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Biography

Los Angeles, United States (1977 – 1980)

Germs were an American punk rock band formed in 1977, disbanded in 1980. Their fast spit-and-blood hardcore punk sound mixed with singer Darby Crash’s (AKA Bobby Pyn, his real name Jan Paul Beahm) literate and dark lyrics made them, to many, one of the distinctive bands in the early punk scene. They disbanded when Crash, after long bouts with drug addiction and self-destructive behavior, committed suicide at age 22 on December 7, 1980. The Germs’ 1977 single, “Forming”/”Sexboy” (live), is generally regarded as the first punk record from Los Angeles, CA.

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1	Lexicon Devil	404
2	What We Do Is Secret	235
3	Communist Eyes	212
4	Richie Dagger's Crime	173
5	Land Of Treason	158
6	Forming	155
7	Media Blitz	147
8	American Leather	133
8	Manimal	133
10	Strange Notes	130
11	We Must Bleed	114
12	Circle one	109
13	Let's Pretend	107
14	Our Way	103
15	No God	98