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Post by ironwill on Apr 19, 2006 16:45:42 GMT
....where does one start with this seminal Californian punk band?
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Post by bobbybabylon on Apr 19, 2006 23:51:44 GMT
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Post by Freddy C on Apr 20, 2006 14:26:02 GMT
Have to agree with those recommendations. While you're at it why not pick up a copy of "Hardcore '81" by Vancouver's own D.O.A. ??   |
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Post by ironwill on Apr 20, 2006 14:33:26 GMT
Much appreciated guys, now would either of you recommend "Family Man"? It's available at my local second hand shoppe on vinyl, original press, for 20 bucks <CDN.>  |
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Post by gd on Apr 20, 2006 15:22:02 GMT
If my memory serves me well Family Man is a half-instrumental/half-spoken word album. I mean one side is instrumental and one is spoken word. I wouldn't pay 20 bucks for it. If you are into that "kinda weird" era of Black Flag get Slip It In or In My Head LP's. Otherwise, you can't get wrong with Everything Went Black - a nice compilation of pre-Rollins recordings.
PS While you're at it why not pick up anything by San Pedro's finest - The Minutemen?
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Post by Freddy C on Apr 20, 2006 16:52:06 GMT
Don't know about "Family Man" but The Minutemen's "Double Nickels On The Dime" is darn good. |
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Post by ekki on Apr 20, 2006 20:32:05 GMT
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Post by bobbybabylon on Apr 23, 2006 13:48:30 GMT
their cover of louie louie is made for mix tapes!
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Post by Nick Pace on Apr 24, 2006 4:01:37 GMT
Yes Ekki, that is a fantastic album it's a mixture of pre & post Rollins in fact, its the only Blag Flag album I felt it necessary to buy I love DOA & The Minutemen too  |
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Post by lankou2 on Apr 29, 2006 21:07:32 GMT
anything without mr Rollins, never bothered much after he got in!
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Post by fish on May 1, 2006 9:44:53 GMT
Pretty much everything I've listened to other than Damaged, First Four Years and Everything Went Black was a disappointment (especially those "weird period" albums that gd mentions). As others have said, buy anything by labelmates The Minutemen with confidence, the three Post-Mersh volumes and Double Nickels on the Dime are all great.
SST was a very good label . . . between the Minutemen, Husker Du, Black Flag, the Descendants (or at least some of their work, they could be a bit whiny for my taste), early Meat Puppets, and Bad Brains their output made up a substantial chunk of my high school listening material. Of course, after discovering Bad Brains it wasn't long before I became a hopeless reggae addict.
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Post by lankou2 on May 1, 2006 10:33:54 GMT
Husker Dü and The Descendents are some of the greatest punchy melody purveyors of all times, imho. errr, a notable exception being HD's first album ! the first Meat Puppets was also very unusually good, too bad they got recognition when their style turned into something much more typically "american mainstream rock". Minutemen is a band i haven't heard for ages, very good technical music but i always found it hard to listen to a whole album in a row. |
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Post by skunkride on May 1, 2006 19:04:37 GMT
'damaged' & especially 'my war' are my favourite black flag albums
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Post by skunkride on May 1, 2006 19:09:24 GMT
 one of the few punk albums that stayed in my collection from late 80s till now ! |
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