Black Flag – What The... lp

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"The dwarfing of Black Flag's output by their legend is nothing new. At this stage, any casual indie-rock fan can recount the saga: the police scuffles, the grueling practice regimen and trailblazing cross-country tours, that indelible Raymond Pettibon logo. Even the band's evolution from anthemic hardcore crew to sadistic sludge collective—encapsulated on the once-controversial, now-canonical second side of the My War LP—has become part of their mystique. Miraculously, the music retains the power to shock. Could this scrappy SoCal punk band really have produced, in just 10 years, such a weird cornucopia of sounds? The fist*-*meets-mirror blow of Damaged is one thing, but what about the frenetic sass of Nervous Breakdown, the feel-bad art blues of Slip It In, and the DIY-fusion instrumentals of The Process of Weeding Out?" - Hank Shteamer