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The Germs is tagged as: punk, punk rock, hardcore punk, hardcore, la punk

The Germs were a classic American punk rock band formed in 1977, disbanded in 1980. Their fast spit-and-blood hardcore punk sound mixed with singer Darby Crash’s (real name Jan Paul Beahm) highly literate and dark poetic lyrics made them, to many, one of the most distinctive bands in the entire punk scene. The Germs are still remembered by fans as being among the best in the genre. They disbanded when Crash, after long bouts with drug addiction and self-destructive behavior, committed suicide at age 22 on December 7, 1980. The Germs’ 1977 single, “Forming”/”Sexboy” (live), is generally regarded as the first punk record from Los Angeles, CA.
The band started when Jan Paul Beahm and Georg Ruthenberg decided they should start a band after being kicked out of University High for antisocial behaviour, allegedly for using ‘mind control’ on fellow students. They named themselves “Sophistifuck & The Revlon Spam Queens,” with Beahm (then ‘Bobby Pyn,’ and later Darby Crash) on vocals, Ruthenberg (then and later called Pat Smear) on guitar, an early member called Dinky on bass, and Michelle Baer playing drums. This lineup never played live.
In April ‘77 the band featured its final bassist, Lorna Doom, wi...
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Top 10 The Germs Songs
Lexicon Devil
What We Do Is Secret
Communist Eyes
Media Blitz
Manimal
Strange Notes
Forming
Land Of Treason
American Leather
Our Way
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Top 10 The Germs Albums
M.I.A.: The Complete Germs
(MIA) the Complete Anthology
I F*#ed Your Mom - Live '78-'79
Germicide
MIA: The Complete Anthology
Media Blitz
The Complete Anthology
Live at the Whiskey 1977
Germicide: Live at the Whisky, 1977
Mia
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