Three rare videos of Black Flag performances from the early to mid '80s have been floating around the Internet thanks to YouTube user anonym0us2112. As Punk News reports, the band's lineup in the videos features Henry Rollins on vocals, Gregg Ginn on guitar, Kira Roessler on bass, and different drummers in each performance.
The footage is from performances on May 31, 1982 at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York, someplace uknown on April 9, 1984 in Richmond, Virginia and October 19, 1984 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The videos were uploaded back in May of this past year, but are only now gaining attention. As Dangerous Minds notes, Ginn is notorious for having content removed from YouTube, so it is also somewhat noteworthy that the videos have been up for the better part of a year.
Just a few days ago, the three clips together totaled less than 2,500 views combined, Dangerous Minds reports. As of this writing, the clips have garnered a combined total of 29,285 views.
The sound quality isn't the best, obviously, because it's actual video footage from the '80s, but the picture quality is decent. Watch them all below while you can:
The band officially broke up in 1985, but in recent years, several members of the band have gotten back together, made some new music, toured, been sued for copyright infringement, and subsequently undergone multiple reformations.
In 2013 one reincarnation of the band dropped an album that didn't fare too well. At one point in the band's very recent past, singer Ron Reyes who had joined the band in 1979 was kicked off stage. Meanwhile, founder Ginn faced child abuse allegations back in 2014.
The once-pioneering hardcore band has not fared well in the twenty-first century, so these rare videos of the good old days; they are an opportunity for die hard fans to revel in the band's legacy, yet again.
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