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The Germs
Any fans? I go back and forth on this band, sometimes I listen to them and like their stuff, and other times I'll hate it. I watched the Germs movie
"What We Do is Secret" last night which is what made think about their legacy. Movie was standard Hollywood shit, but Shane West did a decent job
playing Darby Crash.
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franklo
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Never really dug em.I have a flipside magazine album recording
of darby cutting himself open with a cocktail glass.Which
is kinda rad!
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bombidol
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I think that its a case of being punk as fuck as opposed to making good punk music
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newbreedbrian
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there were much better bands in that scene
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ?You know, I want to set those people over there on
fire, but I?m just not close enough to get the job done.? George Carlin
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gavin
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love them
you come at the king....you best not miss
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tireironsaint
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A lot of their songs are fucking brilliant, but I'd rather hear other bands cover them for the most part. Anybody heard The Freeze doing Lexicon
Devil? Amazingly good.
Veritas odium parit
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clevohardcore
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bombidol
I think that its a case of being punk as fuck as opposed to making good punk music |
^^^^^^ This sums it up.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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I voted decent.... I LOVE "Manimal" and "Lexicon Devil" but the rest of the stuff is okay.
I havent seen the movie, but would check it out. Darby in 'The Decline' is some funny stuff.
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
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YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
A lot of their songs are fucking brilliant, but I'd rather hear other bands cover them for the most part. Anybody heard The Freeze doing Lexicon
Devil? Amazingly good. |
I agree. I've heard covers that sound a lot better than the originals.
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tireironsaint
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Honestly, I fucking HATED the Germs until I heard some covers of their songs. There's so much of Darby's snot and intentionally shitty playing piled
on top of what are actually great songs that it took somebody playing them more or less "clean" for me to even tell. I can't stand that "too punk to
speak, sing, or play good" attitude and unfortunately, a band that could write such amazing songs with some truly brilliant lyrics decided to make
that attitude their main legacy.
Veritas odium parit
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Dave
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they were okay, there were way better bands from that area/time frame tho
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