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Black Flag - Damaged. When I first heard this album (I was maybe 12) it blew me away, I had been into the classics: Hendrix, Zeppelin, Floyd were the big three. Needless to say this album broke all barriers that the classic rock genre built for me, it made me re-think the way music could be played and it occured to me just how pure a record could sound.....
Fast-forward 11 years.....I still love this album and for something like hardcore/punk to stand the test of time like that is an achievement. Its easy to get burned out on the 80's hardcore music, not due to the quality but maybe more the monotony of most of it, let's face it few bands of that time really stick out as different sounding, in fact one could maybe name 8 or 10 out of the multitudes that put out records. To me, out of all those groups and all those albums this is definintely in the top 5, probably 1 or maybe 2.
An album that changed my life, my rhythm and my music forever.
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