Germs "(GI)" 2025-03-14 and is beautifully ragged and

and is beautifully ragged and raw

and is beaten by far right thugs

Though there's nothing else quite as strong on the rest of the album

the new wave of heavy metal sounded squeaky and cliched next to it's grubby godfathers and

etc that appeared in the original LP release have been faithfully reproduced for the Kiss Army

Germs "(GI)" 2025-03-14 and is beautifully ragged andA blast of self lacerating L. A. punk in its original glory, (GI) is simply classic; a commanding, rampaging sneer at everyone and everything infused with a particular, disturbed vision. Said vision belongs to Darby Crash, whose proclivities for charismatic manipulation were already well established before he fully spelled them out in lyrics like "Lexicon Devil," here featuring in a re recording, and "Richie Dagger's Crime." His David Bowie worship