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Germs film in limbo

Posted by adam on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 9:47 AM (EDT)

MTV News is reporting that Germs biopic What We Do Is Secret has run into trouble. Their story didn't go into details further than "Put a fork in the production of "What We Do Is Secret," the flick about the life of Darby Crash and the Germs... The fate of the film - and its distribution - remains in limbo"

The film, directed by Rodger Grossman, was to star Shane West as Darby Crash, Bijou Phillips as Lorna Doom, Lukas Haas as Don Bolles, and Victor Rasuk as Pat Smear.

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

pat smear the gayman

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

pat smear was in the germs??

hey_sailor (June 4, 2004)

Haha, why else do you think Kurt loved him so much?

Someone (June 4, 2004)

i'm rick james, bitch

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KirbyPuckett (June 4, 2004)

I dunno if you got the memo or not, but... http://maddox.xmission.com./c.cgi?u=chappelle - Kirby

sickboi (chris) (June 4, 2004)

Do you think Pat Smear would drink a Pabst beer while his woman (?) was getting a pap smear?

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

Yes, I have a feeling that he would.

gladimnotemo (June 4, 2004)

...Shane West as Darby Crash? Cancel the entire film. Leave poor Darby and the Germs alone, forever.

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

I liked Shane West as Tom Sawyer. For Darby Crash / Bobby Pyn they need someone more debased. Jack Black perhaps?

hey_sailor (June 4, 2004)

Jack Black would be...interesting...

gladimnotemo (June 4, 2004)

...and totally inappropriate?

Someone (June 4, 2004)

talk about fucking conflicted... i'd hate for shane west (costarred with mandy moore for gods sake) to portray one of punks most enigmatic characters... however, i recently read "Lexicon Devil: the fast times and short life of darby crash and the germs" and it was fucking incredible... is this gonna be a major motion picture? or an indie film?!... i want this movie to be made, but i dont want it to suck a donkey dick.

BSD (June 4, 2004)

The Germs story could easily make a great movie, but the thing is that this is Hollywood trying to cash in on a trend, not make a great film. "What We Do Is Secret"? They just looked at the first song off of GI. It sounds really fucking lazy, potentially leading to being "the Doors" of my generation.

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

except nobody cares about the Germs...

Someone (June 4, 2004)

i care.

PsychoOS231 (June 4, 2004)

or the Doors.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

it's not very punk of you guys to care.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

i love pat smear. pat spear in pink shorts is the best.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

i'm just so tired of all these star wars -duped

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

go kill yourself! forcefully yours, anakin skywalker

Someone (June 4, 2004)

theres so much traffic, i just can't wait to get out of africa

I-type-poorly (June 4, 2004)

You thought the Millennium Falcon was a bird!

I-type-poorly (June 4, 2004)

acually i should have said "i'm so tired of all these Cats: The Movie" oh well

Someone (June 5, 2004)

I'm just so tired of all this "What We Do Is Secret." duped

TheOneTrueBill (June 4, 2004)

I'd be willing to donate $5 for this movie. I want to see the footage that Pat, Don, and Lorna shot.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

there was a band called Free in England in the late 60s early 70s. they produced the hit "Alright Now". - everyone knows that tune. Their singer, Paul Rodgers, went on to form Bad Company. This story, however, reminds me of them. Their guitarist, Paul Kossof, was phenomenal, yet he suffered with a heavy heroin habit. He ruined shows and whole tours, the band eventually broke up because they became so dysfunctional. Kossof died from a heroin-induced heart attack in 1976. In his autopsy theu found zit-like spots of puss on the tissue surface of his heart. Drugs destroy music. download the songs "Mr. Big, fire and water, my brother Jake and Wishing Well" to see how amazing Free were. If he hadn't have died they would have been huge. RIP Koss Let's discuss free folks.

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

free ruled. their set at isle of wight was incredible.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

Dude, the Germs were possibly one of the worst bands EVER and Darby Crash among the most useless humans ever. Yet punk rock worships them...that says a lot for the genre... - Samuel

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Someone (June 4, 2004)

punk rock music isn't about being good. people liked the germs partly because it showed anyone could do it. punk is more about the shows and the energy. and darby crash was a better human being than gg allin or sid vicious (if he really killed nancy), i wouldn't say he was among THE most useless.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

i agree,junkies and shitty bands that lasted a day shouldnt be pined over like they where the greatest things ever

BSD (June 4, 2004)

Wow... Ignorance is no excuse. You've obviously never heard the Germs or read any of Darby's lyrics. You're a fucking asshole for using a good band to get flame bait.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

ive listened to plenty of it in misguided youth,punk like that is for suckers,and sheep

BSD (June 4, 2004)

Then how are the Germs the worst band of all? One member's lifestyle can't discredit the music of one of the most influential bands in the world. Hell, even guys who didn't do that many drugs copied the Germs. Remember how similar "We Must Bleed" sounds to "Rise Above"?

TheOneTrueBill (June 5, 2004)

That one I'll have to investigate. I can't think of it off the top of my head.

Someone (July 13, 2005)

hey samuel, fuck you

gladimnotemo (June 4, 2004)

After looking names up, I must say...they all look the parts...and Shane West sort of looks like Darby. But with his name attached, it could end up being a big movie...if it didn't, I would be for it.

Wooderson (June 4, 2004)

eh, bobby pin had long hair but you spit on darby crash he had a fucking mohawk man 3 years ago forming in 1975 i'm a new waver my girlfriend's a surfer i'm no more a trendy than you are and she's not going to fuck you anyways

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Someone (June 5, 2004)

good for you. you can copy descendants lyrics. now give us something clever.

Wooderson (June 5, 2004)

I dont care about this story enough too be clever...its only gets a cut and paste in my books. can you give us something clever or is spelling the descendents with an A all you got?

Someone (June 5, 2004)

The "descendents with an A" retort was pretty clever, me thinks...

Someone (June 6, 2004)

duuuuude. i like, totally did that on purpose to get all the nitpickers on my tail. clever.

Someone (June 4, 2004)

"Ching Ching Ching" that's the sound Hollywood is hearing right now....is there anything they won't rape and remove all dignity from? It's even funnier that MTV posted this shit....2 years ago this news would have never been there....but with this sudden fake ass "punk" trend in motion everybody's trying to get a peice of a history that they had NO part of. I doubt Darby was the most intelligent human being...but his lyrics were definitely focused and delivered with extreme intensity...which was pretty much the point. I would rather see Darby Crash tumble around onstage screaming and yelling than seeing the best emo/pop punk or alternative radio band playing today...actually...I'd rather see the Germs play than the MAJORITY of bands playing right now. Why? The key is intensity and violence......the Germs could create the true sound of desperation, confusion and disgust...and capturing a feeli

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Someone (June 5, 2004)

Settle down there, cowboy.

LMChc (June 7, 2004)

dude, colin farell has a neck.

Someone (July 12, 2005)

All i have to say is that this movie...although being a nice tribute to an awesome person.with shane west as the lead who probably doesnt know shit about darby crash or the punk scene at all for that matter is a bit disgraceful guys.It will doubtlessly be yet another slc punk where you all make the punks come off as a bunch of stupid idiots who run around and break shit and do drugs and die young just to make a name for themselves.dont get me wrong.i love darby crash....i just dont appreciate being misinterpreted based on him and his glam rock lifestyle.but whatever...make the movie.im sure it will be a great success and ill waste 7 dollars to go see how it turned out.just cuz id love to see what actually will happen here.

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Someone (July 14, 2005)

fuck this movie

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