Black Flag – The Process Of Weeding Out lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor

Black Flag – The Process Of Weeding Out lp

- the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor

"If, by 1985, punk fans were wondering if Black Flag mastermind Gregg Ginn was waging a war against them, the instrumental EP The Process of Weeding Out made the assault as direct as possible. The very back of the release declared (following a semi-cohesive political rant) that “even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record."

Of course, the double-entendre title, which also saluted Ginn’s other favorite pastime, said as much. So, with the punk scene firmly entrenched with a strict set of rules in the mid ‘80s, Ginn once again tried to upset the form. Weeding Out was composed of four extended instrumentals, each which had an improvisational feel as well as dedication to sound itself. Yet, while the tunes were aggressive and sparse, they were as far from standard hardcore punk as jazz." - John Gentile