{"product_id":"germs-what-we-do-is-secret-lp","title":"GERMS \"What We Do Is Secret\" LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Germs may have only released one proper studio album before frontman Darby Crash died, but you’d be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of more influential hardcore\/punk rock bands to come out of that era. Everyone from the Minutemen and L7 to Soul Asylum and Pennywise owe a debt of gratitude to that Southern California band of nonconformists. So, it’s frustrating just how few songs the band managed to record during their four years together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThankfully we have this limited edition copy of their 1981 EP What We Do Is Secret. Originally put out in 1981, just a year after Crash’s suicide, this 7-song album pulls together live tracks recorded between 1977 and 1980. The songs are sloppy, loud, a bit amateurish, all which add to the odd brilliance of the band.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir cover of Chuck Berry’s “Round and Round” is one of the highlights of this mini-album that hovers around the 20-minute mark. The last two songs in this collection, “The Other Newest Ones” and “My Tunnel” captures the band playing a frenetically impressive live show on December 3, 1980 at LA’s Starwood. The songs show a band that was destined for much bigger things, but sadly, Crash intentionally OD’s on heroine just a few days later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fanclub Pressing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32070504644726,"sku":"2026-DistroLP2404","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0248\/2163\/products\/germs_whatwedo.jpg?v=1601856464","url":"https:\/\/store.gravemistakerecords.com\/products\/germs-what-we-do-is-secret-lp","provider":"Grave Mistake Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}