BLACK FLAG in the studio

[Oi325]

Demo version with dez is the best

[LedWilde]

Greg played wrong notes in a lot of his solos. I think back in the Black Flag days he didn't fully understand the science behind what chords and scales you can play together. Some say "It's jazz" but I don't buy it! That said, Greg Ginn is still one of my favorite guitar players who influenced me tremendously on guitar for many years. He's a brilliant and creative man! I love his riffs, song writing, and his "whacky" solos.

[kenatboynton]

This I can say...being a life-long Black Flag fan, NO ONE that was ever in the band was ever, nor ever tried to be top anything on any level...the mere gusto of their attitude paved the way for many 'o bands to find success. Greg was not your typical "winner" but made our music scene better by trying harder. Thanks to Henry for allowing us to understand their last stand. Cheers!

[LTopomcFly]

Why don't people admit Greg is the greatest guitarist, punk or otherwise?

[Paulie88]

Ginn = God

[LedWilde]

@LTopomcFly He definitely needs a spot in the creative and influential guitarists of all time. Guitar World never talks about him. They should!

[luckycomehawaii]

love the guitar sounds!

[Danimal77]

Slip It In was recorded in 1982 NOT 1983, HENCE the 1982 Demos with Slip It on being part of them.

[profitprophet368]

BLACK FLAG

[thelatedavidsmith]

please get the effects off of this and repost it

[dylanfan1969]

This is Slip It In from 1983.

[buck123]

yeah, please repost this by itself without any effects.

[Strummer7677]

Aztecasteve you stupid shithead, Rollins had almost nothing to do with the band's different sound from '83 onwards. Greg Ginn was THE man behind all this, as he composed the songs and wrote 90% of the lyrics. And frankly, as much as I like all the other Flag singers (especially Dez and Keith), Henry had an intensity that just made him better suited for the "different" BF sound.

[downpeninsula]

This footage is a goldmine, take those fucking laptop effects off it and repost, please.

[superbawestside]

Redondo Beach!!

[hashysh13]

I'd love to see this effect free but still, it's Black Flag. I gotta get all of this old footage of them. I saw them in Montreal on the Slip It In tour, December of '84.

[mangaspiked]

they play my ghetto in the end of the clip

[Screwyoupal45]

hey maybe if i could actually see the band i would say KICK-ASS FOOTAGE!!!!!!

but i love black flag anyways

[kennycreeper]

I love Black Flag, honestly who watched a HARDCORE PUNK BAND VIDEO and complains about quality? I know how I like my punk and hardcore punk and it's not THX, remastered HD digital, thank you very much, it's raw and unhinged, visceral and brutal and nothing refined about it. Great video. Five fuckin' stars.

[aztecasteve]

i said this once and il say it again

fuck henry rollins he fucking ruined the fucking band

keith morris all the way

[kennycreeper]

Okay?

[hotprofdude]

How? Be specific and detailed.

[aztecasteve]

Before henry the band had a tight punk sound when henry came in the picture they went a different direction

In my head album----Henry

Family Man----Henry

Loose Nut-----Henry

Annihilate This Week---Henry

all these albums weren't that good to tell you the truth

Damage was probably the only respectable album

[541967]

The mere fact that Black Flag chose to further expand on its musical foundation (and alienate those such as you) is an indication that those albums were indeed valuable.

[aztecasteve]

nahhh its punk or nothing

plus some are just boring like that spoken word album with henry blabbing his mouth off

i call that a catastrophe not a masterpiece or something with some value in it

[541967]

YOU perceive as much but that's not an assessment that's either accurate or fair. The poetry by Rollins was hardly a catastrophe (but Ron Reyes was). At any rate- Ginn wrote almost all of Black Flag's material and no one could inject as much venom in it as the aforementioned. The band was unfairly maligned thanks to hardcore punk purists such as yourself but as it turns out- it was Black Flag's most influential period (and it's not as if the transformation was anything to apologize for).

[superbawestside]

You idiot! Rollins was there because the band progressed way past the Morris era songs! Handle it, or fuck off!!!

[PABLOVONMULE]

I don't give a shit about the quality....thanks for posting! Always great to hear and see new classic flag footage. Ginn is the man!

[jstow01]

This may be the worst video ever posted on YouTube. Just awful. Worthless.

[YellingInMyEar]

This is 1984 as I think that's when Roessler was in the band?

[2catz]

Yes