Guide Note:
The Germs is a Punk Rock band that was formed in the 1970s
Fast Facts:
- After being kicked out of University High, Paul Beahm and Georg Ruthenberg decided to start a band
- Their first single was Forming
- The band's first live performance was at the Orpheum Theater
- The Germs are featured in Penelope Spheeris's documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization
- Darby Crash (Vocals) committed suicide 7 December 1980, at age 22
- A movie about The Germs, What We Do Is Secret was premiered June 23, 2007
- Don Bolles, the Germs' drummer, was arrested April 4th, 2007, for possession of GHB