Angeleno Heights resident Mikey Lovechilde is thrilled Thursday night.

He's arrived to tend bar at Echo Park's Mohawk Bend and discovered a new cocktail on the menu: the Darby Crash.

Crash, of course, was the leader of L.A. punk rock legends, the Germs, who famously died of a drug overdose the night John Lennon was shot.

Lovechilde concocted the cocktail several up days before, for Mohawk Bend's bar manager Keith Taylor.

Taylor wanted something that used Art in the Age's new Rhuby liqueur, which had just been added to the restaurant's extensive artisanal offerings.

Lovechilde obliged, adding lemon juice, Ventura Orangecello Blood Orange (3/4s of an ounce), Miracle Mile Bitter's Sour Cherry and grenadine to the Rhuby base (1 1/2 ounces).

Finding a Name for the New Cocktail

Taylor liked it, and he asked Lovechilde to come up with a name. But he was stumped.

"No worries," said Taylor and conjured "the Darby Crash." It first appeared on the Mohawk Bend menu Wednesday night, when Lovechilde was off.

Lovechilde, who calls himself a "long-time punk rocker,"  couldn't be more pleased.

So were we when we tasted the drink, which is sweet, tangy and light on the tongue and tummy.

Now we wonder what rocker cocktail Mohawk Bend will mix up next.