Germs – Live at the Starwood 1980 – 2 LP Limited & Numbered ROG

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Artist:The Germs |Label:Run Out Groove |Format:2x LP |Genre:Rock | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed

The Germs
Live at the Starwood Dec 3, 1980

A limited edition 2LP set from Run Out Groove – First time on vinyl! 2LP set,
pressed on multi-colored vinyl and comes in a gatefold tip-onstyle jacket. Includes a poster and replica fanzine. Limited andindividually numbered Previously unavailable on vinyl. Features the bandslegendary last live performance beforesinger Darby Crash committed suicide. The Germs were a punk rock band from Los Angeles,originally active from 1976 to 1980. The bands early line upconsisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear,bassist Lorna Doom and drummer Don Bolles. They releasedonly one album during their short tenure 1979s G.I. produced by Joan Jett and were featured in PenelopeSpheeris 1980 documentary film, The Decline of WesternCivilization which chronicled the Los Angeles punk scene.Crash and Smear decided to form a band after gettingkicked out of high school for allegedly using mind controlon fellow students. Their original band name was Sophistifuck and the Revlon Spam Queens but theydecided to shorten the name as they could not afford that manyletters on a t-shirt! The Germs initially drew musicalinfluence from Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Ramones, theRunaways, Sex Pistols and New York Dolls. Early on,Smear was the only musically experienced member;Doom survived early performances by sliding a finger upand down the fretboard of her bass while Rhia generallykept a minimal beat on the bass drum, periodically bashingthe cymbal. Early performances drew raucous crowdsmade up of the bands friends. As a result their gigs became notoriousfor being rowdy and usually verged on a riot. Theband eventually developed a sound that was very influential.Throughout their career they had a reputation as a chaotic live band. Crash usually arrived onstage incoherent from drugs,singing everywhere but into the mic and taunting the audiencebetween songs. Yet they delivered intense, theatrical andincreasingly musical performances. Smear was a remarkablytalented and fluid player and after his death, critics finallyacknowledged his lyrics as poetic art. Following therelease of their only studio album, GI on Slash Records, theGerms recorded six original songs with producer JackNitzsche for the soundtrack to the film, Cruising, starringAl Pacino. Only one of the six tracks found its way onto the soundtrackbut the others were later released on MIA: TheComplete Anthology. In 1980 Crash contacted Smear aboutdoing a reunion show to put punk in perspective for thepunks on the scene. Smear has said that Crash told himprivately that he only wanted to earn money for heroinwithwhich to commit suicide. On December 3, 1980,an over-sold Starwood hosted a final show of the reunitedGerms. At one point, Crash told the audience we did thisshow so you new people could see what it was like whenwe were around. Youre not going to see it again. Crashcommitted suicide on Dec. 7, 1980 at age 22. He hadoverdosed on heroin in a suicide pact with friend CaseyHopkins who ended up surviving. He wrote a short suicidenote to David Bosco Danford that stated, My life, my leather,my love goes to Bosco. Rhino Handmade officiallyreleased Live at the Starwood, Dec 3 1980 in 2010 onCD. The live set was previously unavailable in its entirety.ROG is issuing this classic live set on vinyl for the first time.

Track Listing:
Side A
Circle One
Manimal
Caught In My Eye
Lions Share
No God
Our Way
Side B
Strange Notes
What We Do Is Secret
Richie Daggers Crime
Land Of Treason
My Tunnel
Media Blitz
Side C
The Other Newest One
Lets Pretend
Forming
Lexicon Devil
Shut Down (Annihilation Man)
Side D
Public Image
American Leather
|We Must Bleed
Richie Daggers Crime (Reprise)
Communist Eyes

NEW SEALED Super Limited andnumbered Edition 2 LP setFirst time on vinyl! 2LP set, pressed onmulti-colored vinyl and comes in a gatefold tip-on style jacket. Includesa poster and replica fanzine.