The infamous GERMS bootleg LP, rumored having been released by some ex-member of the group. Whether or not this is true (please share your information in the comments section), what’s most remarkable about this LP is that it was not only the first time for the complete “Cruisin’”-session to appear on vinyl – it also has a much better sounding version of the band’s final gig on the flip, compared to the rather crappy sounding one on the Germs Anthology CD. I had recently downloaded it and was kinda puzzled to hear how careless it’s made. Like the folks over at KBD said, it sounds all crappy, muffled. A loveless piece of work and not worth the money. Somebody should re-release at least the epochal “GI”-album in a proper manner.
All five studio tracks captured on “Lion’s Share” are exceptional, but most exceptional is “Not all right”, which is disturbing, kaputt and grandiose.
So here’s the “Lion’s Share” bootleg for you to download. Yes, I think one should go crazy about this, it’s quite simply documenting one of the finest Hardcore Punk bands ever at their peek. Imagine what (different) beast the GERMS could have turned into, if not ….
More GERMS here and here.
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just the other day I was looking around for some “live” germs and now this. thanks.
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wow fantastic! thanks for this.
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The entire live show is floating around on Soulseek as “The Germ’s Return”, as it was a reunion show (and the final Darby show. It was the only time I saw the Germs back then). The studio stuff is not complete as it doesn’t include My Tunnel. Those recordings will aways sound bad due to Jack Nitzche recording them that way. And the recordings are unobtainable. I think it was this boot that was used as the source for MIA. My Tunnel on MIA comes from a radio Rodney tape, or at least it sounds like it. Pat Smear went into Rhino and confiscated all their copies of this boot, that is probably the only Germs involvement.
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Fred…I had stolen my moms car, went and picked up a friend to go to the Starwood to see the Germs final show. Didn’t make it, because I couldn’t get the gas cap(which I needed a fucking key for ) off. My friend is still mad at me…hahaha. So many memorable shows at the Starwood!!
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Couldn’t agree more that you had “Hell Comes to Your House” on heavy rotation (Christian Death’s “Dogs” is their best song, but every song on the comp is great. Now GI, my first “real” punk record. Nothing but thanks for posting this bootleg, blah, blah, blah. Poor Pat Smear, two bands, two dead singers, he quite before the Foo Fighters guy had a chance to bite the bucket.
“He who reads, can lose. He who piously reads Erich, lost.” I spend way too much time here.
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I think some of this studio stuff was reissued legitimately on the “Cat’s Claws” 10″ on Munster Records several years ago.
If Darby was alive today he would probably say, “Arrrggg! Somebody give me a soy latte!”
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great stuff. i bought this a while ago along with GI.
those chocolate rabbits are good too.
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Used to see this listed in the old Bomp! catalogs long ago. Never ordered it. I always thought the Germs were overated at best. Better in small doses to be sure. I understand Darby was not just a singer, but played other “instruments” as well (meat flute, male organ, etc)
. It even looks like he’s about to get buggered on the back cover! lol.
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Nice homophobic jokes, Steve…
Gay or not, Darby was one of the greats. Yeah, yeah… I know he was just a sloppy junky, but he epitomized the REAL punk spirit and attitude. Fuck everything else.
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Hey Jay, my brother crashed his car on Mulholland that night (because of the rain). We had to hoof it down Santa Monica Blvd on foot, which was kinda gross as it was a gay pick up street and dudes were going at it in the alleys as we passed by. Missed the Screws, caught half of Middle Class. Wrecked my brothers future, as the car problem forced him to quit college…
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Thanks for this! the quality is awesome. here’s a germs tribute a friend did on my leg as his first attempt at a tattoo.
“did anybody learn anything tonight?” hahaha
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oop. i mean here is my sloppy tattoo…
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thx for this…I read somewhere that this is an australian bootleg.
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‘not alright’ is fucked up. in the best way. he was writing christian death lyrics before those cats even thought about wising up and getting agneww. priceless. people have circles on their bodies. other people are covering up deftones.
get it?
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Fred…that is quite the story! I would have went up to Sunset and then down to Santa Monica to get there. Sucks to have missed the Screws! They were great!! Sucks about your brothers future…
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I have this boot too plus the Cats Claws 10″ that has a really nice booklet with it. So it’s kind of odd that had to buy the Cruising 7″ cause I claimed to never have heard that session. Which leads me to believe I wasn’t too keen on either of this boot or the Cats Claws. Haven’t spun them in years and years but I guess it’s time to dig into them again. Thanks for saving me from ripping this
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Damn, this sounds way better than any version I’ve ever heard before! Pure greatness. Not much one can say about a band of this magnitude.
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Also, the whole “bigger they are, the harder they fall” saying seriously applies here. It’s hard to believe that a band that was once this great exists as a literally Hollywood-ized version of their old selves now.
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Jesus fucking Christ, I didn’t even know that they had reunited …
Is there actually any band left from that period, that doesn’t roam the earth as a bunch of zombies?
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what is the lionshare cica 1988 worth. also the germacide lp.
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That’s Karla “Mad Dog” of The Controllers removing her strap on from Darby’s posterior, with Michelle “Gerber” Bell on the far left. In the b/g, elevated, looks like Geza X. and his always enigmatic smile.
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