Favorite "Party" Songs #1 - "TV Party"

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And, with the most obvious choice since the time I picked "Bela Lugosi's Dead" as my favorite goth tune, #1 in my Favorite "Party" Songs is TV Party" by Black Flag. Black Flag was formed by guitarist Greg Ginn, who was the band's only constant, in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1976. Because I have used this song before, I don't want to bore you with the same facts, so here's something cool: Members of, at various times, bands such as Slayer, My Chemical Romance, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bring Me the Horizon, vocalist Frank Turner (Million Dead,) and Tool and A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan have all cited Black Flag as a major influence. The Black Flag logo (four uneven black rectangles that resemble a flag,) and all other band artwork was designed and drawn by Raymond Pettibon (Ginn, Greg's brother.) It was Pettibon that suggested the group call themselves Black Flag. A punk classic, "TV Party" is from Black Flag's 1981 debut album, Damaged (vocalist Henry Rollins' band debut,) and is also available on the 1982 TV Party EP. A sarcastic look at beer and television, told through the eyes of a bunch of gents with nothing better to do than "watch TV, and have a couple of brews." It's funny, it's got a great video, it's got Henry Rollins, how much more obvious a #1 choice I could make? (Info verified by Wikipedia)