THE GERMS - (GI) - LP - Vinyl

LP - Vinyl Repress

One of the leading bands of the 70's LA punk scene, The Germs only released one studio album before the untimely death of lead singer Darby Crash at the age of 22. Equal parts Sex Pistols and Iggy Pop, the band's legendary live shows bordered on chaos. "(GI)" was produced by Joan Jett and features sixteen tracks of unbridled garage-punk bliss.

Of all the bands to emerge from the early Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s, the Germs might be the most legendary. Along with groups like X, Fear, and the Weirdos, they pioneered a form of Southern Californian underground music even more vicious and stripped-down than the London and New York acts that first made punk a vital force in the mid-'70s. Unlike many of their peers, they had the opportunity to capture part of their legacy on a full-length album, at a time when the scene was woefully under-documented on vinyl.

Tracklist:

Side A   
A1        What We Do Is Secret
A2        Communist Eyes
A3        Land Of Treason
A4        Richie Dagger's Crime
A5        Strange Notes
A6        American Leather
A7        Lexicon Devil
A8        Manimal
A9        Our Way
A10       We Must Bleed

Side B    
B1        Media Blitz
B2        The Other Newest One
B3        Let's Pretend
B4        Dragon Lady
B5        The Slave
B6        Shut Down