sst records. 003 / 5 tracks / 1980

RI (10”): sst records. 907 / 1990

First press has thick brown cardboard cover with the printed high gloss paper glued to it, more recent pressings come in standard white cardboard jacket. SST US reissue on 10” on red and pink vinyl, 10” repress on blue and (again) pink vinyl. Also on CD5 single.

Their first 12”, still with Chavo on vocals and Robo (Misfits) on drums. Completely different to the trendy LA/Posh Boy sound of that time, this is uncompromising and brutal mid-tempo hardcore with great vocals and the legendary guitar sound. This and Damaged are their best records. [10]

Erste 12” der LA-Legende; am Mikro noch Chavo und an den Drums Robo (von den Misfits). Während viele andere Bands noch dem von Posh Boy und Rodney Bingenheimer zelebrierten Surf/Sun/Sex-Sound verschrieben waren, spielen Black Flag hier schon Hardcore, und zwar pur. Einige melodische Momente sind zwar vorhanden, haben aber nichts mit dem gefälligen LA-Punk zu tun. Trotzdem haben die Songs hohen Wiedererkennungswert; Greg Ginns Gitarre ist ohnehin unverwechselbar. Meilenstein.

Tracks: jealous again / revenge // white minority / no values / you bet we’ve got something against you