Yeah, as far as live albums go, that's one of the better ones I've ever heard.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Just listening to it now for the first time. Sounds tons better than Live '84 so far.
― MacDara, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i found one cassette of a audio book version of get in the van in our practice space, been rocking rollins bad vibes in the car all week.
good lord i can't believe anyone put themselves through that shit. lots of lolz but jesus christ it sounds like it was miserable.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
dunno, it always struck me as blandly rocking combined with rollins being insufferable by that point. I find the whole "who's got the 10 1/2" routine is cringe-inducing.
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― Edward III, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I might just put the cd on now actually
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 31 July 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZpZOPI0g0
― am0n, Thursday, 31 July 2008 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
goddamn you herman g neuname
― Edward III, Thursday, 31 July 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
?
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
no offense, it's just got a certain ring to it.
― Edward III, Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhxW0ulSjFg&feature=related
― stevie, Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh god, I'm boring but it's Damaged all the way.
My favourite Flag story comes from a friend of mine who saw them at the Christmas on Earth Festival in Leeds. When was it? 1981? He must have been about 13.
The glue bag, studded ,mohawks just did not understand How could this fucking Yank bunch of 'straights' out punk by far, every fucker on the bill.
― Fer Ark, Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think the amg writer would agree with the ILM placing of My War
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
and does Edward III still hate that live album?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Wasted ... Again! is dope and should be here
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I forget if we did an ep's poll. If we didn't, anyone interested in one? Or are we all SST'd out for now?
If 5 people say do it then I might just go ahead.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Edward III are you around?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Just tried listening to My War for the first time in like 25 years. Yeesh. They should have called it quits after Damaged.
― Darin, Thursday, 1 April 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
heh at least 20 ilx0rs disagree with you
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 April 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course they do.
― Darin, Thursday, 1 April 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56dOPjx-zC0
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://newestra.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_3232-630x472.jpg
really, no one cares about this???
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Dukowski! No Age! Keith Morris! LA cops!
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome, but whaoa about that wheelchair-surfing, honestly never saw anything like that before.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
wow
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
this was last night at MacArthur Park btw
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
lol there were no cops, security was actually a lot nicer than at most outdoor shows
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
those aren't cops stage left? they're in uniform, no?
― i'm not a lawyer, but i play one on a messageboard (stevie), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
they were rentacop venue security, got a little bugged out after not doing anything about 30 mins of stage diving because for the past few years the venue has only really hosted world music shows, but all this is beside the point really, it was a great show, good sound, fun crowd
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, gotcha.
GREEN with envy not to have been there, btw!
― i'm not a lawyer, but i play one on a messageboard (stevie), Friday, 22 July 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
whole thing is here
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 July 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i always heard bad things about In My Head but this is pretty awesome, kinda weird twisted heavy metal
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 October 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
Has this been posted anywhere?
http://trickledown.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/blackflaghair_chronology.jpg
― Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
If I'd seen this picture before, say, today I'd have made it my profile picture on FB.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
shouts out to kira and bill for absolutely killing it on "the bars"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
think slip it in is my fav black flag record these days
I feel that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 23:00 (five years ago) link
As I said way the fuck upthread:
Fuck vocals; Slip It In wins for me because of Bill Stevenson's drumming on the title track and on "The Bars."
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
i often forget that both of the live records are really great
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
who the fuck voted for Family Man??
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
i like their style tbh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
rollins' early writing is kinda charmingly amateurish to me, like very self-consciously Dark and Heavy, Man while also getting very playful and silly. "armageddon man" + the instrumental side are great and have always been imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
OK good point on the instrumentals
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
the timeline of this band is fucking wild to me. early singles with lineup shifts seemingly every few seconds -> damaged -> two years of legally being unable to record -> five studio albums in two years -> break up
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 15:42 (three years ago) link
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I did not vote for Family Man but I bet my finger hovered over the button for a few seconds
Not mention in two yrs being unable to record they went through three drummers!
An insane band
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 25 September 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
would prob vote for in my head at this point, beautifully deranged record
rollins/ginn/roessler/stevenson is objectively the best lineup of this band
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 April 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
Their most iconic work (Damaged) is not their best. This I am sure of. Mostly because it sounds like absolute dogshit. It’s not even the good kind of crappy production. Muddy is OK with hardcore (cf. the Bad Brains ROIR debut); paper-thin bass and drums is not.
― thewufs, Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
First Four Years is my go-to, but those last two records are intriguing and I need to revisit them.
― thewufs, Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:03 (two years ago) link
all you really need is whos got the 10 1/2 and damaged!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:17 (two years ago) link
Much as I have trouble with Rollins, it'd have to be a tie between Damaged (though the occasional goofiness detracts) and My War (esp. when they get into that proto-Caspar Brotzmann Massaker slow groove). Can only dream of how great those records would have been with Dez singing.
― atonar, Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link