The Germs - The Complete Anthology (MIA) - 192kb/s

The Germs are a punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s. Their 1977 single, Forming/Sexboy (live), is generally regarded as the first punk record from Los Angeles.



The Germs, despite all expectations, developed a sound that was extremely aggressive, hyper-competent, and highly influential -- although throughout their career, they would have a reputation as a chaotic live band. Singer Darby Crash often arrived onstage nearly incoherent from drugs, singing everywhere but into the microphone and taunting the audience between songs. The other band members had similar problems, with many contemporary reviews citing collapses, incoherence, and drunken vomiting onstage.



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. Crash was, despite his erratic behavior, generally regarded as a brilliant lyricist (a contemporary critic described him as "ransacking the dictionary"), and the final lineup of Smear, Doom, and Bolles had become a world-class rock ensemble by the recording of (GI), turning in a performance that spurred an LA Weekly reviewer to write, "This album leaves exit wounds." It is considered one of the first hardcore punk records, and has a near-mythic status among alternative rock fans.



This torrent contains all the tracks found on MIA, which is the complete Germs discography.



1. Forming

2. Sex Boy [Live]

3. Lexicon Devil

4. Circle One

5. No God

6. What We Do Is Secret

7. Communist Eyes

8. Land of Treason

9. Richie Dagger's Crime

10. Strange Notes

11. American Leather

12. Lexicon Devil

13. Manimal

14. Our Way

15. We Must Bleed

16. Media Blitz

17. Other Newest One

18. Let's Pretend

19. Dragon Lady

20. Slave

21. Shut Down (Annihilation Man)

22. Caught in My Eye

23. Round and Round

24. My Tunnel

25. Throw It Away

26. Not All Right

27. Now I Hear the Laughter

28. Going Down

29. Lion's Share

30. Forming [2]