I had this original vinyl 45 record signed by Kieth Morris in 1979 when they played at West Hillhurst community centre in Calgary Alberta. They played this in the same order as the record. It was the most insane thing I'd ever heard in my 17 year old life at the time. I played it for my 23 year old son today. His comment was, "you listened to that live ? - whoa !!" The SubHumans from Vancouver BC played the same show.
Us Brits moved away from punk and formed amazing post-punk bands, but America took British punk and made it better:)))))))) Faster, tighter, more conviction, the real deal. Not including the Pistols ofc, they were the real deal too. Not knocking the Clash, but Minor Threat didn't hear "White Riot" and think "Yes, we have to do this."
• Nervous Breakdown - 0:00 • I'm about To have a nervous breakdown My head really hurts If I don't find a way out of here I'm gonna go berserk 'cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders It's going berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk The same old lines Don't tell me that today, Yeah If you know what's good for you You'll get out of my way 'Cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Going berserk I won't apologize For acting outta line You see the way I am You leave any time you can cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Going berserk Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! I don't care what you fuckin' do I don't care what you fuckin' say I'm so sick of everything I just wanna die • Fix Me - 2:09 • Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Someday we'll all be rich Someday I won't listen to you bitch I'll turn up the volume And you can hear all the shit we play just for you Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Fix it • I've Had It - 3:06 • I can't go to work The boss is a jerk I ain't got time for this school The little fuckers are fools I'm going to explode I've had it I lie around with the TV on I don't do nothin', I just hang around Waitin' for your call But I don't know where to fall I'm going to explode I've had it It's no use I can't take no more abuse I'm tired of the fuckin' lines I'm losing my mind I'm going to explode I've had it Killin' all your dreams Really who remembers? I play guitar for my car And I won't get very far I'm going to explode • Wasted - 4:31 • I was so wasted I was a hippie I was a burnout I was a dropout I was out of my head I was a surfer I had a skateboard I was so heavy man, I lived on the strand I was so wasted I was so fucked up I was so messed up I was so screwed up I was out of my head I was so jacked up I was so drunk up I was so knocked out, I was out of my head I was so wasted I was wasted
Sera haha. Im still living it h.c. always will. Going without black flag is like sucking a condom full of sperm in front of the super indendant of the prison
I was in 7th grade in 1992. My boyfriend made me a mixtape. The tape was translucent grass green and had a white label with a rainbow logo printed on it. This song was on that tape.
I play (played?) in an underground band (stopped playing in COVID). Whenever we had one of those rare gigs with 1000+ people and we were shitting our pants that we had to go out there and play 10 songs to a horde of ravid beasts, I'd wait until the stage guy told us "5 minutes", then crawl into a corner and blast this EP into my ears as high as the headphones allowed. I then jumped on stage super pumped and sang and screamed my head off. Fuck yes. If you have any blood in you, this EP turns you into the guy on the right of the cover.
One of the first bands to break away from trying to sound British at the time. Even my hometown band D.O.A 's early recordings sounded a bit British punk in 81 .
Ah, memories of being at some party in Denton, TX, 2007 or so. Me with my shirt off but supplying the weed, half the people at the party yelling for me to leave, the other half begging me to smoke them out. All us stoners in a room, jumping and dancing around to this one. I love all punks. To great times past and to come.
@@dgarcia8421yeah Mike Valley is a great fit for black flag. , I have yet to see them in the current line up. But I saw the circle jerks last Friday night, with the adolescents, and the Decedents. 3 bands 3 hours 80 to 90 songs. The decedents played 35, with no breaks or filler.
How did they know what just happened to me.I’m half way through the school year and flunking.I’ve got an angry grandma and I feel like a failure. So,I just had a breakdown.
Reminds me when I held back the business manager at school with his chair. Sure there were threats. I told him to 'wake up youre gonna be ok, youll manage'.
Few bands really defined the 70s/80s... Black flag... Poison idea .... Agnostic front... Lockjaw... Reagan youth.... Warzone... & black market baby...OH SORRY BAD BRAINS TOO
@@Trifixion22 Agreed, but not as heavy as this. The guitar tones and the intensity here is ridiculously fierce. That being said, Lexicon Devil is super raw and the song No God is especially intense. Both EPs are top notch all time classics for sure.
I dont care how old you are... This is one of those Albums you Always Return to.
Based profile
Its an EP
Fountain of youth!
I had this original vinyl 45 record signed by Kieth Morris in 1979 when they played at West Hillhurst community centre in Calgary Alberta. They played this in the same order as the record. It was the most insane thing I'd ever heard in my 17 year old life at the time. I played it for my 23 year old son today. His comment was, "you listened to that live ? - whoa !!" The SubHumans from Vancouver BC played the same show.
Right on im from calgary
Awesome 😎 love Subhumans as well
Sweet! Read COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN.
By Thomas C. Stuhr
Subhumans were boss. Also I was in love w the Dishrags. Saw them in Seattle back in the day. Canadian punk is nothing to sneeze at.
@@stephenfernald2490🇨🇦🍁🇵🇦⛺🐻❄️👑
Crazy to think that something like this was recorded in 1978. Just amazing.
Us Brits moved away from punk and formed amazing post-punk bands, but America took British punk and made it better:))))))))
Faster, tighter, more conviction, the real deal.
Not including the Pistols ofc, they were the real deal too.
Not knocking the Clash, but Minor Threat didn't hear "White Riot" and think "Yes, we have to do this."
True indeed. Amazing.
Read. WITNESS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
By Thomas C. Stuhr
Fits this time way too good, fucking love keith morris black flag.
If the Cars got really high on coke and really pissed off.
@@JamesNames-yo3ou Yes!
Nervous breakdown: I just wanna die.
Fix me: I don't wanna be dead.
Welcome to BPD...
The duality of man.
The human condition
I guess he was having a......... Nervous Breakdown.
Welcome to the Amazing World Of Mood Disorder
keith morris's black flag = BOSS.
i so agree , though it was greg ginns band but thats why i am a huge circle jerks fan.
TH3HOLYJ3BUS it was greg ginn's band.... but the energy came out from when keith was on vocals
ULTRAS X fuck yah!
ULTRAS X like yeah i ment
The bestest
the most important 7 inch in punk rock history
im the most important 7 inch in punk cock history
The most important 7 inch to me
Great choice!
The most important 7 inch ever... period
7 inches is pretty important.
• Nervous Breakdown - 0:00 •
I'm about
To have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
If I don't find a way out of here
I'm gonna go berserk 'cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
It's going berserk
I hear the same old talk talk talk
The same old lines
Don't tell me that today,
Yeah If you know what's good for you
You'll get out of my way 'Cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Going berserk
I won't apologize
For acting outta line
You see the way I am
You leave any time you can cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Going berserk
Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!
I don't care what you fuckin' do
I don't care what you fuckin' say
I'm so sick of everything
I just wanna die
• Fix Me - 2:09 •
Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't want to be dead
Someday we'll all be rich
Someday I won't listen to you bitch
I'll turn up the volume And you can hear all the shit we play just for you
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't want to be dead
Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't want to be dead
Fix it
• I've Had It - 3:06 •
I can't go to work
The boss is a jerk
I ain't got time for this school
The little fuckers are fools
I'm going to explode
I've had it
I lie around with the TV on
I don't do nothin', I just hang around
Waitin' for your call
But I don't know where to fall
I'm going to explode
I've had it
It's no use
I can't take no more abuse
I'm tired of the fuckin' lines
I'm losing my mind
I'm going to explode
I've had it
Killin' all your dreams
Really who remembers?
I play guitar for my car
And I won't get very far
I'm going to explode
• Wasted - 4:31 •
I was so wasted
I was a hippie
I was a burnout
I was a dropout
I was out of my head
I was a surfer
I had a skateboard
I was so heavy man, I lived on the strand
I was so wasted
I was so fucked up
I was so messed up
I was so screwed up
I was out of my head
I was so jacked up
I was so drunk up
I was so knocked out, I was out of my head
I was so wasted
I was wasted
Would ted like black flag, i feel like ge would
@@lynnpehrson8826 Prolly, though Ted seemed too cynical even for punk
@@smokey3504 yeah, i doubt he like music, but it may of resonated on some level
The lyrics to waisted are incorrect
I was so drugged up,
I was nebbed up, I was out of my head.
Moshing with my dog
AJ LUNA hahaha!
my dog hides qhen i put this on lol
best comment
Moshing with my rat
@@JustTooManyPuppies i want a rat
Such a testament to how great Black flag is. In their following albums, they have songs longer than this entire EP and still kick so much ass
Best punk EP ever made imho. Nervous Breakdown, Fix Me and Wasted? Fuck yeah!!
Punk rock is so great and will always be
sad this album is so short, it's so cool.
+Mads Sigurd That's because it's not an "album," it's an EP. But you are right.
It’s the perfect length. They packed at least 50 album’s worth of pure explosive angst into a short little 7” EP. wouldn’t have it any other way.
It's perfect good artist leave you wanting more.
maybe check out the everything went black compilation album. it has a few recorings of songs with kieth on vocals and the other 2 vocalists
Life is so short at least one was cool?
How to understand the ethos of hardcore in under six minutes.
Sera a beginners guide to punking out
Sera haha. Im still living it h.c. always will. Going without black flag is like sucking a condom full of sperm in front of the super indendant of the prison
Read. COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN.
By Thomas C. Stuhr 💀
This EP literally describes my life. It's amazing
+NoValues bummer man
+NoValues no bummer man. this album was made for people like me and you
Me too bro, me too
Hey guys
me too brother, this shit keeps me going
This is 40 years old.. holy hell.
yep, punk never ages, its always exciting and the strong rebellious spirit of punk never dies.
I was in 7th grade in 1992. My boyfriend made me a mixtape. The tape was translucent grass green and had a white label with a rainbow logo printed on it. This song was on that tape.
That riff on fix me is so badass
One of the greatest, most important EP's ever released
I play (played?) in an underground band (stopped playing in COVID). Whenever we had one of those rare gigs with 1000+ people and we were shitting our pants that we had to go out there and play 10 songs to a horde of ravid beasts, I'd wait until the stage guy told us "5 minutes", then crawl into a corner and blast this EP into my ears as high as the headphones allowed.
I then jumped on stage super pumped and sang and screamed my head off. Fuck yes. If you have any blood in you, this EP turns you into the guy on the right of the cover.
This shit changed my life. OC/LA PUNK scene just starting out😎🖕🏽🔥💯
Roger that man.
@@Mr.Grinch510 dk at the whiskey circa 1980? It was so punk for the time!!! F ing great.
One of the first bands to break away from trying to sound British at the time. Even my hometown band D.O.A 's early recordings sounded a bit British punk in 81 .
Nervous breakdown is the coolest short ep
L.A. during the 80's made me the man I am now #depressed #Anxious #shellShocked
F yea, musta listened back then over one thousand times.
Keith is Flag seen them in H.B. 79. Love the Circle Jerks as well
Excellent
Nothing ever came as close to defining American punk rock than this EP.
Definitely American punk not British punk because sex pistols took that
Read the book. COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN.
BY THOMAS C STUHR
Ah, memories of being at some party in Denton, TX, 2007 or so. Me with my shirt off but supplying the weed, half the people at the party yelling for me to leave, the other half begging me to smoke them out. All us stoners in a room, jumping and dancing around to this one. I love all punks. To great times past and to come.
Greatest hardcore album of all time. Keith is the best hardcore vocalist ever too. I have spoken, thank you all.
Covered nervous breakdown at my school. Along with TSOL's code blue. I got funny looks for a week lol
And than I got wasted after.
cheers mate
legend
Got video? Put it on TH-cam
Code Blue? How'd they react when you said you want to fuck the dead?
Thanks for sharing. Very powerful... And raw... Beautiful...
this is incredible. truely.
theme song for waking up every day.
saw Dez sing this the other night... fucking hell. it was glorious
Grande el caleño Robo saludos de chile
they (Flag) blew my mind how good they sounded at last year's
Punk Rock Bowling!
Lol flag
@@dgarcia8421yeah Mike Valley is a great fit for black flag. , I have yet to see them in the current line up. But I saw the circle jerks last Friday night, with the adolescents, and the Decedents. 3 bands 3 hours 80 to 90 songs. The decedents played 35, with no breaks or filler.
If you want to know how ahead of it's time this was, Lennon could of been listening to this record before he died.
This song changed my life.
I have this original ep mint. It's going into my coffin. Dig it out
🤣
I DEDICATE THIS SONG TO MEDICATED PEOPLE!
Thank you
Which one
Nervous breakdown and Depression are the two Black Flag songs that stand out above the rest.
I got to listen to an original 45 one time. I think there are 4 songs on it. Maybe the best EP ever made.
I fucking love everything about this EP. Especially I've had it.
Love that chunky sounding guitar
Después de tantos años sigue siendo una verdadera obra de arte
Keith Morris started two of the best punk rock bands.
three if you include OFF!
@@dreamsinthewitchhouse Off! isn't one of the best punk rock bands.
@@dreamsinthewitchhouse OFF! is rad as fuck but I wouldn't put them with the ranks of Black Flag or the Circle jerks. Good shit tho regardless.
I was young when this sonics set on fire music hall stages and personal stereos. Your hide was slick w napalm after listening twice or thrice.
That’s what makes it so good. Dez, Henry and all those other cool dudes knew how to leave us wanting for more right?’
bloody fantastic the old Black Flag !
Keith Morris can do no wrong. Ever . Nuff said .
Thanks for uploading it!
i use to listen to this on the bus to school in 2003
it was a mixed cd i burned with black flag subhumans broken bones and discharge. i was using like some aol shit.
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
I needed this now more than ever
0:00 legend was born
I love the Ramones, but this shit makes them look like a children's band. This is THE FIRST TRUE PUNK RELEASE in my book.
Nevermind the Bollocks? Out of Vogue?
Nevermind about the second one
Volkner I hate the Sex Pistols, this is way meaner than them and their junkie bassist.
Much more aggressive
different sounds american punk and british
This song.. LOL Made my day.
Still relevant during this Covid craziness.
this record is a chair right in the head
Awesome EP!
This EP got me through high school.
...And if you like this check out "just another teenage rebel" by The OUTCASTS (Ireland 1978). Very similar guitar and bass riffs...
One of the greatest recordings ever released in human history. Denigrate it. It was waiting for you.
Hard to believe it was so long ago?!
1-2-3-4!
the last part of wasted is cut off. He says at last ...I was wasting
+Mads Sigurd *wasted
Nudel yeah. Its the new version of waisted.
how I feel now. crazy crazy
Nice one!
best punk release in history
I dunno. That’s a pretty tall order. One of the best for sure.
that's either Fun House or Unknown Pleasures
In Search Of... is and awesome album, didnt know.thete was any other Punk fans that liked N.E.R.D Lmao
Germ's GI is up there too. Both are def top 5
Lunaseur yessir!
Berserk!!!!!
Fucking awesome forever
Who doesn't like Black Flag?
Best five minutes ever!
WONDERFUL...KEITH THE BEST.....
You see the way I am, you leave anytime you want
I enjoy getting altered and listening to this
I felt like that guy in the corner in the cover everyday in high school. Still do, but especially back then.
Yep
Do dana današnjeg nitko bolje nije objasnio cijeli proces živčanog sloma i oporavka od istoga.
O pa dobar dan
bonita balada, que tengáis buenos sueños
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown; my head really hurts. lol BF wl Ginn was a real hoot.
Great
Keith Morris rules
what happened to the end?? i was waiting for the I WAS WASTED
How did they know what just happened to me.I’m half way through the school year and flunking.I’ve got an angry grandma and I feel like a failure. So,I just had a breakdown.
A great one
Reminds me when I held back the business manager at school with his chair. Sure there were threats. I told him to 'wake up youre gonna be ok, youll manage'.
There is a lot of Black Flag in Nirvana's music. Agree?
Think they really worked with that heavy post-punk style.
Yes. Kurt Kobain loved black flag.
I really got in at Damaged…. But Keith’s voice is superior…. Tho Rollins kills Six Pack and TV party
Fukn epic...
I legit didn't know this was a black flag song till rn!
I was there in the late 70's with these bands in Hermosa. I know, 'I'm so cool.' But it was really pretty bitchin to be there...
Ever visit the church?
@@rocknroll_jezus9233 Knew of it; don't remember ever being there
@@adammwalch respectable, I bet the south bay's a big place
Lies
@@TheWatts547 Wow. What a bitter, angry and ignorant comment.
funniest part after all these years is that he had a skateboard. he didnt necessarily ride it based on the information given, just HAD it.
Few bands really defined the 70s/80s... Black flag... Poison idea .... Agnostic front... Lockjaw... Reagan youth.... Warzone... & black market baby...OH SORRY BAD BRAINS TOO
2019 😎
I was indeed wasted
Kids of the black hole is longer than this whole EP, and thats one song. Punk as fuck
The great band The Formaldehyde Junkies (Milwaukee?) released an excellent 7" with 5 songs in 3 minutes. I knew I'd love it before I heard a note.
Was there a heavier or more raw punk record to have ever come out of 1978?
Only one I can think of is the Germs.
@@Trifixion22 yes
@@Trifixion22 Agreed, but not as heavy as this. The guitar tones and the intensity here is ridiculously fierce. That being said, Lexicon Devil is super raw and the song No God is especially intense. Both EPs are top notch all time classics for sure.
middle class - out of vogue
Keith does a Johnny Rotten at 1.19. If you have listened to the Sex Pistols you will know what I mean :P
The birth of HardCore-Punk
❤❤❤❤❤ THIS
Long live the Masque and the Starwood for LA's first punk shows, oh ya Darby Lives...