VIA PRESS RELEASE | “Showbiz never looked so violent yet cheery, chaotic yet level-headed. Justin Pearson is a lovely lunatic who writes with kindness even if he’s describing being in the middle of an on-stage brawl. He may pick the wrong girl and never be able to escape the mayhem in his personal life but he still seems kind of perfect . . . in a twisted way.” —John Waters
Justin Pearson has announced the release of his fourth book, GG Alien and the Mystery Meat, available on January 31st via Three One G & Bread and Roses Press. Pre-order available here.
Pearson’s latest memoir dives into a slew of intertwining subjects surrounding art, class, and sexuality, to name a few. Here, Justin steps right up to the line of a social faux pas steeped in current social politics as he reflects on navigating working a minimum wage job at a gay club while maintaining a non-paying job as a “musician” throughout his thirties.
Addressing an ever-present overwhelming capitalistic economy as well as his potential cultural appropriation, he lays out (or maybe coughs and spreads out) his absurd and questionable time spent as an employee at San Diego’s most popular gay nightclub.
His latest follows the acclaimed memoirs From the Graveyard of the Arousal Industry (2010), How to Lose Friends and Irritate People (2011), and The Race to Zero (2018). GG Alien and the Mystery Meat was edited by Adam Gnade, with art and layout by Bran Black Moon and cover image by Paul Rentler.
Justin Pearson’s writing draws largely on his experiences in other creative realms—mainly, but not exclusively, his lifelong career as a musician, along with the many jobs he has had to take on to continue on this path. From an early age, Justin sought refuge in the world of punk and DIY ethics.
This lead to the formation of his first band, Struggle, and touring at fifteen years old, which he has continued to do so for the last thirty plus years in subversive and, at times, divisive acts including The Locust, Swing Kids, The Crimson Curse, Some Girls, Retox, Head Wound City, All Leather, Planet B, Dead Cross, Deaf Club, and Satanic Planet. His use of quick wit and rapid retorts have been known to get him both into and out of trouble, and this is a staple of his writing style as both an author and lyricist.
