After a rancorous three-year legal battle with their label Unicorn, which prevented them from releasing any new material, Black Flag binged in the mid-'80s, releasing a flurry of records that had even the most devoted fans scrambling to keep up. They did, however, start this period somewhat inauspiciously with My War, a pretentious mess of a record with a totally worthless second side. Featuring three tracks of slower-than-Black Sabbath muck with Henry Rollins howling like a caged animal, it was self-indulgence masquerading as inspiration and about as much fun as wading through a tar pit. Side one, however, was quite good, with the title tracks especially intimidating.
This was a big event at the time. There was actually an interesting scene in Cedar Falls, Iowa with bands on SST, Alternative Tentacles, Enigma stopping through between gigs in Chicago and Denver to play a little hole-in-the-wall bar called Dean's Parkade Lounge. The Black Flag show was held across the river in "The Boat House" on the scenic Cedar River. GONE performed early that day at Co-O...
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This was a big event at the time. There was actually an interesting scene in Cedar Falls, Iowa with bands on SST, Alternative Tentacles, Enigma stopping through between gigs in Chicago and Denver to play a little hole-in-the-wall bar called Dean's Parkade Lounge. The Black Flag show was held across the river in "The Boat House" on the scenic Cedar River. GONE performed early that day at Co-O...
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For those of you following the daily carnage of Mog Wars 3, I've put together a little map over at NNDB.com that will explain the guilty parties, the deceased parties, and all those who have fallen to the black hand that is Control. I'll speak no more, let my family pa for my misdeeds...See the map in full detail here
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 My War |
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| 2 Can't Decide |
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| 3 Beat My Head Against the Wall |
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| 4 I Love You |
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| 5 Forever Time |
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| 6 The Swinging Man |
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| 7 Nothing Left Inside |
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| 8 Three Nights |
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| 9 Scream |
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 "My War")
