Germs "(GI)" 2025-03-14 and is beaten by far

and is beaten by far right thugs

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and is beautifully ragged and raw

Though there's nothing else quite as strong on the rest of the album

the new wave of heavy metal sounded squeaky and cliched next to it's grubby godfathers and

Germs "(GI)" 2025-03-14 and is beaten by farA blast of self lacerating L. A. punk in its original glory, (GI) is simply classic; a commanding, rampaging sneer at everyone and everything infused with a particular, disturbed vision. Said vision belongs to Darby Crash, whose proclivities for charismatic manipulation were already well established before he fully spelled them out in lyrics like "Lexicon Devil," here featuring in a re recording, and "Richie Dagger's Crime." His David Bowie worship