Dick Urine

Who is Dick Urine?

Dick Urine is a pseudonym associated with independent label owner/producer Peter Yarmouth. Dick Urine was Yarmouth's stage name and the name was created/invented by GG Allin.

The "Dick Urine" name first turned up on early self-released cassettes of material Allin had sold in Boston-area stores and through advertisements in such magazines as Trouser Press and Maximum RocknRoll. The cassette albums were usually soundboard or audience recordings recorded on cassette, but Allin, seeking to have a producer's name on the cassette inserts told Yarmouth he was going to make him famous and came up with the name "Dick Urine" to use on the producer's credit. The phony credit may have also served to deflect blame for the less-than-perfect sound away from Allin himself. The duo had met in 1980 and they began discussing Yarmouth bankrolling GG's releases and came up eventually with the label name Black And Blue Records. Having given Yarmouth credit as Urine on the releases prior to the duo came to agreement on Yarmouth investing in GG set the tone for the eventual formal business relationship. All of the recordings for Allin's albums were physically produced by Allin and more of an executive producer was Yarmouth's role. This has been Peter's role for most if not all the releases he has production credit on. This partnership drove GG from the anonymity of New Hampshire to his Underground Icon status. A combination of Yarmouths marketing in many publications including Flipside, Maximum Rock N Roll, Option, RIP, Ben is Dead, Real Life In A Big City, and many local music newspapers and fanzines along with Allin's touring the US both with bands and with a boom box, the infamous Cat Club Show and The Village Voice exposure that resulted from it and of course Allins recordings and videos from various companies that still have selling power today. Allin always told Yarmouth that he would make him rich. That never happened since Yarmouth has never "quit his day job" which has bankrolled the label which still exists today.