(GI)
Album by The Germs
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Punk rock
Length	38 m 14 s
Label	Slash
Producer(s)	Joan Jett
Professional reviews
AMG (4.5/5) link
The Germs chronology
Lexicon Devil 1979	(GI) (1979)	What We Do Is Secret (1981)

(GI) is the lone studio album from influential American punk band The Germs. The title stands for "Germs Incognito", an alternate name the band used to get bookings under when their early reputation kept them out of Los Angeles-area clubs. Image File history File links Germs_GI-MIA.jpg Summary Front cover of The Germs (GI) album and its CD counterpart, (MIA): The Complete Discography. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... This article is about The Germs, the punk rock band. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Look up Second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Slash Records is a record label started in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los angles-based fanzine, Slash. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Joan Jett (2003) Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit I Love Rock N Roll, which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20th to May 8th, 1982. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... This article is about The Germs, the punk rock band. ... Lexicon Devil is a three-song, seven-inch EP by The Germs, released strictly through mail-order by Slash Records in 1978. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article is about The Germs, the punk rock band. ...

Joan Jett, a longtime friend and heroine of many of the band members since her time in The Runaways, was asked to produce the album. Lead singer Darby Crash had originally wanted former Paul Revere & The Raiders vocalist Mark Lindsay to produce, but while Lindsay was willing to do the job, he turned out to be too expensive for the then-tiny Slash Records label to afford. Jett's production was initially thought to be too thin when the album was finished and released, compared to the album Crash wanted Jett to emulate (the Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks). In retorpsect, (GI) actually sounds cleaner and more polished than the Pistols' album. Joan Jett (2003) Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit I Love Rock N Roll, which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20th to May 8th, 1982. ... The Runaways were a seminal all-women band who performed proto-punk heavy metal music in the 1970s. ... Darby Crash (September 26, 1958 - December 7, 1980) was a rock musician. ... Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the 1960s, best-known for hits like Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) (1971), Steppin Out, Kicks, Let Me (1969) and Hungry (1966). ... Slash Records is a record label started in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los angles-based fanzine, Slash. ... Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols is a 1977 album recorded by the seminal British punk band, Sex Pistols. ...

Jett allegedly passed out during the sessions, as claimed by Crash while the band were recording "Shutdown" live in the studio.

Recorded fairly quickly and released in 1979, the album's clariity proceeded to encapsulate the Germs for California audiences who had only seen the band thrash around onstage while Crash, drunk and/or stoned on drugs, avoided singing into the mic as much as possible. This page refers to the year 1979. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ...

A lone outtake from the sessions, "Caught In My Eye", would later appear on the posthumous EP What We Do Is Secret and on the Warner Bros.-distributed cassette reissue of (GI), at the end of side one.

After (GI)'s release, the band would only undergo one more recording session, for the soundtrack album to the Al Pacino movie Cruising, with Jack Nietsche producing. A year after (GI)'s release, Darby Crash would be found dead of a drug overdose on December 8, 1980. Al Pacino, pictured at the age of 21. ... Cruising is the name of a film released in 1980, directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The entire album appears on compact disc as part and parcel of (MIA): The Complete Discography. Interference colors. ...

Track listing

Side One

1. What We Do Is Secret
2. Communist Eyes
3. Land of Treason
4. Richie Dagger's Crime
5. Strange Notes
6. American Leather
7. Lexicon Devil
8. Manimal
9. Our Way
10. We Must Bleed

Side Two

1. Media Blitz
2. The Other Newest One
3. Let's Pretend
4. Dragon Lady
5. The Slave
6. Shut Down (Annihilation Man)

Musical Personnel

• Darby Crash - vocals
• Pat Smear - guitars, backing vocals
• Lorna Doom - bass, backing vocals
• Don Bolles - drums, backing vocals
• Donnie Rose - piano on "Shutdown" (credited only on some European editions)