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The Germs (Band)

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2013

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2013

    Music Picks: Lord Huron, Matthewdavid, Smell 15th Anniversary Party

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2012

    X - The Roxy - Sunset Strip Music Festival - 8/17/12

    X The Roxy 8/17/12 See also: Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: The Complete List The Sunset Strip Music Festival shuts down the boulevard today for its centerpiece event, but parties and performances in conjunction with the annual fest have been going on since Thursday. This year there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    See also: Marilyn Manson Rambles, Makes Jokes About the Dark Knight Killer Friday, August 17 Charli XCX TROUBADOUR This young London lass arrives in L.A. fresh from opening a string of Midwestern arena shows for Coldplay, which has to rank among the least appropriate bookings ever: On You're the O ... More >>

  • Music

    August 16, 2012

    Music Picks: Charli XCX, Polica, Esperanza Spalding and More

    See also: Marilyn Manson Rambles, Makes Jokes About the Dark Knight Killer Friday, August 17 Charli XCX TROUBADOUR This young London lass arrives in L.A. fresh from opening a string of Midwestern arena shows for Coldplay, which has to rank among the least appropriate bookings ever: On You're the O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    The Zeros Play the Troubadour Tonight!

    See also: The Best Five Concerts in L.A. This Weekend The Zeros were punk when most people didn't know what punk was. The L.A.-by-way-of-Chula Vista band released their first single on legendary Bomp! Records in 1977, that magical year when punk exploded. The folks involved in their early days re ... More >>

  • Music

    July 19, 2012

    Music Picks: Rome, The xx, Aretha Franklin

    Also, Cannibal Corpse, I See Hawks in L.A., Smokey Robinson and others

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 10-1

    *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List 10. The Di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Katy Goodman: Ya Gotta Have Heartbreak

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Katy Goodman makes breakup albums. Her latest, Sees the Light, largely concerns her failed relationships with two former beaux. Sure, there are some happy tracks, about a third ... More >>

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Esther Wong: Her Flawed Legacy

    Contrary to revisionist history, her club Madame Wong's did not propel L.A.'s punk scene

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Seth Bogart of Hunx and His Punx on Being a Gay Punk and Jay Reatard Giving Him a Foot Massage

    This week's music feature is on Seth Bogart, Hunx of Hunx and his Punx. Bogart is too much man for one story. He talks a lot, as any hairdresser worth his salt should, and almost everything that comes out of his mouth is hilarious, raunchy, and fascinating. And sometimes it's even a little sad. Belo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Fidlar on Hangovers, House Parties, and How They Came up With Their Name

    See also our feature story: Fidlar Are Drunk, Reckless and Proud of It Our print feature story this week focuses on Fidlar, Highland Park-based garage punks who are creating major industry buzz without seeming to give a fuck. Over the course of a beer-drenched BBQ at their home-recording studio, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2012

    Punk Rock Museum Opens Today: Our Exclusive Preview

    See all our pictures from the Punk Rock Museum Opening. L.A. scenester icon Taquila Mockingbird made a heartfelt promise three decades ago to keep "keep punk alive," and she's been doing it pretty much everyday of her life since. It fuels her very existence. But this weekend, the writer/singer/arti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Alice Bag's 
Punk Rock Legacy

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Ange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Alice Bag Reading And Performance - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - October 15, 2011

    Lina Lecaro Alice in Wacko land​Most punk fans know Alicia Armendariz as Alice Bag, the lead singer of The Bags, the group featured copiously in 1981 doc The Decline of the Western Civilization, the one about punk. But Armendariz has another story to tell, and her no book Violence Girl- East ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Walking Alone
 at Night

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I have many traditions and rituals. None of them is based in reality, but none of them is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    She Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I have many traditions and rituals. None of them is based in reality, but none of them is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    The Go-Go's and Girl in a Coma - the Greek Theatre - 8-17-11

    Falling JamesThe Go-Go's​The Go-Go's, Girl in a Coma The Greek Theatre 8-17-11 Better Than . . . Falling 20 feet from a cliff while hiking in Northern California. You've got to hand it to the Go-Go's. At a time in their career when they could be touring with some predictable '80s new-wave ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Top Five Greatest Female Rock Bands From L.A.

    Lina Lecaro ​"This town is our town. It is so glamorous. Bet you'd live here if you could and be one of us..." -The Go-Gos, "This Town" Yesterday, the Go-Go's were recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What made the fan-packed induction ceremony particularly sweet was the star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Life Of Crime: Robbing For Records and Five Rock 'n' Roll Criminals

    Les Rallizes Denudes -- Rock 'n' Roll Hijackers​ Via Gawker via the NY Post: Four men knocked off a series of laundromats, gas stations, and convenience stores earlier this week, making off with cash and cigarettes in hopes of getting money to start a record label. (180-gram vinyl is expensiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    In Honor of the Walkman: Ten Must-Have Cassette Classics, From 'Da Da Da' to Deathrock to 'Do Me!'

    Turns out the Walkman isn't dead yet, but let's face it (those of us who weren't surprised to find that the outmoded portable was still being manufactured): The writing's on the wall. As a sort of premature eulogy for the player, West Coast Sound revisits some of the Walkman's finer moments through ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2010

    Nightranger: Where There's Smoke

    Turns out the Walkman isn't dead yet, but let's face it (those of us who weren't surprised to find that the outmoded portable was still being manufactured): The writing's on the wall. As a sort of premature eulogy for the player, West Coast Sound revisits some of the Walkman's finer moments through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    The Fretted Frog Strums Up Echo Park Acoustic Scene

    Lina Lecaro Fretted Frog's ukelele selection​We can probably all agree that The Echo and the Echoplex put Echo Park (we wont use the other "E" word for fear of being rebuked by The "Eastside" Police) on the musical map, and no doubt, the adjacent venues are at least part of the reason why so m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Catch Up or Die: An Open Letter to the Sunset Junction Festival (or, How FYF Fest is About to Own You, Big Time)

    ​Dear Sunset Junction,   What the hell happened? You used to be it. The local music festival. The best of local talent -- upcoming national acts, even music legends, they all beat a path to your door. You weren't just a music festival, you were a local institution. Hell, you were instrumenta ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Catching Up With Pat and Don

    ​Dear Sunset Junction,   What the hell happened? You used to be it. The local music festival. The best of local talent -- upcoming national acts, even music legends, they all beat a path to your door. You weren't just a music festival, you were a local institution. Hell, you were instrumenta ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Darby's Last Stand

    Remembering the night when the Germs' singer led his band to one final triumph

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Xeno and Oaklander at the Echo

    ​The Part Time Punks showcase last Sunday at the Echo expanded the definition of "punk" into the current mini-craze for the "Cold-Wave" or "minimal synth" genre. As Cold-Wave evangelist and pioneering organizer of New York's Wierd parties Peter Schoolwerth told Dazed & Confused recently, "I ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    I Love Rock & Roll (Movies): The Nightranger's Guide to LA Band-dom On Film

    [Lina Lecaro writers our amazing Nightranger column every week. Check out her explorations of LA nightlife here.] With The Runaways bringing rock n' roll to movie theaters this week (see a report from the premiere here), we've been thinking about our favorite band n' beat packed films lately. Docum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Billy Corgan Births New Trippy Record Label Featuring The Germs, Fancy Space People and More

    ​You'd think Billy Corgan would be exhausted by now -- dodging paparazzi with his new girl Jessica Simpson, spending countless hours in the studio tinkering with the upcoming Pumpkins album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, oh, and let's not forget running his God blog. We get it, the man's busy. Bu ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Sounds of the Skin of a Rabbit

    And other West Coasty musical predilections

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Public Access Lives! (On DVD): One Of 'The Threee Geniuses' Talks The Re-Death Of Psychedelia

    Taking LSD over seven times may or may not make you legally insane (if the myth were true, some of us here at West Coast Sound might have just missed the loony bin), but we can assure you, watching the psycho-delic circus known as The Threee Geniuses as many times is likely to drive you nuts, at lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    A Woolly Mammoth Made of Tires and Other 'Anthropological' Oddities Found at TOW

    Friday night, I headed deep into one of downtown's warehouse neighborhoods for the closing night party of "Modern Nomads: An Anthropological Exhibition of a Lost Culture Not Yet Founded" at artist workspace TOW. The massive project featured contributions from local musicians Don Bolles (The Germs, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    The LA Deathrock Starter Guide

    Liz OhanesianBurning Image live at The Wolfpak​ On Halloween, I stopped by Roberto's in Chinatown for The Wolfpak's holiday party featuring a live performance from Burning Image. The Bakersfield band first formed in the wake of California's early-'80s deathrock explosion and then reformed earl ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    Brendan Mullen, RIP

    Club owner, booker, DJ, author was 60

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Brendan Mullen the Writer: Highlights of his Work for the Weekly

    In addition to opening punk club the Masque, LA DIY music giant Brendan Mullen, who died at age 60 yesterday after suffering a stroke on Saturday, was a longtime LA Weekly music writer whose prescient insight and in-the-trenches curiosity captured the experience of being a music head in LA in the 8 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

    Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

  • Music

    October 8, 2009

    Goin’ Underground

    Part Time Punks Festival Weekend: Raincoats, Gang of Four, and more.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Brooklyn Zombies Descend on NY Night Train Dance Contest, Turn Blue Skies Brown

    My little fat cat has been staring up at me all summer with hungry eyes, as if to say, "I won't be round and cuddly for much longer if you don't get some regular food up in this joint." It is under that pressure that I decided to enter myself in the LA Record NY City Night Train dance contest held F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Tonight: Members of No Age, Germs, RTX Judge Dancers at the 'New York Night Train Soul Clap Dance-Off"

    This looks like a frickin' party. The great L.A. Record is bringing New York Night Train to LA tonight to host its Soul Clap Dance Off at the Nomad Gallery, which is tucked between i-5 and the LA River just north of Elysian Park.

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Beautiful Loser, Tortured Killer

    How Two Veterans of the L.A. Punk Scene Wound Up on a Collision Course, Until Only One Was Left Standing

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Rock Picks: Jon Brion, Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Vice Squad

    Also, Beyonce, the Datsuns, the Veils, the Germs and others

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Hyperion Tavern Celebrates an American Original at Lux Interior Memorial Record Hop

    Howie Pyro and Don Bolles in the DJ booth for the Lux Interior Memorial Record Hop When The Surrenders played a cover of The Cramps' "Human Fly" backed-up against cover-of-a-cover "Sufin' Bird," it didn't sound as though the local jazzy rock trio had learned the songs two hours earlier. In fact, sin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Getting the Shaft at the Sunset Junction Street Fair

    Black Moses mojo was conjured all over this year's Sunset Junction Street Fair, from the beauteous Isaac Hayes painting done by local artist Kofie (live and to the beats of the nearby I&I Sound System reggae ice cream truck), to the numerous Hayes shout-outs at the Sanborn stage (which was a non-sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    Target Video @ MOCA, 6.7.08

    Target Video screens a 2-hour compilation video at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, as part of the CineMOCA festival. Photos by Rena Kosnett. Blood brothers: Germs drummer Don Bolles and the night's music programmer, Henry Rollins. The turn-out for the Target Video screening was solid, mostly 30 and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    It Doesn't Kill Germs

    In case you haven't heard, local legend Don Bolles (The Germs, 45 Grave, Celebrity Skin) was busted this past weekend by the Newport Police. They say they found GHB in his soap, but Bolles denies even knowing what that drug is. An email campaign put together by friends and fans managed to raise doug ... More >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Rodney On the Walk

    It’s all happening!

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    wayne's world

    It’s all happening!

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    Naa Na Na Na Naa

    How the West Coast Eastside sound changed rock & roll

  • Eat+Drink

    May 2, 2002

    Where to Eat Now

    How the West Coast Eastside sound changed rock & roll

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Annihilation Man

    How Darby Crash lost control. Of the Germs. Of Circle One. Everything.

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