Favorite "Color" Bands #6 - Black Flag

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"We've got nothing better to do," than get to #6 in my countdown of my favorite bands with a color in their name, the third of four "black" bands: Black Flag. Formed by guitarist Greg Ginn in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1976, Black Flag was one of America's greatest punk bands, a leader in the hardcore punk movement of the 1980's. With Ginn being the group's only constant member, over the years Black Flag was home to numerous punk legends, including Keith Morris, Henry Rollins, Dex Cadena, Kira Roessler, Bill Stevenson, and Chuck Biscuits. All in all, the band had 16 different lineups with 17 different musicians. Most notably, Morris went on to form Circle Jerks, Rollins fronted the Rollins Band and found success as both a spoken word performer and host of a cable television show, and Stevenson is best known for his own legendary band, The Descendants. Roessler, meanwhile, is an Emmy Award winning dialogue editor. Their 1981 full length debut, Damaged, is a punk classic, and widely considered one of the genre's most influential albums. If all of that isn't enough, I once saw a photo of John Goodman wearing a Black Flag sweatshirt. If Black Flag is good enough for the actor who played Dan Conner, they are certainly good enough for me. (Who's got the 10 1/2? info verified by Wikipedia)