![]() ![]() By the time Cadena and Egerton screeched their way into the tune, the rhythm section had built a sonic tension that served as the ideal template for Morris to wail, “No, I won’t believe that this is all/I’m not happy/I’m not free.”įrom there, the band burned their way through “Gimme Gimme Gimme,” “White Minority” (which Morris explained has nothing to do with the KKK), “Jealous Again,” “Wasted,” “Clocked In” and “Nervous Breakdown,” before Cadena – Black Flag’s third singer (and onetime rhythm guitarist) – took over on vocals. The song began with the bassist hitting a G note while Stevenson’s pounding drums created a volcano ready to explode. Morris then sang Dukowski’s “No More” – another track he never recorded with Black Flag – and once again sounded as if he had been performing it for three decades. Last night, however, it was Morris’ turn to scream “My war/You’re one of them you say/That you’re my friend/But you’re one of them.” The Morris-led version of “My War” was more than just a novelty for Black Flag fans, as the powerful rendition was on par with Rollins’ take. Once the novelty of seeing Flag at a Moose Lodge in a suburban beach community wore off, people began to push, crowd-surf and run in circles for tunes such as “Depression,” “I’ve Had It” and “No Values.”īlack Flag’s fourth vocalist, Henry Rollins, sang the Dukowski-written “My War” on the group’s 1984 full-length record of the same name. This tame beginning might have been attributed to the fact that the crowd comprised friends and family of the band. ![]() The audience sang along for the first three songs, but it wasn’t until Stevenson played the intro to “I Don’t Care” that the swaying movement of the crowd got hectic. ![]() Without a pause, the group dove into “Fix Me” and then “Police Story.” Before N.W.A.‘s “Fuck tha Police” or Body Count’s “Cop Killer,” there was “Police Story.” Penned by Black Flag founder-guitarist-songwriter Greg Ginn (whose own version of latter-day Black Flag begins a world tour in May), the song is a direct attack on authority thanks to the opening lines, “This fucking city/Is run by pigs/They’re taking the rights away from/All the kids.” The two-minute song produced a slew of middle fingers as Morris passed the microphone to an already-sweaty crowd. Playing without a stage on a rented P.A., with moose antlers as a backdrop, the quintet opened with “Revenge,” which found the dreadlocked singer whispering the opening line, “It’s not my imagination,” before screaming the follow-up, “I’ve got a gun at my back.” From there, Egerton assaulted his clear Dan Armstrong guitar throughout the punishing B chord intro. Last night, more than 34 years later, Flag – a group comprised of former members Keith Morris (vocals), Chuck Dukowski (bass), Dez Cadena (guitar/vocals) and Bill Stevenson (drums), with Descendents/All guitarist Stephen Egerton – played the same venue to an invite-only crowd of less than 200 people. Ginn alleges his former bandmates “of lying to the Trademark Office on registrations using his own label’s record covers to feign as though they’ve been continuing to use Black Flag since 1979 and using bootleg SST t-shirts.In 1979, Black Flag played their first show at Moose Lodge 1873 in Redondo Beach, California. The suit describes the alleged infringement of the logo and describes Flag as “as “a colorable imitation” that’s “likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception among consumers”. ![]() Ginn issued the lawsuit on Friday (August 2) and is seeking an injunction against Flag’s current tour, which kicked off in May and will see the band, pending the outcome of the lawsuit, play Los Angeles’ FYF Fest on August 24. Ginn claims he and his label SST Records own the exclusive rights to the Black Flag Name – and Flag variation – and the band’s iconic logo, which Flag currently use on tour. Henry Rollins, a former member of the legendary punk outfit, who is in neither of the two touring Black Flag reunion groups, is also named in the suit. The NME reports the following…Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Ginn believes the band Flag, consisting of Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski and Bill Stevenson, infringe on the Black Flag rights owned by him and his label SST Records. One of the greatest ever guitar players and an artist we really respect Greg Ginn has gone silly on the lawsuit stuff. ![]()
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