If you can endure the lousy sound quality, here’s an awesome
video of a Black Flag rehearsal.
It’s dark, dingy, and I bet all that cheap soundproofing
material that seems to be everywhere in the band’s cramped rehearsal space,
just makes the entire place smell awful.
The band was known-scratch that-guitarist Greg Ginn was
known for his endurance setting practice times, demanding that everyone in the
band show up for rehearsals 6 days a week, usually in preparation for grueling
tours that put the Melvin’s current “51 States in 51 Days” tour to shame.
What I didn’t expect was how Black Flag rehearsals appear to
be as physically rigorous as the real thing. Rollins in dripping with sweat,
drummer Bill Stevenson faces Rollins
with Ginn and Dukowski crammed on both sides of him, the band plays at full
volume with Hank completely inaudible.
This is how it should be done, and young upstarts should
take note.
How did Black Flag get to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium?
Practice. Practice. Practice.
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