Well, to be fair. A lot of this music doesnt require much skill or technical ability so the guitar or instrument they used didnt really matter because it wasnt going to sound all that great anyway.
Yes, they wouldn't put together by a manager, like the Sex Pistols were. They were just friends. Not sure how they found Henry. I preferred Ron, anyway, because he sang with joy, but Henry was quite a presence.
justplainpossum Henry was a huge fan from DC who would drive to NYC to watch them a couple times. The last he saw them there, he asked if they could play “Clocked In” real quick because he had to leave to go to work, and instead of just playing it they gave him the mic and allowed him to sing it. Then he left to make the long drive back to DC before work started. A few days later they called him and asked if he would like to audition as Dez (the singer at the time) wanted to play guitar instead. He auditioned and was hired. Went back home, quit his job, and moved to California to join his favorite band of all time.
1982 Henry as for me was top form, how this dude hammered and put so much milage on his voice with lack of sleep and exhausting tour schedules with no such thing as a sick day and still had the range and power he had was beyond me
This is a different Henry Rollins here! Looser, more relaxed, less serious, more genuine, fun, energetic, fan & crowd focused. I've _never_ seen him share a mic with anyone...ever! What a fantastic video! The pinnacle, perhaps, of Rollins and Black Flag.
listening to the black flag tour diaries really gives you some insight. he was pretty enthusiastic and energetic albeit cynical for the first couple flag tours until it started to drive him crazy
@@adriaticvenetians I'll have to check those tour diaries out! My first punk show was Black Flag in 83. Me & a friend dared each other to go. We thought punks would kick our asses because we were metalheads. They didn't. We were surprised BF had long hair (except Kira). We knew nothing of slamming & it freaked us out. Henry seemed austere, serious, almost scary. That attracted me. The metal bands we were into wrote about stupid things that weren't real. Black Flag was genuine, angry, intense and smart. We thought this music had a reality that metal didn't. I was hooked & thought I'd been transported to a better world. In hindsight I think Henry was stressed & being driven crazy as you said, especially when we saw them again the following year.
@@crooked-halo woah, I didn't figure you'd actually seen them. that's really cool. I sorta had a similar story of switching from heavy metal to BF. but i've never really seen any band I like live except for Unwound earlier this month. anyway the diaries can be checked out here: ua-cam.com/video/SIYDX8eTptk/v-deo.html
And back after seven years to this video. Makes me think...I'm glad I was too young to go to these shows. It would have made for a misspent youth (more so even than it was).
Henry. 1 of the first Hardcore archetypes still mimicked today. Completely different guy today. Still can't deny his contributions to the early developing hardcore scene.
Black Flag IMO, the greatest punk/hc band ever. From 81-84, nobody put out the amount of material at that quality, nobody trailblazed and opened doors like BF. "Moshing" is a metal term. It was "slamdancing" until east coast metal copied it and f'ed it all up. Originated in Huntington Beach, originally called the "HB Strut".
Early Bad Brains is great but Bad Brains play too much reggae and reggae is for pussies and potheads and middle-aged women and yuppies who take vacations in Jamaica. And fuck Jah too, I'm sick of hearing that Jah and Lion of Judah and Zion bullshit. Are they punks, black Jews who want to move to racist, Marxist Shitsrael or are they Rastafaris, which one is it? All three factions of nutjobbery combined makes them look more than a little ridiculous.
@@bluespiritrecords1709 Nah. Not many shows in my area of the world. I imagine some of the larger American cities have them but still, what footage you see doesn't seem as wild, untamed, and ferocious as this.
Man, this footage is some historical document!! The Ginn, henry,Dez, Chuck and Emile lineup. Only one tour and one eP during this era. Ginn was at his distorted high velocity peak here. Soon after this he was doing the side 2 My War slow dirgy stuff almosty exclusively. I got to see Black Flag in 1984 twice, they were great, but no where near as good or as intense as this performance.
Black Flag came into every show with a war zone style mentality, and the crowd did the same. Nothing would surprise me there. Look at the video of Fear where Lee Ving goes at it with that chick, it was on Decline part 1, and is one of the greatest live sets of all time. The 80’s were their own thing, especially the LA hardcore scene
He did.it’s a great book. He goes into detail about how he sang 18% of rise above onstage in Hartford.about how neither Greg nor chuck ever called him and asked him to audition.it’s mostly about him driving a forklift at a Hartford area lumber yard, and how he stopped going to shows after he knocked up his girlfriend.a fascinating read.
I'm 100% sure that Rollins could've done anything he set his mind to. I'm not one for worshipping individuals but he is a workaholic and dedicated guy to anything he gets involved in
@@fanaticaldueling6337 Nope. Another era and without the benefit of a truly underground subculture and he would have never been forged in the same fire.
@@user-user-user-user. oh no definitely not saying he would've gotten recognition. I just think he could've been a successful person. I will agree that he played a phenomenal role in Black Flag during this time and probably couldnt have gotten as much recognition any other way
I'm not sure, there were 3 drummers in 1982. Emil, Chuck and Bill Stevenson (who drums for Flag now). I think Chuck might have been off and on for a few years.
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What GARFIELD lacks in musical ability, he makes up in effort. Never enough for me, I dropped FLAG once DEZ left. His rhythm Guitar was the glue that fused the awesome dual guitar sound of DAMAGED, Side One Too bad ATLANTIC RECORDS never signed BLACK FLAG. They woulda been a good fit
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I like how 80's hardcore bands would just use any guitar and not give a shit how they looked.
It's all they could probably afford
What exactly was the other scenario? Where they did or something? Like who?
@@damianb2374 shut up shithead
Well, to be fair. A lot of this music doesnt require much skill or technical ability so the guitar or instrument they used didnt really matter because it wasnt going to sound all that great anyway.
@@ElijahdajEdi9347 Get out much or just stay indoors on internet?
Black Flag truly was a band of the people.
Yes, they wouldn't put together by a manager, like the Sex Pistols were. They were just friends. Not sure how they found Henry. I preferred Ron, anyway, because he sang with joy, but Henry was quite a presence.
justplainpossum Henry was a huge fan from DC who would drive to NYC to watch them a couple times. The last he saw them there, he asked if they could play “Clocked In” real quick because he had to leave to go to work, and instead of just playing it they gave him the mic and allowed him to sing it. Then he left to make the long drive back to DC before work started. A few days later they called him and asked if he would like to audition as Dez (the singer at the time) wanted to play guitar instead. He auditioned and was hired. Went back home, quit his job, and moved to California to join his favorite band of all time.
1982 Henry as for me was top form, how this dude hammered and put so much milage on his voice with lack of sleep and exhausting tour schedules with no such thing as a sick day and still had the range and power he had was beyond me
"Drinking black coffee, stare at the walls"
Hammered? He's overcaffeinated
Excellent, I was at that show. It was the first time I saw Black Flag.
That's cool, it was my first Black Flag Show as well.
Probably not but, did you see the camera that was filming this video right here?
Me too!! EPIC night....one of many at Rick Banz's LIT (Lithuanian) Club
@@et109 dude you get to meet them?
Look how old you've become
When the singer is also the only one with Fighter levels in a party of all Bards.
This is a different Henry Rollins here! Looser, more relaxed, less serious, more genuine, fun, energetic, fan & crowd focused. I've _never_ seen him share a mic with anyone...ever! What a fantastic video! The pinnacle, perhaps, of Rollins and Black Flag.
listening to the black flag tour diaries really gives you some insight. he was pretty enthusiastic and energetic albeit cynical for the first couple flag tours until it started to drive him crazy
@@adriaticvenetians I'll have to check those tour diaries out! My first punk show was Black Flag in 83. Me & a friend dared each other to go. We thought punks would kick our asses because we were metalheads. They didn't. We were surprised BF had long hair (except Kira). We knew nothing of slamming & it freaked us out. Henry seemed austere, serious, almost scary. That attracted me. The metal bands we were into wrote about stupid things that weren't real. Black Flag was genuine, angry, intense and smart. We thought this music had a reality that metal didn't. I was hooked & thought I'd been transported to a better world. In hindsight I think Henry was stressed & being driven crazy as you said, especially when we saw them again the following year.
@@crooked-halo woah, I didn't figure you'd actually seen them. that's really cool. I sorta had a similar story of switching from heavy metal to BF. but i've never really seen any band I like live except for Unwound earlier this month.
anyway the diaries can be checked out here: ua-cam.com/video/SIYDX8eTptk/v-deo.html
You could NEVER pull off this energy at a live show these days.
Carti
@@dae1396I love Carti but no bro 😭😭
@@dae1396yu can’t be serious I also love carti but no
@@dae1396i love carti but he isnt even remotely close to this
Local metal shows are still like this 100%
And back after seven years to this video. Makes me think...I'm glad I was too young to go to these shows. It would have made for a misspent youth (more so even than it was).
this is one of their most melodic loves songs. Always great!!
The passion and energy .
Fucking awesome, dude.
+Rik Heyligen Fuck yeah! Thanks, man!
+et109 Seriously, this is a great upload -- much appreciated!
+J M I was sent your original post. I shot this. The file is very large, if I upload the concert it will have to be in sections.
Can’t beat hardcore energy. Love this
That's a proper punk rock show.
Great quality for a video from 1982. It looks like it was filmed in 2006
Henry. 1 of the first Hardcore archetypes still mimicked today. Completely different guy today. Still can't deny his contributions to the early developing hardcore scene.
gigs like that are why you make extreme music, every once in a while it must be archived to believe it happened.
This is amazing. This was over 40 years ago and hardcore shows in the present day still look pretty much exactly like this!
01:55
In Boston, that was called "Pig Pile". Fucking amazing!
Now THIS would make for a Super Bowl Halftime act.
This is History!!!!!! All you Hot Topic People????
I used to go to all the shows at Maxwells in Hoboken. Great times.
My nights in San Jose & San Francisco ;; '81-'84
ahhhh god the feel of being at these kinds of shows, it's the fucking besssst
Legends 🙌
Black Flag IMO, the greatest punk/hc band ever. From 81-84, nobody put out the amount of material at that quality, nobody trailblazed and opened doors like BF. "Moshing" is a metal term. It was "slamdancing" until east coast metal copied it and f'ed it all up. Originated in Huntington Beach, originally called the "HB Strut".
Bad brains destroys them imo, watch this then watch bad brains at CBGB's the same year('82).
true early bad brains were great, but they became to preachy later on with their jah bullshit
Early Bad Brains is great but Bad Brains play too much reggae and reggae is for pussies and potheads and middle-aged women and yuppies who take vacations in Jamaica. And fuck Jah too, I'm sick of hearing that Jah and Lion of Judah and Zion bullshit. Are they punks, black Jews who want to move to racist, Marxist Shitsrael or are they Rastafaris, which one is it? All three factions of nutjobbery combined makes them look more than a little ridiculous.
Chris Hamilton moshing is moshing don't get technical
The word "mosh" comes from bad brains
Esta é a minha formação favorita! ❤️
Dead Kennedys had Police Truck...Black Flag had Rise Above...best punk guitar riffs of that era
Man I miss shows like this.
Thanks for posting
YESSSSSSS!! The legend that is Mugger rescued the mike at the end!!
They were ferocious at this point..pure rock power
...great find...
I wish hardcore was still like this. Shit was exciting.
Edit: NVM I've been to a couple shows and shit was intense
It is, do you go to shows?
@@bluespiritrecords1709 Nah. Not many shows in my area of the world. I imagine some of the larger American cities have them but still, what footage you see doesn't seem as wild, untamed, and ferocious as this.
@@Trifixion22 WHAT THE FUCK IS UP DENNYSSSSSS
@@Trifixion22 Touche Amore at Chain Reaction
@bluespiritrecords1709 I retract my earlier statement. Not hardcore, but I saw Kreator and Municipal Waste and the pit was insane. Sooo much energy!
Thank you!
Man, this footage is some historical document!! The Ginn, henry,Dez, Chuck and Emile lineup. Only one tour and one eP during this era. Ginn was at his distorted high velocity peak here. Soon after this he was doing the side 2 My War slow dirgy stuff almosty exclusively. I got to see Black Flag in 1984 twice, they were great, but no where near as good or as intense as this performance.
Sound quality is amazing 😅
Mental music, out of control 😎
Now that's fucking BLACK FLAG hell yeah 👍👍
The best Line Up
I'm a Dez guy, but this was Flag at it's most powerful.
Awesome
But why did he kick her of if Henry was the one who brought her up there
Good question.
because he was being an arsehole?
because hardcore was a manly thing back then and females shouldn't be on stage. that was the hardcore scene's mentality at the time
@@hankgege2199 gender had fuck all to do with it; either you were slam dancing/stage diving or you weren't !
Black Flag came into every show with a war zone style mentality, and the crowd did the same. Nothing would surprise me there. Look at the video of Fear where Lee Ving goes at it with that chick, it was on Decline part 1, and is one of the greatest live sets of all time. The 80’s were their own thing, especially the LA hardcore scene
MORE MORE MORE VIEWS, (because this is a good one)
great
this is my wedding song
nice.
Alright! Emil on drums! That’s rare!🤣
Yep!
How was the mosh pit
The most incredible part of all of this is how Henry Rollins could have the nerve to criticize ANY other musician EVER!
Henry is lucky that the kid that got the microphone didn’t end up being offered the job of singer afterwards. That would have been ironic for him.
Then the kid would have written a book, "Get On The Stage"
He did.it’s a great book. He goes into detail about how he sang 18% of rise above onstage in Hartford.about how neither Greg nor chuck ever called him and asked him to audition.it’s mostly about him driving a forklift at a Hartford area lumber yard, and how he stopped going to shows after he knocked up his girlfriend.a fascinating read.
Mucho el batero ...como se llama ?
Creo que es Robo (aunque creo que en 1982 ya tocaba en Misfits)
100% sure Henry Rollins could not have done anything other than this in life.
He would've probably been a serial killer if he wasn't in a band
I'm 100% sure that Rollins could've done anything he set his mind to. I'm not one for worshipping individuals but he is a workaholic and dedicated guy to anything he gets involved in
@@fanaticaldueling6337
Nope. Another era and without the benefit of a truly underground subculture and he would have never been forged in the same fire.
@@user-user-user-user. oh no definitely not saying he would've gotten recognition. I just think he could've been a successful person. I will agree that he played a phenomenal role in Black Flag during this time and probably couldnt have gotten as much recognition any other way
What a kick ass f****** punk band who is how are you going to try to go to the show back in the day
dude who jumps off the stage @ 0:34 looks like Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys
wow
How funny ! A hardcore gig where the audience fight over he mic ! SPINAL TAP OF HARDCORE ! !
wowww
00:39 Dez gives her the boot
Why?
fuck yes, best performance
Henry rollins is a fucking legend
Ok, so it was Dez who kicked her down, but who was it that pulled her up onto the stage?
Fuck me....wish i was there at that.
😍
Henry was so ripped 😛😛😛😛😛
Henry rollins reminds me trevor
Who got to sing the last half of the song?
Good question, it sounded like at least two guys got the mic. I don't know any of the guys that got on the stage.
Yeah, et, if your camera got closer, the only thing that would have survived was a lowly battery, rolling out the door... : D
Who's on drums? Looks like Robo's kit, but doesn't look like Robo.
You're right he's not Robo, that's Emil.
Emil? I take it he was go between Robo and Chuck Biscuits...
I'm not sure, there were 3 drummers in 1982. Emil, Chuck and Bill Stevenson (who drums for Flag now). I think Chuck might have been off and on for a few years.
@@et109 Yeah, Emil painted Robo's drums. For a sixteen boy, he was an extraordinary drummer.
@@justplainpossum Yeah, he was.
i love this shit
se papearon el micrófono
Where about in Hartford was this?
+Joe M I don't remember the address but it was at the Lithuanian Club aka the Lit Club.
Lawrence Ave. Half a block from Capital ,Ave
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Gary McDaniel - Bass Guitar
Ginn kicking the girl off stage really kicking 😆
"Musical Geniuses" 🤣
Eu sendo gerado ...
TIMMY!! TIMMY LIBINALA TIMMAY!
who grabs the mike? is that John Bauer?
That's fucking punk rock
What GARFIELD lacks in musical ability, he makes up in effort. Never enough for me, I dropped FLAG once DEZ left. His rhythm Guitar was the glue that fused the awesome dual guitar sound of DAMAGED, Side One Too bad ATLANTIC RECORDS never signed BLACK FLAG. They woulda been a good fit
It is no use
Ja ja
Why is it that in the 1980s mostly guys liked this band?
Just a bit testosterone-y
Because it’s hardcore punk
You also have to remember that approximately 0% of guys liked this band - i.e. this was underground so it was probably in the tens of thousands
Jajjajaa kick his ass to girl
Battery si?
While Vallely punches and chokes fans that go up on stage...
Buddy kicks the chick off stage
Ha! The second guitaris messed up during the last verse. On the first chord his ring finger should have played a G but he played an F. What a looser!
I hope this is satire lol
@@Braineaters8Probably shoud have followed that up with an /s but I joust thought that would've been too obvious :)
LMAO dez kicked her Ass off
Drunk chicks ruin everything
Im amazed that they could sell even 1 CD.
this shit
It is amazingly easy to co-opt this nonsense. In this, it is exactly like Wordsworth. What nonsense. It's not even a very good recording.😀
And yet 40 years later, no one did and you're a douche.
lol he kicked the girls ass
Black flag!!! Nah.
Just noise
That's the kind of noise I like
Inaudible
Rubbish,the English bands did it better,Sham69 ,Angelic Upstarts,to name a few.
Now I know why I never listened to them in high-school, they sucked