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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Germs – (GI)Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Rock, Hardcore Punk, Los Angeles, CACondition: Mint Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Joan Jett produced by brute focus—getting usable takes out of a band famous for onstage collapse, essentially turning chaos into a printable document. Media Narrative: Darby Crash treated fame like performance art; the “five-year plan” wasn’t press copy, it was a self-authored myth he fed to journalists. Scene Ecology: The Germs’ real legacy is the network they seeded—Masque-era gigs, “Germ” identity culture, and a blueprint for LA hardcore as social tribe. Show more