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Location: USA

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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).

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psychochris said:
Please my friend get My War up on this! I respect the page you made and for being 13, not fucking bad. Jun 19
jeffcrazy said:
whats up whats up?? Apr 22
bloodybirdbrain said:
Gday. Fuck me how long has it been since i made this profile. um yes Black Flag is NOT Rollins first band so sorry for the massive misleading. And the only reason i made this profile because they werent any other fan profiles with black flag music at the time.The one black flag profile without any music was mine aswell but i cant seem to access it now so thats why i put the HR's 1st band tagline near this one. anyway i dont bother checking on this page anymore so yes there are alot of mistakes and the whole bio seems a little childish but i was fucking 13 when i made this page alright? So feel free to rant because i couldn't care less. now thats out of the way,please enjoy this profile i made (or not) and take care. BTW if you are new to hardcore then may i suggest after listening to the likes of Black Flag,Minor Threat and Bad Brains that you also go explore other great bands like Cro-Mags,Gorilla Biscuits,D.R.I,Jerry's Kids,Integrity,Judge,Void,Faith,Negative Approach,Negative FX,Agnostic Front,Youth Of Today,Charles Bronson,Hope Conspiracy,Trapped Under Ice,Cursed,Husker Du,His Hero Is Gone,Some Girls,Terror,Have Heart,Trash Talk,Converge,Gallows,Witch Hunt and plenty more but most importantly support some of your local groups around your area making great/shitty tunes,that is where some of your fav bands started out.Hell start a band yourself with some mates,that is always fun too,who knows maybe youll become bigger than you think. And dont get bands like Bring Me The Horizon,Drop Dead Gorgeous and Emmure confused as hardcore ok? Cheers.Yours Black Flag Fan in Hope. Jerry. Apr 11
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PeeJay said:
hxc and jafe... way to go and mention the big 3 of punk hardcore from the 80s. real accomplishment. i dare you to name a few bands from dischord records off the top of you head without researching it. or tell me why ian wrote the song "guilty of being white" or the phone call that henry got that made he say "yes im joining blackflag" or tell me a little about any of the history of punk hardcore. pfffft, morons and to the fella who wrote this little rant about black flag, your an idiot. Mar 24
Jafe said:
hxcpunknyc, wow me and u like exactly the same freaken bands Jan 03
hXcpunknYc said:
My favorite Punk Band...the greatest ever.if Minor Threat, Black Flag,and the Bad Brains went on tour together,I would go see them. Jul 06
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