Black Flag (country, hardcore, instrumental, punk, favorite bands)

Moon Pix · 03-13-2007, 04:51 PM

They were definitely a hardcore band untill they put out My War. With that record they were experimenting with Sabbath style heavy metal and then on later records they were attempting free jazz influenced instrumentals and spoken word.

The problem with hardcore is that its perceived in such a narrow fashion. Just because Black Flag wrote songs over 90 seconds long doesnt make therm not hardcore. The very defined style a lot of people think of when they talk about hardcore is basically what MDC were doing on their early records. Hardcore's not just about that though.

View Poll Results: What is Black Flag?
Punk	41	51.25%
Hardcore	29	36.25%
Neither. It's emo/country.	2	2.50%
Good question. What IS Black Flag? mp3's please?	8	10.00%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

03-13-2007, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Moon Pix In a very sad sad zoo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: "Out on tour with Smashing Pumpkins, nature kids, they don't have no function" Posts: 363	They were definitely a hardcore band untill they put out My War. With that record they were experimenting with Sabbath style heavy metal and then on later records they were attempting free jazz influenced instrumentals and spoken word. The problem with hardcore is that its perceived in such a narrow fashion. Just because Black Flag wrote songs over 90 seconds long doesnt make therm not hardcore. The very defined style a lot of people think of when they talk about hardcore is basically what MDC were doing on their early records. Hardcore's not just about that though. __________________ There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Look 'cross the land, shake this land - "Maybe Not", C. Marshall