REEL #011979 • 196 BPM
WHISKY A GO GO CHAOS // 'LEXICON DEVIL' & 'MANIMAL' LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
PAT SMEAR • Slash Records / Decline of Western Civilization 16mm Reel
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BAND HQ // [GRMS]FORMED 1976 • Los Angeles, CA • Hardcore Punk
THE GERMS
What We Do Is Secret. Blue circle armband burns, peanut-butter-smeared stages at the Whisky a Go Go, and Pat Smear's ferocious Hagström guitar wall.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1976 by Darby Crash (Jan Paul Beahm) and Pat Smear (Georg Ruthenberg), joined by bassist Lorna Doom and drummer Don Bolles. Their single 1979 Slash Records album '(GI)'—produced by Joan Jett—bridged first-wave 1977 Hollywood punk with the raw ferocity of Southern California hardcore, immortalized in Penelope Spheeris's 'The Decline of Western Civilization'.
7" VINYL, LP & TAPE DISCOGRAPHY:
FORMING / SEX BOY (LIVE)7" What? Records Single (1977)
WHAT-01LEXICON DEVIL7" Slash EP (1978)
SR-101(GI)12" LP (Produced by Joan Jett) (1979)
SLASH-SR103HISTORICAL BAND LINEAGE ARCHIVE
EST. 1976 // Los Angeles, CATHE GERMS MEMBER ROLL CALL
FOUNDERS & ARCHITECTS5
★ Darby Crash / Jan Paul Beahm (Founding Lead Vocals & Lyricist 1976–1980)★ Pat Smear / Georg Ruthenberg (Founding Lead Guitar — 1976–1980, Reunion)★ Lorna Doom / Teresa Ryan (Founding Classic Bass Guitar — 1976–1980, Reunion)★ Don Bolles (Classic Drums — (GI) LP Era 1978–1980, Reunion)★ Dottie Danger / Belinda Carlisle (Original 1977 Founding Drummer)
ACTIVE, CLASSIC ERA & TOURING LINEUP5 MUSICIANS
• Nicky Beat (Drums — Lexicon Devil 7-Inch EP Era)• Donna Rhia / Becky Barton (Drums — Forming 7-Inch Single Era)• Rob Henley (1980 Final Starwood Show Drums)• Shane West (2005–2009 Reunion Vocals)• Charlotte Caffey ( Tour Bass)
IN MEMORIAM // REST IN POWER
THE GERMS LINEUP — INDIVIDUAL MUSICIAN DOSSIERS (1)
PAT SMEARThe Germs Founding Guitarist & Hollywood Punk Legend
Co-founder and teenage guitar prodigy of The Germs alongside Darby Crash in 1976. Whilst chaos erupted across the stage at The Masque and Whisky a Go Go, Pat Smear anchored the storm with ferocious, inventive chord voicings on his Hagström Scandi, later joining Nirvana (1993–1994) and Foo Fighters.
RIG: 1970s Hagström Scandi & Hagström Pat Smear Signature
AMP: Peavey Festival Tube Head + 1970s Marshall 4x12 Cab
LIVE PIT REELS & CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
THE GERMS VIDEO VAULT (1)
THE GERMS PIT REELS (01 / 01)Hardcore Punk • 1979📍 Los Angeles, CA
CLICK TO PLAY VIDEOSlash Records / Decline of Western Civilization 16mm Reel
196 BPM02:05 PIT REEL
WHISKY A GO GO CHAOS // 'LEXICON DEVIL' & 'MANIMAL' LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
Pat Smear, Lorna Doom, and Don Bolles drive a blistering wall of distortion on 'Lexicon Devil' and 'Manimal' as Darby Crash dives into the Hollywood pit.
Track: Lexicon DevilTrack: ManimalTrack: What We Do Is SecretGear: Hagström Scandi -> Peavey Festival Stack
THE GERMS REELS (1)
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WHISKY A GO GO CHAOS // 'LEXICON DEVIL' & 'MANIMAL' LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
PAT SMEAR • Slash Records / Decline of Western Civilization 16mm Reel (1979)
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