Miller had reported extensively on the subject of biological threats and had co-authored, with Stephen Engelberg and William Broad, a book on bio-terrorism, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War which was published on October 2, 2001.

* Broad, William, Judith Miller and Stephen Engelberg, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, New York, Simon & Schuster, 2001 ISBN 0-684-87159-9

Notable recipients of anthrax hoax letters include journalist Judith Miller, author of Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, who received one at the New York Times offices in October 2001.

Crash is also featured on the cover of the film, a scene taken from their performance which was later recreated for the Rodger Grossman's Germs biopic What We Do Is Secret.

In 2005 actor Shane West was cast to play Crash in the Germs biographical film What We Do Is Secret named after a song by the Germs.

A movie about The Germs, What We Do Is Secret, was in production for several years, and premiered June 23, 2007 at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Crash and the Germs are the subject of the 2007 biopic What We Do Is Secret which stars Shane West as Crash, Bijou Phillips as Lorna Doom, Rick Gonzalez as Pat Smear, and Noah Segan as Bolles.

The Germs ' performance was replicated in the film What We Do Is Secret biopic, as well as a replication of the image on the soundtrack's front cover.

Other Feral House titles have had their film rights optioned, and are currently in development: Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen ( released as What We Do Is Secret ); Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter, introduction by Robert Anton Wilson ; Shit Magnet by Jim Goad ; 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom by Anthony Papa with Jennifer Wynn ; Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica by Nicholas Johnson.

Semi-facetiously, Biafra claims that this " new " Dead Kennedys lineup could start a precedent where other former child stars take the place of original lead vocalists in classic punk bands, hypothesizing that Frankie Muniz would front The Misfits, Black Flag's new frontman would be Gary Coleman, and that The Germs would return with Emmanuel Lewis substituting for Darby Crash ( The Germs recently reunited with actor Shane West, who portrays Crash in What We Do Is Secret, as lead singer ).

* The Germs of War: A Study in Preparedness.

* Oil and the Germs of War.

The 2007 bio drama What we do is secret, about the punk band The Germs, is done in a partial documentary style, with cast members addressing the camera as if being interviewed.

He performed with Pat Smear, Doom, and Bolles at a production party for the film, after which the Germs re-formed with West as singer.

The Germs recorded two singles ( with alternate tracks ), an album-length demo session, and one full-length LP, ( GI ), each more focused and powerful than the last.

The Germs are featured in Penelope Spheeris's documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization along with X, Black Flag, Fear, Circle Jerks, Alice Bag Band, and Catholic Discipline.

Following the release of their only studio album, ( GI ), The Germs recorded six original songs with legendary producer Jack Nitzsche for the soundtrack to the film, Cruising, starring Al Pacino.

The band, described by Smear as " like the Germs, but with worse players ," played only a few gigs to lukewarm reaction before splitting up.

After the Germs ended Don Bolles played with several other L. A. bands, including Steaming Coils, Celebrity Skin, Vox Pop, Nervous Gender and 45 Grave.

In 1993, Slash Records released The Germs: Complete Anthology ( MIA ), with liner notes by Pleasant Gehman.

Smear, Doom, and Bolles reactivated the Germs with West taking over the vocal spot.

), with band members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear being recruited from Scream and The Germs, and singer Kurt Cobain listing hardcore albums among his top 50 favorites.

The band's major influences stemmed from late 1970s punk acts like The Ramones, The Germs, Sex Pistols and The Clash, along with such early 1980s American hardcore bands as Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Minor Threat.

In his popular science book Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond describes the disc as an example of a technological advancement that did not become widespread because it was made at the wrong time in history, and contrasts this with Gutenberg's printing press.

They were formed as a punk band and had roots in the L. A. punk community ; they shared a rehearsal space with X, and Carlisle ( under the name " Dottie Danger ") had briefly been a member of punk-rock band The Germs.

The Germs were sometimes stopped in their tracks with a grown up looking germ called Auntie Biotic ( pun on antibiotic ).

It returned to the comic in October 2011 as reprints of the David Sutherland strips, and later Vic Neill reprints in April 2012, along with Number 13, this time retitled as Totally Gross Germs.

Early on, the band began by playing the Consumers songs that Cutler had written, with lyrics changed to fit Cancer's singing style, before concentrating on composing new material like " Black Cross " ( issued as their first single, featuring Pat Smear of The Germs on guitar ) and a fast-paced punk song called " Party Time " ( which was later slowed down and reworked on their 1983 debut album and sole studio release, Sleep in Safety.

Darby Crash ( born Jan Paul Beahm ) ( September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980 ) was an American punk musician who, along with long-time friend Pat Smear ( born Georg Ruthenberg ), co-founded The Germs.

The band, described by Smear as " like the Germs, but with worse players ", played only a few gigs before splitting up.

His posthumously-published autobiography of youth, Germs: A Memoir of Childhood, with complementary essays, discloses a good deal about his family background and his life up to early manhood, providing valuable material for understanding his interests and sensibility.

The promotional poster for The Decline ( and the record cover of the soundtrack album ) featured a close-up frame of Germs singer Darby Crash supine on stage with his eyes closed.

plus an EP – " School's Out ", a cover of the Alice Cooper classic, backed with " Your Eyes " and a cover of " The Slave " by The Germs.

Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978.

Norton's best-selling trade books include Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry ; Jared Diamond ’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller Guns, Germs, and Steel ; Pulitzer prize-winning historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Edmund S. Morgan's works ; Patrick O ' Brian ’ s critically acclaimed naval adventures ; the works of National Book Award-winning fiction author Andrea Barrett ; " Khruschev: The Man and His Era " by William Taubman ; " Hitler: Hubris " and " Hitler: Nemesis " by Ian Kershaw ; Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side and The Big Short by Michael Lewis ; Fareed Zakaria ’ s The Future of Freedom ; Sebastian Junger ’ s The Perfect Storm ; Sam Harris ’ s The End of Faith ; The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri ; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess ; The Red Book by Carl Jung ; The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb ; and others in several subject fields.

However, Hahn & Pflug ( 1985 ) and Conway Morris et al .. ( 1990 ) doubted both Germs ' and Glaessner's suggested relationships, and were unwilling to classify it to anything more than its own family, Cloudinidae.

* Ep 383 ( 2002-03-24 ) 25 Years of Punk 3-featuring: Sex Pistols & The Clash & The Adverts & Generation X ( band ) & The Undertones & Stiff Little Fingers & The Heartbreakers & The Voidoids & Patti Smith & The Viletones & The Diodes & The Dead Boys & Germs ( band )

* Ep 647 ( 2010-02-28 ) The Complete History of Alt-Rock 8: The A-Word --" Alternative " ( 1980 – 84 )-featuring: Eagles ( band ) & The Trammps & The Romantics & Ramones & Toto ( band ) & The Buggles & Duran Duran & Talking Heads & Germs ( band ) & X ( American band ) & Black Flag ( band ) & Bad Religion & Sonic Youth & Hüsker Dü & The Replacements ( band ) & R. E. M.

His recent novel, Emerald Germs of Ireland ( 2001 ), is a black comedy featuring matricide.

* Emerald Germs of Ireland ( 2001 )

Emerald Germs of Ireland ( 2001 ) is a black comedy novel by Irish writer Patrick McCabe.