GERMS (GI) LP SLASH 1979 US 1st press+insert DARBY CRASH-PAT SMEAR-JOAN JETT

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Anarchic L.A. punk group and vehicle for doomed singer Darby Crash.

Living fast and dying young is one of rock's great clichés, but no phrase better describes 

the reasons for the demise of L.A. punkers known as Germs. Capable of creating a firestorm 

of noisy, confrontational music, they were ultimately undone by their perversely 

charismatic lead singer. He was a madman named Paul Beahm, better known to the 

world at-large first as Bobby Pyn, later and more famously as Darby Crash. 

Taking musical cues from the Sex Pistols (and English punk in general), as well as the 

CBGB's scene, and adding the theatricality of Bowie, Iggy, and Lou Reed, Crash was 

the perfect frontman for Germs. Backed by guitarist Pat Smear (later of Nirvana and 

the Foo Fighters), bassist Lorna Doom, and drummer Don Bolles, the Germs kicked up 

a hellacious racket that strayed from fast/loud punk into art damage and garage grunge

"(GI)"

Produced by Joan Jett

1979     LP     SLASH RECORDS     SR-103  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL  FIRST PRESSING

[First pressing in pasteboard-style sleeve (brown cardboard-colored inside, unlike later ones which are white inside) and with a two-sided lyrics insert instead of a printed inner sleeve. 

All original pressings (1st, 2nd, and probably beyond) have no text along spine of sleeve.

The record has actually no title, as the band's name was changed into Germs (GI). 

Nonetheless, "(GI)" is usually the title this LP is referred to.]

SINGLE SLEEVE + INSERT

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE) BROWN INSIDE 

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: SLASH  - BLACK LABEL - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear & insert) SR-103 

Catalog on label (Side B only): SR-103

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SLASH-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SLACH-B 

On labels: © 1979 Slash Records

? 1979 Slash Records

(on Side B only): *Performed Live

On Back Cover: Produced by Joan Jett

Printed in the USA

J. Ruby Productions, Inc.

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET - COMMUNIST EYES - LAND OF TREASON

RICHIE DAGGER'S CRIME - STRANGE NOTES - AMERICAN LEATHER

LEXICON DEVIL - MANIMAL - OUR WAY - WE MUST BLEED

Side B: MEDIA BLITZ - THE OTHER NEWEST ONE - LET'S PRETEND

DRAGON LADY - THE SLAVE - *SHUT DOWN

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

A blast of self-lacerating L.A. punk in its original glory, (GI) is simply classic; a commanding, rampaging sneer at everyone and everything infused with a particular, disturbed vision. Said vision belongs to Darby Crash, whose proclivities for charismatic manipulation were already well established before he fully spelled them out in lyrics like "Lexicon Devil," here featuring in a re-recording, and "Richie Dagger's Crime." His David Bowie worship was also paramount -- "Land of Treason," "Communist Eyes," and "Strange Notes" are just three numbers featuring his transformation of the apocalyptic aesthetics of albums like Diamond Dogs and Station to Station toward more brutal ends. Practically speaking, his snarling star quality comes through more than his words, but it's more than enough on that front. Pat Smear has an equal claim to being the album's star, though, and for good reason -- not only did he co-write everything, his clipped, catchy monster riffing was as pure punk in the late-'70s sense as anything, wasting no time on anything extraneous. Lorna Doom and Don Bolles keep up the side as a kickass rhythm section, Bolles in particular making a good mark in the first of his many drumming stints over the moons. Joan Jett's production got knocked at the time for perceived thinness, but she and engineer Pat Burnette actually did a great job at recording the band with crisp, strong results. The notorious closing number, "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)," makes for a nicely balanced contrast to the 42-second opener, "What We Do Is Secret." While the latter song is pure hyperspeed, Crash sounding like he's about to run out of breath on the shout-along chorus, "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)," recorded at a club gig, shows how the Germs could (quite intentionally) tick off an audience via long, meandering numbers if they so chose...(AllMusic)