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**sleepy jack** · 03-11-2008, 11:05 PM

Henry Rollins is 47. I've always found it hard to compare the different eras because of the varying outputs and how long each vocalist was in the band but I think overall Keith Morris is my favorite. But as far as Rollins goes My War>Damaged.

loose_lips_sink_ships · 03-11-2008, 11:29 PM

Ron (chavo pederasta) Reyes and his rat tail......made me sooo hot

Wayfarer · 03-12-2008, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

My personal favourite Black Flag release NOW, is Who's Got the 10 1/2. It captured the raw, furious and energetic sound of later 'Flag, giving a much more personal and intimate take on their work. Great stuff.

Heard "Live '84"?

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Quick question do you know what kind of gutiar Greg played?

He used an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite.

Molecules · 03-12-2008, 08:18 AM

radio interview 1984, Kira Roessler speaks... Bill Stevenson sounds like he's taken one too many bottles to the head

GravitySlips · 03-12-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Heard "Live '84"?

actually, I haven't. I'm certain that it is the ONLY Black Flag release I've not heard. I even have bootlegs of some of their shows, and still haven't got that for some reason. I kept meaning to get it for an age, but I kind of stopped listening to Black Flag and similar music so never did. I'll need to get that sometime.

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Henry Rollins is 47. I've always found it hard to compare the different eras because of the varying outputs and how long each vocalist was in the band but I think overall Keith Morris is my favorite. But as far as Rollins goes My War>Damaged.

It is perhaps unfair to compare. I like Keith Morris's work with Black Flag, but the guy would never have been able to carry the band in the same manner as Rollins did later on. Even though Ginn was undoubtedly the main player in the band, Rollins was the most notorious and was the face. And was brilliant at that. Morris was a loser, and I was never into the Circle Jerks much either. He did have his time with Black Flag though, and some of their best work was with Keith on vocals.

Side 2 of My War has some of my favourite Black Flag songs.

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radio interview 1984, Kira Roessler speaks... Bill Stevenson sounds like he's taken one too many bottles to the head

haha indeed, he sounds like there's a screw loose there.

Molecules · 03-12-2008, 11:58 AM

In My Head (1986) is a masterpiece. It's such a shame they broke up, they were on a roll

sweet_nothing · 03-12-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

He used an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite.

Do they still make those?

Wayfarer · 03-19-2008, 03:40 PM

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he did work with a collective called "Gone" which was pretty interesting...like later Saccharine Trust style jazz-improv-punk. If you're a big Black Flag fan it's worth checking out Gone, especially if you're into "The Process Of Weeding Out" ep...but just DO NOT listen to Gregs solo stuff as it is numbingly bad.

Any idea where I can find any of this stuff? Been searching around for it for ages...

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actually, I haven't. I'm certain that it is the ONLY Black Flag release I've not heard. I even have bootlegs of some of their shows, and still haven't got that for some reason. I kept meaning to get it for an age, but I kind of stopped listening to Black Flag and similar music so never did. I'll need to get that sometime.

Definitely. As much as I love "Who's Got the 10½?", it just can't match the rawness and intensity of Live '84. That live "Three Nights" video I posted is the same version that's on the album.

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Do they still make those?

I'm pretty sure they do, though I doubt they're built to the same specifications as the older model Greg used.

**cardboard adolescent** · 03-24-2008, 05:39 PM

Black Flag are great, but I really dislike Rollins. I love the anecdote that Ginn gave him LSD because it would make him "not be as much of an asshole."

GravitySlips · 03-25-2008, 04:05 AM

Greg Ginn was 100x more of an a'sshole than Rollins ever was.

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03-11-2008, 11:05 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,328	Henry Rollins is 47. I've always found it hard to compare the different eras because of the varying outputs and how long each vocalist was in the band but I think overall Keith Morris is my favorite. But as far as Rollins goes My War>Damaged. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

03-12-2008, 08:18 AM
Molecules 'soupy twist' Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 634	radio interview 1984, Kira Roessler speaks... Bill Stevenson sounds like he's taken one too many bottles to the head __________________ Substix Last FM 'Institutionalised cruelty is one thing. But the twisted brainwrong of a one-off man-mental is quite another.'

03-12-2008, 11:58 AM
Molecules 'soupy twist' Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 634	In My Head (1986) is a masterpiece. It's such a shame they broke up, they were on a roll __________________ Substix Last FM 'Institutionalised cruelty is one thing. But the twisted brainwrong of a one-off man-mental is quite another.'

03-24-2008, 05:39 PM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,431	Black Flag are great, but I really dislike Rollins. I love the anecdote that Ginn gave him LSD because it would make him "not be as much of an asshole." __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All

03-25-2008, 04:05 AM
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 729	Greg Ginn was 100x more of an a'sshole than Rollins ever was.