William ('Bill') Gilmore Weber III (born May 20, 1963) is an American

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player. Weber has made records, videos and films with a variety of bands. Weber performed in GG Allin's final backing band

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, playing the electric guitar. He replaced

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in the band. Weber performed on the sole GG Allin and the Murder Junkies studio album '' Brutality and Bloodshed for All''. Following GG's untimely death, Weber performed in a continuation of the Murder Junkies, who eventually released a 10" mini-album (later re-released in an extended version on CD) entitled '' Feed My Sleaze''. Weber's career with Allin encompassed three USA tours. A posthumous live album - Terror in America - appeared in 1994. The genesis of GG Allin and the Murder Junkies and the Brutality and Bloodshed for All album was that the backing band was formed by GG's brother Merle while GG was still in prison. Both

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and Weber were hired as guitarists; while Accidental Tribe member Donald ('Dino Sex') Sachs was recruited on drums. Ramone left the band before he even played a live show (although a recording session, featuring both he and a newly released GG, is preserved on film); the remainder of the band composed music for their forthcoming set - later to form the ''Brutality and Bloodshed for All'' album, whilst GG composed the lyrics from his prison cell without previously hearing the music. Weber has also made records, videos and films with the Chrome Cranks, The Candy Snatchers, The Tigerlilies, Sugarshock, The Brass Knuckle Boys,

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and as dumBASS. Weber currently resides in

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References

*GG Allin and The Murder Junkies: '' Brutality and Bloodshed for All'', 1993. *

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: '' Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies'', 1994.
William Gilmore Weber III at Discogs
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091027094519/http://geocities.com/ekx001/DISC/BABFACD.html The GG Allin SuperSite Discography GG Allin & The Murder Junkies Brutality And Bloodshed For Allbr>Answers.com: Album Review: Brutality and Bloodshed for All
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091027122941/http://geocities.com/swedishscum/ggallin/weberinterview2002.html Rect-Al's BILL WEBER interview (From Al's postponed GG Fanzine)br>Gunnerrocks: William Weber aka William Gilmore Weber IIIWilliam Gilmore Weber's Website

External links

William Gilmore Weber's Website
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