Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag

Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore, and this is their blood-spattered story. Formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1978, they made and played brilliant, ugly, no-holds-barred music for eight brutal years 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—and they toured overseas on pennies a day in beat-up trucks and vans. This history tells Black Flag’s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive interviews with the group’s members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired. It depicts the rise of Henry Rollins, the iconic front man, and Greg Ginn, who turned his electronics company into one of the world’s most influential independent record labels while leading Black Flag from punk’s three-chord frenzy into heavy metal and free jazz.

黑旗是美国硬核的先驱，这就是他们鲜血淋漓的故事。他们于1978年在加利福尼亚州的赫莫萨海滩成立，在美国俱乐部、蹲点和社区会堂自封的巡回演出中，他们制作和演奏了八年辉煌、丑陋、不受限制的音乐。他们与警察、唱片业，甚至自己的粉丝一起战斗，他们每天乘坐破旧的卡车和面包车进行海外巡演。这部历史从内部讲述了黑旗的故事，借鉴了对该乐队成员、他们同时代的人以及他们启发的乐队的独家采访。它描绘了标志性的主唱亨利·罗林斯和格雷格·吉恩的崛起，后者将自己的电子公司转变为世界上最有影响力的独立唱片公司之一，同时领导黑旗乐队从朋克的三和弦狂热转向重金属和自由爵士乐。