* Germs interview from Flipside No. 2, 1977 at Punk Zine Archive

* Germs interview from Flipside No. 15, 1979 at Punk Zine Archive

In a 1996 interview for a Germs tribute documentary, Erlandson said: " I think every band is based on one song, and our band was based on " Forming "... Courtney brought it into rehearsal, and she knew, like, three chords and it was the only punk rock song we could play.

Penelope Spheeris ' first installment of the three-part documentary " The Decline of Western Civilization " ( 1981 ) details extensive footage of the early Los Angeles punk scene through interviews and early concert footage from Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Germs, Fear, and Catholic Discipline, among others.

In addition to performance footage, the film features interviews from musicians such as the Germs frontman Darby Crash, who committed suicide shortly before the debut of the film.

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.

The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980.

The Germs initially drew musical influences from the likes of Iggy Pop, David Bowie, the Ramones, The Runaways, Sex Pistols and New York Dolls.

Crash and Smear were enthusiastic fans of the band from the pre-Germs days, and the fast tempos and raw guitar tone of ( the historically pre-punk ) Zolar X are very similar to the sound achieved on later Germs recordings.

), 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.

More recently, the Circle Jerks were featured on a television commercial for XM Satellite Radio ( they were the first band played in the commercial, which included " Operation " from the album Group Sex ), and the band also posted a cover of Germs song " The Slave " on their Myspace page.

In his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond argues that Europeans and East Asians benefited from an advantageous geographical location that afforded them a head start in the Neolithic Revolution.

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

Inspired from a TV-host German Moreno aka " Kuya Germs ".

Their name was a combination of song titles from two of their influences, Butthole Surfers and The Germs.

They took the band's name and their stage names " Alice Bag " and " Pat Bag " from a gimmick that the band used during early performances where they would perform with grocery bags over their heads ( the practice did not last, in part due to an incident where Darby Crash of The Germs ran up on stage and ripped the bag off Alice's head ).

The first-wave Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs included a version of " Sugar, Sugar " on their album Germicide, as taken from their first live concert in 1977.

* Here Cum Germs ( 1987 ), Plague – UK Indie No. 22

*" Here Cum Germs " ( 1987 ), Plague – UK Indie No. 14

The Number 13 and The Germs strips returned as reprints.

Such musical acts as Echo and the Bunnymen, The Smiths, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Swans, The Germs, and Joy Division have been mentioned by Love, including songs by several of them being covered by Hole in live performances and, in some cases, studio recordings.

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.

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.

In Los Angeles, there were The Weirdos, The Zeros, Black Randy and the Metrosquad, The Germs, X, The Dickies, The Bags, and the relocated Tupperwares, now dubbed The Screamers.

The first major scene of what came to be known as hardcore punk developed in Southern California in 1978 – 79, initially around such punk bands as The Germs and Fear.

* German Moreno ( Kuya Germs ) had used this as his main birthday song since his movie Payaso ( 1986 ) up to present.

The Germs disbanded following Crash's suicide on December 7, 1980.

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.

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 song was not used in the movie, nor was the band, the only band not to receive a call-back to perform live for the film's " Battle of the Bands " sequence, perhaps due to the fact that the Germs ' chaotic Roxy performance had featured an unscripted, full-on food fight.

The Germs, despite most expectations, developed a sound that was highly influential: throughout their career, they would have a reputation as a chaotic live band.

Crash's vocals had begun to mold themselves around the style of The Screamers ' vocalist Tomata DuPlenty ( The Screamers, a huge LA live attraction at the time, never released a record, but covered the Germs song, ' Sex Boy ,' at live shows, recordings of which are now widely available on bootleg.

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.

Shortly after the Germs split, Darby and Pat went on to form the short-lived Darby Crash Band.

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

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 Germs can be seen in the 1981 film The Decline of Western Civilization, directed by Penelope Spheeris.

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.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ).

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.

Among the bands that performed at the Mabuhay were the The Nuns, The Avengers, Crime, The Mutants, Ramones, Blondie, Devo, The Go-Go's, Dead Kennedys, Flipper, VKTMS, AlieNation, The Adaptors, D. O. A., The Germs, Black Flag, Willful Neglect, Hellbillys and Metallica.

*, chapter I, paragraph 6, subparagraph 10 " Germs at a point ".

*, paragraph 31, " Germi di funzioni differenziabili in un punto di ( Germs of differentiable functions at a point of )" ( in Italian ).

Records ( also home to The Germs, amongst others ), originally released in 1977 in what collectors refer to as the " Oils " sleeve-the lettering chosen for the band's logo looking more like " The Oils " than " The Dils " at first glance.

** The Germs lead singer Darby Crash commits suicide on December 7, 1980 at the age of 22.

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.