I got a phone call last week from our writer O.G. asking me if I wanted to kick it and watch some movies. I needed to take a break from some work I've been doing on another site, where I had been constructing a guide to producing the "sexiest" Hotornot.com photos, so I encouraged him [...]
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A new biopic focusing on the controversial Los Angeles punk rock group the Germs will premiere in US theaters this August."What We Do Is Secret" will screen in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles via indie distributor Peace Arch Entertainment.Co-writer/director Rodger Grossman spent 10 years trying to get the movie made, ultimately convincing the mother of late Germs frontman Darby Crash to give ...
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Don Bolles, former Germs drummer was arrested for possession of GHB. In what turned out to be nothing more than bottles of shampoo Bolles was none the less held in a Los Angeles County Jail for ??three?? days until the results of the substance came back negative. As a result all charges were dropped.The incident started with a routine traffic stop for a busted tail light.??Three Days! I wonder ...
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I got a phone call last week from our writer O.G. asking me if I wanted to kick it and watch some movies. I needed to take a break from some work I've been doing on another site, where I had been constructing a guide to producing the "sexiest" Hotornot.com photos, so I encouraged him [...]
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On Saturday, August 23, The Germs and Shane West in his movie and new rock n roll role as Darby Crash will perform at LA's Echo. If you buy two tickets to either Friday or Saturday screening of What We Do Is Secret which is at the NuArt Theatre in West Los Angeles (11272 Santa Monica Blvd.) - the part of LA that was home to both Darby Crash and Pat Smear during their forming years... you wi...
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THE GERMS ARE BORNPunk Rock wasnt the music of the mainstream by any means when it first reared its ugly beautiful head. In 1977, most kids were listening to Fleetwood Mac, ELO and Van Halen. In LA, the punk rock explosion was just beginning. Outsiders and freaks were the ones attracted to this new kind of music made popular by bands like The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and The Clash. A small grou...
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I wanted to see this Broadway show when it came to Seattle called Wicked. It's a musical about the Wicked witch of the West. Kind of a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It was sold out and tickets were about $200 each anyway. I was really bummed out. My husband bought me the book for Christmas. I just had the chance to start reading it this weekend. I can't put it down, it's soooo good. Anyw...
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So... 26 years ago today Darby Crash of the L.A. punk group died via O.D. The story that has been often told is that he was looking for Sid Vicious type fame... only the next day someone even more famous got gunned down in NYC... so this one is for Darby and his music...
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A new biopic focusing on the controversial Los Angeles punk rock group the Germs will premiere in US theaters this August."What We Do Is Secret" will screen in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles via indie distributor Peace Arch Entertainment.Co-writer/director Rodger Grossman spent 10 years trying to get the movie made, ultimately convincing the mother of late Germs frontman Darby Crash to give ...
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So... 26 years ago today Darby Crash of the L.A. punk group died via O.D. The story that has been often told is that he was looking for Sid Vicious type fame... only the next day someone even more famous got gunned down in NYC... so this one is for Darby and his music...
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Don Bolles, former Germs drummer was arrested for possession of GHB. In what turned out to be nothing more than bottles of shampoo Bolles was none the less held in a Los Angeles County Jail for ??three?? days until the results of the substance came back negative. As a result all charges were dropped.The incident started with a routine traffic stop for a busted tail light.??Three Days! I wonder ...
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I was shootin' the shite with Thund3rBox last week and he dropped a couple of punk CDs in my meathooks. Right on...the first one I checked was the Slash/ Rhino "Germs anthology MIA":http://rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=79954 gives the listener a warts-n-all tour of what the Hollywood punk sound was;it's off to the races on the first cut, a reverby "Forming" as Darby Crash and crew ...
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THE GERMS ARE BORNPunk Rock wasnt the music of the mainstream by any means when it first reared its ugly beautiful head. In 1977, most kids were listening to Fleetwood Mac, ELO and Van Halen. In LA, the punk rock explosion was just beginning. Outsiders and freaks were the ones attracted to this new kind of music made popular by bands like The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and The Clash. A small grou...
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