The Germs “Lion’s Share” date unknown, bootleg release on Ghost ‘O Darb Records, an Official Australia Fan Club release. We got news yesterday that Germs bassist Lorna Doom (b. Teresa Ryan, date of birth unknown but one source put her age at 61) has died. She joined the band in its early inception, back when Belinda Carlisle was (briefly) the band’s drummer.

Lion’s Share is a pretty decent bootleg – the sound quality is pretty good, especially since a lot of Germs bootleg material out there is pretty shitty. Side A’s tracks which include such songs as “Throw It All Away, “Now I Hear the Laughter” and “Lion’s Share” were produced by Jack Nitzsche (which explains the good quality – he won several Academy Awards and nominations for film score composition from films like An Officer and a Gentleman and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). Side B is live Germs, recorded at the Starwood in 1980 and includes versions of a cover of PiL’s “Public Image,” “Shut Down” and “Richie Dagger’s Crime.” The band is a mess, especially Darby Crash, but again the sound is pretty good.