As much as I agree with you I'm too young to have seen it in the day. Fucked Up nearly broke my hip in Leeds. They are the closest I've seen to that chaos
I saw Rollins Band at the Opera House in Toronto back in I wanna say 02' maybe 03' and it was an absolutely awesome show, great venue, front row, couldn't ask for more. Kicked ass.
Black Flag is great. Sex Pistols, Sham 69, The Ramones, Black Flag, The Clash are all early favorites. I have some old recordings on cassette that I transferred to an MP3 player for the car. People have no clue what I'm listening to.
@DoctorRobertBobby Why is it weird Keith is doing backing vocals? This song was from the Rollins years. And Keith sang the songs from his era in the band with Henry backing him.
i love your youtube name. quite rad. i agree with your sentiment also. they all had their moments respectively. even unlce dez did a good snarling job during his time on the mic...hell, he snarled quite radly during his time playing git fiddle too.
@JulyArises I never hear hardcore on the radio. I've heard killswitch engage, shadows fall, metallica, ozzy osbourne, iron maiden, etc... all over the radio. If your hearing hardcore on the radio, point me in that direction.
@JulyArises -- Many of the bands you mentioned (including Metallica) were influenced by Black Flag. If you followed much of Metallica's music, you can hear hints of Black Flag in their music.
Extremely belated reply, but hell yeah they did! More people should spread the love instead of trying to argue and gatekeep and put down any of their singers.
@Theboxer500 i understand the popularity issue . i will just say this ,i really do not care about whatever it is you call "rock".. but as far as punk goes......" it(punk) will never go out of style , because it never was in style to begin with" that was said years ago by wattie from the outstanding punk band"the exploited" seeing as though we are on a black flag video .. i am ONLY talking about punk
@Theboxer500 hey trance guy , can i ask .. wtf i are you doing here , i mean this is real music where people play instruments. here to look for samples to steal ?
@Adroitism I use Fl studios as well BTW. The only reason why i was talking shit on punk and rock is because Henry Rollins was talking shit about djs and electronic music. If he wants to be respected as a musician then he needs to appreciate all forms of music. As a trance musician i like some rock songs too (not punk) but only the instrumental parts. I'm not into rock singing.
@Gorgosaure He doesn't look angry to you? Dude, he looks like he's gonna finish this song then go eat some babies or something. He's got the Rollins intensity here for sure.
I love how people talk about great Keith Morris was in Black Flag just to rip on Henry. It's funny how those same people never say that Keith was great in the Circle Jerks. It's all about claiming poser points by disrespecting Henry.
obscuritystunt yeah his voice seemed really rough. sucks but maybe if he ever reunited with Black Flag he may sound better since this is 2002 and he would actually try his best :)
@541967 it's not as though either of those two was in BF very long in the grand scheme - once Ginn says no what's the point of doing anything more than what he did....
I'm not a Libby but I've liked BF for 30 years now. I don't agree with Henry politically. But Goddamn I loved watching this!! This song never runs out of energy. To me it's a rock rebellion classic!! And Kira on backups? Amazing!! Cheers
@wrongturn320 Trance music is considered "the next generation music". This is probably the reason why most trance musicians prefer their real name rather then being called "DJs" I don't mind a lil bit of rock but not punk, punk is too loud and obnoxious. Reason why i said rock isn't gonna survive is because i see more and more ppl getting into electronic genres.
He never said anything was wrong with the Circle Jerks. He was just pointing out the fact that people always say how great Keith Morris is in Black Flag but ignore his vocals in the Circle Jerks. They are pretty much just trying to put Henry Rollins down.
@Theboxer500 I respect your differentiated taste of music, but you cant just base an entire scene, and genre, on one man, and on stereotypes. Punk rock does take some form of talent, for the instruments and the singing(well most of the time). The "modern" punk scene has great bands, much different from the 70's and 80's.. One modern punk band is called Rise Against, I ask that you try their song Survive and tell me what you think. The song is not screaming or shouting, it has guitars, and vocals
I don't think any vocalist could interpret Greg Ginn's material as well as Henry Rollins but he at least should've toured with an ensemble comprised of additional alumni from Black Flag- aside from just Keith Morris- when he performed such songs on behalf of the "West Memphis Three." Wouldn't it be more appealing if you saw them share the stage with Chuck Biscuits and Kira Roessler as the rhythm section?
