Germs : Manimal
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In October of 1979 the LA-based Germs released (GI), "Germs Incognito", often considered the first hardcore punk album. Produced by Joan Jett, the album consists of 15 songs written by the self destructive, Scientology-reared, closeted homosexual Darby Crash along with future Nirvana and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear. Smear's riffs set the standard for hardcore. Crash's lyrics are smarter and sharper than you'd ever guess upon first listening to the album. Crash may have cemented the legend of he Germs with his intentional suicide in December of 1980.
Avengers : Corpus Christi
Meanwhile in San Francisco, Penelope Houston's seminal punk band, The Avengers released a self titled four song EP on the White Noise label. Among the first female fronted punk bands in the US, The Avengers played more than 100 shows and supported the Sex Pistols at the band's legendary final show at Winterland. Some even claim the Avengers blew the Sex Pistols off the stage!
Visit Penelope's website and you'll see how the artists has grown without dismissing her adventurous side.
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