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| Black FlagRecent ReviewsRecent NewsThe Black Flag hair timeline Some enterprising and/or weird individual has put together a Black Flag hair timeline showing the haircuts of the influential hardcore band through the years. Beginning with Nervous Breakdown in the late 70s through the bands stoner-metal years circa In My Head. Thanks to WFMU for finding this.…Black Fag (Europe) Black Fag, the "absolutely fabulous" tribute to Black Flag, will be embarking on a 16-date tour of Europe starting in December. They will be playing shows in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Black Fag has opened for notable punk bands such as TSOL, NOFX, Circle Jerks, The Dickies, Angry Samoans, The Bronx, The Briefs, and Me First and the Gimme…Indie band remakes Black Flag's "Damaged" from memory In a pretty unusual story, Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit The Dirty Projectors has unveiled a new project wherein they remade Black Flag's classic Damaged, entirely from memory. The album, titled Rise Above, features the "deconstruction and reassembly" of Damaged and was reportedly put together from "memory and intuition." The result is reworked arrangements of every…New books, re-releases, TV episodes and Australian tour from Henry Rollins Henry Rollins has announced plans for the upcoming year. Including in those are two new books, an album re-release, TV episodes and Australian tour. Here's what Rollins had to say: We have a new CD here at the company. It’s 2CD set of comprising the Get Some Go Again album along with the Yellow Blues CD with two live cuts and a music video and press kit thing thrown in. Get Some Go Again had been out of print for some time so I figured we’d throw the entire session and then some into a single set to consolidate things and get it all out…Henry's Film Corner / Get In the Van Tenth Anniversary Edition Henry Rollins will be producing a new show on the Independent Film Channel which has been dubbed Henry's Film Corner. The program will focus on Henry's reviews and commentary on films which slip by mainstream media, and will also feature interviews with directors and other people involved with the films. First up will be director David Fincher of Fight Club and Panic Room and plan to discuss the Niels Mueller-directed…Approximation [ex-Black Flag] album and tour news and tells us about Approximation releasing their first album in a vinyl-only, limited edition format from Dot Zero Release Records. The band's new album, produced by Alex Newport [The Locust, At The Drive-In] features ex-Black Flag bassist Kira on bass and vocals. Approximation is described as "underground rock but turned on its ear with influences ranging from DC hardcore and acid rock to jazz and blues." The band is currently out on the road touring, wrapping up in Chicago to record a second album with Steve Albini on…CORRECTION: Support For Black Flag Reunion Shows Our apologies as the earlier information we were submitted was incorrect. Support for both nights of the upcoming Black Flag reunion show is a new band that Greg Ginn is putting together to play the My War album in its entirety. According to SST, the Band will consist of Greg Ginn (Guitar), Dez Cadena (Guitar), My War Bassist Dale Nixon (Bass), Drummer Ducket (Drums) and Mike Vallely of Mike V And The Rats (Vocals). "Dale Nixon" was a pseudonym Ginn used on the album, so take that for what you will... The Friday September 12 show will also include 1208 and Mike V And The Rats. Saturday…No Keith Morris At Upcoming Black Flag Reunion us that Keith Morris posted this on the Circle Jerks site in regards to Greg Ginn's upcoming Black Flag reunion shows: "I need to let everybody that's interested in knowing that I WILL NOT BE A PART of the Black Flag reunion show at the Hollywood Palladium on Sept.12th and 13th as I was told that my presence or services were not necessary! At the very beginning of what's turned into a complete mess I made a commitment to do the shows based on the word of one of the main players that Ron Reyes(Chavo),Roberto Valverde(Robo), Dez…Greg Ginn Playing Shows To Warm Up For Black Flag Reunion us that Greg Ginn will be warming up for this September's two Black Flag reunion shows with gigs around California in August. Click below for the dates. Greg will likely be playing Flag songs at these shows. Ginn will also be part of this year's San Diego Street Scene, a three day event that features a ton of bands, including X, Social Distortion, the Sex Pistols, the Skatalites, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, Reverent Horton Heat, Pennywise, The Distillers, Flogging Molly and more. For the full lineup go…'We've got nothing better to do...' In some quasi-news-that-amused-Adam, the episode of Futurama that aired tonight, titled "Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV," prominently featured the Black Flag song "TV Party." The "Damaged" recording of the song played during the episode while the end credits featured the characters of the show singing the classic punk… |
