
SPRAY
PAINT THE WALLS: THE STORY OF BLACK FLAG
Stevie Chick
They
were the pioneers of American hardcore, forming in California in 1978 and splitting
up 8 years later leaving behind them a trail of blood, carnage and brutal, brilliant
music. Throughout the years they fought with the police, record industry and their
own fans.
This is the band's story from the inside, drawing
upon exclusive interviews with the group's members, their contemporaries and the
groups who were inspired by them. It's also the story of American hardcore music,
from the perspective of the group who did more to take the sound to the clubs,
squats and community halls of America than any other.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Stevie Chick has been writing about music for
more than ten years, contributing to such titles as MOJO, The Guardian, Kerrang!,
Plan B, Arena, The Times, NME, Sleazenation, Melody Maker and Careless Talk Costs
Lives, and editing underground rock magazine Loose Lips Sink Ships with photographer
Steve Gullick. He is the author of Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story, also
published by Omnibus Press. He lives in South London.
'Spray
Paint The Walls: The Story Of Black Flag' is available now.