SPRAY PAINT THE WALLS: THE STORY OF BLACK FLAG

Stevie Chick

[Punk - Biography - Black Flag]

Formed in Hermosa Beach, California in 1978, for eight brutal years they made and played brilliant, ugly, no-holds-barred music on a self-appointed touring circuit of America's clubs, squats, and community halls. They fought with everybody: the police, the record industry and even their own fans. They toured overseas on pennies a day and did it in beat-up trucks and vans. This book tells the Black Flag story from the inside drawing on exclusive interviews with the group's members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired. It's the story of Henry Rollins, and his journey from fan to iconic frontman. And it's the story of Greg Ginn, who turned his electronics company into one of the world's most influental independent record labels while leading Black Flag from punk's three-chord frenzy into heavy meatal and free-jazz. Softcover, a few photos (b&w).

PM Press (2011) 404 p. 16 x 23 cm - In English