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Black Flag - TV Party
Posted in Records on Feb 16, 2006 at 6:18 PM

This was the first place I heard of Henry Rollins - recorded in 1981 Rollins had just joined Black Flag a few weeks before the recording session. Previously the band had tried to record full length albums with other ( I'm tempted to say 'lesser') vocallists, but these sessions hadn't produced enough good material for an album. Since Henry was so new they band recorded the backing vocals without the singer and then later the vocals were recorded by Henry with band leaders Greg Ginn  (who wrote the song)and Chuck Dukowski coaching him.

This track features the entire band on backing vocals, they're supposed to sound like amateurs, it's funnier that way. Singing about how they're going to sit on the couch, drink beer and watch TV - something that's hard to imagine Henry doing these days. The album ended up getting mired in legal disputes for a couple of years, but this single did make it onto the soundtrack for cult classic Repo Man.



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