''A Small Circle of Friends'' is a Germs

tribute album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ...

, released in 1996.

Details

After the last track, there is a minute of silence before a sixteen-minute-long reprise of the song performed by

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begins. Just over a minute passes before a spoken word recording by Drew Blood, titled "Mohawk Redemption" is hear

Track listing

All tracks written by

Darby Crash Jan Paul Beahm (better known by his stage name Darby Crash, formerly Bobby Pyn; September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980) was an American punk rock vocalist who, along with longtime friend Pat Smear (born Georg Ruthenberg), co-founded the punk ro ...

and

Pat Smear Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), better known by his stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and co-founder of Los Angeles-based punk band The Germs and for being a rhythm guitar ...

except where noted. #

NOFX NOFX () is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Vocalist/bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every ...

– "Forming" (

) – 0:54 #

Free Kitten Free Kitten is an American alternative rock band formed by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Pussy Galore's Julia Cafritz. Originally performing as Kitten, they changed their name after receiving threats of legal action by a heavy metal singer perfor ...

– "Sex Boy" – 2:28 # The

Melvins Melvins (sometimes The Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appeare ...

– "Lexicon Devil" – 1:40 #

Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...

(as "The Holez" w/

) – "Circle One" (

) – 2:56 #

D Generation D Generation (also known as DGen) are an American glam punk band formed in 1991 in New York City. They released three albums and several EPs, to much critical acclaim, before breaking up in 1999. In 2011 the band reunited for a series of shows ...

– "No God" – 2:04 #

Mike Watt Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ...

J Mascis Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. ( ; born December 10, 1965), better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo arti ...

– "What We Do is Secret" – 0:43 # Ruined Eye – "Land of Treason" – 3:09 #

The Posies The Posies were an American power pop group. The band was formed in 1986 in Bellingham, Washington, United States, by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. Their music has its origins in Merseybeat and the Hollies. They are i ...

– "Richie Dagger's Crime" – 2:57 # O-Matic – "Strange Notes" – 1:58 #

White Flag White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale. Contemporary use The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and for negotiation. It is also used to symbolize ...

– "Manimal" – 2:07 # that dog. – "We Must Bleed" – 1:39 #

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– "Media Blitz" – 1:58 # Sator – "The Other Newest One" – 2:58 #

The Wrens The Wrens were an American indie rock band from New Jersey. The group consisted of Charles Bissell (guitar/vocals), brothers Greg Whelan (guitar/vocals) and Kevin Whelan (bass/vocals), and Jerry MacDonald (drums). They released three albums; a fo ...

– "Let's Pretend" – 2:44 #

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...

– "Dragon Lady" – 3:03 # Gumball – "Caught in My Eye" (

) – 3:11 #

Meat Puppets Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar/vocals), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers ...

– "Not All Right" – 4:02 #

Puzzled Panthers In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear. The term "acute mental confusion"

– "Now I Hear the Laughter" (

Lorna Doom Lorna Doom (born Teresa Marie Ryan, January 4, 1958–January 16, 2019) was an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for the punk rock band the Germs from 1976 to 1980, and again after they got back together from 2005 to 2009. Ea ...

) – 3:19 # L7 – "Lion's Share" – 2:43 # Monkeywrench – "Shutdown" – 3:04/

– "Shutdown Reprise" – 16:00/ Drew Blood – "Mohawk Redemption" – 0:39

Personnel

*Produced by White Flag's Bill Bartell *Project Coordinated by Garvey Rich *Legal by Fred Davis

References

Tribute albums 1996 compilation albums Punk rock compilation albums Alternative rock compilation albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub