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Slip It In

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This album is the most accomplished besides that of Damaged. Not the same sounding Black Flag on Damaged, First Four Years, or even My War. The band has found a great mid-ground between 70's rock and hardcore. For example Black Coffee is steady driving with your buddy banging on the top of the cab and the guy in the back seat is swinging a chain out the window. Makes you wanna cruise in your firebird with you and some of your buddies and start a fight with some bozo out on the street. My Ghetto is a hardcore punk panic attack nightmare. Rollins is really flipant yelling and growling in a dellusional mania. You can feel your heart palpitate to Greg's kick drum. This albums only instrumental, Obliteration has lumbering heaviness of doom metal, Ginn does some really wild solos on this one. This is a real keeper if you are into Flag, It's has quite a range in musical style and doesn't have a dull moment except for Rats Eyes (a slow dirge of a ditty.) For Flag fans whom like the 'rock' as well as the 'punk.'

Not the same Black Flag on Damaged, First Four Years, or even My War. The band has found a great mid-ground between 70's rock and hardcore. For example Black Coffee is steady driving with your buddy banging on the top of the cab and the guy in the back seat is swinging a chain out the window. Makes you wanna cruise in your firebird with you and some of your buddies and start a fight with some bozo out on the street. My Ghetto is a hardcore punk panic attack nightmare. Rollins is really flipant yelling and growling in a dellusional mania. You can feel your heart palpitate to Greg's kick drum. This albums only instrumental, Obliteration has lumbering heaviness of doom metal, Ginn does some really wild solos on this one. This is a real keeper if you are into Flag, It's has quite a range in musical style and doesn't have a dull moment except for Rats Eyes (a slow dirge of a ditty.) For Flag fans whom like the 'rock' as well as the 'punk.'

Not the same Black Flag on Damaged, First Four Years, or even My War. The band has found a great mid-ground between 70's rock and hardcore. For example Black Coffee is steady driving with your buddy banging on the top of the cab and the guy in the back seat is swinging a chain out the window. Makes you wanna cruise in your firebird with you and some of your buddies and start a fight with some bozo out on the street. My Ghetto is a hardcore punk panic attack nightmare. Rollins is really flipant yelling and growling in a dellusional mania. You can feel your heart palpitate to Greg's kick drum. This albums only instrumental, Obliteration has lumbering heaviness of doom metal, Ginn does some really wild solos on this one. This is a real keeper if you are into Flag, It's has quite a range in musical style and doesn't have a dull moment except for Rats Eyes (a slow dirge of a ditty.) For Flag fans whom like the 'rock' as well as the 'punk.'

Black Flag was always trying new things! They were experimenting but sure they were rockin'! On Slip It in, they mix hard-rock/heavy metal sounds with they powerful punk sound! The result is really good! There is awesome tracks on this CD the best example is probably for me The Bars! But Slip It in, Black Coffee & My Gettho are also really good!

A good Black Flag effort!! I love the instruments in this, Kira is an awesome bass player, what can I say about Greg, it's already known that he's one of the best. Of course Descendents leader Bill Stevenson is good on the skins! The angry singer Rollins too! But there are problems on this like, some songs just run too long. You have to be in the right mood to listen to the whole thing. I can see how Stephen Egerton(ALL,Descendents) really liked this album, he uses some of the styles of riffs Greg Ginn played on here.

At the height of their power, the Flag was not a band to be trifled with, and "Slip It In" is and was one of their finest moments. Last year at this time, I can recall booming this album in my headset while walking past the Champs-Elysees in the pouring rain, and it fit the moment perfectly.

It's a patchy album, but with their new bassist Kira Roessler, it sounds (in the words of Rollins himself) "like to soundtrack to a full-scale riot". Not to take away from D.O.A. or Bad Brains, both of whom have equally (if not better) classic albums, but 'Black Coffee', 'Bars', and especially the title track slay the first 5 rows of people without even cranking the volume past 3.

"Damaged" is their critical wet dream, and it's equally good--though the sound is a bit sludgy--but you can interchange either album and you won't be the worse for it.

this is a brain meltingly heavy album and one i have consistantly listened to over the years, kira's bass lines are so powerfull and greg's solo's are like abstract graphiti on top of them, pure art.....

so black flag returns with there 4th installment and longest lineup that the band would have.with new bass player Kira (replaceing dale nixon .aka greg ginn).so black flag was always trying new things on all there albums (breaking rules all the time)but this would be there most straight forward realise that they would have.more of a rockin punk album.i think they have finally gottin use to useing a studio and really show ya that.i like the fact that even with the production some of the guitar tracks have flaws in them .is that punk or what.so from the start of "slip it in" greg ginn really has some of his best riffs here .Not since black sabbath have you heard such a riff maniac. it could be the fact that bill stevenson (descendents)is the drummer on this album that made this more straight forward of a album his caffine driving beats are some of his best(also see descendents milo goes to college.)so also henry rollins is really starting to come into his own buy this point droping the screaming and starting his more talk singing style that he has always been known for.on tracks like "you think you're evil 'and "rats eyes" hes at his best.so if you are new to black flag and like your punk fast and furious .this is an album to get.but ya know every black album is worth getting because no two sound alike...