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BadComrade wrote:It's gonna be weird to see tons of people who shouldn't be wearing Germs T-shirts wearing Germs T-shirts.

Hey, maybe JT really likes the 5?

I seem to remember there being a 98 Degrees photo shoot a few years back where all the guys were rocking MotorheaD shirts. Whatever....we've covered this stuff before.

But this here Germs biopic. Holy hell, does it look terrible. They should've just made one of those inspired-by movies like "Grace of My Heart" or "Boogie Nights."

rocker654 wrote:I'm not sure that romanticizing this band is the correct thing to do.

why not? they made the greatest album of all time.

I saw the shane west germs at the beat kitchen this summer. For some reason, Shane West was singing from a normal vocal mic, but it had the CBS-2 newscaster cube kind of thing on it, like he was getting ready to go on location and read off a story. It wasn't until halfway through the set that Pat Smear decided to take it off. Weird.

NO.

mega therion wrote:

NO.

YES.

Personally, I think it's retarded. Why must everything be turned into some sort of afterschool special? Leave it the fuck alone. Pop culture gets dumber and more desperate by the minute.

If you want to know about the Germs, read the Feral House book. I think the same company is actually putting out an actual documentary about the band.

http://feralhouse.com/titles/music/lexi ... tcover.php

mega therion wrote:

NO.

oh snap...he was in teen flick...shiiiittt...thats so not punk rock..

I don't know the guy and haven't seen the film , but he's actor ...there suppose to "ACT"... it's not a reflection on the guy personally.

All the Actors I know would jump at the chance to be in a feature film....You grab what you can, its only when a actor establishes him/herself that they have the luxury to pick and choose which films they appear in.

For what it's worth, that movie about the Germs, What We Do Is Secret, had its world premiere recently at the Los Angeles Film Festival. You can look at the film festival's listing here.

Variety has reviewed the film; they seemed to think it was OK, but I don't sense the critic was someone with a massive background in punk rock.

I guess most people have seen the Decline of Western Civilization documentary. That has quite a big Germs section to it. Surely all you'll ever need.