Black Flag (Henry Rollins 1st band)

 
       

Genres: Punk / Hardcore

Location: USA

Stats: 442 fans / 17,569 plays / 0 plays today

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Black Flag Is one of the most respected & biggest 1980 American punk/hardcore band,in their times,they were a huge underground band but sadly,their highest audience count in their whole carrer was 2000.Not only was this the start of Henry Rollins,but they have been an influence for many modern bands & has been covered more than The Misfits.This is their legacy.

>Some of the bands that covered BF songs are Pennywise,Silverchair,A Perfect Circle & Good Riddance
>Influences inclued Pantera & Kurt Corbain of Nirvana,who sold his whole record collection just to see Black Flag
>Another big influence is Chigago-punk band Rise Against,who has done 2 covers, one for the movie Lords Of Dogtown(Nervous Breakdown) And another for the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland(Fix Me)
>Not only were they known through band covers & influences,but they has songs put in video games,one in Tony Hawk 2 & another in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland(Rise Above)
>The song "TV Party" appeared on the Futurama episode "Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV"
>The song"Drinking & Driving" appeared on the Jackass Movie.Henry Rollins was also a special guest
>Infact,they have Black Flag T-shirts in toddler-size

Just like Van Gogh,they never got popular in their times,not to mention countless member changes,fights with the police & record labels,poverty & like some bands,making poor music & drifting away until forgotten.But now they are a band that people who got more popular than them still look up too.

Henry Rollins sang for Damaged and beyond.The First Four Years are a collection of old EPs that inclued Chuck Morris(he was the 1st vocalist who left to start the Circle Jerks,he sang Nervous Dreakdown),Chavo Pedarst(who only made the EP Jealous Again before leaving in the middle of a show saying "Im sick of this shit".) and Dez Cadena(he was more popular than Henry,but his voice burned out due to drugs & was put down as 2nd guitarist.He sang Louie Louie).

 

  • tavo138 said:
    ROLLINS FIRST BAND WAS STATE OF ALERT (S.O.A)..... THEY WERE ON DISCHORD Feb 17
  • J0NNY BL4Z3 said:
    somehow i dont see the comparison? black flag............ van gough. amazingly psychotic impressionist artist. 1980s punk band from the states. and learn to fucking spell/type Jan 19
  • alicia said:
    you forget (or maybe didnt know) that street dogs do a cover of rise above at most of their live shows. a good cover and two great bands. Nov 14
  • Francesca said:
    Black Flag pwns. Everything else is just an imitation, and a bad one at that. Jul 30
  • Bleaurgh!! said:
    Henry Rollins first band...you mean second? Ever heard of S.O.A.? The quotations should actually say "(Keith Morris' 1st band)" Jun 22
  • Heel It Now, Dig? said:
    Thanks for posting the downloads. Jun 02
  • PNKSRF said:
    Add Comment here... Oct 31
  • beatnik_funk said:
    ah. . .you guys should add depression and nervous breakdown. that would be raw. Oct 21
  • durk_jerk said:
    alrigth alright first off this wasn\'t Henry Rollins first band it was his second before flag he was in SOA which is a pretty decent band and second of all its not fuckin chuck morris of the circle jerks its fuckin keith morris one of the most intellectual alcaholics of all time and way radder than rollins and Dez just didn\'t want to do vocals anymore he wanted to play guitar wasn\'t nessissairly drug related....so get your shit straight before you make a page fuck. May 07
  • zxz_exsandohs_zxz said:
    wut bout my fave \'t.v. party\' ????? PLEASE put it up here!!!! Dec 19
  • zxz_exsandohs_zxz said:
    TV PARTY!!! we need that song on here...please = ) Dec 15
  • spartanfan10 said:
    Black Flag is amazing. This profile sucks. Oct 24
  • TheXword!!!!! said:
    BLACK FLAG, YEA!!!!! Sep 30
  • TheXword!!!!! said:
    Black Flag Is FLIPP\'N awesome, YUP they\'er awesome!!!!! Sep 19
  • a_simple_change said:
    Henry Rollins is a legend! I love Black Flag for it\'s raw sound! I\'m about to have a nervous breakdown..my head really hurts! Jul 17
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Damaged

Nov 30, 1999

No release date
 
 

yugoslavija

Buenos Aires, Argentina

caro-line, con-tagious

United States

Mike

Mesquite, TX

Patty Moura

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bryan Nichols

Bellevue, NE

Alex

United Kingdom

Danielle

Canada

jake

Canada

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