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[               Black Flag--Wasted Again                    ]

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Date     [ 11-09-1999        ] ░▒▓▓▒░ [ 12 (33:10 min)    ]   Songs

In many ways, Black Flag were the definitve 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 infuential 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. And it didn't matter who

was in the band -- throughout the years, the lineup changed numerous

times -- because the Black Flag name and four-bar logo became punk

institutions.

Black Flag was formed in 1977 by guitarist Greg Ginn, a graduate of

UCLA. Ginn formed the band with bassist Chuck Dukowski; the pair soon

added drummer Brian Migdol and vocalist Keith Morris. At the same

time, Ginn and Dukowski formed an independent record label, SST,

which released the band's first EP, Nervous Breakdown, in 1978.

Morris and Migdol departed the following year -- Morris went on to

form the Circle Jerks -- and they were respectively replaced with

Chavo Pederast and Robo. By the release of 1980's Jealous Again,

Black Flag had begun to tour the U.S. relentlessly, building up a

small, but dedicated, following of fans. After the release of Jealous

Again, Black Flag went through another major lineup change. Pederast

left the group and was replaced by Henry Rollins, a Washington D.C.

fan who jumped on stage to sing with the band during a New York

performance. At the same time, the band added a second guitarist, Dez

Cadena, which gave the group a heavier sound.

Early in 1981, Black Flag signed a record contract with Unicorn

Records, a subsidiary of MCA. The band delivered their first

full-length album, Damage, to Unicorn and the label refused to

release the record, citing that the content of the music was too

dangerous and vulgar. Undaunted, Ginn released the album on SST

Records. Upon its release, the album received considerable critical

acclaim. Soon after the album appeared on the shelves, Unicorn sued

Black Flag and SST over the release of Damaged. For the next two

years, the band was prevented from using the name Black Flag or their

logo on any records. During that time, the group continued to tour

and they surreptitiously released Everything Went Black, a

double-album retrospective that contained no mention of the band,

although it listed the names of the members on the front cover. The

dispute ended in 1983, when Unicorn went bankrupt and the rights to

the Black Flag name and logo reverted back to the band.

As if to make up for lost time, Black Flag became impossibly prolific

when it returned to recording in 1984. A new version of the group --

featuring Ginn on guitar and bass (the latter was credited to the

pseudonym Dale Nixon), bass, Rollins, and drummer Bill Stevenson --

recorded the albums My War and Family Man. After those two albums

were recorded, the group added bassist Kira Roessler and cut Slip It

In, its third official album of 1984. In addition to those three

albums, Black Flag released the cassette-only Live '84 and the

compilation The First Four Years in 1984, as well as reissuing

Everything Went Black with all the proper credits restored. The

group's touring and recording pace didn't slow in 1985; they released

three records -- Loose Nut, The Process of Weeding Out, and In My

Head. By the end of the year, Anthony Martinez replaced Stevenson on

drums.

After Black Flag released the live album Who's Got the 10╜? in early

1986, Greg Ginn broke up the band. Ginn recorded two albums with the

more experimental Gone, but he primarily concentrated on running SST

Records, which had become one of the most important American

independent labels of the era. By the time Black Flag broke up, SST

had already released albums by such bands as Hⁿsker Dⁿ, the

Minutemen, Meat Puppets, and Sonic Youth. For most of the late '80s,

Ginn retired from performing, choosing to operate SST Records

instead; during this time, the label released the first recordings

from bands like Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr., and Screaming Trees. Ginn

returned to music in 1993, releasing a solo album on his new record

label, Cruz.

Following Black Flag's breakup, Henry Rollins formed the Rollins

Band. For the rest of the '80s, he released music recorded with the

Rollins Band on a variety of independent labels, as well as solo

spoken-word recordings. In the early '90s, Rollins became one of the

most recognizable figures of alternative music.

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01 Wasted                                                 (00:53)

02 Tv Party                                               (03:31)

03 Six Pack                                               (02:20)

04 I Dont Care                                            (01:00)

05 Ive Had It                                             (01:24)

06 Jealous Again                                          (01:50)

07 Slip It In                                             (06:16)

08 Annihilate This Week                                   (04:43)

09 Loose Nut                                              (04:33)

10 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie                                   (01:59)

11 Louie Louie                                            (01:19)

12 Drinking And Driving                                   (03:22)

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