1982 Demos
| The Complete 1982 Demos | |
|---|---|
| Demo album / Unreleased by Black Flag | |
| Recorded | 1982 |
| Genre | Hardcore punk, heavy metal |
The Complete 1982 Demos is an unreleased set of demo tracks intended for a follow-up album to Black Flag's debut album Damaged (1981). The tracks recorded show the band moving in a riff-driven, heavy metal-inflected direction, away from the pure hardcore punk of the first album. Due to legal issues, the album was never recorded, though most of the tracks were re-recorded for later albums. Though never officially released, the recordings have been widely bootlegged.
A version of the album called "The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More!" exists, which includes a seperate bootleg named "1984 Radio Tokyo Demos". These were recorded live on radio in 1984, as the name would suggest. The original Tokyo bootleg consisted of 5 songs, along with an interview, an intro, and an outro, bringing the total to 8 songs. However, only 'I Love You', 'My War', 'The Swinging Man' and the interview were included on the re release of the 1982 demos.
Following their debut album Damaged, Black Flag debuted a number of songs in their live shows. The songs tended toward being dark, riff-heavy, and heavy metal-like, in contrast to the first album's straight-ahead hardcore punk, and included funk and jazz elements.
Drummer Chuck Biscuits, tired of the group's legal battles, left in the winter of 1982. He was followed by guitarist Dez Cadena, who left in 1983 to form the band DC3.
The recordings have never been officially released, but have been widely bootlegged.
The band recorded demos of ten songs at the studio Total Access. Recording and mixing took one night.
All tracks written by Greg Ginn, except where noted.
The lineup for the recordings never played together on an official album.
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