Damaged

Sorry skater punks, this one is not for me. TV Party was juvenile fun though.

# Playlist Track - Rise Above # Notes - I can appreciate this. It has this raw, really grinding sound that works like kryptonite on old, conservative bores. Still, I don't *enjoy* it. - It's worth knowing, it's hugely influencial and you can be excused to think it just rounds like "regular angry teen" but this is one of the defining reasons angry teens sound like that. - Find this in the right moment in your life and your mind will be blown.

I like it

Punk en su máxima expresión, bastante digerible

Vissa bangers men rätt enformigt också

Seemed like good punk. Just not up my alley

Cool, another punk album…

Naw

2.5 - Meh

It’s just a bit shouty init. I’d probably enjoy it a bit more on another day

That's certainly noise.

There's some anger in this one

He produces a lot of saliva. Very recorded in my parents garage core.

I get it, but it's so sloppy

Vrmt pas mon genre de musique :(

I can imagine a time and a place for punk, but in general it’s not very pleasant to listen to.

I see the influence, but not my music

ça n'est pas possible, mais je ne peux pas, c'est pas mon style du tout.

No More was the standout. I appreciated how it started off slow before building into typical punk shite.

A ver como para escucharlo tranquilamente y agusto es horrible 🙉, solo que al ubicarlo en el 81 🤯 te das cuenta de lo imnovadir que era y como abrio un nuevo camino a la musika y pudo influir a posteriores bandas de punk y hard metal, de su lugar en la musika y en esta lista. Casi le doy un 3 solo es que... el Hard Metal... 🙈 aveces se podria catalogar de antimusika 🤢 aun asi, los hay buenos 🤏🏼 y muy malos 🤌🏼 No coincido muy biem con estos estilos 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s giving Robbie from Gravity Falls

Blessedly short.

Day 278 Highlights Six Pack TV Party

The sequel band, Skull and Bones, did not do as well and costed the published millions of dollars

My issue with hardcore albums is that they tend to be one track played a dozen times with different lyrics. It's not bad, but I'll never pick it to play again

Hugely influential Punk album. Quite aggressive and raw. I didn't like it very much. Key tracks: Thirsty and Miserable

Great punk but I still just don’t really like punk

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I can understand its influence on some of my favorite bands but couldn’t get all the way into it myself

Not a fan of punk really. An entertaining and biting record but it lacks any change of pace. Not bad but didn't convert me either

I imagine this was influential but just wasn’t for me

Teenage me would have been all over this and whilst it's something different now, I don't think I vibe with it. It's not bad at all though, just no emotional connection. Almost feels like a radio station I'd change over immediately on GTA.

Not for me - all I heard was noise and yelling with a bit of drums and guitar.

I expected to like this one more than the last, however despite an OK start and some decent musicality, I found it really got a bit much by the end. Perhaps it's just because the Circle Jerks one was so short. I was willing this one to finish before the end.

Not for me

It was alright

Not my thing but sounds surprisingly modern

Screaming about beer and TV

p478. 1981. 2 stars. Angry, unpleasant US punk that sets the template for later thrash metal. It doesn't mean it's any good though. Bonus point for keeping it short.

Pretty decent. It pains me to rate an album 2/5 after the awful German one that needed 0/0 stars.

All energy no melody. Which I think they’d probably happily put on the poster. But doesn’t really work for me.

Ikke noe for meg.

Rough and raw, and I'm sure they were having fun, but I didn't like it much.

Punk is not for me and outside of Six Pack and TV Party this was really not for me.

Too angry for me, but not as bad as metal.

117. not memorable

I guess this would be awesome live.. I enjoyed the TV Party song tho.

Blerg

I’m sure this is great for the right type of listener, but judging it just based on how I liked to listen to it and nothing about its importance to music. This album was not for me.

I would have rated this 3 or 4 in my youth but I now find it way too "shouty".

Not my style but a couple of hits

Usually I like most punk music but for some reason this just didn’t hit for me like I thought it would. I actually gave up on the last song and was like no I’m good. I just felt like it was kind of repetitive and aggressive in terms of vocals and vibes. Maybe it’s just not my thing but I could see why other people would enjoy this.

2/3. Still not a fan of punk and doubt I ever will be, but TV Party and the two closing tracks actually caught my ear (especially the lyrics on the last two), and there did seem to be legitimate attempts at writing songs on this album, rather than the usual kindergarten noisemaking and screaming incomprehensible "socially conscious" lyrics.

Pretty boring and repetitive, I don't think this was really pushing any boundaries. It's generic, background punk music, and not to be all Rule Britannia, but I think British punk did this kind of thing better.

Det e så rotat og utight HELE TIDA. Det eneste Black Flag som æ faktisk like e det lille som finnes med Keith Morris.

Definitely didn't enjoy it but I got through the whole thing and that says something

I can appreciate the brutal honesty and humor of the lyrics but otherwise this is a tough listen. Better than the Germs, not as good as the Sex Pistols. Also finding it strange that Henry Rollins' vocals aren't packing much of a punch (pun intended). I expected him to stand out. but it's Greg Ginn who impressed me the most. Regardless, I prefer the Dirty Projectors re-envisioning. Favorite song: TV Party

Det e så rotat og utight æ klare ikke. Black Flag e kult med Keith Morris, ikke noe mer

Ugh.

Takie 2 lub 3. Nic szczególnego.

I don't care for this

This aint it

This sounds like an angry teenager band, screaming their anger in the void and just slamming anything they can. Very random, but the energy is intense.

Definitely not my thing

о нет

Despite some of my favorite bands coming from the California Punk scene, Black Flag was never really one of them. They were no doubt massively influential and really harnessed the grit and anger of Hardcore Punk exceptionally well. The harshness of the vocals is what I think more Hardcore Punk bands should strive for. In general, I think the majority of my praise for Damaged stems from its brutality and concentrated aggression. I'm less sure of why I just can't quite get into this album. It might stem from how repetitive, uncatchy, and borderline stupid the lyrics tend to be. The mixing is also godawful, at least the streaming file I have access to, which really kills a lot of the groove that can be accomplished. I'm not saying that mixing has to be amazing for a Punk record to be good, but when the drums don't hit as hard as they should, when the bass gets buried under everything, it detracts when the other elements don't match the energy of the vocals. The riffs are awesome on quite a few of these tracks, but I really had to strain my ears to be able to appreciate them. Even with something like How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, heavily inspired by Damaged, still incredibly lo-fi, but manages to maintain the drive necessary. Maybe I just need a bit more time on this one. There's a lot that I like about it that feels like it's being crushed by the major flaws.

eh, not my thing

Angsty garage punk that sounds like the precursor to Nirvana. Not exactly my cup of tea but the lyrics keep it pretty entertaining. Reminds me of Tony Hawk skater games. Fave song - TV Party 2.5

Oh the 80’s. Garbo

a punk album should make me want to move

Dont even know how to classify this. Way too thrash or punk for me

Actually, I quite like listening to punk from time to time. And this album also started off just as you would imagine good old British punk to be, even if it comes from an American band. Loud, aggressive, fast, unmelodic. And although the tracks are quite short, as they should be, they got on my nerves after a while. I don't think I'll even listen to this album. 2/6

Proves once again that I don't like punk. Stand-outs - Rise Above

I've already forgotten it from the just listening to it yesterday. I like punk, but this album just didn't do it for me.

i dont have any thoughts about this. its just not for me, i hate the vocals. they are messy and i know thats the punk vibe but my gosh its like there no effort. 4/10

It's hard to rate albums when it's really the genre that I don't like. This may be good compared to other similar bands/albums but I personally didn't like it. Feels repetitive and just kind of one note to me. Not my cup of tea.

Oof, not a fan of this Noisy, bad vocals, “insightfull” lyrics 2/5

This sounds like what a modern day garage punk band would sound like so kudos on pioneering this sound Black Flag! its anti establishment as frick and nails the feeling throughout. That being said it definitely wears on you quick if you're apathetic to the genre. its dirty and loud and in-your-face so enjoy it while its here. Honestly I preferred Henry Rollins in Def Jam Fight For New York but thats just me!

Well I’ve finally heard ol Henry Rollins band Black Flag. It’s fine. I get why punk fans like it. It’s raw and unpolished and very Fuck the System. I just didn’t enjoy listening to it very much and that’s my main criteria for these ratings. The bass sounded great on it though!

Yeah this is heavy.

not for me but respect

Too edgy

Above average American "Punk".

I wouldn’t call myself someone who listens to Black Flag. In fact the first time I heard of them was during the Atari’s 2003 remake of “Boys of Summer”. They are just not my cup of tea. But they could be yours.

All felt a bit too same-y, sadly. RYM: N Saved a song: N

The album cover is a good microcosm of the whole album. Tough man punching his reflection, shattering the mirror, blood dripping from his wrist. But it’s a staged photo, mirror pre-broken, blood a mix of ink and coffee. Similarly, this album presents of veneer of macho destructiveness and rage, but it’s just a bunch of kids play-acting. This is kind of my problem with hardcore music in general. I just can’t get past the goofiness of it. I liked “TV Party” the best, because it had a sense of humor the way much of the album did not. But I walked away grateful 35-minutes had finally elapsed, and with sympathy pains in my larynx.

Too yelly for me but I liked TV Party

I've definitely heard the influence of this album in present-day SoCal mosh pits. That's pretty cool! This is definitely music that would be more fun live, the main draw is how much energy and movement is in the tracks. Black Flag always reminds me of that movie 21st Century Women and the scene when the mom is with her son and Greta Gerwig's character at a punk show and she says, "They're not very good... and they know they're not very good?" This isn't really for casual listening to me, it's for emotion and thrashing around! So, quite good at what it does!

Hardcore punk? Not my thing though it is cool to see hardcore outside of metal which is what I feel like it's most associated with.

Don't dislike it but sounds like it's been recorded in a shed

Pretty generic punk rock. Not for me.

I’d heard of Black Flag but not sure I actually ever actually heard. Punk stuff. I actually expected to like it more than I did.

Whatever -

Blind album and artist. A little too hardcore for me, and maybe 1 good starting/opening track.

I listened to it once but don't ask me to do it twice. There are only four bands from the punk rock movement that I care about and this is not one of them. The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Patti Smith Group and The Clash are all you need as far as punk rock goes.These guys sound like an angrier Sex Pistols but not as good.

Good but not my cup of tea.

This is like when your girlfriend got home late from work having been forced to work overtime at short notice. You ask how her day was and oh boy does she tell you. Highlights include having to go pick up the office mail from the PO Box when it was raining outside. The last cream bun being eaten before she got the chance to grab one because she was in a meeting. Ethan the account manager booking a campaign for a client that was too short notice, so deadlines weren’t going to be made. Her boss telling her that he was taking next week off so he wouldn’t be able to make her pay review meeting. Some incoherent rabble that sounded like she was wishing death on someone. Some jerk cutting her off in traffic on the way home. Her useless boyfriend not making a start on dinner meaning she wasn’t gonna eat dinner until after 9. Oh fuck that one was you. You suggest uber eats.

Did I need to hear this before I die?

yeah the boys. It's a 35 minute album but it feels like it drags a bit.

When kids in my high school said they were in a punk band this is exactly how I imagine it sounded.

Really have a hard time taking this seriously. Every time I think oh wait here we go, I’m quickly reminded of why I wasn’t loving it. The themes are simple and quite frankly remind me of an adult temper tantrum. :/

“TV Party” might be one of the only greatest GOATs of all time.

Another album where I made it all the way through, just, but it was in doubt several times. My personal taste is that music , like any art, should be an enjoyable experience. I don;t subscribe to the bullshit about 'challenging the norm', 'abstract art' and all that sort of nonsense. In a similar vein, I wouldn't go to an art gallery to view something awful, I want to see great art. Anyway, I'll give it 2 stars, and that feels generous.

If you like punk then this ought to be good

So punk! Loud. Screaming. Whatever. 5/10

I know the band name and logo, but have honestly never listened to them. This is their debut album, and it was obviously created to stir up the youth it was aimed at. Every tune clocks in around 1.5-2.5 minutes, short, angry and aggressive. The entire album is 35 mins! My parents should count their blessings I never got into this one! "Rise Above" is a rousing song, not necessarily good, but high energy. "Six Pack" has juice but it's so garageband, simple and messy. "What I See", "Depression", "Room 13" & "Police Story" are hard to listen to. They all kinda sound the same. "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" was the best of the bunch. Like it or not, and I don't, it has a respectable 1M count or higher on every single track. "Rise Above" (39M), "Six Pack" (19M) & "TV Party" (16M) all have over solid listen counts. 2 Stars. A betting man says most listeners couldn't make it thru all 15 track without skipping. I can see where they may have influenced kids to grab guitars and join the punk revolution. No hits, no radio, no catchy songs or cult classics, bottom rung musicianship, but in the end... no one ever asked "do you listen to Black Flag".

I think each song individually is fine-ish but listening all of them back to back was rough. Same vocals with the same cadence and same drive from the rest of the band. I've heard punk that I've liked (mostly in my local scene), but I have not been able to get into most of the punk albums that the generator has given me.

I just read Christgau’s review and he describes “the B side (as dragging) more painfully… than intended.” Then I checked his review of My War, where he describes side 2 as being wasted on dirges. He and I clearly disagree. Black Flag is better when it is slower. And this isn’t slow enough for my liking. 2 Black Flag suck. While it is difficult for some people (me for instance) to listen to Damaged without summoning the spectre of Kurt Cobain to nod along approvingly the entire time, the truth is that Black Flag suck. Damaged is not unmemorable and it is not without something like heroic conviction and defiance throughout. I think this makes it rather like the Charge of the Light Brigade, which was also those things but, in the main, stupid. Stupid feelings. Stupid illusions. Stupid everything. 2/5

2 Stars (5/15)

Music for boys, nice saxophones tho

Punk album, goes pretty quick, not really my sound! 2/5

1978-1982 punk will never connect and there’s a lot of it

Ooph these guys are angry.

Isn’t Black Flag one of the leading hardcore punk bands? Look, I can appreciate a lot of “noisy” music - even some modern hardcore punk from time to time. But I think above all, punk is about uniting under a message, and I have trouble receiving it here. On my second listen I pulled up the lyrics, which helped, but I still don’t really feel their struggles are anything more special than today’s. I mean, I get it - life sucks, a bit of depression here, a bit of disagreement with policies there. TV and drinking is replaced by social media and drugs, and were lonely just the same. Musically, it’s not the worst. Some guitar riffs I can appreciate, and there are a few clever rhythm breaks. It sounds chaotic, which I can enjoy if it’s done well, but here it feels pretty drowned out by the muddy and rough recording quality. I’m sure this was a great scene to be part of, and I’d probably enjoy the music more if I was there. And while I respect the DIY mindset, to me it kind of hurts the enjoyment. That said, I do think you should consider art in its environment. Does it belong on a “1001 Albums” list? Yeah, it’s clearly been important. Do I want to listen to this again? Unless I get dragged to some hardcore punk–themed party with really fun people - hell no.

Not really a fan of hardcore, or Black Flag.

Screamy punk

This seems to draw out those who critique British punk with effusive praise. Americans? Anyway, it’s punk. It’s fine, but nothing more. Would I choose to listen to it again? No.

- Boos, niet men ding - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummer al toegevoegd aan MMMM

Not for me. Every single sounded the same.

A bit too hard on the punk and scream for me. Cool album, just too rough. Rise above was my favorite track.

I'm not into punk and not into hardcore. So, not for me.

Damaged by Black Flag is a raw outburst of fury, chaos, and disillusionment - a defining artifact of early American hardcore. Its energy is undeniable, and Henry Rollins’ vocals embody pure frustration. But the album’s relentless aggression often overshadows nuance; the songs blur together, and the production’s abrasive roughness can wear thin fast. While its impact on punk history is significant, as a listening experience it can feel more punishing than powerful.

I want to like hardcore punk like this, but the abrasiveness just wears me out too quickly

One or two punk songs can be ok, maybe even enjoyable on the odd occasion, but every punk album quickly becomes a slog

Forgettable. Simpsons: No

This is a bad recording (Spotify) and does no favours when the music is already a bit grunge-y even if primarily punk. To my British ears it is pretty boring and noisy. Maybe it is hitting some cultural notes for North American listeners (it has a sort of alternative, devil may care attitude to it, beers with the boys fuck the system etc) but it feels so basic compared to the recent Sex Pistols album - really puts it into perspective. Nothing especially wrong with the instrumental aspects but not that interesting. Bleh.

I'm not sure about this industrial punk. It's a bit too shouty, and they seemed to favor irritating, shouted playback after the main vocalist. This often ruined any intended effect. It may be influential for the genre, but there's too much uncoordinated thrashing for my liking. This made me disengage with their "art", and I suspect some interesting politics or opinions were completely lost on me as a result.

Firstly, what is going on with the production of this album? It's a mess and urgently needs a remaster. It's unusual for the production of a record to be so bad that it genuinely reduces my ability to listen to an album but I couldn't really hear the constituent parts for most of this album. That said, and going off pure vibes, its a fun, early punk album that has good energy and doesn't take itself too seriously. Would probably be a fun gig to see live. Unfortunately this is seriously limited as an album because it sounds like it was recorded by gathering round a single microphone in my shed.

Hardcore = headache

The songs are very short, which grabbed my attention. What interests me most is how raw and dirty the production is it feels very authentic. It’s pure aggression and hostile energy compacted into two minute songs. Punchy, fun, straight to the point. The musicianship isn’t technical at all, in fact the songs are built on simple chords and structures. That’s exactly what gives it its charm it doesn’t try to be too clever. I’m more used to the commercial side of punk, mostly 2000s punk and pop punk, but I can enjoy the raw power in this. It actually grew on me more and more from the first track to the last. Six Pack is the my favourite song from all that song would go crazy at a party. And of course I love beer. (CISK GĦAL DEJEM.)

This is where I split off from the die hard punk fans. I’m just not into the hardcore sound. This does deserve 5 stars for the influence/importance though, no arguments there. I didn’t take away much besides having a better understanding of the type of punk I don’t enjoy. I feel like this is what most people imagine if you say you’re into punk. Rating: 2.5

I know this sort of music eventually got us to green day, and for that I thank them, but the less I say in addition to that, the better.

Hardcore punk is not for me, but I recognize what this album means for the time. 2*

never been a big fan of american punk and i don’t like henry rollins but i did like the sort of replacements sound to it

Henry Rollins is a bit of a legend, just not my legend. This was entertaining in its energy and rawness, but it just didnt have anything standing out for me.

I feel like the guys from Jackass really like this, and I like them a lot. The transitive property only extends so far, though. I found this less objectionable than I expected to, but I still didn't actually like it.

60

I guess it's a feature of legitimate punk to sound like butt. That's the barrier to entry to keep the normals out. I appreciate that. But I'm not on that side of the fence yet with Black Flag.

I have a hard time being enchanted by the sloppiness of punk rock. The drummer sounds like they’re trying with their whole might to catch up with the band one song and outrunning them the next. Police Story is cool - ACAB

It's 80s, it's punk. Not a good chance i was gonna like it from jump. And i didn't. At this point I'm not sure how i ended up loving the dead milkmen and violent femmes. Who i heard similarities to in a couple of the songs, like tv party. This album got me thinking about how if i was a teen or young adult in the 80s i would've been insufferable. And how I'm glad that my earliest memories basically start in 1990

There’s a real argument that the punk movement is the singularity that opened up music to the masses. Like folk music before it, its ethos is that music is for the people and should be in the hands of the people. But it takes it a step further by asserting one does not need to be a musician to produce music. Punk frees its creators from the shackles of melody and meter by being an onslaught of mood. I view it a lot like finger painting. It’s a lot of fun to do, it’s where we all start, and it commends the creation regardless of quality. I don’t typically like spending my days staring at finger paintings. Ok on to Black Flag. I know these dudes are pioneers for hardcore punk, I respect the hell out of it. Henry Rollins is an institution and has put over many other artists on his various tv shows, radio shows, and other platforms. I feel like the guy is a raging cunt and I think that’s the point when you’re listening to it. The lead guitarist plays like a dude that wanted to be in a thrash metal band but all the metal guys were like, “dude get better at playing guitar.” And he was like, “fuck that I’m just a punk rocker I guess.” Which I can identify with to an extent. As for songs I actually enjoyed start to finish, I think it was only Damaged 1. I liked the slow down, sludge of it. It felt like the first time the band all knew what was supposed to happen. And I think I was excited for the album to be over. A one feels to low. A three feels to high. Punk is a genre where I generally feel ill equipped and ill informed to have a well thought out opinion. So I feel ok settling on a two.

idk boring as fuck

Can't say I particularly enjoyed. A bit too shouty. Good energy, can see where it fits in the timeline but not something I would listen to again.

Couldn't really get past the first couple songs. Really difficult to listen to screamo / metal / whatever aharmonic mess this was.

I'm sure it's vital, just not a huge fan of punk

I can hear the influence directly from Sex Pistols so I’m not sure why this one is considered influential…. Even his voice is similar (but worse). Mostly not great. TV Party is hilarious though.

Love me some Black Flag…just in 7” doses rather than LP doses.

Not special

The title of this album is well chosen. You have to like this genre to be able to judge how good or bad this album is.

It feels like something I would have enjoyed as a 16 year old, beers etc. 20 years on, it's a little less up my street now. I did like the music mix that was played after the album of related tracks mind.

What I See was brilliant. The rest, less so. I believe this is rather influential, but I simply didn't enjoy it. Perhaps I enjoyed What I See as it was more structurally coherent. A few too many atonal, diverting parts. +1 for What I See.

Bit too hardcore punk for me.

It's punk, not for us really.

Fun listen. Not my thing.

Just not my thing

So this is the famed Black Flag. What Henry Rollins did before he became the Henry Rollins we all know, love, and go out for ginger brews and violent discussions with. It's an album for that rare species of testosterone-driven youngsters with a weak spot for alcohol and destruction. I'm not in that demographic any more, and probably never really was.

I think I heard the song Rise Above before but didn't know the rest. I know of Henry Rollins but don't really know his music. Some of the tracks are kind of fun, like TV Party, but on the whole it's just kind of noisy and amateurish-sounding.

A short album but a struggle to get through. It's raw and it has a lot of energy but not for me at this age

Their debut album. Punk. It's a decent enough Punk album but they're late to the party by four or five years. The sound is also a bit hollow as well as the lyrics. Earlier Punk had authentic and real world, harsh messages. This seems more like an angry fourteen year old pissed off with his parents. There's much better and believable Punk than this from the 70s.

Sounds like Ramones if Ramones was a bit shit. No pirate would listen to this.

Another punk album.

Primitive punk, sounds like a debut album. I find their voices hoarse, rather than agressive. The most redeemable part of this album are the lyrics. I do also like the instrumentals a fair amount.

This album was so bad I almost found it funny

Quite fun at the start but it seemed to get progressively worse as it went on

Very average for me. I think again nothing super memorable, but was alright.

I’m sorry but this is just not my stuff. I understand it is fundamental stuff to the genre and deserves its spot on a list like this but I personally just don’t enjoy it too much. Also, my attention span is short but not 15 songs in 35 minutes short.

It sounds like my son's band from when they were in junior high school.

Just not good. There’s a huge quality gap between this album and Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Muy punk años 90. No está mal del todo pq la guitarra suena bien en algunas canciones. Lo de gritar por gritar en las canciones un poco meh pero oye, es lo que se llevaba

It took me a minute to appreciate punk as a teen, and unfortunately I've outgrown it now. I tended to prefer the UK stuff a bit more but Black Flag is hard not to like. Surprisingly wholesome.

Well this definitely had some great energy. Not exactly my style but I enjoyed the edginess.

Not a fan

1.5

2.5

kinda generic punk idk it was ok

Terrible singing, yelling, so-so musically. Very punk, not my cup of tea

Not my favourite genre. But I guess it's ok

I mean, it is what it is. Forceful, punchy, quick, punk/hardcore. Not really my thing or anything particularly engaging about it. Imagine it’d be good to see live and let lose to, but as an album, can’t see me going towards it to listen through pleasure. We drink, we party, we fuck shit up 🤷🏻‍♂️ Gets pretty repetitive and get the message not long into the album and then much the same throughout. Pretty relentless, and not in a good way. Eye rolling and sighing when each next song starts and sounds like the last. I get it 🙄 (2.5)

со всем уважением... большую часть панка я могу слушать только когда нужен нойззз на фоне

2/5 punk rock

Not enjoyable. 2.

An interesting listen, but not an album I'll ever return to.

I like punk and props to this album for being 34 mins long. However, I prefer melodic punk, and this ain’t it! Still, not the worst I’ve heard but I wouldn’t listen again.

4/10 While on the one hand I can see how the Angry lyrics could connect, and musically it isn't terrible - although punky, it has definite skill to it - on the other hand I'll happily never hear it again. You can hear how this would go into to be honest and polished into the influences of later US punk bands and deserves it's place on this list. I just don't happen to like it.

Was not in the right mood

Just a bit too snarky/clangy/one-note for me

1.5/5

Groupe inconnu. Punk assez dynamique, avec parfois une basse bien mise en avant, mais avec un son plutôt brouillon qui casse un peu l'énergie. Certains trouvent cette musique agressive ? La même année Motorhead avait sorti 'No Sleep Til Hammersmith', une vraie claque bourrée d'adrénaline que j'adore toujours écouter pour recharger mes batteries ... ce ne sera pas le cas de 'Damaged'. =>2/5

This just feels... a bit much?

Yikes - not for the sound of mind!

This was pretty disappointing when it was released. It still is.

Probably a historic punk rock album but who cares. Not the worst thing I've ever heard and it's short at least but still. Not something I need to listen to ever again. Really grating by the end of it. 3.75/10 (1.875/5)

It's nice to finally put a singing voice to the face of Henry Rollins who I've seen pop up throughout the years in various documentaries and interviews. I like the sound of the guitar. It's rough and heavy. Thick and fuzzy. The notes the guitar is actually playing excited me slightly less. Better than most hardcore punk I would say but still doesn't make me want to check out more of Black Flag. The vocals are your typical hardcore punk vocals really. Loud, aggressive, not melodic in the slightest. Almost shouting. Thankfully, like most punk, it is quite a short listen. I would have started to hate it more and more as time went on. Not quite my kind of music, but good to stick on if you're in the mood for something aggressive.

It's funny, I've probably seen more Black Flag t-shirts than listened to their songs by 1000:1 if not more. Definitely remember the fighty individuating teenage years, wherein I listened to fair amount of punk music, but I was apparently too late. Didn't super enjoy listening to this, but at least now I can say that I have.

+1 Rise Above, aggressive, unfocused musicianship

A harcore fan of punk but not a fan of hardcore punk. I grew adolescent with punk rock, the Buzzcocks, the Cramps, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, the Gen X, even "les Beeru", but never heard of them... And I hear nice things here and there in this album, but it's mainly boring and noisy to me. Talk about growing old ;-p. Yet I'd give a few points here to recognize the influence it could have had on one of my favourite the Toy Dolls, especially when singing in choir (yes, yes I hear it at times)

Nah it ain’t hitting for me

thanks i hate it

Hard rock/punk/metal mix. Introspective personal lyrics, more reminiscent of later post-punk and even nu metal Best track - TV Party

Leuke punk, maar ook niks aparts

I listened to this whole thing and unsurprisingly TV Party was the only song I liked. Otherwise allot of mediocre noise

Maybe punk just isn't my thing.

Found to be almost grating to the ear

Henry Rollins seems like a great guy. But Henry Rollins is a pretty intolerable singer. He did get better. His use of his voice for the Rollins Band in the 90s is definitely less grating. But he also started mixing in lots of spoken word, and then did whole albums and performances of spoken word as a solo artist. So maybe he agrees with me.

I like the energy, but I don’t know that I like the vocals enough to get through this again.

Not really my style of music but I got through the majority of the album. I can only do punk music in small doses.

Completely understandable why this included but not one for me 2*

Once again, beef with punk

At the risk of sounding like my mother, it’s just a lot of noise isn’t it! Hard to find too many redeeming features in this one unfortunately.

Defo an album that can only be really appreciated if you were in the scene when they were about. TV party is quite amusing )and feels like a massive influence on the Beastie Boys), the last song I quite liked, I think the riffs were slower. Otherwise, yeah it’s a massive influence etc etc, but I’m out.

Not really in a punk mood today, but it was only 35 minutes, so that was a bonus.

It was fine at first but man does it get exhausting the more you listen to it

It’s too angry for me. I’ve never liked Henry Rollings personality and suspected I wouldn’t like his music. I guess this list has helped me confirm the fact I don’t like his music. Cool.

Bollocks, another punk offering. At least they are short.

“I've got a six pack and nothing to do! I got a six pack and I don't need you!” OK, Henry.

# Album Name: Damaged # Artist: Black Flag # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Decent opening track in Rise above. Pretty basic lyrics but some raw energy. Fuck me, i did not realise this way henry rollins lol. I wonder where that sucker came from. Now i know. The production on the album seems pretty fucked. Its like someone is playing the record in the room down the hall and i can hear it from the distance. Thats a big miss and a big shame. This band could and should have a big fuck off sound. Shame it doesnt live up to its reputation. I have a soft spot for british punk but this misses the mark for me. Theres way too many songs below average. # Top Tunes: Rise above / Thirsty and miserable. # Would I listen to it again? No

I never got into Black Flag when I was younger and exploring punk/hardcore, and they still don’t appeal to me at this point in my life. It’s just a half hour that I wanted to hurry up and get through.

dnf

Very raw and angry punk. Honestly not a very pleasant listen. Stand-out: Damaged II

Not for me.

Not my jam

4.5/10

I get why this is good, and I typically love classic hardcore. This was a surprisingly difficult listen

I wish I could give this a 2.5. It's too harsh for my taste, but there are interesting ideas.

Same issue ive had with other Punk albums. A bit too angry without musical prowess. Interesting, but not amazing

Yet another punk album, and they are all the same; shouting lyrics, fast tempo and wall of guitars! Not a lot here that is different but the song intros do allow for some hope ... but no ... they just go back to the standard genre. I did quite like 'TV Story' though. Nothing particularly noteworthy otherwise.

Too much for me

Legendary punk rock from early 80s. Loved this kind of music as a teenager back then… but now I am older, and have moves on

I'm not a huge punk fan but this is not terrible. It's not too wall of fuzz sounding as some punk can be. The singing is not terrible either, I'm sure there is a great punk type message there if I looked at the lyrics. Not bad but I probably don't need to listen to it again.

Ughh

Just not for me.. 4/10

Certainly one of the angrier albums I've heard in this project. There are good bones on this album, a solid foundation. But some of the songs border on incoherence and really detract from the songs that are a bit more fleshed out and actually decent. Punk is slowly growing on me, but this isn't quite it. Top tracks: Rise Above, Damaged I

It was okay

Er staat veel te veel punk in deze lijst. Er kan heel wat uit. En dit lijkt mij een prima kandidaat. Wat voegt het toe ten opzichte van de rest? Ik ga het niet opzoeken, maar muzikaal in elk geval niets. 1,5 ster.

Mystic spiral did it first 4/10

Not so good, but I heard it anyway

Sometimes punk works for me. Mostly it doesn't. This is great for what it is. And I'm always grateful that bands like this can never sustain a song for more than 2 1/2 minutes. I can deal with the songs where they actually tried to craft a song. But the ones that are just let using their instruments to jerk off? Not so much. An extra star for being ahead of the punk curve for the 80s.

sbpunk

Quite liked the punk vibe at the start but by the end just found it irritating.

My knowledge of black flag before listening to this album was the reference in the Atari’s version of the song boys of Summer (they replaced Grateful Dead sticker with black flag sticker) and a bit of in between song banter from Ryan Adams, where he was stating that some people south of the mason Dixon line listen to Black flag, intimating that they weren’t all dumb shit kickers. So I get that black flag is a cultural touch point, but on my first full album exposure to them I was not super impressed

I didn't hate it. A couple of songs were kind of fun. Other than that, I'm not sure I really see the appeal. Maybe Rollins became a better front man later on, but he doesn't strike me as special on this debut.

noise

Not a fan

Besides the 3 songs I knew, this was just noise...

Annoying British men whining over unremarkable guitars and it's "hardcore"?

Not a mad fan?

I can now say that I have listened to a Black Flag album.

i know i should have probably expected it from the cover but the shouting kinda caught me off guard at first LOL. also lowkey surprised by the short run time for each song, but in this case i don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. it’s not my usual taste in music but i actually don’t hate it? tv party is actually such a fun song 😋 i respect the album and it has its fun moments, but i don’t think i would go back to listen to it that often, which is why i’m giving it a 2… i would give it a 2.5 if i could though!

If an angry teenager was music, this would be it. I liked a few of the earlier tracks and was considering giving it a reasonably high rating at that point but by the second half of the album it got a bit much and I found it samey and depressing. Fave Track: TV Party Rating: 2

Not for me.

This is something I probably would have enjoyed more in my early teens, but I have never been a real fan of just yelling for vocals. Just not my thing, and I will never listen to this album again.

Middle school beginner music?

40/100 Maybe this is a bit too far outside my comfort zone. And this isn't my style. But just as I was warming up to the record (witty lyrics and awesome instrumentals) in the middle part, the quality took a nosedive towards the end. Maybe it takes some getting used to but I also don't think the quality is there and variety is basically non-existent.

Un po' metal, un po' scarno 2/3

Not for me too hard.

Not my type of music. It was just too much music and i just couldn't enjoy it. 2/5

Meh. I don't think I would ever choose to listen to this again.

Noisy. One memorable tune. Maybe.

15 songs, in 35 minutes. Made this listen tolerable. All I ever knew about Black Flag was Henry Rollins had something to do with them. I knew him more as an actor & now know why he likes to chew the scenery. On the plus side, all I’ve go left to do is have a brew .

Tengo paciencia con el punk. Le tengo afecto, incluso. A veces lo encuentro adorable. Pero me gusta, realmente me gusta, cuando hay melodía. Incluso si el mensaje y la rabia, esenciales en el género, están bien administradas. Aquí hay poco de eso.

Man, I know I’m probably supposed to like this but it just didn’t do much for me. A lot of noise with nothing really memorable. Although a 35 min runtime with 15 songs is quite impressive. I’ll put my rock horns up and give this a star for each raised finger.

Das ist nicht so meine Musik. Zugegeben sehr gut produziert und abwechslungsreich arrangiert, aber in einem Rutsch durchhören ist dennoch für mich nicht möglich.

Good energy, but I felt it didn't have a lot of variety and I got a bit tired of it towards the end.

It’s got a great beat, and you can smash your head against the wall to it!

This is such suburban teenage boy music. Bleh. Rise Above was reasonable, if you like this genre. And I actually chuckled with TV Party and enjoyed it. But overall it's not my thing.

It’s a bit much

Punk rock \../

I put this on while I was making dinner, didn’t have the same relaxing effects as the jazz album did. Extra star for the shoutout to the Jeffersons.

This may be the point I have to admit that I don’t understand punk music

My rating of 1 the first time I listened to this was too harsh. It was much more listenable to me this time around, but I'm just simply not a hardcore fan. I will always appreciate how good punk rockers are at their instruments though. Favorite track: TV Party

not my thing and not anything special but wasnt painful. 2

I know that the low quality sound and recordings is kind of "part of the gig" when it comes to punk albums, but in the age of high fidelity music streaming at our fingertips, it really makes things like this unpleasant to listen back to. If you can get past the quality issue, the mixing doesn't seem too bad, though. I don't know, each track mostly sounded the same to me, and I just didn't get anything out of it.

First song was pretty good and it went downhill from there.

Heavy College radio in the 90s. Lots of shouting but only so much to listen to.

Well, this certainly is a southern CA punk album. I appreciate the youthful energy, the raw rudimentary playing, the lo-fi....everything. The time and place of this album is very apparent in the sound, along with the angry youthful ranting against things they don't understand. I think this inward directed punk (poor me, life sucks, I hate you all!) doesn't resonate like the more political punk of the Sex Pistols, or the smart lyrics of Bad Religion or the Clash.

GKDIDFJEIWWFFFFF#$21+++ LOTS OF RAGE. THIS ALBUM MADE ME KICK OVER A PARKED LIME SCOOTER, RAWWWWRRRR

OK. Bit too shouty for my taste

One of those albums that is worth hearing even if it's not quite for me. I guess the US brand of punk/hardcore didn't quite land in the UK, and that kind of genre throughout this project has been littered with US albums that we just didn't listen to. I remember Henry Rollins doing his spoken word gig at my University in the early 90s and I'd never heard of him. Anyway, nice to hear a bit of anger and some structure to punk.

At this point in my life, this (and I use the term loosely) “music” is just stupid. Noise with some idiot kid yelling at me about how miserable he is. I think there was only one song where they actually tried to sing pitches, and then they were terrible at it. I can’t tell if they’re laughing or serious. Either way, it made me laugh a number of times, and for that reason alone I give it two stars. But basically, pure crap.

i’m sure it’s good i just don’t like this type of music

Wouldn't have liked this at the time and don't like it now. All very thrashy and shouty and repetitive

This is punishing not because it is just grating but its just an endless barrage of complaining without a range of emotion or sense of being connected with other people. Husker Du is so much more interesting and powerful than this.

I know they're pioneers and all and there's a message in there somewhere but It's just not my thing. Gorilla Biscuits and CIV I prefer just for their more melodic nature.

This band reminds me of high school. Not because I listened to it... But because there was a group of "punks" who wore the combat boots, denim jackets with pins and patches, had Mohawks, piercings, never showered... And didn't give a Fuck. In hindsight, they were a nuisance. I get that a lot of things can ifluence how someone acts, or dresses. Music really has that effect on people. Unfortunately Punk has the worst following. At least in hygiene. That's how this record sounds to me. I must give credit where credit is due... This album on the surface is just "I don't care. I give no fucks" - but lyrically they do paint a picture. And I think, despite the repetitive 1 to 3 syllable words explaining hate, anarchy, being pissed off - over all FUCK YOU. There is some thought to the lyrics. The song in mind is TV Party. Surface level it is a bunch of kids who have nothing else to do but watch tv. Which is very uninspiring. But I took it almost in the way that the creation and popularization, and of course addictive quality TV has, it has rendered them feeling that they have nothing better to do. That TV has kind of corrupted people's minds; they've become sheep. And purposely distracted. Maybe I'm putting too much thought into it, or giving too much credit. But music is suppose to invoke thought. And when I listened through that lense, it was almost genius. But! I still don't like Punk. The vocal delivery is annoying. The Instruments are played poorly. It's aggressive as intended but it comes of gimmicky. Black Flag is one of the more popular punk bands. Every punk rocker has their patch sewn to their denim or leather jacket. It's almost like if you don't like Black Flag, you're not a real punk rocker. Of course, this is speculation. There is definitely an audience for this genre and this band. But I'd gladly stand far from those smelly kids.

Its tough for me to enjoy most punk. The constant rapid 16th notes with no variability is too thick to push through. I can hear some interesting stuff from the guitar on this album and interesting drum choices from time to time. Life of Pain and Damaged I are highlights.

Ni po čemu distinktivno. Bez nekog utiska.

Meh, not really my thing. I respect it though. Highlight was 'Rise Above' but still not really my thing.

The album started off on, but the the last 2/3 of it all started to sound the same to me. Not really my jam, but people who are into harder music might like it.

Pituus hyvä

This is not for me. I mean, it could have been worse. But I still did not enjoy it.

Hm. No.

I did not enjoy this

Henry Rollins fan for life! Lets have a TV Party!

Started off alright, good solid punk, but got boring over the course of the album. All sounded pretty much the same. 2 stars.

Oh yay another hardcore punk album. I was hoping I'd like this more since I've been enjoying post-punk recently but I was still pretty irritated with it by the end. I will say that I didn't mind the first track and didn't hate it as much as some of the other hardcore punk albums I've gotten but it's far from standing out as a diamond in the rough in the genre for me.

Angry

Some mildly interesting songs for the genre. 2.2

I was quite hungover and in a lovely cottage. It's possible that isn't the perfect place for this hardcore punk album. It wasn't totally terrible, and at times it was quite interesting, but equally quite a lot of it was just dreadful noise.

In isolation there are some great tracks here but as an album it’s a bit of a one trick pony and not exploring anything new earning it a very middle of the road 2.5 stars.

Juste un gros mur de son et de colère. J'imagine que c'était un son très en marge au début des années 80. Demeure difficile à écouter aujourd'hui.