Year: 1979
Country: US
City: Los Angeles
Label: Rhino
Format: CD , LP
Tracks: 16
Time: 35 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
The Germs are an American punk band from Los Angeles, California,
originally active from 1977 to 1980 and reformed in 2005. Their 1977
single, "Forming"/"Sexboy", is generally regarded as the first punk
record from Los Angeles.[citation needed] The band's early lineup
consisted of singer Darby Crash (Sam Kruegel), guitarist Pat Smear,
bassist Lorna Doom, and their most consistent drummer Don Bolles. They
released only one album, 1979's (GI), 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 and alternative rock acts.
Smear went on to greater notoriety 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. He performed with Smear, Doom,
and Bolles at a production party for the film, after which the Germs
re-formed 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.
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