{"product_id":"black-flag-damaged","title":"Black Flag - Damaged","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag's Damaged is hardcore punk at its most volatile, the 1981 debut album that introduced Henry Rollins and set the scene ablaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band had already burned through several singers and a handful of seminal EPs before Rollins, a fan from Washington, D.C., stepped up to the microphone. With Greg Ginn's guitar slashing and Dez Cadena moving to rhythm guitar, the group finally made a full-length statement on their own SST label. Its fury was so raw that a planned major-label distribution deal collapsed, an episode that only cemented its outsider status and its legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rise Above\" kicks things off with a defiant, chanted anthem that still unites punks of all ages. \"TV Party\" is a wickedly funny swipe at couch-potato culture, complete with a singalong hook, while \"Six Pack\" skewers suburban boredom with savage humour. On the other end of the spectrum, \"Damaged I\" closes the album in a spiral of genuine anguish, Rollins sounding as though he is tearing himself apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGinn's atonal, wiry solos and the band's tight, lurching rhythms make this a much stranger and more inventive record than its reputation for aggression suggests. On vinyl, it remains a cornerstone of American punk, as necessary now as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439069569329,"sku":"018861000718","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Black_Flag-Damaged.jpg?v=1794151948","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/black-flag-damaged","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}