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Darby didn't want to be in The Decline of Western Civilization because he was afraid "people will think I want to be a rock star."
(Back then only X wanted to be rock stars and we used to sneer at them for it). I made him be in it.
[Ed.: Decline is the 1980 documentary directed by Penelope Spheeris about L.A.'s punk scene.]
But Darby also used to say that he wanted a bigger-than-life-sized bronze statue of himself in every town square in America.
(Seriously, he did). I guess this will do. You made me laugh, which is not so easy these days.
And now I want a cocktail named after me. Liquor-free, please. I am perhaps the only o.g. punk who's never tasted beer (smells bad enough) -- maybe an updated Shirley Temple.
Nicole Panter
Manager 1977-1980, The Germs
(Thank you to my Echo Park pal, Scott Fajack, for bringing this to my attention. I love Mohawk Bend, btw.)
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