Review of What The...

I know a guy , a staunch fan of Black Flag ( pre- Rollins period of time than that with Rollins, for instance). One that has the logo of the four black bars tattooed big one on his right forearm . It ' happened that after hearing this new "What the ... " he had to fight hard with himself not to make an appointment on the fly from a tattoo artist, to do this cover with another design . Understood the hint ? ( Ok , the tattoo guy I am, I confess ) .
The problem is that the mission impossible to resurrect the Black Flag after 28 years since the last record, and in addition with an education that sees only a key member (the leader genialode Greg Ginn , Ron Reyes was in the band for so little time be little more than a meteor ) , was destined to fail from the start . Probably should not have even conceived . The reasons are many ... we want to mention a few ?
Let's start with the fact that the legends it is usually best to keep them that way . Then there is the matter that at age 50 you can hardly have played the credibility and rage when you were 20 , in a genre so fierce as that of Black Flag . We continue by noting that between Flag and Black Flag there is also a certain inflation of people who travels the world to revive a legacy not really too heavy to crush the unwary who want to sobbarcarsela groped . And in this regard it seems more appropriate to the approach of the Flag ( a handful of former Black Flag ) that simply coverizzano themselves : an honest job as a cover band , unpretentious . The will , however, revitalize the group with a new album ( 22 tracks of well ) was an unforgivable mistake .
The result is a record that would not be too bad in absolute value (remember definitely exploit some of the early Black Flag ), but does not live up to what was done by the group. Paradoxically, if we were in the presence of a new group , even complete strangers , we would find it much more enjoyable, a harbinger of a future promise for fulminant for a creative upward flight . Instead, this , in the parable, is the arm downward , we are talking about Black Flag . Period.
The feeling is that Ginn " we 've tried ." The brand is still very strong indeed ... and have thought it could be worth putting out a disc with this name. Too bad he shot really too high, and conducted the operation in the classic modus operandi that sets it apart : arguing with everyone, with no self-critical and regardless of what the fanbase would have thought of the matter.
To all this we add a really creepy cover (it looks like the graphics of a bag of chips ), which does not hold even for error comparison with the legendary artwork of Raymond Pettibon (brother of Ginn - needless to say they fought fiercely and no longer speak stanezza that ... ! ) .
Let's pretend that it never came out. Perhaps some young, maybe he had the misfortune not to know even the original production of the band, you'll fall for it. All others do not.


TRACKLIST
" My heart 's pumping"

" Down in the Dirt "
" Blood and ashes "
" Now is the time"
" Wallow in despair"
"Slow your ass down"
" It's so absurd "

"Shut up"
"This is hell"

" Go away "

" The bitter end "
"The Chase "
" I'm sick "
"It's not my time to go-go "
" Lies"

" Get out of my way"
"Outside"
"No teeth "
"To hell and back"

"Give me all your dough "
" You gotta be joking "