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| name = (GI)
| name = (GI)
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| recorded = 1979
| recorded = 1979
| studio = Quad Teck
| studio = Quad Teck
| genre = [[Hardcore punk]]<ref name="VisualVitriol_p161">Ensminger, David A. (2011). ''Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation''. [[University Press of Mississippi]]. {{ISBN|9781604739688}}. p. 161.</ref><ref name="YahooNews">{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Rob |date=2012-03-16 |title=25 Essential Punk Albums |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/list-of-the-day/25-essential-punk-albums-183952908.html |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>
| genre = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[hardcore punk]]<ref name="VisualVitriol_p161">{{cite book |title=Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation |last=Ensminger |first=David A. |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |year=2011 |isbn=9781604739688 |page=161}}</ref><ref name="YahooNews">{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/list-of-the-day/25-essential-punk-albums-183952908.html |title=25 Essential Punk Albums |publisher=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]] |date=March 16, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2019 |last=O'Connor |first=Rob}}</ref>}}
| length = 38:14<br>41:39 <small>(cassette version)</small>
| length = 38:14<br>41:39 <small>(cassette version)</small>
| label = [[Slash Records|Slash]] (SR 103)
| label = [[Slash Records|Slash]] (SR 103)
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| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gi-mw0000312385 |title=''(GI)'' – Germs |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=October 4, 2016 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gi-mw0000312385 |title=''(GI)'' – Germs |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=October 4, 2016 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Germs: ''(GI)'' |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue= |date= |page=105 |quote=[A] crisp, vicious 1979 classic of LA punk...}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Germs: ''(GI)'' |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |page=105 |quote=[A] crisp, vicious 1979 classic of LA punk...}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3score = 9.0/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/germs-gi/|title=Germs: (GI) Album Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=October 27, 2019|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref>
| rev3score = 9.0/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/germs-gi/ |title=Germs: ''(GI)'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 27, 2019 |accessdate=October 27, 2019 |last=Bloom |first=Madison}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rolling stone">{{cite book |chapter=Germs |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=2nd |editor1-last=Marsh |editor1-first=Dave |editor1-link=Dave Marsh |editor2-last=Swenson |editor2-first=John |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=1983 |isbn=0-394-72107-1|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide }}</ref>
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Germs |last=Geller |first=Debbie |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Marsh |editor1-first=Dave |editor1-link=Dave Marsh |editor2-last=Swenson |editor2-first=John |publisher=[[Random House]]/Rolling Stone Press |edition=2nd |year=1983 |isbn=0-394-72107-1 |page=197}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev5 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide }}</ref>
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Germs |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Weisbard |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=165}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''(GI)''''' is the debut and only studio album by American [[punk rock]] band the [[Germs (band)|Germs]]. Often considered the first [[hardcore punk]] album,<ref name="YahooNews" /> it was released in the United States in October 1979<ref>The album was released in Oct. 1979 according to the liner notes in the 1993 CD ''(MIA): The Complete Anthology''. The information of the booklet can be read online in the [http://www.discogs.com/Germs-MIA-The-Complete-Anthology/release/1276330 discogs entry] for the compilation.</ref> on [[Slash Records]] with catalog number SR 103. The album was later released in Italy in 1982 by Expanded Music with the catalog EX 11. The album's title is an acronym for "Germs Incognito", an alternate name the band used to obtain bookings when their early reputation kept them out of Los Angeles-area clubs. After ''(GI)''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, the band would only undertake one more recording session, for the soundtrack album to [[Al Pacino]]'s 1980 film ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]''. A year after the release of ''(GI)'', on December 7, 1980, vocalist [[Darby Crash]] committed suicide.
'''''GI''''', stylized as '''''(GI)''''', is the only studio album by American [[punk rock]] band the [[Germs (band)|Germs]]. Often considered the first full-length [[hardcore punk]] album,<ref name="YahooNews" /> it was released in the United States in October 1979<ref>The album was released in Oct. 1979 according to the liner notes in the 1993 CD ''(MIA): The Complete Anthology''. The information of the booklet can be read online in the [http://www.discogs.com/Germs-MIA-The-Complete-Anthology/release/1276330 discogs entry] for the compilation.</ref> on [[Slash Records]] with catalog number SR 103. The album was later released in Italy in 1982 by Expanded Music with the catalog EX 11. The album's title is an acronym for "Germs Incognito", an alternate name the band used to obtain bookings when their early reputation kept them out of Los Angeles-area clubs. After ''(GI)''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, the band would only undertake one more recording session, for the soundtrack album to [[Al Pacino]]'s 1980 film ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]''. On December 7, 1980, a year after the release of ''(GI)'', vocalist [[Darby Crash]] died by suicide.


The entire album was included on the 1993 compilation CD ''(MIA): The Complete Anthology''. In 2012, ''(GI)'' was reissued on CD with "Caught in My Eye" as a bonus track, after "Shut Down".
The entire album was included on the 1993 compilation CD ''(MIA): The Complete Anthology''. In 2012, ''(GI)'' was reissued on CD with "Caught in My Eye" as a bonus track, after "Shut Down".


==Production==
==Production==
After the Germs recorded for [[Chris D.|Chris D.'s]] ''[[Tooth and Nail (various artists album)|Tooth and Nail]]'' compilation in late 1978, the ''(GI)'' sessions took place in 1979 at Quad Teck<!-- Sometimes misspelled as "Quad Tech" or "Quadtech": https://www.discogs.com/es/label/270970-Quad-Teck; Kirsch, Bob (December 26, 1974). "Studio Track: New Deal for Old Motown Studio". Billboard 86 (52): 19. https://books.google.com/books?id=hAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. --> recording studio in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207">[[Marc Spitz|Spitz, Marc]]; [[Brendan Mullen|Mullen, Brendan]] (2001). ''[[We Got the Neutron Bomb|We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk]]''. [[Three Rivers Press]]. {{ISBN|9780609807743}}. p. 207.</ref><ref>''Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s'' by John D. Luerssen</ref> Lead singer 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 Slash Records to afford. [[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.<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/><ref name="GoingUnderground_p13">Hurchalla, George (Zuo Press, 2005). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=es&id=Aa6lCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Going Underground: American Punk 1979–1989'']. Second ed., 2016. [[PM Press]]. {{ISBN|9781629631134}}. p. 13.</ref><ref name="AmHCBook_p16">[[Steven Blush|Blush, Steven]] (2001). ''[[American Hardcore: A Tribal History]]''. Second ed., 2010. [[Feral House]]. {{ISBN|9781932595895}}. p. 16.</ref>
After the Germs recorded for [[Chris D.|Chris D.'s]] ''[[Tooth and Nail (various artists album)|Tooth and Nail]]'' compilation in late 1978, the ''(GI)'' sessions took place in 1979 at Quad Teck<!-- Sometimes misspelled as "Quad Tech" or "Quadtech": https://www.discogs.com/es/label/270970-Quad-Teck; Kirsch, Bob (December 26, 1974). "Studio Track: New Deal for Old Motown Studio". Billboard 86 (52): 19. https://books.google.com/books?id=hAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. --> recording studio in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207">{{cite book |title=We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk |title-link=We Got the Neutron Bomb |last1=Spitz |first1=Marc |author-link1=Marc Spitz |last2=Mullen |first2=Brendan |author-link2=Brendan Mullen |publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=9780609807743 |page=207}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s |last=Luerssen |first=John D. |publisher=Backbeat Books |year=2014 |isbn=9781617135880}}</ref> Lead singer 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 Slash Records to afford. [[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.<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/><ref name="GoingUnderground_p13">{{cite book |title=Going Underground: American Punk 1979–1989 |last=Hurchalla |first=George |publisher=[[PM Press]] |edition=2nd |year=2016 |orig-year=2005 |isbn=9781629631134 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Aa6lCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30 13]}}</ref><ref name="AmHCBook_p16">{{cite book |title=American Hardcore: A Tribal History |title-link=American Hardcore: A Tribal History |last=Blush |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Blush |publisher=[[Feral House]] |edition=2nd |year=2010 |orig-year=2001 |isbn=9781932595895 |page=16}}</ref>


Recorded in about three weeks with [[audio engineer]] Pat Burnett,<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/> the album's clarity redefined the Germs for [[California]] audiences, who had only seen the band thrash around onstage while an intoxicated Crash avoided singing into the mic as much as possible.
Recorded in about three weeks with [[audio engineer]] Pat Burnett,<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/> the album's clarity redefined the Germs for [[California]] audiences, who had only seen the band thrash around onstage while an intoxicated Crash avoided singing into the mic as much as possible.
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According to Bob Biggs, Slash Records founder, the album cost the label $6,000 to produce.<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/>
According to Bob Biggs, Slash Records founder, the album cost the label $6,000 to produce.<ref name="WeGotheNB_p207"/>

==Reception==

[[NME]] placed G.I at number 90 on their "101 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/list/101-albums-to-hear-before-you-die-1259 | title=101 Albums to Hear Before You die | website=[[NME]] | date=7 May 2014 }}</ref>

In 2021, G.I was placed at number 430 on the [[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]] book series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117190.1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die | title=Goodreads }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Darby Crash]] and [[Pat Smear]]
| all_writing = [[Darby Crash]] and [[Pat Smear]], except where noted
| title1 = What We Do Is Secret
| title1 = What We Do Is Secret
| length1 = 0:43
| length1 = 0:43
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| length4 = 1:56
| length4 = 1:56
| title5 = Strange Notes
| title5 = Strange Notes
| writer5 = Crash
| length5 = 1:52
| length5 = 1:52
| title6 = American Leather
| title6 = American Leather
| writer6 = Crash
| length6 = 1:11
| length6 = 1:11
| title7 = [[Lexicon Devil]]
| title7 = [[Lexicon Devil]]
| writer7 = Crash
| length7 = 1:44
| length7 = 1:44
| title8 = Manimal
| title8 = Manimal
| writer8 = Crash
| length8 = 2:11
| length8 = 2:11
| title9 = Our Way
| title9 = Our Way
| length9 = 1:56
| length9 = 1:56
| title10 = We Must Bleed
| title10 = We Must Bleed
| writer10 = Crash
| length10 = 3:05
| length10 = 3:05
}}
}}
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| length12 = 2:44
| length12 = 2:44
| title13 = Let's Pretend
| title13 = Let's Pretend
| writer13 = Crash
| length13 = 2:34
| length13 = 2:34
| title14 = Dragon Lady
| title14 = Dragon Lady
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| title16 = Shut Down (Annihilation Man)
| title16 = Shut Down (Annihilation Man)
| note16 = live
| note16 = live
| writer16 = Germs
| length16 = 9:40
| length16 = 9:40
| title17 = Caught in My Eye
| title17 = Caught in My Eye
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{{Germs}}

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Latest revision as of 15:11, 7 December 2023

"(GI)" redirects here. For other uses, see GI.
(GI)
Studio album by
the Germs
ReleasedOctober 1979
Recorded1979
StudioQuad Teck
Genre
Length38:14
41:39 (cassette version)
LabelSlash (SR 103)
ProducerJoan Jett
Germs chronology
Lexicon Devil
(1978) 		(GI)
(1979) 		What We Do Is Secret
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Mojo[4]
Pitchfork9.0/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[7]

GI, stylized as (GI), is the only studio album by American punk rock band the Germs. Often considered the first full-length hardcore punk album,[2] it was released in the United States in October 1979[8] on Slash Records with catalog number SR 103. The album was later released in Italy in 1982 by Expanded Music with the catalog EX 11. The album's title is an acronym for "Germs Incognito", an alternate name the band used to obtain bookings when their early reputation kept them out of Los Angeles-area clubs. After (GI)'s release, the band would only undertake one more recording session, for the soundtrack album to Al Pacino's 1980 film Cruising. On December 7, 1980, a year after the release of (GI), vocalist Darby Crash died by suicide.

The entire album was included on the 1993 compilation CD (MIA): The Complete Anthology. In 2012, (GI) was reissued on CD with "Caught in My Eye" as a bonus track, after "Shut Down".

Production

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After the Germs recorded for Chris D.'s Tooth and Nail compilation in late 1978, the (GI) sessions took place in 1979 at Quad Teck recording studio in Los Angeles.[9][10] Lead singer 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 Slash Records to afford. 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.[9][11][12]

Recorded in about three weeks with audio engineer Pat Burnett,[9] the album's clarity redefined the Germs for California audiences, who had only seen the band thrash around onstage while an intoxicated Crash avoided singing into the mic as much as possible.

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 1.

The album's final track, "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)", was recorded live in the studio, using improvisation at the end of the lengthy track, which the band usually closed their concerts with. The posthumous Cat's Clause release included a live "Never Ending Version" which was pressed with a locked groove.

According to Bob Biggs, Slash Records founder, the album cost the label $6,000 to produce.[9]

Reception

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NME placed G.I at number 90 on their "101 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list.[13]

In 2021, G.I was placed at number 430 on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book series.[14]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Darby Crash and Pat Smear, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What We Do Is Secret" 0:43
2."Communist Eyes" 2:15
3."Land of Treason" 2:09
4."Richie Dagger's Crime" 1:56
5."Strange Notes"Crash1:52
6."American Leather"Crash1:11
7."Lexicon Devil"Crash1:44
8."Manimal"Crash2:11
9."Our Way" 1:56
10."We Must Bleed"Crash3:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Media Blitz" 1:29
12."The Other Newest One" 2:44
13."Let's Pretend"Crash2:34
14."Dragon Lady" 1:39
15."The Slave" 1:01
16."Shut Down (Annihilation Man)" (live)Germs9:40
17."Caught in My Eye" (Only appears on the 2012 CD release and the cassette) 3:25

On the Warner Brothers 1988 cassette reissue, "Caught in My Eye" was appended to the end of side 1, after "We Must Bleed".

Personnel

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The Germs

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Additional performer

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  • Donnie Rose – piano on "Shut Down (Annihilation Man)" (credited only on some European editions)

Production

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  • Joan Jett – producer, mixing
  • Pat Burnette – engineer
  • Geza X – mastering
  • Darby Crash – cover art
  • Melanie Nissen – photography

References

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  1. ^ Ensminger, David A. (2011). Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation. University Press of Mississippi. p. 161. ISBN 9781604739688.
  2. ^ a b O'Connor, Rob (March 16, 2012). "25 Essential Punk Albums". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Raggett, Ned. "(GI) – Germs". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Germs: (GI)". Mojo. p. 105. [A] crisp, vicious 1979 classic of LA punk...
  5. ^ Bloom, Madison (October 27, 2019). "Germs: (GI)". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Geller, Debbie (1983). "The Germs". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (2nd ed.). Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  7. ^ Weisbard, Eric (1995). "Germs". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 165. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ^ The album was released in Oct. 1979 according to the liner notes in the 1993 CD (MIA): The Complete Anthology. The information of the booklet can be read online in the discogs entry for the compilation.
  9. ^ a b c d Spitz, Marc; Mullen, Brendan (2001). We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. Three Rivers Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780609807743.
  10. ^ Luerssen, John D. (2014). Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s. Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617135880.
  11. ^ Hurchalla, George (2016) [2005]. Going Underground: American Punk 1979–1989 (2nd ed.). PM Press. p. 13. ISBN 9781629631134.
  12. ^ Blush, Steven (2010) [2001]. American Hardcore: A Tribal History (2nd ed.). Feral House. p. 16. ISBN 9781932595895.
  13. ^ "101 Albums to Hear Before You die". NME. 7 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Goodreads".
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