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That band Rollins was in before Black Flag

By Dave | Published 11/10/2011

This one from trout2323 has about a day and a half left and is still at a respectable 1997 price. Not a bad deal for Dischord #2.
Its a bummer they never did an LP because I think this record is better than anything he did in his next band. For the record i also think Black Flags output pre-Rollins is better than the SOA 7″.

What’s in the sleeve driving up the price?

By b. murphy | Published 08/21/2010

A gram of coke actually. That is the only way I can rationalize why this is going for $51 dollars at the time of me posting. It must be good coke too, probably close to pure. Last time I checked you could buy a gram of cut up blast for $15 from the guy with the Desert-Storm hat at the package store down the street.

I digress, $51 for this rererepress on yelow vinyl. These bidders must really need a fix.

*BONUS*

I had a cousin in Desert-Storm. He brought me home a tabasco sauce bottle full of sand. Thanks idiot, what I am gonna do with a bottle of sand?

Damaged Original Pressing.

By morgado | Published 08/05/2010

An all time classic, no doubt about it. The question is though, does it have the “”As a parent… I found it an anti-parent record” sticker on the back cover…

According to the description, yes, it does. But there’s an old saying: why talk when you can show. This is one of those cases where you absolutely, positively should show. That sticker is just as iconic as Henry’s fist in the broken mirror on the front cover. I have to say though, at this point I’d be more excited to see a copy up from somebody who actually sent away to SST for the lyric sheet back in the day. Seems strange to me that one has never popped up.

Too Drunk To Sweat.

By morgado | Published 07/29/2010

Seller rock-cold slips a couple more punk related records through the metal and thrash cracks, with the original Cherry Red Records pressing of Dead Kennedys classicly obscene Too Drunk Too F**k/The Prey e.p. and the long out of print 3 lp Rollins “Sweatbox” spoken word set.

“You ball like the baby in Eraserhead” is still one of the best lines ever.

I’ve Got To Run…

By b. murphy | Published 04/11/2010

When it comes to Black Flag, you’ve got some strong opinions.

Some people ONLY like the Keith era. Some people think Damaged is the end-all be-all of hardcore/punk records. Some people think the later era smokes (dope?) the other material. And I know at least a few people who will say Jealous Again is the best record.

It’s hard to argue any of these perspectives. In my opinion Black Flag released no less than 3 perfect records (Nervous Breakdown, Jealous Again, My War) and sometimes I don’t even know if those are my favorites. Sometimes I listen to Slip It In and think it’s a more well rounded version of My War with a less accesible anthem. If the album recording of Loose Nut was better it would by my favorite. Who’s Got The 10 1/2? is one a small handful of live records that I believe to be cannonical.

And then there’s Damaged. It’s cool. I mean – it’s great. I don’t deny it. But much like that episode of The Simpsons that always seems to be on in syndication, I just don’t want to hear it again right now. Mainly, I don’t want to hear the song TV Party. If it came on the radio, I wouldn’t shut it off, but it just doesn’t get me excited. It’s a classic, but I’m at saturation.

That said… this is a MUST own single.

TV Party is cool, don’t let my bellyaching throw you off. That cover image is awesome. But the b-side of this is everything that is cool about punk. Maybe one of the best Flag songs period, but definitely one of my favorites of this era. It’s everything that TV Party isn’t – angry, visceral, urgent. Shocked that it never made it to a studio album. And because this single is one of the many and weird pressings (and an SST color vinyl pressing so throw another mysterious wrench in this one) it could go pretty cheap.

Mr. Henry Garfield

By Josh | Published 03/12/2010

Hammerin’ Hank is 49 years old…. he was 20 years old when this record came out. I wonder if 20 Year old Henry Garfield had any idea he would grow up to Henry Rollins, bonafied celebrity, movie star and TV star acting alongside such greats as Brandon Lee, Michael Keaton, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Cuba Gooding Jr. & Malcolm McDowell?

This is a piece of history that has been on my record ‘want’ list for quite awhile and will probably stay there quite awhile longer!

Dischord #2, State of Alert “No Policy” 7″, first press on green vinyl!