(GI): Album Guide, Artist and Facts
(GI) — album guide with key facts, artist and background.
GI, stylized in parentheses as (GI), is the only studio album by American punk rock band the Germs. Often considered the first full-length hardcore punk album, it was released in the United States in October 1979 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".
Quick facts about (GI)
- Title: (GI)
- Artist: Germs
- Released: 1979
- Type: Album
- Wikidata ID: Q755912
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What is (GI)?
GI, stylized in parentheses as (GI), is the only studio album by American punk rock band the Germs.
Who made (GI)?
(GI) is by Germs.
When was (GI) released?
(GI) was released in 1979.
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