An impressively original, multi-media retrospective of one of punk rock s most controversial and hugely influential bands, The Germs!

The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

Performances by Killing Joke, Germs, Screamers, Flipper, Silvertone, Subhumans, The Gun Club, DOA, Dead Kennedys, John Cooper Clark, Jaks Skate Team, Raybeats and Throbbing Gristle-Discipline from Target masters.

This captures a performance of Los Angeles punk icons, Germs, performing live at The Whiskey A Go-Go . The remaining portion of the film are taken from The Decline of the Western Civilization.

In 1977, artist Joe Rees founded Target Video, a guerrilla documentation project capturing underground music and art. Rees, along with Jill Hoffman, Jackie Sharp, and others, filmed bands in studios, clubs, parties and on the streets, driven by a shared vision and deep love for the underground. The result was a massive archive that preserved a raw, unpolished moment in cultural history. Embracing the scene in all its electric immediacy, Target documented an explosive era in music and art. It cemented a place in history for bands like the Screamers, the Avengers, and the Dils while capturing iconic early performances by Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, the Cramps and many others.