Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore; and this is their blood-spattered story. Formed in Hermosa Beach; California; in 1978; they made and played brilliant; ugly; no-holds-barred music for eight brutal years on a self-appointed touring circuit of Americarsquo;s clubs; squats; and community halls. They fought with everybody—the police; the record industry; and even their own fans—and they toured overseas on pennies a day in beat-up trucks and vans. This history tells Black Flagrsquo;s story from the inside; drawing on exclusive interviews with the grouprsquo;s members; their contemporaries; and the bands they inspired. It depicts the rise of Henry Rollins; the iconic front man; and Greg Ginn; who turned his electronics company into one of the worldrsquo;s most influential independent record labels while leading Black Flag from punkrsquo;s three-chord frenzy into heavy metal and free jazz.
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