BLACK FLAG DAMAGED FULL

In a lot of ways, Damaged felt like a tale of two different albums. Throw in Robo on drums and it was an astounding amount of talent in one room. Rollins and Ginn were joined by key bassist and contributing songwriter Chuck Dukowski as well as second guitarist and former singer Dez Cadena. This was probably also the greatest collection of talent on a single Black Flag album. With his instantly recognizable guitar tone already in place, his restless creative spirit was beginning to take shape. Ginn would go on to explore these things much further on subsequent releases, but it started in earnest here. No longer content to bash out power chords, he occasionally added atonal sounds and weird jazz chords to the mix. On Damaged, you started to see Greg Ginn for the visionary he was. Even without a writing credit, RollinsвЂ™ stamp is all over Damaged. His solidifying of the vocalist position also allowed the band to go on an unprecedented run of creativity and productivity. HankвЂ™s versions were able to hold their own against any of the previous recordings. Songs like вЂњRise AboveвЂќ, вЂњSix PackвЂќ, вЂњTV PartyвЂќ, вЂњPolice StoryвЂќ and вЂњGimmie Gimmie GimmieвЂќ were practically already punk standards by this time. His biggest challenge had to be putting his own twist on some of those well worn tunes. All the songs for Damaged were written before Henry Rollins joined Black Flag in 1981, but his delivery was so convincing that it was hard to believe he didnвЂ™t tear the lyrics from his own tortured soul. It shows a maturing band with a sound well tested by heavy touring.

BLACK FLAG DAMAGED FULL

Even though Black Flag had been around in one form or another for five years at that point, this was their first proper full length. It also shows the evolution of an iconic punk guitarist. It shows a singer from an obscure Washington DC hardcore act becoming one of punkвЂ™s most enduring front men. ItвЂ™s also an album that bridges the gap between the Black FlagвЂ™s frantic early years and their more plodding later era. If you were to start building a punk record collection from scratch, this would have to be among your first purchases. ItвЂ™s widely considered to be one of the best and most influential punk/hardcore LPвЂ™s of all time. Damaged stands as Black FlagвЂ™s definitive musical statement.

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