antiseen, Bauhaus, Chuck Berry, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Blondie, The Brains, Jim Carrol, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Eddie Cochran, Concrete Blonde, Alice Cooper, Jayne County, The Cramps, The Damned, Dead Boys, Desperate Angels, Diamond Lil, Bo Diddley, El Caminos, Faster Pussycat, Flamin' Groovies, Gang War, Georgia Satellites, The Germs, Guns N' Roses, Hanoi Rocks, The Heartbreakers, Richard Hell, The Hellhounds, Hillbilly Soul Surfers, Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, Jet, Joan Jett, Robert Johnson, George Jones, L7, L.A. Guns, Lords of the New Church, MC5, Motley Crue, Murderer's Holiday, The Murder Junkies, New York Dolls, Mike Ness, Pink Steel, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, Prince, The Ramones, Lou Reed, The Restraints, Keith Richards, Tommy Rivers and the Raw Ramps, Rolling Stones, The Saints, Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, Social Distortion, Stooges, Subhumans, Subsonics, Supersuckers, T. Rex, Television, Johnny Thunders, The Tombstones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Velvet Revolver, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, The Vibrators, Sid Vicious, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, X, and many others. Also anything with my man Freddi Griffin! THE DESPERATE ANGELS THE AGENTS 1981 G.G. ALLIN AND THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS 1992

Movies:

Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie, A Clockwork Orange, End of the Century, The Filth and the Fury, GG Allin and the Murder Junkies: Savage South Best of 1992, Gimme Shelter, Harold and Maude, Lipstick Killers, The Misfits (pretty much all Marilyn Monroe), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Sunset Boulevard, almost all film noire, classic Hollywood, documentaries...

Television:

Pretty much only [adult swim] (Lupin the 3rd, Dethklok, The Boondocks, Futurama), Court T.V. (Cold Case Files), Animal Planet (Meerkat Manor), History, and Discovery; Millenium (the first two seasons)... Television usually bores me. I'LL SPIT ON YOU...

Books:

Lester Bangs ("Pschotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung"), Jack Black ("You Can't Win"), William S. Burroughs ("Junky", "My Education"), Fyodor Dostoyevsky ("Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot"), Jack Kerouac ("On The Road"), Legs McNeil ("Please Kill Me"), Iggy Pop ("I Need More"), J.D. Salinger ("The Catcher in the Rye"), Hunter S. Thompson ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Hell's Angels")... I usually like to read biographies (especially those having to do with bands or musicians) or novels that are somewhat based on reality. Classic literature and poetry are always enjoyable. I do like some horror and science fiction; H.P. Lovecraft and William Gibson are a couple of my favorites.

Heroes:

Johnny Thunders, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, and Freddi Griffin for doing everything I wish I could have!

My Blog

Eagerly awaiting the 688/Metroplex Reunion

Bruce Smith, David Barge, Rotger Rotgut, and Richard Ronk Photograph taken by Tria McNasty The Sunday before last I was able to enjoy seeing the Restraints rehearse. David Barge invited me along...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:13:00 PST

A Birthday Tribute to One of Atlantas Truest Rockers

Well-known Atlanta drummer Freddi Griffin celebrated his birthday yesterday and I had the privilege of spending it with him. Mr. Griffin is something of a local legend, having played in many inf...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:57:00 PST

New photos of Freddi with the Murder Junkies

Robert Everett a.k.a. One In Fire (bass player on GG's last recording with the Carolina Shitkickers) was kind enough to send me some photos of the Murder Junkies show at the Wreck Room from his p...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:14:00 PST

The Long Overdue Write-Up for the Desperate Angels Page

The Desperate Angels: Freddi Griffin, Tommy Rivers, Rick Richards, and Keith Christopher   Freddi and I can't thank the wonderful Dave Takis enough for putting together the long awaited Des...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:57:00 PST

Paul Scott Shamel II, R.I.P.

I really wanted to re-post this entry on the third anniversary of Scotty's death (June 22nd) but unfortunately Freddi and I were in the middle of moving and did not have internet access. So here is th...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:56:00 PST

Diamond Lil: Another Atlanta Legend

I searched around a bit on the internet to see what I could find on Diamond Lil today. Unfortunately there's really not that much. Like many other Atlanta rock legends, she seems to only be remembere...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

The Agents, The Razor Boys, and more

Ronnie Razor (who played in several bands with Freddi) recently sent me a message with a link to Rora Records . I was thrilled to find that there was a page for The Agents featuring a great pictu...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST

Tommy Riverss Home Page

If you like the song on my page ( and those on Freddi's ) you can find out more about Tommy Rivers here . There are a few more songs from the Raw Ramps albums on our other page: Uploaded By ...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:14:00 PST

Johnny Thunders: You Cant Put Your Arms Around A Memory

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the death of  Johnny Thunders a.k.a John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , a truly amazing guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Johnny was born July 15, 1952 in New York and die...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:46:00 PST

New page for Freddi Griffin

I'm pleased to say that Freddi and I have finally gotten a page started for him that has some of the songs he co-wrote and/or performed on. At the moment it only features songs that he recorded with T...
Posted by Lauren *Weasel* Griffin on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:04:00 PST