Perhaps the best album to emerge from the quagmire that was early-'80s California hardcore punk, the visceral, intensely physical presence of Damaged has yet to be equaled, although many bands have tried. Although Black Flag had been recording for three years prior to this release, the fact that Henry Rollins was now their lead singer made all the difference. His furious bellow and barely contained ferocity was the missing piece the band needed to become great. Also, guitarist/mastermind Greg Ginn wrote a slew of great songs for this record that, while suffused with the usual punk conceits (alienation, boredom, disenfranchisement), were capable of making one laugh out loud, especially the protoslacker satire "TV Party." Extremely controversial when it was released, Damaged endured the slings and arrows of outrageous criticism (some reacted as though this record alone would cause the fall of America's youth) to become and remain an important document of its time.
FEATURING A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHOW WHICH INSPIRED THIS SONG!Director: Danny VinikFrom 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien's groundbreaking public access cable TV program TV Party was the main face of the New York Art/New Wave/Punk scene. The main inspiration for TV Party was actually Hugh Hefner's live party TV show "Playboy After Dark". Glenn also threw in elements of Johnny Carson a...
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So...I'm probably light years behind in discovering this new music video station called The Tube. It is pretty much the opposite of MTV - music videos 24/7. No annoying specialty shows. Hardly ANY commercials. The catch is that they play videos that appeal more to the 30 + crowd. No Death Cab videos. No Fall Out Boy Videos. Definitely no Chingy or Lil' Wayne videos. You will see videos ...
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Some of you might enjoy taking a look at this photo essay:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/020807/punklove/index.html?referrer=emailhttp://www.ipass.net/jthrush/rollflag.htm
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FEATURING A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHOW WHICH INSPIRED THIS SONG!Director: Danny VinikFrom 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien's groundbreaking public access cable TV program TV Party was the main face of the New York Art/New Wave/Punk scene. The main inspiration for TV Party was actually Hugh Hefner's live party TV show "Playboy After Dark". Glenn also threw in elements of Johnny Carson a...
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I'll put my anger to bed tonight,its grown much to red and much to bright.I wish my anger would sleep tonight,in an effort to minimize my plight.I wish a coma on my rage,because someone has rattle my cage.When the speech leaves my throat, i feel that the words have all been choked.With anger, frustration, and faltering words,I'll lie.With caffiein and nicotene,I'll wake.With a fumbling awkwardn...
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things have been really terrible for me lately. i wont get into a lot of specifics beyond my last post (thats just the tip of the iceburg), but i have found that one thing can really help out when your down in the dumps... loud punk rock. its a wonder how a song entitled depression can pick me up, but it works... and i aint against anything that works. enjoy.this might not be the best version o...
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im currently 71 miles east of my usual mogging location. i refuse to give a name to the town in which i am currently staying but i gaurantee that it is not for any clandestine reasons. i have been away from mog for several days now and it looks like ive missed more posts than ever before and since i dont think im going to have regular access to a computer for the next 9 days i probably will nev...
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Some of you might enjoy taking a look at this photo essay:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/020807/punklove/index.html?referrer=emailhttp://www.ipass.net/jthrush/rollflag.htm
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So...I'm probably light years behind in discovering this new music video station called The Tube. It is pretty much the opposite of MTV - music videos 24/7. No annoying specialty shows. Hardly ANY commercials. The catch is that they play videos that appeal more to the 30 + crowd. No Death Cab videos. No Fall Out Boy Videos. Definitely no Chingy or Lil' Wayne videos. You will see videos ...
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Love this song, also pretty ironic that Henry Rollins is singing about a bunch of stuff he no longer does.
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In case you haven't seen this, I had to post this. Via Beware of the Blog and Boing Boing
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| 1 Rise Above |
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| 2 Spray Paint |
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| 3 Six Pack |
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| 4 What I See |
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| 5 TV Party |
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| 6 Thirsty and Miserable |
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| 7 Police Story |
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| 8 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie |
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| 9 Depression |
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| 10 Room 13 |
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| 11 Damaged II |
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| 12 No More |
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| 13 Padded Cell |
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| 14 Life of Pain |
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| 15 Damaged I |
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