Black Flag - Target Video

Black Flag

Target Video

Footage from 1979, 1980, and 1981

Black Flag - 1984 - Hoboken, New Jersey

Black Flag

19 October 1984 

Maxwell's

Hoboken, New Jersey

Obliteration

Revenge
Nervous Breakdown
Can't Decide
Forever Time
Swinging Man
Wound Up
Slip It In
My Ghetto
Black Coffee
Beat My Head Against The Wall
Your Last Affront
Rat's Eyes
The Bars
Police Story
Rise Above (cuts in)
My War (incomplete)

 

Black Flag - Leeds - 1984

Black Flag 

at the Bierkellar, Leeds 

19 May 1984 

1. Nervous Breakdown
2. Can't Decide
3. Slip It In
4. Black Coffee
5. Forever time
6. Six Pack
7. My War
8. Jealous Again
9. I Love You
10. The Swinging Man
11. Three Nights
12. Fix Me
13. Wound Up
14. Rat's Eyes

Urban Struggle: Battle Of The Cuckoos Nest (1981)

Urban Struggle: The Battle Of The Cuckoos Nest is a documentary focusing on Jerry Roach's music venue around the year 1981. Facing ongoing pressure from both a nearby "cowboy" bar and the police, the film includes interviews with hardcore punk fans and bands such as: Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and T.S.O.L., who are also shown performing at the Cuckoos Nest.

Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoos Nest by YorkShackleton

Reality 86'd - Black Flag tour documentary

Reality 86'd, filmed by Dave Markey (1991: The Year Punk Broke, Desperate Teenage Lovedolls), documents a portion of Black Flag's 1986 "In My Head" tour. Along with his band Painted Willie, Greg Ginn's then side band Gone, plus the crew members; Markey's camera offers unique perspective into what would be Black Flag's final tour.

Shot in 1986 and completed by director David Markey in 1991 for We Got Power Films, approx. 62 min., Super 8 film.

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) was funded by some folks usually in the business of producing porn, but director Penelope Spheeris instead created this imperfect but classic documentary of the Los Angeles hardcore/punk world of 1979/80.
Interviews and performances from the Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X all provide a fascinating look at that period in musical history.

The full movie has been removed from Youtube,
but here are a few bits...

Attention!


Penelope Spheeris, John Doe + Lee Ving interview


Circle Jerks

Black Flag - 1983 - Culver City

Dig on this footage of a truncated 1983 Black Flag show in an unconventional venue. Here's the description that was posted with the video:

"This is all the video available from this incredible BLACK FLAG performance at a garage party in 1983. The clip begins with a few moments from the song MY RULES then goes into DEPRESSION, SCREAM, NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, THIRSTY AND MISERABLE, and just the intro to SIX PACK.

The Black Flag lineup at this time had Ginn, Dukowki, Rollins, Stevenson, and coincedentaly the last performance with Dez Cadena on 2nd guitar. Contarary to even Rollins own memory, this party was not in Mike Muir's garage, but was in the garage of one of the Suicidal Tendencies roadies (Albert, his grandmas actually) in Culver City, West Los Angeles, California. Black Flag played this party in the middle of the day as a favor to then Suicidal manager and often Black Flag photographer Glen E. Friedman. The occasion was to attempt to get as many of the suicidal kids with their hand drawn shirts into one place so they could be photographed for ST's debut LP cover. Black Flag played a tremendous set, Suicidal followed and could barely get through one song due to the insanity of the rabid suicidal followers, it was a nice afternoon."