'The Germs, despite all expectations, developed a sound that was extremely aggressive, hyper-competent, and highly influential -- although throughout their career, they would have a reputation as a chaotic live band. Singer Darby Crash often arrived onstage nearly incoherent from drugs, singing everywhere but into the microphone and taunting the audience between songs. The other band members had similar problems, with many contemporary reviews citing collapses, incoherency, and drunken vomiting onstage.
The final drummer - Don Bolles - was, however, extremely technically adept, and the amateurish bass stylings of Lorna Doom became, through rehearsal, a tight, complex counterpoint. Smear was revealed as a remarkably talented and fluid player, while the songwriting began to be cited as art and poetry. The canonical lineup of the band was often accused of willfully skirting the boundary between genius and disaster. Crash's vocals had begun to mold themselves around the style of The Screamers' vocalist Tomata DuPlenty. Another strong influence on the band's final sound was Zolar X, a theatrical glitter rock band popular in the Los Angeles area circa 1972-1980. Crash and Smear were enthusiastic fans of the band from the pre-Germs days, and the fast tempos and raw guitar tone of (the historically pre-punk) Zolar X are very similar to the sound achieved on later Germs recordings.
The Germs recorded two singles (with alternate tracks), an album-length demo session, and one full-length LP, (GI), each more focused and powerful than the last. Crash was, despite his erratic behavior, generally regarded as a brilliant lyricist (a contemporary critic described him as "ransacking the dictionary"), and the final lineup of Smear, Doom, and Bolles had become a world-class rock ensemble by the recording of (GI), turning in a performance that spurred an LA Weekly reviewer to write, "This album leaves exit wounds." It is considered one of the first hardcore punk records, and has a near-mythic status among alternative rock fans. Wikipedia
well for me this album has a 'mythic status' as it quite changed (or broadened) my taste of music. After the Dead Kennedys this was the 2nd album in the 'Hardcore' genre which I bought, and still today I'd sell all my Prog stuff collection just for a track like 'We must bleed'!
Tracks:
1- What we do is secret
2- Communist eyes
3- Land of treason
4- Richie Dagger's crime
5- Strange notes
6- American leather
7- Lexicon devil
8- Manimal
9- Our way
10- We must bleed
11- Media Blitz
12- The other newest one
13- Let's pretend
14- Dragon lady
15- The slave
16- Shut down (annihilation man)
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The final drummer - Don Bolles - was, however, extremely technically adept, and the amateurish bass stylings of Lorna Doom became, through rehearsal, a tight, complex counterpoint. Smear was revealed as a remarkably talented and fluid player, while the songwriting began to be cited as art and poetry. The canonical lineup of the band was often accused of willfully skirting the boundary between genius and disaster. Crash's vocals had begun to mold themselves around the style of The Screamers' vocalist Tomata DuPlenty. Another strong influence on the band's final sound was Zolar X, a theatrical glitter rock band popular in the Los Angeles area circa 1972-1980. Crash and Smear were enthusiastic fans of the band from the pre-Germs days, and the fast tempos and raw guitar tone of (the historically pre-punk) Zolar X are very similar to the sound achieved on later Germs recordings.
The Germs recorded two singles (with alternate tracks), an album-length demo session, and one full-length LP, (GI), each more focused and powerful than the last. Crash was, despite his erratic behavior, generally regarded as a brilliant lyricist (a contemporary critic described him as "ransacking the dictionary"), and the final lineup of Smear, Doom, and Bolles had become a world-class rock ensemble by the recording of (GI), turning in a performance that spurred an LA Weekly reviewer to write, "This album leaves exit wounds." It is considered one of the first hardcore punk records, and has a near-mythic status among alternative rock fans. Wikipedia
well for me this album has a 'mythic status' as it quite changed (or broadened) my taste of music. After the Dead Kennedys this was the 2nd album in the 'Hardcore' genre which I bought, and still today I'd sell all my Prog stuff collection just for a track like 'We must bleed'!
Tracks:
1- What we do is secret
2- Communist eyes
3- Land of treason
4- Richie Dagger's crime
5- Strange notes
6- American leather
7- Lexicon devil
8- Manimal
9- Our way
10- We must bleed
11- Media Blitz
12- The other newest one
13- Let's pretend
14- Dragon lady
15- The slave
16- Shut down (annihilation man)
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