#the germs

[iamdangerace]

Lorna Doom

[cimmerian-war-shrine]

[vaguedistress]

darby crash backstage in san francisco, 1978 (photo by ruby ray)

[traderrock]

Darby Crash in London, 1980.

Photo: Jenny Lens.

[legendarytragedynacho]

Belinda Carlisle

[bitter69uk]

“He was Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious rolled into one, a befuddled punk prophet with a brilliant mind. Darby Crash presided over the birth of the LA punk scene in 1977 and signaled its demise with his own self-inflicted death three years later. His was a vision of chaos that would never come to pass but left in its wake a legacy of destruction and one fiery punk classic, the Germs' 1979 Joan Jett-produced album, G.I.” 

/ From “Darby Crash: Saint Anger” by Chris Campion, Dazed Digital, October 2014 /

Born on this day 65 years ago: feral frontman of first-generation Los Angeles punk band the Germs, Darby Crash (aka Bobby Pyn, real name: Jan Paul Beahm, 26 September 1958 - 7 December 1980). We don’t talk nearly enough about quite how gorgeous Crash was. “Sex Boy” indeed! (The doomed US punk equivalent of Sid Vicious, Crash died of a heroin overdose aged 22). Swallow a fistful of ‘ludes, smear yourself in peanut butter and blast “Forming”, “Lexicon Devil” or “Media Blitz” LOUD today in his memory!

[midnighttraindemo]

FUCKED UP + PHOTOCOPIED: Instant Art Of The Punk Rock Movement

published 1999, this 3rd printing pub. 2002

[regi-mentle-black-blog]

[lisamarie-vee]

[tygerland]

Germs' Darby Crash, June 1977, Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, California

[iamdangerace]

[cimmerian-war-shrine]

[theloosepage]

Lorna Doom, bassist of the Germs, in a trash can on the Sunset Strip, 1977 photo: Jenny Lens

[legendarytragedynacho]

Belinda Carlisle wearing 'The Germs', band for which she was drummer

[meetmeinthesandbox]

100% punk rock