[kj] Ex-Germs & 45 Grave drummer exonerated of drug charges

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Man, it's so sad that so many fucking bands are doing this -- THE 
GERMS!? -- even if they miss key members (NY Dolls w/out Johnny 
Thunders, Dead Kennedys w/out Jello, Misfits w/out Danzig) -- that's 
why, like I said earlier, when I saw the NY Dolls sans Thunders at SXSW 
in '05 and Johanssen announced, 'The next one is a new song of ours," I 
was like, "A NEW song?? What the hell..." It MUST stop! The new 
Onslauhgt LP just show how far down the ladder of fame this stuff is 
reaching. And I hated The Stooges _The Weirdness_. Come on, people.

Still, nutty as Don Bolles may be, he doesn't deserve to be incarcerated 
for having Dr. Bronner's soap on him, cited by the police as "a date 
rape drug." That's ludicrous.

-Oliver



TB wrote:

>  BTW, The Germs are playing a show in the next few weeks around here. 

> Based on what the drummer looks and acts like, plus the fact the 

> original singers' been dead for what, a quarter century, I can't 

> imagine this gig being anything more than completely sad and pathetic.