'Darby was so like Sid in a lot of ways; really self-destructive but, unlike Sid, Darby was really smart.'
Darby Crash (born Jan Paul Beahm), alongside Pat Smear, formed The Germs in 1976. They produced one album in that time, 1979's (GI), which is now considered the first hardcore punk album. In 1980 Crash took his own life, overdosing on heroin. This oral history, which includes voices as diverse as Kim Fowley, Jello Biafra and Belinda Carlisle, as well as the voices of both Crash and Smear, is his story and the story of the birth of American punk.
Size: 229 x 153mm (softback)
Pages: 296 (photographs throughout)
Publisher: Feral House