Has anyone seen "Black Flag" recently?

[Jared]

Some band called Black Flag is playing here in a few weeks, I got free tickets and I'm wondering what to expect. Will it be an hour of Greg Ginn and his theremin? Will I leave feeling like I have... nothing left inside? As though... I've had it? Or will I come to find that my reservations are all... in my head?

I mean, it's free, so... who gives a shit, right?

Paging Russ Romance...

[Sukebe GG]

There's a bunch of vids of the current live show. Loads of critique in the FB SST group. Personally would like to never give Ginn another cent, but if it's free...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggCD5aQfEQM

Bassist change?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFXWoGArMZQ

Maybe the drummer got better, but it really seems off...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCcuveVhJHg

These stage setups are the worst. If you saw BF with Dez or Henry screaming a few feet from your face with a packed club behind you going crazy...nah, why bother.

ETA: Whatever you do, do not watch the 4-min Louie, Louie with the funky breakdown and Ginn "boogeying"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TPe94NX-y8
What do the kids say these days? Cringe?

[vedicardi]

It is depressingly bad.  avoid like the plague

[Jared]

Jesus. Yeah, that drummer sucks. Thanks for that.

[nuggetsvolume1]

Kinda sounds like if you went to see a metal band or a bad bar band and they did a Black Flag cover. Pretty horrible, but what do you expect? Milk it, baby. Milk it.

[SmogVeil]

I still maintain that even with a shitty lineup, if they just played start to finish Process Of Weeding Out, everyone would walk away pissed, and, well, mission accomplished.

[Jared]

I still maintain that even with a shitty lineup, if they just played start to finish Process Of Weeding Out, everyone would walk away pissed, and, well, mission accomplished.

I would honestly take that or the theremin to the above.

[bradx]

drummer rushes the tempos and plays the wrong beats.  singer sucks. 

its still not that bad, haha.  pretty bad, tho.

[ditmasduke]

Kinda sounds like if you went to see a metal band or a bad bar band and they did a Black Flag cover. Pretty horrible, but what do you expect? Milk it, baby. Milk it.

So basically picking up where Who’s Got The 10 1/2 finished off.

[vedicardi]

its picking up where WHAT THE..? left off actually

[SLANG EDIT]

Looks like a drunk uncle with his 3 nephews.

[Mark Daid]

Looks like a drunk uncle with his 3 nephews.

Did The Gap start putting out records?

[Sukebe GG]

Never Forget!

[nuggetsvolume1]

Mad respect for Rollins and his work ethic; will always remember the first time I heard "Damaged". But yeah, lets not forget, in the early 90's, this dude was a total narcissist. I remember him going on the Dennis Miller show and doing the entire post-show interview with his shirt off. You won't find egos much bigger than Rollins circa 1992.-4.

[Mark Daid]

Never Forget!

Ha!  This rules.  Thanks!