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My War

~ Black Flag
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (31 Dec 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sst
  • ASIN: B000000LZO
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,829 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. My War 3:46£0.79
Listen  2. Can't Decide 5:22£0.79
Listen  3. Beat My Head Against The Wall 2:34£0.79
Listen  4. I Love You 3:27£0.79
Listen  5. Forever Time 2:30£0.79
Listen  6. The Swinging Man 3:04£0.79
Listen  7. Nothing Left Inside 6:44£0.79
Listen  8. Three Nights 6:02£0.79
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1984's MY WAR is a sometimes-confusing transitional record for Black Flag. Hobbled by a lengthy legal battle with SST'sformer distributors Unicorn Records, during which the band couldn't even record under its own name, remaining members Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins and Bill Stevenson started from scratch when the legal dust had settled. Without even bothering to hire a new bassist (guitarist Ginn also handled bass, under the pseudonym Dale Nixon), the trio recorded MY WAR on its own. The six songs on side one are mostly speedy hardcore not far removed from the band's most recent new record, 1981's DAMAGED, and the title track and "I Love You" are among Black Flags's best in that style. The three lengthy songs on side two, however, point toward the blues-tinged heavy metalstyle the band would explore over its next several albums, like some amalgam of Black Sabbath and the Stooges.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The beauty in pain, 17 Feb 2004
By Mr. M. L. Hawes "Mitchmusic" - See all my reviews
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There is no such thing as an easy Black Flag album. With the possible exception of Damaged, Black Flag made challenging on the edge punk rock that pushed their listeners to the extremes.

Henry Rollins's tortured vocals rise above the scorching guitar work of Greg Ginn right from the blitz of the opening track 'My War', through 'Cant Decide' and on to the grinding efforts on side two.

My War is a album that pushes boundaries. It's in no way easy listening, but is very raw and soulful in a uniquely raucous way. An essential punk document of the times.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My War shows the Jekyll and Hyde side of Black Flag, 17 Jun 2004
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Yes, 'Damaged' is perhaps their seminal work, but My War certainly kicks on its heels as a classic album from the 80s. My War is a Jekyll and Hyde of an album, one side full of short songs, the other comprised of just three long tracks. Some folk say it's like Black Sabbath, I just think of it as pure Black Flag. Ozzy could never hit the lows of Nothing Left Inside, or My War's 'You're one of them'.

Rollins peaks on this album, and hits the notes like a drained Iggy Pop, dragging notes up from the gutter. But is it metal, well no, and it's not punk, so is it a punk-metal crossover, no. It simply shows how intelligent Black Flag were; producing two classic albums, which are very distinctive, and sound so dissimilar you'd think they were not from the same band.

In fact you might not like it if you're a BF purist, or a nu-metal-man. But as Henry once said, 'You think that you're my friend but you're one of them'. Wasted? Still am...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very overrated, 24 Mar 2004
By Reza "Biscuitsforsmut" (Lancaster, England) - See all my reviews
I think it's a disgrace that this album is so overlooked in comparison to Damaged. Whilst I love Damaged, this is a far more satisfying album. The album kicks off with the brutal title track before launching into a further 5 tracks of angry and outraged punk rock. It is the last 3 tracks however that for me encapsulates the quality of this album. It truley demonstrated that Black Flag weren't your average Hardcore band who were only obsessed with speed. They are very Sabbath-like in their tempo, which to me is no bad thing as I love Sabbath. I would advise people not to listen to this if they are depressed however as it is certainley not a comforting album! However it is a superb one.
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