Black Flag
Biography
In many ways, Black Flag were the definitive Los Angeles hardcore punk band. Although their music flirted with heavy metal and experimental noise and jazz more than that of most hardcore bands, they defined the image and the aesthetic. Through their ceaseless touring, the band cultivated the American underground punk scene; every year, Black Flag played in every area of the U.S., influencing countless numbers of bands. Although their recording career was hampered by a draining lawsuit, which was followed by a seemingly endless stream of independently released records, the band was unquestionably one of the most influential American post-punk bands. A full decade and a half before the fusion of punk and metal became popular, Black Flag created a ferocious, edgy, and ironic amalgam of underground aesthetics and gut-pounding metal. Their lyrics alluded to social criticism and a political viewpoint, but it was all conveyed as seething, cynical angst, which was occasionally very funny. Furthermore, Black Flag demonstrated an affection for bohemia -- both in terms of musical experimentation and a fondness for poetry -- that reiterated the band's underground roots and prevented it from becoming nothing but a heavy metal group.
Selected Discography
Wasted Again
1987
Who's Got The 10 1/2? (Live)
1986
Loose Nut
1985
The Process Of Weeding Out
1985
In My Head
1985
Nervous Breakdown
1978
i would love to meet Ian McKaye, he would be such a neat interesting person to meet!
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And fakitch, Jello Biafra is the better poet, also Jello wrote the guitar parts of all DK's songs with his f**king VOICE!! Henry Rollins could not do that, he cant sing worth s**t, but damn can he scream and shout.
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Then why do you do it? Anywho, Flag is a really good band and also an important band. They and the Dead Kennedy's and Fugazi and Bad Religion and many other 80's hardcore/mel o d i c hardcore/cro s s o v e r thrash bands helped punk evolve into the many shades of it that can be found today. Black Flag was much better at humour and personal s**t than politics, songs like Damaged, Fix Me, and Nevous Breakdown are classics. And Marryanne, Bob Coffins was being ironic.
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dude rollins beat poetry is f**king amazing its magnificent yeah hes kindof a dick but he never sold out to any of that s**t and influenced punk as we know it so back the f**k off
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not right....I'm not right.....YO U ' R E NOT RIGHT!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Black Flag was an amazing band, Rollins is a pretenious(s i c ) tool. He thinks he is a f**king poet just becauase he can string together a stanza of bad political free verse. Oh and f**k the whole mall punk/metal scene, Thank you "grogalien". Oh and by the way Jello Biafra embodies punk way the hell more than Henry Rollins, also Jello Biafra was a poet before Rollins, so there. However Flag was still amazing, despite the fact that Rollins is a misodgynist prick.
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black flag is a really cool band. my favorite album by them is way "Damaged".
dude "Bob Coffins" real punks do not date Nicole Richie. She's a dick. No punk should be in that kind media with the stars and stuff. that's just gay a** |
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its funny how all the mall metal/punk crowd is so ready to yell sellout at any one whoes mommy and daddy dosent pay their bills so they dont have to live in the real world.lets see how "hardcore" "punkgod003" i s when he is pushing 50 something.
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who would thought henry rollins would sleep with lou dobbs-well they were still a f**king great band
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No matter what anyone says, Black Coffee Blues is a great book. Helped me put things in a perspective I could understand when I was younger.
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No way dude, real punks date Nicole Richie and wear platinum chains and Gucci shades.
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Today Rollins is a sell-out self absorbed, prick who buys his own B.S. about how awesome he is. But when he was in Black Flag he ws one hardcore M.F. I just wish Rollins would look at himself in the mirror and wak the f**k up. I was at a music festival once and Rollins played between rancid and me first and the gimmie gimmie's. rRollin's band was the chill band where everyone stopped slamming and moshing and relaxed. should tell you what he became.
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one of least talented groups in my collection, but certainly one of the most fun to listen to. with rollins, they were a punk wrecking ball.
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let me here u say fuckkkkkkkkk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! f**kin ninjas simply hardcore f**king ninjas
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Yeah! Real punks have talk shows and play bit parts in bad Charlie Sheen movies!
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this is punk not the crap today - green day can kiss my tush - I've seen them and dead kennedy's, dead boys, vibrators, real punk not the trash wanna be money punk stars today - that is not punk it is wanna be - you have to live it and play it - i'm 50 years old I've sen punk bands - black flag is it - tv part tonight
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Yeah, I heard them and the Misfits would beat up Motley Crew. I hope thats true!
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Yeah, I heard them and the Misfits would beat up Motley Crew. I hope thats true!
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This is real punk. Bands like Taking Back Sunday and Good Charlette really piss me off. I can't believe they even think they are close to punk. Poppy a** s**t.
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sabbath,ramo n e s , a n d black-flag make my world happen....gr e g ginn f.t.w.
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