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Saint Louis, MO Fubar Fri Jun 21 / 13 Find Tickets
Fayetteville, AR Rogue Pizza Sat Jun 22 / 13 Find Tickets
Ventura, CA Zoey's Cafe Thu Jun 27 / 13 Find Tickets
El Paso, TX Tricky Falls Theater Wed Jul 10 / 13 Find Tickets
Tempe, AZ Club Red Thu Jul 11 / 13 Find Tickets
Santa Ana, CA The Observatory Fri Jul 12 / 13 Find Tickets
Santa Ana, CA The Observatory Sat Jul 13 / 13 Find Tickets
Los Angeles, CA The Vex Arts Sun Jul 14 / 13 Find Tickets
San Diego, CA Soma Mon Jul 15 / 13 Find Tickets
Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst Tue Jul 16 / 13 Find Tickets
Redway, CA Mateel Community Center Wed Jul 17 / 13 Find Tickets
Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre Thu Jul 18 / 13 Find Tickets
Seattle, WA El Corazon Fri Jul 19 / 13 Find Tickets
Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre Of… Sat Jul 20 / 13 Find Tickets
Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades Mon Jul 22 / 13 Find Tickets
Oakland, CA Oakland Metro Tue Jul 23 / 13 Find Tickets
Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre Wed Jul 24 / 13 Find Tickets
Amsterdam Melkweg Sat Aug 10 / 13 Find Tickets
Houston, TX Walter's on Washington Mon Aug 26 / 13 Find Tickets
Birmingham, AL Zydeco Thu Aug 29 / 13 Find Tickets
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Black Flag Biography

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Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band. They are widely considered to be one of the first hardcore punk bands. After breaking up in 1986, Black Flag briefly reunited in 2003 and again in 2013. Black Flag's sound mixed the raw simplicity of the Ramones with atonal guitar solos and frequent tempo shifts. The lyrics were written mostly by Ginn, and like other punk rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Black Flag voiced an anti-authoritarian and non-conformist message, in songs punctuated with descriptions of social isolation, neurosis, poverty, and paranoia. These themes were explored further when Henry Rollins joined the band as lead singer in 1981. Most of the band's material was released on Ginn's independent label, SST Records. Over the course of the 1980s, Black Flag's sound, as well as their notoriety, evolved in ways that both embraced and alienated much of their early audience. As well as being central to the creation of hardcore punk, they were innovators in the first wave of American West Coast punk rock and are considered a key influence on punk subculture in the United States and abroad. Along with being among the earliest punk rock groups to incorporate elements and the influence of heavy metal melodies and rhythm, there were often overt freestyles, free jazz, breakbeat and contemporary classical elements in their sound, especially in Ginn's guitar playing, and the band interspersed records and performances with instrumentals throughout their career. They also played longer, slower, and more complex songs at a time when bands in their milieu performed a raw, fast, three-chord format. As a result, their extensive discography is more stylistically varied than many of their punk rock contemporaries. Black Flag was and remains well-respected within punk subculture, primarily for their tireless promotion of an autonomous DIY punk ethic and aesthetic. They are often regarded as pioneers in the movement of underground do-it-yourself record labels that flourished among the 1980s punk rock bands. Through constant touring throughout the United States and Canada, and occasionally Europe, Black Flag established a dedicated cult following.

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Black Flag Albums

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Live '84 Live 1998 itunes amazon
Damaged / Jealous Again Compilation 1995-10 itunes amazon
I Can See You EP 1989 itunes amazon
Wasted Again Compilation 1987-12 itunes amazon
Annihilate This Week EP 1987 itunes amazon
Who's Got the 10½? Live 1986 itunes amazon
In My Head Album 1985-10 itunes amazon
TV Party Single 1985 itunes amazon
Loose Nut Album 1985 itunes amazon
The Process of Weeding Out EP 1985 itunes amazon
Slip It In Album 1984-12 itunes amazon
Family Man Album 1984-09 itunes amazon
My War Album 1984-03 itunes amazon
The First Four Years Compilation 1983 itunes amazon
Everything Went Black Compilation 1982 itunes amazon
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