Flag

In 1979, Black Flag played their first show at Moose Lodge 1873 in Redondo Beach, California. 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. Now a professionally edited clip of all the different camera angles with audio from the desk has been put together.

In other Black Flag news, former bassplayer Kira Rossler has weighed in with her opinion about the two versions of the band currently doing the rounds..

From the Double Cross site:

What do you think of Greg Ginn playing in a band called Black Flag in 2013?
Although in his shoes I would not do the same thing I think that he deserves some appreciation that he never got at the time. I am somewhat convinced though, that the quality of it will be judged harshly.

We recently posted the first new song from Greg’s latest incarnation of Black Flag and it was universally demolished by our readers.
Well Greg has been being demolished all along—when I was in the band we were demolished too.

Well, I think that helped shape the sound and is one of the reasons you guys were so heavy and so unique: hate fuels power.
People hated the direction the band took with My War and Slip It In, etc. and they hate it now. It is so easy to criticize. That is why Flag [Dez Cadena, Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski's Black Flag cover band] is exactly what people want. Not that that is a bad thing, it just doesn’t invite the same criticism.

As talented as Flag is it doesn’t feel authentic to me (meanwhile I never saw the REAL Black Flag so I’m not really in a position to judge.)
The point is there wasn’t one “real” Black Flag, it was constantly a moving target back then which was Greg’s doing and he is doing so again.


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