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(MIA): The Complete Anthology (CD)

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The Germs Artist Snapshot:

Anarchic and ill-fated, the Germs were at the heart of the late-'70s L.A. punk scene. Despite his reputation as the American Sid Vicious, doomed singer Darby Crash was actually a talented and socially aware songwriter. Most of the Germs' scant recorded legacy is now available on CD. Guitarist Pat Smear later went on to record with Nirvana and toured with the Foo Fighters.

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DISC 1 for (MIA): The Complete Anthology (CD) Album By The Germs (Artist)
1   Forming
2   Sex Boy - (live)
3   Lexicon Devil
4   Circle One
5   No God
6   What We Do Is Secret
7   Communist Eyes
8   Land Of Treason
9   Richie Dagger's Crime
10   Strange Notes
11   American Leather
12   Lexicon Devil
13   Manimal
14   Our Way
15   We Must Bleed
16   Media Blitz
17   Other Newest One, The
18   Let's Pretend
19   Dragon Lady
20   Slave, The
21   Shut Down (Annihilation Man)
22   Caught In My Eye
23   Round And Round
24   My Tunnel
25   Throw It Away
26   Not All Right
27   Now I Hear The Laughter
28   Going Down
29   Lions Share
30   Forming 2
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (2/24/94, p.57) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the Germs' contradictions are not only terrifying but exhilirating, and they aren't willing to reconcile themselves to some Gen-X vision of a cynical young consumers' Utopia...."
Spin (5/01, p.110) - Ranked #30 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records".
Spin (10/93, p.101) - "...anyone with a taste for the real thing will grasp the essential greatness of the Germs via their set..."
Entertainment Weekly (8/13/93, p.74) - "...one of the seminal late-'70s L.A. punk bands....this is potent, raw, messy stuff..." Rating: B
Musician (10/93, p.93) - "...the best music on [M.I.A.] backs up the stagey threat in [Darby] Crash's smack-up flamed-out image...the apex of punk madness in southern California..."

Title Note

The Germs: Darby Crash (vocals); Pat Smear (guitar); Lorna Doom (bass); Don Bolles, Donna Rhia, Nicky Beat (drums).

Includes liner notes by Pleasant Gehman and Nicole Panter.

It's a shame that the Germs are better known for their trashy, charismatic singer Darby Crash's demise than for their music, because M.I.A.: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY proves that they were easily one of the best bands on the LA punk scene in the late 1970s. (According to legend, Crash's fatal overdose wasn't an accident, but a deliberate homage to his idol, Sid Vicious, in an attempt for gruesome rock & roll immortality. Unfortunately, John Lennon was murdered around the same time, and Crash's death never made a blip on the media radar.)

The aptly named collection begins with the astonishingly primitive, yet bizarrely compelling and genuinely hilarious, first single "Forming" (a later re-recording with X drummer D.J. Bonebrake closes the set). M.I.A. also includes the entirety of the chaotic, furious WHAT WE DO IS SECRET release and the streamlined, Joan Jett-produced GI album, plus six previously unreleased songs recorded for a film soundtrack shortly before Crash's death. This 30-track compilation traces the too-brief career of a group that had perhaps more untapped potential than any other American punk band of their time.

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5 out of 5 stars You should all buy this!, October 21, 2008
By Lee
Its really great to be able to get all germs you want in one place, im so glad they came out with this album definitely worth buying.

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