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Germs "DCC" 7" Rockville Records (US)
Record is NM, Jacket is VG+!
Tough to Find!! Out of Print!!
Track Listing:
A Communist Eyes (Live) Recorded By [Remote Recording] – Bryan Knox, Jon Morris (2) Remix [Re-mix] – Bill Bartell Written-By – Crash*, Pat* 2:58 B1 Forming Recorded By – Pat Smear Written-By – Pyn* 2:28 B2 What We Do Is Secret Recorded By – Pat Smear Written-By – Crash*, Pat* 0:59The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band's early lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, and their most consistent drummer Don Bolles. They released only one album, 1979's (GI) (produced by Joan Jett) and were featured the following year in Penelope Spheeris' documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization, which chronicled the Los Angeles punk movement.
The Germs disbanded following Crash's suicide on December 7, 1980. Their music was influential to many later punk rock acts. Pat Smear went on to achieve greater fame performing with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
In 2005 actor Shane West was cast to play Crash in the Germs biographical film What We Do Is Secret (named after a song by the Germs). He performed with Smear, Doom, and Bolles at a production party for the film, after which the Germs reformed with West as singer. The new lineup of the band has performed a number of tours in the United States, including performances on the 2006 and 2008 Warped Tours.
Jan Paul Beahm and Georg Ruthenberg decided to start a band after being kicked out of University High for antisocial behavior, allegedly for using "mind control" on fellow students. Their original name was "Sophistifuck and the Revlon Spam Queens", but they had to shorten the name as they could not afford that many letters on a t-shirt. The (initially hypothetical) first lineup consisted of Beahm (then known as Bobby Pyn, and later as Darby Crash) on vocals, Ruthenberg (under the name Pat Smear) on guitar, an early member named "Dinky" (Diana Grant) on bass, and Michelle Baer playing drums. This lineup never played in front of a live audience.
In April 1977 the band added Lorna Doom (Teresa Ryan) on bass, with transitional member "Dottie Danger" (later famous as Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's) on drums. Carlisle never actually played with the band, as she was sidelined by a bout of mononucleosis for an extended period. She was replaced by her friend Donna Rhia (Becky Barton), who played three gigs and recorded their first single. Carlisle remained a friend and helper of the band (she can be heard introducing the band on the Germicide: Live at the Whiskey recording, as produced by Kim Fowley), only leaving because her new band, The Go-Go's, were becoming popular and, as she put it, "I was really disturbed by the heroin that was going on." Nickey Beat, of various noteworthy Los Angeles bands including The Weirdos, also sat in on drums for a time.
The band's first live performance was at the Orpheum Theater. Pat Smear recalled:
“ We made noise. Darby stuck the mic in a jar of peanut butter. It was a dare, we had no songs or anything! Lorna wore her pants inside out, and Darby covered himself in red licorice...we made noise for five minutes until they threw us off. ”The Germs initially drew musical influences from the likes of Iggy Pop, David Bowie, the Ramones, The Runaways, Sex Pistols and New York Dolls. Early on, Smear was the only musically experienced member; Doom survived early performances by sliding a finger up and down the fretboard of her bass while Rhia generally kept a minimal beat on the bass drum, periodically bashing a cymbal.
Early performances were usually marked by raucous crowds made up of the band's friends. As a result, their gigs became notorious for being rowdy and usually verged on a riot.
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