Forming (song)

"Forming"
"Forming"
Single by Germs
B-side	"Sex Boy"
Released	July 1977
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:06
Label	What Records?
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Pyn
Germs singles chronology

"Forming" is the debut single by American punk rock band the Germs. Released on What?,^[1] an independent start-up label, in July 1977, it is regarded as the first true Los Angeles punk record.^[2]

^ Referred to as "WHAT RECORDS?" on the single's back sleeve and label. See Richardson, Ryan (2004-09-04). "It Never Ends #1". Break My Face. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
^ Savage (1992), p. 437; Mullen and Spitz (2001), p. 102. Two local rock bands that overlapped with punk in different ways had previously come out with records: The Runaways shared some punk musical and visual attributes, and were a source of inspiration for the Germs (see Raha [2005], pp. xix, 25, 34), but they were a mainstream, major label act little associated with the punk scene (see Mullen and Spitz [2001], p. 102); The Nerves were close to the scene, but played in a distinctively power pop style (see Heylin [2007], pp. 297, 365–66, 373, 424).

[1] Referred to as "WHAT RECORDS?" on the single's back sleeve and label. See Richardson, Ryan (2004-09-04). "It Never Ends #1". Break My Face. Retrieved 2010-11-24.

[2] Savage (1992), p. 437; Mullen and Spitz (2001), p. 102. Two local rock bands that overlapped with punk in different ways had previously come out with records: The Runaways shared some punk musical and visual attributes, and were a source of inspiration for the Germs (see Raha [2005], pp. xix, 25, 34), but they were a mainstream, major label act little associated with the punk scene (see Mullen and Spitz [2001], p. 102); The Nerves were close to the scene, but played in a distinctively power pop style (see Heylin [2007], pp. 297, 365–66, 373, 424).

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