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 Review by: BrandonSideleau See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on January 21st 2005
In my opinion, no punk rock website is complete without a document on the entire Flag catalog. And the magnificent Loose Nut more than earns a place among both the top 50 punk and metal (no, not shitty pop-metal, but real metal) records of all time. The basic musical idea for Loose Nut was to combine the speed and nihilism of punk rock with the heavy and rollicking pound of Sabbath-esque metal, and it works better than you'd imagine. If you've disregarded anything after Damaged because some little kid with a mohawk told you it sucked, then you need to do yourself a favor and pick up Loose Nut and prepare to be blown away.
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My War is the best Flag album---lots of GRRRRRR as opposed to........what? fuck this shit. black flag has always been overrated. dudeeeeee! black flagagaggg! wow....somebodies ignorant. automatically assuming nobody has seen the mighty Flag. I know more than a few who have, and while their opinions vary, this band was always tight live. Loose Nut, in a word, rocks. Are you fucking guys kidding me??? The funny thing is I bet nobody who reviewed this piece of shit ever seen Black Flag??? Am I right??? Don't answer that cause I know nobody did!!! The funny thing is I had a coversation with a friend of mine a while back who like myself seen Black Flag on more than one occasion and he said and I quote "It's funny how the kids embrace this shit now we knew it sucked then and sucks now!!!" The first 4 Years is the best Flag!!! Loose Nut is like Loose change fucking worthless!!! Shit....I forgot to mention "This Is Good".....that's a fuckin' brutal track. First Four Years is great....but the later albums are more interesting. Always thought this was a half hearted effort. I actually hate "annihilate the week". Slip it In is probally my favortite flag album of all (I know, how could I not say Damaged) so if you want a taste of the metal years, start there and go to the previous album My war, although the instrumentals are not my cup of tea. Actually, by this time, Rollins was writing more of the lyrics... One of Ginn's complaints was how Rollins couldn't do anything but the "dark" thing. Even if you don't like post-Damaged Flag (I don't underastand you but whatever), the idiot below me obviously knows nothing. Greg Ginn was responsible FOR ALL creative and almost all lyrical changes in the music. Rollins was merely the mouth peice.....you little kiddies need to get your facts straight. black flag is one of my all time favorit bands. i dislike what rollins did to the band but we all make mistakes, so fuck u. well it does.....it makes all that wannabe hardcore and shitty metalcore look like pussy shit. blows the hell out of anything released today. "This band is overrated, the album is ok" This is an okay album, not punk but not bad. More metal, but i still listen to it sometimes even though metal sucks. This is their best release. Post-Damaged/Everything Went Black,in order: blows the hell out of anything released today. They're not that bad, you don't have to laugh at them...be kind rewind This band is overrated, the album is ok i want to see kira naked. The thing better about the live tracks is that Rollins screams and freaks out a lot more...but they're both great regardless. "Who's Got The 10.5" is the ultimate live album, the "Slip It In/Gimme Gimme Gimme" medley is classic. the live versions of these songs on "who's got the 10 1/2" are way better than the album versions. i say get that instead. I hate freedom, Black Flag, and like Warsaw Pack. Whoever doesn't like Black Flag hates freedom. I personally am more into the earlier stuff, but I have this and it's probably the best post-Damaged album. The only crossover album I like better is DRI's. Hmmm... "Slip It In" is probably my favorite metal era Flag album, but this is pretty good... Shit, just about everything other than "The Process..." is golden. Just they never got as good as their early EP's or Damaged again. "If you have any real taste in hard music this album will be one of your favorites, hands down. I'm sure many of you know this, but many of you don't as well. " This is my favorite post Damaged album of Flag's career. There's no filler at all on this, and every song is memorable. This definitly deserves a 10. I believe with the exception of live reviews they go in chronological order. I always start bottom up so it doesn't bother me. I love Brandon's review, and next to 'Damaged' and 'My War' this is my fav Black Flag album. aren't they just posted in random order? What's with all the "vintage" punk albums being posted on the bottom here? This isn't the best Black Flag in the world, but I can guarantee it's better than a Mae album.... |
