Black Flag: 'Nervous Breakdown' EP (live at GV30)
Video has surfaced of the entire "Black Flag" set from this past weekend's Goldenvoice 30th Anniversary showcase. The set featured Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, and Bill Stevenson of the legendary hardcore band, with Stephen Egerton of Descendents rounding out the line-up. The band played their 1978…
2011-12-21 13:00:01

Toronto restaurant borrows Black Flag logo?
We've received comments from readers that Four, a Toronto, Ontario-based restaurant has appropriated the Black Flag logo as their own. The restaurant is owned by Sircorp, a chain of mid-to-high end restaurants. Black Flag's logo is of course widely recognized. The design blog designtalk recently…
2011-11-28 18:30:01

Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag) forms Black Face
Vice is reporting that former Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski has formed a new band dubbed Black Face. The band just wrapped up recording four previously unheard songs written by Dukowski during the My War era. The band, which also features…
2011-08-05 12:00:02

Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag) perform with No Age
Former Black Flag members Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski recently joined No Age onstage at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles to perform a quick ten minute set of BF songs, including "Wasted," "Fix Me," "I've Had It," "No Values" and "Nervous Breakdown." Click below for the…
2011-07-22 17:30:01

Black Flag documentary 'Reality 86'd' streaming online
Director David Markey has made Reality 86'd available for viewing online. The documentary, originally released in 1991, focuses on Black Flag's final tour in 1986 in support of In My Head. Check it out…
2011-05-13 18:00:01

Members of Black Flag record new versions of their classics
Exclaim is reporting that bluegrass label CMH Records and the Secret Life of Records have enlisted members of Black Flag to reinterpret and re-record their own material in different genres. The project will be titled Gimmie Gimmie Gimme: Reinterpreting Black…
2010-02-19 15:00:01

Members of Akimbo, Tad, Black Elk performing Black Flag tribute
Members of Akimbo, Tad and Black Elk are set to perform together in a pair of upcoming tribute shows celebrating Black Flag. The group will be playing 15 selections from Black Flag's catalog, first on Friday, September the 11th at the Comet Tavern in Seattle, followed the next day by a show at Portland's East End.…
2009-09-03 09:30:01

The Black Flag hair timeline
Some enterprising and/or weird individual has put together a Black Flag hair timeline showing the haircuts of the influential hardcore band through the years. Beginning with Nervous Breakdown in the late 70s through the bands stoner-metal years circa In My Head. Thanks to WFMU for finding this.…
2008-04-11 14:00:03

Black Fag (Europe)
Black Fag, the "absolutely fabulous" tribute to Black Flag, will be embarking on a 16-date tour of Europe starting in December. They will be playing shows in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Black Fag has opened for notable punk bands such as TSOL, NOFX, Circle Jerks, The Dickies, Angry Samoans, The Bronx, The Briefs, and Me First and the Gimme…
2007-11-27 15:00:02

Indie band remakes Black Flag's "Damaged" from memory
In a pretty unusual story, Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit The Dirty Projectors has unveiled a new project wherein they remade Black Flag's classic Damaged, entirely from memory. The album, titled Rise Above, features the "deconstruction and reassembly" of Damaged and was reportedly put together from "memory and intuition." The result is reworked arrangements of every…
2007-08-28 15:00:02