I didn’t have a walkman when ‘Damaged' came out but I vividly remember listening to it on headphones everyday after school as loud as I could crank it. Reading your piece made me realize how closely I associated the album's cover with the studio where it was recorded. The cover looked and even felt to me like what I imagined the studio was like. Darkly lit, fake wood panelling, stained red industrial carpeting, a broken mirror, stuffy, heavy feeling. I never thought about that before! Great read, thanks for writing this!
Ah, thank you Jason! Yeah it's the complete package, isn't it? You're absorbing so much information from wherever you can, and that album has so much to give....
The first guitar magazine I ever bought had a list of "greatest alt rock albums" (it was the early 90s lol) and this album was on it. I always meant to check it out but reading this piece I'm doing it now. Your description of the way it sounds more than anything has me interested b
Wow, this one brings back memories. Funny enough it's the same type of thing, Black Flag in my waterproof Sony Walkman (you know, the big yellow one). All while walking the halls in my High School. Wow, thanks for this one, Black Flag Damaged never gets old.
I didn’t have a walkman when ‘Damaged' came out but I vividly remember listening to it on headphones everyday after school as loud as I could crank it. Reading your piece made me realize how closely I associated the album's cover with the studio where it was recorded. The cover looked and even felt to me like what I imagined the studio was like. Darkly lit, fake wood panelling, stained red industrial carpeting, a broken mirror, stuffy, heavy feeling. I never thought about that before! Great read, thanks for writing this!
Ah, thank you Jason! Yeah it's the complete package, isn't it? You're absorbing so much information from wherever you can, and that album has so much to give....
Is "group house" code for punk house?
Ha! I suppose it is. I thought the "punk" was implied....
The first guitar magazine I ever bought had a list of "greatest alt rock albums" (it was the early 90s lol) and this album was on it. I always meant to check it out but reading this piece I'm doing it now. Your description of the way it sounds more than anything has me interested b
Appreciate that AJ!
Nice memories. I shoulda fucked up more of my neighbors' days back then!
THERE'S STILL TIME
Every time I make a sandwich, I hear Black Flag in my head singing “SAMMICH! SAMMICH!”
Sorry, is it lunchtime already?
Wow, this one brings back memories. Funny enough it's the same type of thing, Black Flag in my waterproof Sony Walkman (you know, the big yellow one). All while walking the halls in my High School. Wow, thanks for this one, Black Flag Damaged never gets old.
Yes, the big yellow one!!! Appreciate this....
Kind of THE album to skate to, no?