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American Guide #37 Haunted Hollywood. Darby Crash's Ghost! Tidbits and snips from 1978 Crashed Memories.

gerilewis001 wrote 1 week ago: Lord have mercy! Ghosts living and souls long ago passed on, are materializing from thin air! Again. … more →

Tags: Punk, Los Angeles, Dogtown, 1978 Crashed Memories. The Book, Music, guided tours of America, Germs, Hollywood, Punk Rock

American Guide #34 The Franklin Bridge, Hollywood CA ( including Tidbits from 1978 Crashed Memories).

gerilewis001 wrote 1 week ago: A favorite location of Darby’s that we frequented often to drink and talk was the bridge at Fr … more →

Tags: 1978 Crashed Memories. The Book, guided tours of America, Los Angeles, Punk, 1978 crashed memories, Franklin bridge Hollywood california, Germs, Hollywood, Punk Rock

Get Rich or Don't and Die Either Way

sammseverin wrote 1 month ago: Darby Crash from The Germs said that you should never make money off of your art. I had this discuss … more →

Tags: maria bamford, Money, Art Money

Tidbits excerpts and miscellaneous from 1978 Crashed Memories (the book)

gerilewis001 wrote 1 month ago: Darby’s ghost kept hanging around the Cheramoya Ave apt. Freaked out, Amber and I moved to Cla … more →

Tags: Los Angeles, Dogtown, 1978 Crashed Memories. The Book, Music, Culture, Germs, Punk Rock, 1978 crashed memories, 'Baby' Paul Cullen

"Lexicon Devil" - The Germs

Dave's Strange World wrote 2 months ago: One of the Germs’ earliest and best singles. Much better than the admittedly decent version th … more →

Tags: Music, the germs, Germs, Lexicon Devil, GI

My Alter Ego "I am Dead!"5 comments

Zombie Minstrel wrote 2 months ago: I’m sitting in my studio with absolutely no voice whatsoever but I’m gleefully smiling : … more →

Tags: Creator, Creating Music, Music, Guitar, Humor, Music Geek, logic 9, Logic Studio, Pro Tools

"Sugar Sugar" - The Germs

Dave's Strange World wrote 3 months ago: From one of the Germs’ first live performances (if not, their first live performance ever) at … more →

Tags: Music, the germs, Germs, Belinda Carlisle, sugar sugar, The Archies, germicide, whiskey a go go

The Germs first performance

KevinK wrote 3 months ago: “They made a horrible, atonal noise for five minutes, stopping and restarting “Forming … more →

Tags: Iggy Pop, Punk, Quote, Good Quotes, History, L. A. Guns, LA Guns, the germs, Belinda Carlisle

Germs - The Other Newest One (Throwback - 1979)

Pwelbs wrote 5 months ago: With Paul McCartney suddenly fronting Nirvana, I did some reading about Nirvana to polish up my know … more →

Tags: Germs, dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Nirvana

Reunited nirvana: some thoughts

John Bear wrote 5 months ago: I just saw nirvana on Saturday night live, playing with Paul McCartney on lead vocals. I freaked whe … more →

Tags: Suicide, Nirvana, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Saturday Night Live, Pat Smear, Kurt Cobain, gun

A Brief Musical Interlude

Erich wrote 5 months ago: Today is the anniversary of the suicide of Darby Crash. Some say he would have been famous if it wer … more →

Tags: Art, Music, Music & Art, Susana Case, shepard fairey, Decline of Western Civilization, Suicide

Movie 42 of 2012 - What We Do Is Secret

sunny day event photography wrote 5 months ago: Shane West is brilliant.  Brilliant. Uncanny to Darby. I’m a huge fan of rock docs.  And a hug … more →

Tags: Movies, Movie, Movie Review, what we do is secret, the germs, Rock Doc

Excerpts, tidbits and whatnot from Crashed Memories 1978 (the book)

gerilewis001 wrote 5 months ago: Darby was under pressure to produce songs for a movie. Neither Darby nor Pat would not let me into t … more →

Tags: Punk, Los Angeles, 1978 Crashed Memories. The Book, Music, Germs, Hollywood, L.A Early punk rock, books on L.A punk rock, Al Pachino

Taquila Mockingbird and ger-I Lewis at the Punk Rock Museum!

gerilewis001 wrote 5 months ago: Hello all and thanks so much for reading my blog. Being a writer and recording artist is tough work … more →

Tags: Punk, Los Angeles, Dogtown, 1978 Crashed Memories. The Book, Music, Germs, Black Flag, GerI Lewis, Suicidal Tendencies

Happy Birthday Mr. Crash1 comment

HudleyFlipside wrote 7 months ago: I am not going to do a critical documentary and  linear history of Darby Crash. My time in the early … more →

Tags: Punk Rock, writing, Subculture, Underground, The Written Word, Los Angeles Clubs, Hudley Flipside, old school punk rock, old school punk rock clothing

images by Jenny Lens

HudleyFlipside wrote 8 months ago: If you are into the early evolution of punk rock you have to view these images taken by Jenny Lens. … more →

Tags: In the begining there was a void except for the written, Punk Rock, writing, Women, Subculture, The Written Word, Los Angeles Clubs, Politics, 1970

Bloomfest 2102

Brick Wahl wrote 9 months ago: (Bloomfest in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles, July 21, 2012)  Burrito wagons. That’ … more →

Tags: All punk and the punkoid, bloomfest, al's bar, Carnage Asada, Saccharine Trust, Mike Watt, The Gears, Atomic Café, brave dog

The Germs - Communist Eyes

Jason Morris wrote 11 months ago: The tendency of communist states to become totalitarian dictatorships that squash personal liberty i … more →

Tags: 1980s, communism, Punk, Cold War, Protest Song, the germs, Joan Jett, Soviet Union, Hammer and Sickle

Darby Crash Rides Again...and Again!2 comments

ripitup wrote 1 year ago: Today’s video clip is from Portland’s legendary Poison Idea – possibly my favourit … more →

Tags: media, Punk, hardcore, Poison Idea, Portland, Pig Champion


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