Talk:Germs (band)

Sam Krugel
Whatever tool keeps editing and claiming that it was an alias, pseudonym, true name, or whatever of Jan Paul Beahm, cut it the fuck out.

Prose deletion
''Hey anonymous, why did you delete that fine prose that you added? :-) Was it copyrighted, perhaps?'' No. It was my own prose.  But I guess I have a hang-up about people changing my words. Still I reposted it for your reading pleasure.

Don Bolles
When did Don Bolles join the band?


 * Don joined the Germs in 1977 and stayed until 1980. He then went to 45 Grave, The Consumers and, Vox Pop.


 * I don't think Don Bolles joined the Germs in 1977. He joined after Nicky Beat, who drummed on the 1978 7 inch "Lexicon Devil," departed as the Germ's temporary drummer.


 * The Germ's order of drummers went something along the lines of Belinda Carlisle (Dottie Danger), Belinda's friend Becky aka Donna Rhia (who drummed on the bootleg Germicide LP), Cliff Hanger (a local record store worker), Don Bonebrake (later of X), Nicky Beat (who drummed on the Lexicon Devil 7inch tracks), then Jimmy Giorsetti aka Don Bolles, then Rob Henley (who replaced the 'fired' Don Bolles). Don Bolles came back for the Reuinon Show in Dec of 1980.
 * Taken from-

Drummers
why was there so many drummers???


 * Because most were temporary, lasting only the length of a set. Rsm99833 14:08, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

which one had his dick cut off in prison?

the cirkel
Hello, does anyone know why the germs chose that cirkel as a 'logo'? And what is the meaning of it?


 * I remember hearing something about how a fan carved a circle on his or her arm and poured blue ink in it. I'm not sure if that's true or not, though. --Jazz Remington 21:10, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * The Circle represents a cyclical concept of time. You know.. the whole birth-death-rebirth rotation that's so obvious in nature. It's just a common idea (especially in Eastern Religion) that Darby Crash happened to be intrigued with, so he adopted it for his own purposes.
 * The Germ's had a pretty fanatic following, even before Darby Crash stuck himself to death with heroin. Many Germs devotees gave themselves circle tattoos and even more commonly 'germs burns' - a cigarette burn usually on the underside of the wrist which is supposed to be given by someone else who already has the mark. Germs burns were intended to spread in such a manner from a single source (Darby). --DMPineau 11:32, 14 July 2005

userbox
i made a Germs userbox. heres the code:

 Connör ( talk ) 19:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Kim Fowley
The article stated that Kim Fowley produced the first single Forming and implied (possibly due to poor editing) that he produced all but their last six-song session. The album GI is well known to have been produced by Joan Jett (can be confirmed on allmusic.com). I find it hard to believe that someone with at least some producing notability like Fowley at the time would have been doing Forming's two-track recording in a garage. Possible, but unlikely, and more plausible that he was involved in some later work. Unfortunately, I can't find any evidence of his involvement, so I removed. If anyone can confirm that he was involved, that would certainly be sufficiently noteworthy to include, so please add him back (hopefully better edited than before to make it clear just what he was involved in). CAVincent (talk) 02:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Final Starwood Show
Regarding the final show at the Starwood in December, 1980, the main article states that "In spite of Crash's favorite LA band X not showing up for their opening gig..." I was at that show and I swear I remember X opening up (along with Suburban Lawns and some other band).

The article has a [citation needed] tag but I'm not sure what part of the comment is being disputed. And I'm hesitant to edit the article until I get independent confirmation of my memory of 29 years ago (!). All the gigs and all the years have blurred together somewhat. ;]

Anybody else at the show and remember X playing? I'm sure they did.

--Etimh (talk) 00:43, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

fans/cult following?
Didn't Darby encourage a sort of Manson-inspired following, typified by the "Germs burn" cigarette-induced scars? I don't know enough about it to contribute, but the article doesn't indicate that anything was noteworthy about the relationship between the band (Darby specifically perhaps?) and their fans. That's what I was hoping to read about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.222.85 (talk) 15:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes he did, the "Circle One" group of close friends & followers. I'm currently working on a rewrite of this article and the Darby Crash article in my userspace that will address this and some other missing details. Check back in a couple of weeks, I should be done by then. --IllaZilla (talk) 17:01, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Title
recently moved the article from Germs (band) to The Germs, giving the reason "sources use The Germs". I've moved it back, and I thought I should explain why: I've read a lot about this band, including the sources I listed above, and am working on some major rewrites/overhauls in userspace (User:IllaZilla/Germs (band) and User:IllaZilla/Darby Crash, both projects I should probably resume). What I've found is that the sources alternately use "Germs" or "The Germs"...Some use the definite article because it's part of a sentence (ie. Lexicon Devil: The Short Life and Fast Times of Darby Crash and the Germs), but in any case sources seem to either use it or not using depending on their whims. The clincher for me was that the band's only studio album, (GI), as well as the anthology compilation (MIA): The Complete Anthology both just use "Germs" (the title/name isn't on the MIA cover art, but I own the album and it's on the sidebar of the jewel case, as well as on the spine). Other albums use the definite article, but were all released after the band's breakup. To me this is similar to the Ramones, Sex Pistols, or Misfits in that sources with either use or not use "the" as part of the band's name with great variance, but looking at the bands' actual releases shows that the majority of their major releases do not use it. --IllaZilla (talk) 16:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Current Activity
I know the article has some info about possible new recordings to be released in 2010, but since its nearly 2012 now, I'm gonna go ahead and make all that past tense. Would anyone objest to me adding something saying that there has not been any new news about this and it may have been abandoned?75.66.42.232 (talk) 06:56, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree with the switch to past tense, although "may have been abandoned" would be speculation. I was working on an overhaul of this article (as well as an overhaul of the Darby bio) in userspace a while back...I should revisit those projects. --IllaZilla (talk) 07:23, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

"Here Lies Darby Crash"
Does anyone have a link to a reliable source to Detective Tommy Takahashi's report on the scene of the death of Crash? I found this in a self published book called Wild-Eyed Boy: The Darby Crash Story (revised edition)

''“Decedent, 22 year old male, was the boyfriend of Casey Hopkins who resided at the address of the incident in the rear house. It was learned later that the two lived together at (address deleted) until three weeks ago when they moved out and took up residence with three friends at 312 N Oxford, LA. Last night they had a party at the Oxford address, drinking and smoking (the decedent also has track marks on both arms). The two decided to return to the (address deleted) and arrived there at approximately 0330 hours. this date. The girlfriend’s mother who resides at the residence in the family house had no knowledge of the two being in the back house until Casey’s friends came to the house.''

''At approximately 1230 hours this date, Casey awoke to find (Darby) not breathing and cold to the touch. She started sobbing and when her three friends walked in, they observed her over the decedent and crying. Casey’s mother, Jacqueline Garrett, was contacted and she called the paramedics…who pronounced death at 1250 hours.''

''Decedent was observed supine (laying flat on back) on the floor dressed in street clothes. He was in a supine position. Over his head on the wall was a note with a heading to “Bosco” who is decedent’s close friend and lives in New York.''

Decedent is also reported to have been a heavy drinker, sometimes or at spells he would get drunk daily.

Identification was established by girlfriend and photo on driver’s license.”

I'm attempting to confirm if this is accurate because a number of sources including this article claims As he lay dying, he attempted to write "Here lies Darby Crash". Other sources, usually not WP:RS by Wikipedia standards claim that he wrote "Here lies Darby C", as he was unable to finish his note. Either way, after reading a number of newspaper articles, I'm questioning whether the "Here Lies" claim is more of a made-up legend than actual fact, and the truth is he simply wrote a note to David "Bosco" Danford stating "My life, my leather, my love goes to Bosco." --Yankees 76 Talk 18:08, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * SPIN magazine also reported in 2001 that "Here Lies Darby Crash" is more lore than reality.--Yankees 76 Talk 18:25, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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Title (Germs vs. The Germs) revisited
Quick observations from 2016 for you: I've been mulling on this lately, and looking over the discography as you describe (earlier Talk Section labeled "Title"). I would be more inclined to include "The", due to the quantity of usages, but especially when viewed in order. Add to that the flyers of the period, and it looks like dropping "the" only started to appear in 1979

As per: https://www.discogs.com/artist/257157-Germs

As "The Germs"

1977: Single "Forming" https://www.discogs.com/The-Germs-Forming/master/54068#images/5101997

1978: EP "Lexicon Devil": https://www.discogs.com/The-Germs-Lexicon-Devil/master/123419#images/2476807

1981 (but recorded in 1977, and ostensibly their first Whisky gig): LP "Germicide": https://www.discogs.com/Germs-Germicide/release/718022

1981: "What We Do Is Secret": https://www.discogs.com/Germs-What-We-Do-Is-Secret/master/38305#images/8695364 (cover says Germs, label says The Germs)

As "Germs"

1979: LP "GI"

1985: LP "Rock 'N Rule"

I've ignored all the 90's+ releases, as they are mostly rehashed versions of the above, but will concede they mostly reference "Germs" only.

Also the flyers of the era (and probably from the band's hands) mostly all read "The Germs"

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730247534827/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246981476/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246553811/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246423996/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246423994/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246331796/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/491455378062708551/

2 from 1979 and 1 from 1980 is missing "the":

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246331806/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246331778/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464996730246331787/

So, food for thought, I think they are more appropriately referred to as "The Germs". RennaissanceWarfare (talk) 22:06, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I think either is valid. In my opinion the easiest thing to do is just leave the title as "Germs" but add "the" in sentences and captions, as is done for many other artists of similar circumstance. --IllaZilla (talk) 04:41, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Agree. Looking at the above list, I would say "The Germs" might be preferable as the first two official releases should take precedence. An official website run by the band or their representatives would be helpful in determining this as well. IllaZilla's suggestion seems wise for now.Greg Fasolino (talk) 17:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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