Black Flag
Explosive, angry and volatile, Black Flag took on the punk mantle in the 1980s
and helped define the hardcore movement with their full throttle, nihilistic
blasts of DIY rock thunder. Originally formed in 1976 by Greg Ginn and Chuck
Dukowski, the band set up their own label SST Records to release debut EP
Nervous Breakdown (1978) and were soon startling the life out of music fans in
South California with their raucous live shows. Really taking off when Henry
Rollins joined as front man in 1981, the band became icons of the punk
sub-culture and produced the seminal albums Damaged ...
