Wow! I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has discovered the video and gave such wonderful feedback! This video nearly quadrupled in views over a weekend and I don't know how you all discovered it, but I'm so happy that you did. I just want to let you all know that I am actively working on Part 2 and will work to get it out as soon as possible, while also not rushing until I feel that it's as good as it can be. Part 1 I put out when I did because I wanted to hit a specific--albeit arbitrary--deadline which was the 40th anniversary of the original Moose Lodge gig. I have a full time job and I am a father of two young kids, so I don't get to spend as much time on this as I would like, but I am working on it whenever I can. Thank you all again and I can't wait to show you Part 2!
Good job man. It’s cool to see someone put the hard work and enthusiasm into a band like Black Flag. Those bland MTV/VH1 ‘Behind the Music’ shows about awful, generic hair metal bands annoy me so much. More Black Flag, Bad Brains, Husker Du, fIREHOSE.....!
saw them in the same year in some disco. punks smashed the glass doors and made a little riot. then they paid ticked and all went it. I was going to comment that there were hundreds of articles in fanzines and sheets and printed stuff about b f only way back in the days and not available on amazon now and on the internet.. wich is good in a way. I dont really like seeing fashion people with four bars t shirt and squares in the streets with trasher or ramones t shirt because its fashionable. give it back ! there was this middle eastern guy blasting this raggeton thing on the radio and he had a ramones t shirt.. as if..
I met Dez last January, he’s a really nice man! I asked him to sign my Black Flag album and he took one look at it, smiled said “Who the fuck are these guys?” We laughed and then he signed the album and I took a photo with him. Coolest musician I ever met!
That’s awesome. I saw Dez in person in 2015 when he was playing with the latest lineup of the Misfits. I met Greg in 2014 right after Black Flag (the latest lineup) finished their set and got a picture with him too. I wish I could upload it here. A real laid-back and cool guy.
I am stoked that the very first thing you show is my painted 'four bars' backdrop. Yep, believe it or not I painted that fucking backdrop! This cut was recorded at Target Video in San Francisco, just after Henry had joined the band. My band's (Sick Pleasure/Code of Honor) guitarist, Mike Fox, had his little recording/rehearsal studio in back of Target, and he usually took care of the sound side of recordings made there. I had enjoyed making a backdrop for our Sick Pleasure videos, so I offered to make one for this session and Joe (Rees - Target) was into it. I remember I had laid it out on the floor, masked it up and was in the middle of filling in the bars when the band arrived. Rollins came right over and said "Wow, that's the biggest one I've ever seen!" Thanks Henry, I'll put that away, but what do you think of the backdrop? Anyway, the way those shoots were done was that they would have a closed session in the afternoon and then open the doors for a live set on the same night. That way you could use the sound from the early shoot and cut the video from the live shoot into it. It worked pretty well. So ... fucking cool. Sal Paradise (ex- Sick Pleasure/Code of Honor etc. drummer)
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it. I can't even count how much time I spent reading, writing, re-writing, recording, re-recording, not to mention the time I spent in my car just thinking about how I was going to structure it.
Every time i hear the opening chords to "nervous breakdown" it sends a rush of dopamine throughout my body. For 20 years, nothing sets me free like this. My broken back, 34 year old body feels like im 14 again skateboarding.
Was always fascinated by Ginn. Seems like a weird dude, but he could make a guitar screech, howl and disorientate like no other guitar player. Very underrated and influential player!
I went to "The Church" in Hermosa when it was still a functioning Baptist church, in its waning days in the early 70s when it was struggling and on life support with about a dozen parishioners. Then it was shuttered and reopened as a hippie arts & crafts co-op. Eventually it closed and the next time I visited was around late 79-early '80 with a friend to see a bro of his, Ron Reyes, who was living in a high cupboard in the basement. Keith I knew from Platterpuss Records in Manhattan Beach, where he was the youngest of a group of prog rock fans into bands like early Genesis w/ Peter Gabriel. When I heard "Wasted" I had to laugh; Keith had come a long way from his Genesis days!
What a fantastic doco. Your full time job should be in film. There are now lots of cut and paste jobs about early punk/hardcore on TH-cam, but this is clearly the work of a talented individual. First time I have subscribed to anything or anyone. Can't wait to see what you do next.
Thanks for Your contribution to Punk Rock History. I was 16 in 1980 living in Glendale Calif. and was able to see Black Flag many times when they played in and around Hollywood. This brought back many fun and fond memories. And yes You are correct, L.A.P.D. did attend EVERY venue that B.F. played. Never inside, always outside waiting for "US" to leave. I was way more afraid of getting stomped by them than thrashing in the Slam Pit.
Seriously awesome job on this doc. The footage and pictures you found are amazing. It needed to be done for exactly the reason you stated. This band is criminally not acclaimed and so little is actually known about them. Looking forward to part 2.
I hope you enjoyed part 2 as well. I do believe that the band and SST did so much to pave the way for both independent and mainstream bands for the two decades that followed them. There's even more to their influence than what I could fit in a short doc.
@@amthomas101 Part 2 was great. Really enjoyed it. Very few bands can say that they were so influential that the B-Side of one album made new genres let alone their entire catalog.
I guess I could add a few details to the earlier years ... I moved across the street from Gary McDaniels in San Pedro suburbia back in 1976. He was a few years older and was finishing up his time at UCSB. He was in a band with guitarist Ed Danky called Wurm, and my brother and I would usually be their roadies. I was heavy into Led Zeppelin-type rock but Gary turned us on to Iggy Pop which opened a whole new way of looking at music. It was an amusing time, because Gary and Ed would rent these commercial office spaces so they could use it as a living space and band practice area. This included the "penthouse" in Long Beach, and the old Mermaid Theater in San Pedro, and police interaction was a common occurrence. I graduated from High School in 1977 so when the band found an old bathhouse right on the strand in Hermosa Beach I moved in with them, knocking out a few bath stall walls to make a room. The "living spaces", if you could call them that, were upstairs, and downstairs there were three big rooms, two of which were used for band practice. Wurm used one of the rooms, and then Greg Ginn and Panic came to rent the other room. While I liked Gary's band, Panic had an edge, and it was hard not to notice Keith, who would bounce off the wall and furniture, and often urinate on either or both. The highlight of the time there for me was when they had a birthday party for Gary's wild girlfriend Tertia. By that time we had all become locals of the Hollywood punk scene, so the bands invited to play at the party included the Weirdos and the Germs. Bobby Pin, as Darby Crash was known at that time, was of course wasted, so the set was pretty trashed, as he continually pulled out his mike and attacked the crowd, including my sister, who he pulled around by the hair. Joan Jett even made an appearance, much to my surprise and pleasure. Later on Keith and I got in a dishwasher soap fight and that's about all I remember ... I moved out before the bands merged, so I never lived with Black Flag, but years later my college punk band opened for them, and they all stayed out my house that night. I still talk with Gary off and on to this day, but unfortunately Keith doesn't seem to remember me anymore. I'm going to see Black Flag in a few weeks, and I'll see if Greg remembers me, but I doubt it, he was the biggest stoner of them all.
The band was called The Users ... must have been 1983. We were the first of seven bands that played before Black Flag at the Vets Hall in San Luis Obispo CA (site of a famous Dead Kennedys police riot in 1985, but that's another story). The only reason we got to play was because we were friends of the promoter.
Sinner Train It's college, it's high school. The kids that play instruments refuse to take chances. Even the most rebellious are snobs and insist on following the template they were taught. They're proud of their education and are incredibly close minded.
Bro.... I can't explain to you my disappointment when the TH-cam auto play went to the next random video and not part two of this video, like TH-cam would normally do. Please, hurry....
That was great. I knew most of it as a Black Flag nerd, but I didn't know that they were covered on NBC. Also, love the Dukowski trip: intellectual, intense, awesome.
Awesome documentary. Unlike most TH-cam band documentaries, that have a dry delivery of facts by a creator who most likely doesn't have the passion for the music because they're just about pumping out the next short money making vid; I can hear the passion and excitement when your talking about the band. Thank you for doing what others couldn't or wouldn't. Sometimes I feel I've got to tell Skinny Puppy's story, for the he same reason you made this cool video. I'm looking forward to part two if you ever want to make it.
This is so cool I grew up in Manhattan Beach and had no idea about most of this. They still do those concerts in polliwog park and they still only have crappy cover bands.
This is straight up THE ILLEST Black Flag Doc ever made... I grew up in O.C. and they are my favorite punk group of ALL TIME... Good job, and I look forward to part 2! Henry... Props to Keith, Dez, Chuck, Chavo, Greg, Robo, Bill, Kira...
Watched 2 first. Loved the way you brought it home, and the band sounded great! Part 3? Never a Henry fan, but you need to get Ginn for us. Good luck brother, you did a great job!
As a kid I never knew anything about Black Flag, except they were supposedly really good. I remember wanting to know what punk music was and actually being sort of afraid of it, I eventually listened to Damaged and it was my favorite album for the next several months. Took a while to get into the rest but they’re undeniably still incredibly important to any and all punk adjacent music. Even though it couldn’t be a full movie, this video’s awesome, the lack of information on Black Flag is kinda shocking considering their fame. Even today it isn’t that much
Thank you for watching! There's definitely a lot of stuff I didn't get to in this that could have been expanded upon in a feature-length. I doubt that a feature length film will be made while Greg Ginn is alive, which is a shame because he is the main person who should be interviewed.
@@amthomas101 I agree it sucks, but Greg probably wouldn’t give an honest account anyways, just based of how he’s acted according to everybody else. And it seems like Henry and everyone but Kieth are done even mentioning him publicly. I’ve seen a lot of interviews where Henry keeps referring to “a person in the band” as opposed to even saying Greg. Not hating on Henry just saying it looks pretty much impossible that they could ever collaborate
I just want to say "Finally! (someone took it upon themselves to make a docu of the true REAL punkband of all time)"! Thank you, been waiting on something like this for 17 years! Black Flag is one of my biggest influences and I found so many bands related to them, the altrock movement and later grunge and so on. Gregg Ginn is one of the most underrated songwriters (and guitarplayers) of rock history! Cant wait for the next part! Again thank you and great job! :)
Hey man.... Enjoyed every moment of this amazing journey.... maybe this aint no documentary, but its much much more!!! I never saw Black Flag on gig... but i saw Henry Rollins live in Zagreb, i think 1989... anyway... today i learned a few things about the band, i never knew - thanx to you. Thank you Aaron Michael Thomas
I live not even a minute away from poliwog park. The story of Black Flag fucking that place up is passed around every time we go to the concerts in the park on Sundays during summer.
Ever since I listened to Damaged in a Kroger parking lot in suburbia during High School, Black Flag has been engrained in me. So very happy n stoked to hear there beginnings unravel in this video series! You rule! 🤓🤘🏽💥
I Love Black Flag. Esp The Pre-Rollins Era. I Love Henry Rollins but the material they released with their first 3 singers was amazing. But shit, all Flag is awesome. Damaged, My War & Slip It In was sick records!!!
Nice work in the doc however baffles me why you would tie yourself into it. I mean we as fans and listeners had our individual part in the punk scene but dang put yerself in their doc hahaha
its about gain. Usually you have a preamp channel, you turn that up to make it distort and you leave it down to keep the sound clean. Overall volume does have some bearing on the but not as much as the preamp. My main point was that Greg was by no means and innovator when it comes to tone. His nonsense lead breaks and herky jerky style was his trademark. He's also a complete twat. A bad father, bad brother, shitty boss, selfish bandmate a perfectionist bully, whilst also being a a slob..and was a right place right time right people around him person. . If you get to meet him on a bad day you will see exactly what I'm talking about.
yep can't wait for part 2 - they came to UK and i saw them at their first gig there - everything changed - amazing band still the best gig i've ever seen
Aaron, I hope you get the credit you deserve. By following the Black Flag work ethic, you got it done. Huge props, sir. Liked, subscribed, and keep it coming.
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Wow! I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has discovered the video and gave such wonderful feedback! This video nearly quadrupled in views over a weekend and I don't know how you all discovered it, but I'm so happy that you did. I just want to let you all know that I am actively working on Part 2 and will work to get it out as soon as possible, while also not rushing until I feel that it's as good as it can be. Part 1 I put out when I did because I wanted to hit a specific--albeit arbitrary--deadline which was the 40th anniversary of the original Moose Lodge gig. I have a full time job and I am a father of two young kids, so I don't get to spend as much time on this as I would like, but I am working on it whenever I can. Thank you all again and I can't wait to show you Part 2!
Cheers mate, good stuff
Great work, thanks for making this. Can't wait for part 2.
Class video my man, lookin forward till part 2.
Just came up when I was listenin till Punk Rock!
Awesome can't wait for the future parts Brother!
Good job man. It’s cool to see someone put the hard work and enthusiasm into a band like Black Flag. Those bland MTV/VH1 ‘Behind the Music’ shows about awful, generic hair metal bands annoy me so much. More Black Flag, Bad Brains, Husker Du, fIREHOSE.....!
saw black flag in 1984 for $4
Hahaha. Sheeeeet,, the "stuff" we were naive of,,,,( then ),,,,, haha
2 + 2 = 5
Damn...! You got to see them at their height! That year was when they were at their absolute tightest and feral! You lucky sonova bitch.....😁👍
saw them in the same year in some disco. punks smashed the glass doors and made a little riot. then they paid ticked and all went it. I was going to comment that there were hundreds of articles in fanzines and sheets and printed stuff about b f only way back in the days and not available on amazon now and on the internet.. wich is good in a way. I dont really like seeing fashion people with four bars t shirt and squares in the streets with trasher or ramones t shirt because its fashionable. give it back ! there was this middle eastern guy blasting this raggeton thing on the radio and he had a ramones t shirt.. as if..
Korg Kapperi that music may have been more wide-reaching than you give it credit for
I met Dez last January, he’s a really nice man! I asked him to sign my Black Flag album and he took one look at it, smiled said “Who the fuck are these guys?” We laughed and then he signed the album and I took a photo with him. Coolest musician I ever met!
That’s awesome. I saw Dez in person in 2015 when he was playing with the latest lineup of the Misfits. I met Greg in 2014 right after Black Flag (the latest lineup) finished their set and got a picture with him too. I wish I could upload it here. A real laid-back and cool guy.
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I am stoked that the very first thing you show is my painted 'four bars' backdrop. Yep, believe it or not I painted that fucking backdrop! This cut was recorded at Target Video in San Francisco, just after Henry had joined the band. My band's (Sick Pleasure/Code of Honor) guitarist, Mike Fox, had his little recording/rehearsal studio in back of Target, and he usually took care of the sound side of recordings made there. I had enjoyed making a backdrop for our Sick Pleasure videos, so I offered to make one for this session and Joe (Rees - Target) was into it. I remember I had laid it out on the floor, masked it up and was in the middle of filling in the bars when the band arrived. Rollins came right over and said "Wow, that's the biggest one I've ever seen!" Thanks Henry, I'll put that away, but what do you think of the backdrop?
Anyway, the way those shoots were done was that they would have a closed session in the afternoon and then open the doors for a live set on the same night. That way you could use the sound from the early shoot and cut the video from the live shoot into it. It worked pretty well. So ... fucking cool. Sal Paradise (ex- Sick Pleasure/Code of Honor etc. drummer)
Dude that’s sick
What price would you pay?
Ray pettibone
Wow! I missed this comment, but I'm glad I caught it now. Thank you so much for sharing! Also, beautifully done backdrop.
mad respect for you dude, that sounds about as awesome as it gets.
This is an important historical document. Thank you for putting in the hours to make this!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it. I can't even count how much time I spent reading, writing, re-writing, recording, re-recording, not to mention the time I spent in my car just thinking about how I was going to structure it.
Ron was barely in the band but I loved him. Like yes Henry is the icon but I do love his vocals and energy. It's very different than anyone else.
@Aspie-Anarchist I agree completely. I have always thought Ron was the best. I like Henry as well but Ron was the best to me.
"Change scares anyone who's part of the existing structure."
Indeed
John Burton shut the fuck up. If this is the message you take from Black Flag, then you’re not paying attention.
John Burton that's nationalist talk
@@tombuchborn
Yeah and you're spouting genocidal globalist talk. So what's your fucking point?
@@danklordsupreme8864 what is genocidal about wanting to include everyone?
@John Burton nothing. But what makes you think it's getting destroyed? A couple of brown people came to your country?
Hahaha. Rumors era Fleetwood Mac covers. Man, I can see those promoters saying to each other "I thought you said...." "That's what he TOLD me."
I used similar lines to get shows many times 😂
The best part is? It seems that the audience turned out to love it. Lmao
I gagged!😂
Every time i hear the opening chords to "nervous breakdown" it sends a rush of dopamine throughout my body. For 20 years, nothing sets me free like this. My broken back, 34 year old body feels like im 14 again skateboarding.
Beast.
That whole EP is so amazing. "Fix Me" is one of my favorite punk songs of all time.
I broke my back.. spinal
Iron Mike
@@pinehawk9600 spinal
@@amthomas101hell yeah
I love Black Flag but one of the things that appealed to me was the raw sound. It sure didn't sound like they were practicing for 3+ hours every day.
When you listen to the 82 demos you get the sense though, for whatever reason they were super tight on those recordings
can't wait for part 2!
Came here to say exactly this.
wow why is the guy in your video styled like how we grew up why are actually HORDES of that generation styled like how we grew up l o l
I just spent a half hour looking at some of the Pettibon fliers.
Wow.
He really had so much to do with the band image and identity.
Hey lev! Nice to see you in the wild!
Ray does not get the credit he deserves. He had so much to do with building an interest in the band and the iconic imagery.
Was always fascinated by Ginn. Seems like a weird dude, but he could make a guitar screech, howl and disorientate like no other guitar player. Very underrated and influential player!
Sounds like the Josh Homme of the band..... analogous to how Homme did those men with Kyuss.
@@Commander1kellerJosh Homme has stated that Greg Ginn has been a big influence on his playing particularly the later era of Black Flag.
Greg pay your fellow band mates royalties!
and feed your kids
Why?
@@DiogenesOfCa well fuck you too
Outstanding! Part 2! Part 2! Part 2! Never thought I'd see this. I juuuust missed them live, I was a year too young to drive to them :-(
I saw them back along time ago in a vfw hall in Louisville, Ky. Great show. $4 five bands around 100 or less there.
@@williamschutz4982 Jealous here. :-)
I went to "The Church" in Hermosa when it was still a functioning Baptist church, in its waning days in the early 70s when it was struggling and on life support with about a dozen parishioners. Then it was shuttered and reopened as a hippie arts & crafts co-op. Eventually it closed and the next time I visited was around late 79-early '80 with a friend to see a bro of his, Ron Reyes, who was living in a high cupboard in the basement. Keith I knew from Platterpuss Records in Manhattan Beach, where he was the youngest of a group of prog rock fans into bands like early Genesis w/ Peter Gabriel. When I heard "Wasted" I had to laugh; Keith had come a long way from his Genesis days!
Lol that's awesome
What a fantastic doco. Your full time job should be in film. There are now lots of cut and paste jobs about early punk/hardcore on TH-cam, but this is clearly the work of a talented individual. First time I have subscribed to anything or anyone. Can't wait to see what you do next.
xasperations Thank you so much! That means a lot to me!
xasperations seriously get on it
@@amthomas101 can you do a documentary on mad caddies (ska punk band)
At least call it American Punk or something, To me early punk was England 1977
Outstanding. I hope you get the chance to tell the whole story someday.
OUTSTOMPING!!
Thanks for Your contribution to Punk Rock History. I was 16 in 1980 living in Glendale Calif. and was able to see Black Flag many times when they played in and around Hollywood. This brought back many fun and fond memories. And yes You are correct, L.A.P.D. did attend EVERY venue that B.F. played. Never inside, always outside waiting for "US" to leave. I was way more afraid of getting stomped by them than thrashing in the Slam Pit.
Dam. Did anyone get killed ?
@@JaySoul711 Do You mean by the L.A.P.D.? No.
Gimme Gimme Gimme, I need some more! (Part 2)
I'm thirsty & misarabl e for part 2
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(part) 1,2,3,4!
Kevin Mitchell keep me alive! Until he makes part 2
17 minutes of awesome ! Thank you
LOL, I learned more about this band in 16 minutes than I did my whole life!
Seriously awesome job on this doc. The footage and pictures you found are amazing. It needed to be done for exactly the reason you stated. This band is criminally not acclaimed and so little is actually known about them. Looking forward to part 2.
I hope you enjoyed part 2 as well. I do believe that the band and SST did so much to pave the way for both independent and mainstream bands for the two decades that followed them. There's even more to their influence than what I could fit in a short doc.
@@amthomas101 Part 2 was great. Really enjoyed it. Very few bands can say that they were so influential that the B-Side of one album made new genres let alone their entire catalog.
Thank you it's about time someone gave the proper credit to this legendary band
My introduction to punk music was the soundtrack from the Decline of Western Civilization and I've hooked ever since
I have never been happier for something to show up in my recommended feed. I cannot wait for part two!! Keep up the good work man!
I guess I could add a few details to the earlier years ... I moved across the street from Gary McDaniels in San Pedro suburbia back in 1976. He was a few years older and was finishing up his time at UCSB. He was in a band with guitarist Ed Danky called Wurm, and my brother and I would usually be their roadies. I was heavy into Led Zeppelin-type rock but Gary turned us on to Iggy Pop which opened a whole new way of looking at music. It was an amusing time, because Gary and Ed would rent these commercial office spaces so they could use it as a living space and band practice area. This included the "penthouse" in Long Beach, and the old Mermaid Theater in San Pedro, and police interaction was a common occurrence. I graduated from High School in 1977 so when the band found an old bathhouse right on the strand in Hermosa Beach I moved in with them, knocking out a few bath stall walls to make a room. The "living spaces", if you could call them that, were upstairs, and downstairs there were three big rooms, two of which were used for band practice. Wurm used one of the rooms, and then Greg Ginn and Panic came to rent the other room. While I liked Gary's band, Panic had an edge, and it was hard not to notice Keith, who would bounce off the wall and furniture, and often urinate on either or both. The highlight of the time there for me was when they had a birthday party for Gary's wild girlfriend Tertia. By that time we had all become locals of the Hollywood punk scene, so the bands invited to play at the party included the Weirdos and the Germs. Bobby Pin, as Darby Crash was known at that time, was of course wasted, so the set was pretty trashed, as he continually pulled out his mike and attacked the crowd, including my sister, who he pulled around by the hair. Joan Jett even made an appearance, much to my surprise and pleasure. Later on Keith and I got in a dishwasher soap fight and that's about all I remember ... I moved out before the bands merged, so I never lived with Black Flag, but years later my college punk band opened for them, and they all stayed out my house that night. I still talk with Gary off and on to this day, but unfortunately Keith doesn't seem to remember me anymore. I'm going to see Black Flag in a few weeks, and I'll see if Greg remembers me, but I doubt it, he was the biggest stoner of them all.
that’s really tight, i wish i got to see them in their early years. also, what was your band?
The band was called The Users ... must have been 1983. We were the first of seven bands that played before Black Flag at the Vets Hall in San Luis Obispo CA (site of a famous Dead Kennedys police riot in 1985, but that's another story). The only reason we got to play was because we were friends of the promoter.
The box truck with the bars on the back was painted right in front of me at the venue in Enfield Connecticut where I had booked them twice
Enfield Connecticut? By any chance, was it the Enfield Roller Rink?
Brilliant! I would buy a DVD copy of this if ever made!
Nervous breakdown changed my life.
Wait...there was NO DISTORTION on Nervous Breakdown!?
haha sameee
Pretty gnarly
I guess you have to ask yourself..."what IS distortion?"
This was when music was still dangerous. It's VERY rarely so these days, unfortunately. That said, I am afraid of Imagine Dragons. ;-)
Sinner Train
It's college, it's high school. The kids that play instruments refuse to take chances. Even the most rebellious are snobs and insist on following the template they were taught. They're proud of their education and are incredibly close minded.
Cobb Knobbler agree
Cobb Knobbler why would any half decent person not hate Trump? What’s to like about him?
Matthew A Idk I dislike him but I don’t HATE him, cuz we are stuck with him for now lol
This Nearly Produced Tears To My Eyes - Fantastic Work Here!
Thank you so much!
I just realized a black flag is for classic anarchist...i feel like my eyes have been closed for 30 yrs
Bro....
I can't explain to you my disappointment when the TH-cam auto play went to the next random video and not part two of this video, like TH-cam would normally do.
Please, hurry....
Tribute to punk rock death was the first punk rock band from Detroit :) ..
Ron Witek I love Death. They have an excellent documentary already made about them, though
That was really good....plenty I didn’t know and pictures never seen. (Black Flag fan since 82)
This is GREAT! Black Flag is very important to me, (yes I have a 'bars tattoo!) thank you for your hard work, it's excellent
Is it even a punk doc, if Keith Morris isn’t in it?!
Great Job Aaron!
Commenting for the algorithm and to say thanks for making this
their riffs are crushing, memorable, and PUNK. no overt techinal waffle just straight raw goodnes.
black fukin flag
Saw them in 84, 85 and 86 - all with Henry.
No shit.....that’s awesome. It’s great you got to see them in 84 when they were so tight and feral!😁👍
And he was a Dick, thought he was the shit
Chuck Dukowski was such as important member of that band. Henry always name checks him, and with good reason.
William Sullivan It's funny he took his name from LA writer Charles bukowski and just altered it slightly.
My favorite bassist
When Part 2 is ready, we'll be ready. Thank you very much for your effort!!
Dude you didn't talk about how Robo join the band? He changed their sound.
“My head was fine, but the brick cracked in half.”
Dude this is rad! Really excited for part 2!
There's no part II yet? I need it. I want it. Must have it.
Excellent content my guy. I haven't even researched into all of the sources you have. Now I don't have to lol.
One of my all time favorites. First heard them at my birthday party. “Who’s got the 10 and 1/2?” It changed my life.
Great live album👍
I am so happy that my very first girlfriend hipped me to this band way back in 1985 -- I wish I could have seen them live.
Please upload the rest of the story...I BEG YOU
That was great. I knew most of it as a Black Flag nerd, but I didn't know that they were covered on NBC. Also, love the Dukowski trip: intellectual, intense, awesome.
Awesome documentary. Unlike most TH-cam band documentaries, that have a dry delivery of facts by a creator who most likely doesn't have the passion for the music because they're just about pumping out the next short money making vid; I can hear the passion and excitement when your talking about the band.
Thank you for doing what others couldn't or wouldn't.
Sometimes I feel I've got to tell Skinny Puppy's story, for the he same reason you made this cool video. I'm looking forward to part two if you ever want to make it.
Greg "i will sue you but Black Flag" Ginn...yikes
You've done a really a nice job of this. I'm sure part 2 will be worth the wait.
This is very enjoyable. Great job, friend.
This is so cool I grew up in Manhattan Beach and had no idea about most of this. They still do those concerts in polliwog park and they still only have crappy cover bands.
This is straight up THE ILLEST Black Flag Doc ever made... I grew up in O.C. and they are my favorite punk group of ALL TIME... Good job, and I look forward to part 2! Henry...
Props to Keith, Dez, Chuck, Chavo, Greg, Robo, Bill, Kira...
I hope you can do some stuff about Prog rock
Häagen-Dazs. Fucking Häagen-Dazs. Henry Rollins worked at Häagen-Dazs. LOL.
My god thank you! I've always wanted to know their history
Watched 2 first. Loved the way you brought it home, and the band sounded great! Part 3? Never a Henry fan, but you need to get Ginn for us. Good luck brother, you did a great job!
Dez and Rollins best singers. They brought the party factor of the band up to a full scale riot band!
Definitely gonna need a part two,this was fantastic!
Excellent documentary! I seen Black Flag with Henry a few times in the 80's in Detroit.
No shit! I’m from Detroit, do you remember what club?🤔
@@evanabbott2737 harpos? Maybe
Saw them in Ann Arbor at a place called The Nectarine Ballroom back in the day.
@@evanabbott2737 The Hungry Brain & The Graystone (which is the same club with different name) on Michigan Ave.
jammko1970 wow I know that area....that’s so cool, thanks man🤔👍
Dude, when I was almost 10 in 1980 I read a BLACK FLAG review in a Surfer magazine, rest of the info is on the back of the Everything Went Black album
As a kid I never knew anything about Black Flag, except they were supposedly really good. I remember wanting to know what punk music was and actually being sort of afraid of it, I eventually listened to Damaged and it was my favorite album for the next several months. Took a while to get into the rest but they’re undeniably still incredibly important to any and all punk adjacent music.
Even though it couldn’t be a full movie, this video’s awesome, the lack of information on Black Flag is kinda shocking considering their fame. Even today it isn’t that much
Thank you for watching! There's definitely a lot of stuff I didn't get to in this that could have been expanded upon in a feature-length. I doubt that a feature length film will be made while Greg Ginn is alive, which is a shame because he is the main person who should be interviewed.
@@amthomas101 I agree it sucks, but Greg probably wouldn’t give an honest account anyways, just based of how he’s acted according to everybody else. And it seems like Henry and everyone but Kieth are done even mentioning him publicly. I’ve seen a lot of interviews where Henry keeps referring to “a person in the band” as opposed to even saying Greg. Not hating on Henry just saying it looks pretty much impossible that they could ever collaborate
This is damn good, and edited really well. Can't wait for part 2!
Thank you so much! You're in luck, because it'll be done this week!
I'm completely Native, my uncle once accused me of being a white supremacist because I got a Black Flag tattoo on my back -_-
Lol!!!! That's hilarious!
I was a rodie for them in their My War tour
I just want to say "Finally! (someone took it upon themselves to make a docu of the true REAL punkband of all time)"! Thank you, been waiting on something like this for 17 years! Black Flag is one of my biggest influences and I found so many bands related to them, the altrock movement and later grunge and so on. Gregg Ginn is one of the most underrated songwriters (and guitarplayers) of rock history! Cant wait for the next part! Again thank you and great job! :)
Blue Greenface Thanks! I hope you’ll love Part 2 just as much! Will have that done soon
Black flag was the first punk I listened to 1990 I think , born in 80 but it stuck with me for life
Hey man.... Enjoyed every moment of this amazing journey.... maybe this aint no documentary, but its much much more!!! I never saw Black Flag on gig... but i saw Henry Rollins live in Zagreb, i think 1989... anyway... today i learned a few things about the band, i never knew - thanx to you. Thank you Aaron Michael Thomas
I live not even a minute away from poliwog park. The story of Black Flag fucking that place up is passed around every time we go to the concerts in the park on Sundays during summer.
Ever since I listened to Damaged in a Kroger parking lot in suburbia during High School, Black Flag has been engrained in me. So very happy n stoked to hear there beginnings unravel in this video series! You rule! 🤓🤘🏽💥
Damaged got me through high school!😁👍
I Like Keith Morris the best on vocals but I’m also glad he left to form Circle Jerks and later Off
Saw them in 1982 at Pico's Toy store, anyone remember that place? An out of business store that rented it out at night for local bands. EPIC
I did a video interview with him when they were kind of unknowns and he used to be very thin @ 1980 in Philly.
Informative and enjoyable. Well done Aaron~
Rob/Boston
Great work. Thanks.
I Love Black Flag. Esp The Pre-Rollins Era. I Love Henry Rollins but the material they released with their first 3 singers was amazing. But shit, all Flag is awesome. Damaged, My War & Slip It In was sick records!!!
I always felt the same . Rollins is like jock rock grunting out lyrics like a cheer leaders, he's to into his own fame ( not cool)
jimmyjambhere
Ur rite!
Thanks for providing me specifics about SST!
Growing up in the 80s & 90s was a lot of fun. :)
Nice work in the doc however baffles me why you would tie yourself into it. I mean we as fans and listeners had our individual part in the punk scene but dang put yerself in their doc hahaha
I loved it. Thank you, man!
Hearing Henry talk about his experience seeing them take off in the van made my heart hurt.
There's a video interview of him telling the full story about it on here somewhere. It's worth watching.
The part about him being empty and going to haagen daz sounds familiar🤣...😂....😅....😏....😐....😭
Jk folks, I'm doing fine😉
I can't believe that Greg used a clean tone on nervous breakdown! Absolutely insane
@@stevedevice1866 A valve amp's natural overdrive is when you crank the volume, right? I wasn't saying it was an original idea too.
its about gain. Usually you have a preamp channel, you turn that up to make it distort and you leave it down to keep the sound clean. Overall volume does have some bearing on the but not as much as the preamp. My main point was that Greg was by no means and innovator when it comes to tone. His nonsense lead breaks and herky jerky style was his trademark. He's also a complete twat. A bad father, bad brother, shitty boss, selfish bandmate a perfectionist bully, whilst also being a a slob..and was a right place right time right people around him person. . If you get to meet him on a bad day you will see exactly what I'm talking about.
Love black flag. I have the logo tattooed on my tricep
Thank you so much! Really good work
I'm an ol schooler...and I approve this video...
Fucking AWESOME!!! Can't wait for part 2 mate!
TV Party! That's Incredible!
Very good work, really hope to see more man!!
Yoooooo what the fuuuck?? Where’s the rest!! That was really good!!
yep can't wait for part 2 - they came to UK and i saw them at their first gig there - everything changed - amazing band
still the best gig i've ever seen
Absolutely outstanding. I'd pay for this. Keep up the good work and thank you for your dedication to telling Black Flag's story.
Aaron, I hope you get the credit you deserve. By following the Black Flag work ethic, you got it done. Huge props, sir. Liked, subscribed, and keep it coming.
you chose the stage name Chuck Dukowski??