Title: The Germs – (GI)
Year/Genre: 1979, Hardcore Punk
Matrix #: R1 78602
Condition: Mint

Cultural Facts:

1. Produced by Joan Jett, it was one of the first full-length albums from L.A.’s hardcore scene.

2. Frontman Darby Crash saw the record as part of his five-year plan for infamy—he died by suicide a year later.

3. The album’s chaotic energy and self-destructive mythology shaped the ethos of early West Coast punk.

2/3/23, CK sold 2/19/24 whatnot (sold 3/18/24 whatnot) 

+5 7/1/24 EK

Biff 1/20/25  sold 10/20/25