Friday night's afterparty for the SF International Film Festival screening of punk documentary Punk's Not Dead was decidedly un-punk: Staged at the W Hotel, the show cost $30 a ticket and included a VIP section stocked with socialites. Adding to the weird quotient was the night's headlining act, a new incarnation of legendary punk act the Germs featuring actor Shane West on lead vocals; West portrays the late Germs frontman Darby Crash in the upcoming feature, What We Do Is Secret. "[The Germs] are so good they didn't make it into my documentary," said Todd Traina, co-producer of both Punk's Not Dead and What We Do Is Secret, as he introduced the band. "I had to make a whole different documentary!"

Taking a surreal situation and making it even more Surreal Life, West led the band -- featuring onetime Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, and Steven Tyler-meets-Keith Richards-looking drummer Don Bolles -- through a set that included "Lexicon Devil," "Let's Pretend," and a new song, "Out of Time." The festivities doubled as a benefit for the Nick Traina Foundation (dedicated to the memory of Todd Traina's brother Nick, who, before committing suicide at the age of 19, was the frontman of punk band Link 80). STORY BY MELISSA GOLDSTEIN AND CHELSEA SIME / PHOTOS BY MUHAMMAD ASRANUR

We asked: If punk's not dead, what would signal the punk rock apocalypse?

Name: Karen Lechner
Age: 29
Hometown: Lafayette, CA
Occupation: Paralegal
"I don't think it could ever die -- I hope it doesn't. Every time one thing gets stale, another thing pops up."

Name: Jason Lechner
Age: 29
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
Occupation: Drug addiction counselor
"There is no apocalypse. Punk is music's cockroach. It may hide in the corner for awhile, but it'll always be back."

Name: Mike Dimkich
Age: 39
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Guitarist for The Cult
"They've pretty much done everything they could do to kill it, and it's not dead yet. Punk rock will always be great as long as there are bad rock'n'roll bands."

Name: Aaron Nagel
Age: 27
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Occupation: Graphic designer
"If it hasn't died yet, it won't. The music will always be there, and the attitude will always be there, but they might just not be together."

Name: Minda McDorman
Age: 25
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Occupation: Technical salesperson
"When Paris Hilton's album goes platinum."

Name: Kasey Bumber
Age: 25
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Occupation: Clinical trials
"The death of Iggy Pop."

Germs manimal Shane West

...or is he a Lexicon Devil?