The Decline of Western Civilization
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The soundtrack was released in December 1980 by Slash Records
on LP
. In the late 1990s it was released on CD as well. It is currently out of print. Germs singer Darby Crash
appears on the soundtrack album cover. He died shortly before the film was released, though the promotional images for the film and album release had been designed before his death.
Slash Records
Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...
on LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
. In the late 1990s it was released on CD as well. It is currently out of print. Germs singer Darby Crash
Darby Crash
Darby Crash was an American punk musician who, along with long time friend Pat Smear , co-founded The Germs...
appears on the soundtrack album cover. He died shortly before the film was released, though the promotional images for the film and album release had been designed before his death.