What We Do Is Secret

The Germs movie has opened in the USA to fairly positive reviews. There may be a worse movie than "What We Do Is Secret" but it's going to be hard to beat its awful rawness. according to one New York critic.

The Circle One Mark and other rock and roll cult practices

Circle One was the cult-like group that sprung up around Darby Crash (above) and L.A.’s most notorious punk band, the Germs. Both Crash and guitarist Pat Smear met while attending an alternative high school with loose affiliations to scientology and a curriculum vaguely centered on methods of mind control.

More on musical cults, The Germs and their form of branding ("The Circle One Mark") from the Gibson Guitars website here.