Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown [Full EP] (1978) HQ

[@jadergrolli]

Nervous breakdown: I just wanna die. Fix me: I don't wanna be dead.

[@MephistoOrb]

Welcome to BPD...

[@TediI47]

The duality of man.

[@JesusIzAPunkRocker]

The human condition

[@doydivision3984]

I guess he was having a......... Nervous Breakdown.

[@JustTooManyPuppies]

Welcome to the Amazing World Of Mood Disorder

[@ajluna6693]

Moshing with my dog

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

AJ LUNA hahaha!

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

my dog hides qhen i put this on lol

[@duckyyyaj247]

best comment

[@JustTooManyPuppies]

Moshing with my rat

[@kyro1990]

@@JustTooManyPuppies i want a rat

[@not4uu]

I had this original vinyl 45 record signed by Kieth Morris in 1979 when they played at West Hillhurst community centre in Calgary Alberta. They played this in the same order as the record. It was the most insane thing I'd ever heard in my 17 year old life at the time. I played it for my 23 year old son today. His comment was, "you listened to that live ? - whoa !!" The SubHumans from Vancouver BC played the same show.

[@weedtheblunted4143]

Right on im from calgary

[@skinheadyouth66]

Awesome 😎 love Subhumans as well

[@mr.t6142]

Sweet! Read COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN. By Thomas C. Stuhr

[@stephenfernald2490]

Subhumans were boss. Also I was in love w the Dishrags. Saw them in Seattle back in the day. Canadian punk is nothing to sneeze at.

[@mikedonn71]

​@@stephenfernald2490🇨🇦🍁🇵🇦⛺🐻‍❄️👑

[@deluge71]

Crazy to think that something like this was recorded in 1978. Just amazing.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Us Brits moved away from punk and formed amazing post-punk bands, but America took British punk and made it better:)))))))) Faster, tighter, more conviction, the real deal. Not including the Pistols ofc, they were the real deal too. Not knocking the Clash, but Minor Threat didn't hear "White Riot" and think "Yes, we have to do this."

[@mr.t6142]

True indeed. Amazing. Read. WITNESS IN WEST VIRGINIA. By Thomas C. Stuhr

[@soom878]

Fits this time way too good, fucking love keith morris black flag.

[@JamesNames-yo3ou]

If the Cars got really high on coke and really pissed off.

[@deluge71]

@@JamesNames-yo3ou Yes!

[@ultrasx1147]

keith morris's black flag = BOSS.

[@TH3HOLYJ3BUS]

i so agree , though it was greg ginns band but thats why i am a huge circle jerks fan.

[@ultrasx1147]

TH3HOLYJ3BUS it was greg ginn's band.... but the energy came out from when keith was on vocals

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

ULTRAS X fuck yah!

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

ULTRAS X like yeah i ment

[@chuy8356]

The bestest

[@smokey3504]

• Nervous Breakdown - 0:00 • I'm about To have a nervous breakdown My head really hurts If I don't find a way out of here I'm gonna go berserk 'cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders It's going berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk The same old lines Don't tell me that today, Yeah If you know what's good for you You'll get out of my way 'Cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Going berserk I won't apologize For acting outta line You see the way I am You leave any time you can cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Going berserk Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! I don't care what you fuckin' do I don't care what you fuckin' say I'm so sick of everything I just wanna die • Fix Me - 2:09 • Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Someday we'll all be rich Someday I won't listen to you bitch I'll turn up the volume And you can hear all the shit we play just for you Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please, I don't want to be dead Fix it • I've Had It - 3:06 • I can't go to work The boss is a jerk I ain't got time for this school The little fuckers are fools I'm going to explode I've had it I lie around with the TV on I don't do nothin', I just hang around Waitin' for your call But I don't know where to fall I'm going to explode I've had it It's no use I can't take no more abuse I'm tired of the fuckin' lines I'm losing my mind I'm going to explode I've had it Killin' all your dreams Really who remembers? I play guitar for my car And I won't get very far I'm going to explode • Wasted - 4:31 • I was so wasted I was a hippie I was a burnout I was a dropout I was out of my head I was a surfer I had a skateboard I was so heavy man, I lived on the strand I was so wasted I was so fucked up I was so messed up I was so screwed up I was out of my head I was so jacked up I was so drunk up I was so knocked out, I was out of my head I was so wasted I was wasted

[@lynnpehrson8826]

Would ted like black flag, i feel like ge would

[@smokey3504]

@@lynnpehrson8826 Prolly, though Ted seemed too cynical even for punk

[@lynnpehrson8826]

@@smokey3504 yeah, i doubt he like music, but it may of resonated on some level

[@TraceyAllen]

The lyrics to waisted are incorrect I was so drugged up, I was nebbed up, I was out of my head.

[@khoroshoorange]

I dont care how old you are... This is one of those Albums you Always Return to.

[@Punkrocker19]

Based profile

[@armand0077]

Its an EP

[@LetThePoorStarve]

the most important 7 inch in punk rock history

[@madmenenist1464]

im the most important 7 inch in punk cock history

[@toiletpaper5770]

The most important 7 inch to me

[@blakecurtis7809]

Great choice!

[@lynnpehrson8826]

The most important 7 inch ever... period

[@tylerwickline8513]

7 inches is pretty important.

[@SeraphinaPZ]

How to understand the ethos of hardcore in under six minutes.

[@sabredivision509]

Sera a beginners guide to punking out

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

Sera haha. Im still living it h.c. always will. Going without black flag is like sucking a condom full of sperm in front of the super indendant of the prison

[@mr.t6142]

Read. COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN. By Thomas C. Stuhr 💀

[@Mr.Grinch510]

This shit changed my life. OC/LA PUNK scene just starting out😎🖕🏽🔥💯

[@midwestshiner7896]

Best punk EP ever made imho. Nervous Breakdown, Fix Me and Wasted? Fuck yeah!!

[@904PinballZine]

I DEDICATE THIS SONG TO MEDICATED PEOPLE!

[@stacyblue1980]

Thank you

[@onutube6392]

Which one

[@pj4723]

Nervous breakdown and Depression are the two Black Flag songs that stand out above the rest.

[@LOVING2PUNK]

This EP literally describes my life. It's amazing

[@RobertSlover]

+NoValues bummer man

[@WRKellogg]

+NoValues no bummer man. this album was made for people like me and you

[@ademzettl5655]

Me too bro, me too

[@m8j8s77]

Hey guys

[@tobiasbk8441]

me too brother, this shit keeps me going

[@DustyLinks]

If you want to know how ahead of it's time this was, Lennon could of been listening to this record before he died.

[@mads918]

sad this album is so short, it's so cool.

[@danielscissorhands]

+Mads Sigurd That's because it's not an "album," it's an EP. But you are right.

[@Brewzerr]

It’s the perfect length. They packed at least 50 album’s worth of pure explosive angst into a short little 7” EP. wouldn’t have it any other way.

[@westonlong]

It's perfect good artist leave you wanting more.

[@superaveragebros.9390]

maybe check out the everything went black compilation album. it has a few recorings of songs with kieth on vocals and the other 2 vocalists

[@patdisaster8543]

Life is so short at least one was cool?

[@ggeemmiinnii]

I was in 7th grade in 1992. My boyfriend made me a mixtape. The tape was translucent grass green and had a white label with a rainbow logo printed on it. This song was on that tape.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I love the Ramones, but this shit makes them look like a children's band. This is THE FIRST TRUE PUNK RELEASE in my book.

[@vvar389]

Nevermind the Bollocks? Out of Vogue?

[@vvar389]

Nevermind about the second one

[@TheLarryburns84]

Volkner I hate the Sex Pistols, this is way meaner than them and their junkie bassist.

[@vvar389]

Much more aggressive

[@emilewilmar4919]

different sounds american punk and british

[@andrealeo8580]

this record is a chair right in the head

[@Maximillion666]

One of the first bands to break away from trying to sound British at the time. Even my hometown band D.O.A 's early recordings sounded a bit British punk in 81 .

[@joeywhiteside6862]

Covered nervous breakdown at my school. Along with TSOL's code blue. I got funny looks for a week lol

[@joeywhiteside6862]

And than I got wasted after.

[@RaymondJoe100]

cheers mate

[@marcoborda3641]

legend

[@Jim-of-Rohan]

Got video? Put it on KZbin

[@vincekirby9536]

Code Blue? How'd they react when you said you want to fuck the dead?

[@tracy1210]

Punk rock is so great and will always be

[@zbox6420]

Such a testament to how great Black flag is. In their following albums, they have songs longer than this entire EP and still kick so much ass

[@Roflcrabs]

This is 40 years old.. holy hell.

[@dissofosho333]

yep, punk never ages, its always exciting and the strong rebellious spirit of punk never dies.

[@AlexanderRamirez-iu5lq]

I'm about to have a nervous breakdown

[@anditos.88]

Who doesn't like Black Flag?

[@luke9947]

That riff on fix me is so badass

[@joseaguirre7000]

theme song for waking up every day.

[@KingMob.]

A lot of great music back in late Seventies, folks were spoilt for choice. Most music these days sucks ass...

[@op2100]

There is a lot of Black Flag in Nirvana's music. Agree?

[@GLASSB182]

Think they really worked with that heavy post-punk style.

[@rodolfobeneventi4788]

Yes. Kurt Kobain loved black flag.

[@DudeWatIsThis]

I play (played?) in an underground band (stopped playing in COVID). Whenever we had one of those rare gigs with 1000+ people and we were shitting our pants that we had to go out there and play 10 songs to a horde of ravid beasts, I'd wait until the stage guy told us "5 minutes", then crawl into a corner and blast this EP into my ears as high as the headphones allowed. I then jumped on stage super pumped and sang and screamed my head off. Fuck yes. If you have any blood in you, this EP turns you into the guy on the right of the cover.

[@johnybaltimore3687]

i'm sorry, everybody. for acting out of line

[@johnybaltimore3687]

oh well yknow it happens

[@arturoperez4357]

Hey dont apologize we see the way you are we just got outta the way 😹

[@derekh.7582]

Nothing ever came as close to defining American punk rock than this EP.

[@nikkipacheco6835]

Definitely American punk not British punk because sex pistols took that

[@mr.t6142]

Read the book. COMMOTION IN MINGERTOWN. BY THOMAS C STUHR

[@libertard6101]

I really got in at Damaged…. But Keith’s voice is superior…. Tho Rollins kills Six Pack and TV party

[@paulcaldwell5076]

Keith Morris started two of the best punk rock bands.

[@dreamsinthewitchhouse]

three if you include OFF!

[@paulcaldwell5076]

@@dreamsinthewitchhouse Off! isn't one of the best punk rock bands.

[@bocronfield6478]

@@dreamsinthewitchhouse OFF! is rad as fuck but I wouldn't put them with the ranks of Black Flag or the Circle jerks. Good shit tho regardless.

[@Notdeepakchopra]

what happened to the end?? i was waiting for the I WAS WASTED

[@anthonyegiziaco3463]

Keith Morris can do no wrong. Ever . Nuff said .

[@estebansteverincon7117]

This is a lot like The Stooges....and that's a _good_ thing!

[@gustavomartinezmena2463]

Grande el caleño Robo saludos de chile

[@johnnyrocket321]

Keith is Flag seen them in H.B. 79. Love the Circle Jerks as well

[@skinheadyouth66]

I have this original ep mint. It's going into my coffin. Dig it out

[@natural_law]

🤣

[@DR-xt9ux]

Berserk!!!!!

[@countakaerichebbeln4152]

where muh skateboard at?

[@gempalm2003]

no shit man im fuckin 45 and wanna relearn to skate listenin to flag

[@Casketkrusher_]

This was released before The Sex Pistols debut? I wonder why Johnny Rotten brags so much about his band was trueI punk, they sound weak compared to this.

[@durtbomb]

released 2yrs after but was recorded a mere 2mo after the american release of nevermind the bollocks ( warner distributed it in the states nov 77 , this was recorded jan 78 ) . however this ep wasnt actually put out for another year till jan 79 due to meandering by bomp records , which resulted in the creation of sst so the band could self distribute it :)

[@dk5468]

One of the greatest, most important EP's ever released

[@d.rangel7665]

L.A. during the 80's made me the man I am now #depressed #Anxious #shellShocked

[@tylerwickline8513]

Just ate some eggs and toast. Who wants it??

[@mason92bs]

🙋🏼‍♂️

[@tylerwickline8513]

mason92bs pssh

[@YungPickleStraightUp]

How did they know what just happened to me.I’m half way through the school year and flunking.I’ve got an angry grandma and I feel like a failure. So,I just had a breakdown.

[@bent2]

Keith does a Johnny Rotten at 1.19. If you have listened to the Sex Pistols you will know what I mean :P

[@billyfurnari5499]

they (Flag) blew my mind how good they sounded at last year's Punk Rock Bowling!

[@dgarcia8421]

Lol flag

[@TraceyAllen]

@@dgarcia8421yeah Mike Valley is a great fit for black flag. , I have yet to see them in the current line up. But I saw the circle jerks last Friday night, with the adolescents, and the Decedents. 3 bands 3 hours 80 to 90 songs. The decedents played 35, with no breaks or filler.

[@mrgrey361]

Love that chunky sounding guitar

[@l.salisbury1253]

...And if you like this check out "just another teenage rebel" by The OUTCASTS (Ireland 1978). Very similar guitar and bass riffs...

[@onutube6392]

I fucking love everything about this EP. Especially I've had it.

[@Deathfromabove5]

Keith Morris>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Henry Rollins

[@johnnymack657]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mike Vallely (pro-skater)

[@Jim-of-Rohan]

Woah. Them's fighting words, bro

[@jasonschmidt9569]

Jacob Flagg Henry should eat a shotgun

[@HauntedHarmonics]

@TheGreaterGood80 Yeah they're great for different reasons. Damaged is such classic even though I like Morris better as a vocalist

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Rollins everyday allday

[@mads918]

the last part of wasted is cut off. He says at last ...I was wasting

[@mads918]

+Mads Sigurd *wasted

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

Nudel yeah. Its the new version of waisted.

[@jackhowell6167]

I'm crazy and I'm high

[@abergaz]

Do dana današnjeg nitko bolje nije objasnio cijeli proces živčanog sloma i oporavka od istoga.

[@woodman2855]

O pa dobar dan

[@anaemiabag]

this is incredible. truely.

[@GLASSB182]

Was there a heavier or more raw punk record to have ever come out of 1978?

[@Nick-qf7vt]

Only one I can think of is the Germs.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

@@Nick-qf7vt yes

[@paull.6026]

@@Nick-qf7vt Agreed, but not as heavy as this. The guitar tones and the intensity here is ridiculously fierce. That being said, Lexicon Devil is super raw and the song No God is especially intense. Both EPs are top notch all time classics for sure.

[@FerminPP]

middle class - out of vogue

[@Tristan-pp5nm]

I just wanna die 20 seconds later I don’t wanna be dead

[@Inconsiderales]

poser

[@cythera431]

Sorry, Henry, but Keith Morris is the best Black Flag singer. Ron Reyes good, too. Greg Ginn's low rumble, heavy guitar riffs are the one constant.

[@aaronsaladbar97]

1-2-3-4!

[@issaacxxx6202]

Keith Morris rules

[@onutube6392]

I was indeed wasted

[@thisyearsgirl3687]

saw Dez sing this the other night... fucking hell. it was glorious

[@sciexp]

Thanks for sharing. Very powerful... And raw... Beautiful...

[@chuy8356]

Greatest hardcore album of all time. Keith is the best hardcore vocalist ever too. I have spoken, thank you all.

[@paulrutherford6037]

Someday will I be rich... erm not likely I sold my copy years ago. Black Flag they ruined my life, but I don't care.

[@nathanwhitmer7395]

I love early Black Flag best. Rollins was too macho in my opinion, but this is more deranged and desperate.

[@Godloveszaza]

A bunch of skateboarding goofs say keith better than henry. Keith's black flag is great but how biased you must be to compare henrys vocals to this.

[@LauraRodriguez-yx6mx]

0:00 legend was born

[@freeskool4974]

I have the black flag tattooed to my face

[@thomaspatrickparker6648]

You see the way I am, you leave anytime you want

[@thepsychedelicsquirrels8347]

Greatest five minutes ever put to wax?

[@without9103]

he was wasted!

[@usernameonutube]

funniest part after all these years is that he had a skateboard. he didnt necessarily ride it based on the information given, just HAD it.

[@thepackardinstitute]

This song changed my life.

[@SK-le1gm]

the black flag logo resembles a bullish candlestick pattern in stock market trading. looks like it has bottomed and is ready to rip 📈

[@jakewillbourne]

I was wasted.

[@samaireoctober5584]

I was sooooooooooooooooooo wasted

[@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945]

LIDTENING TO PUNK ROCK AND HAVING ADS IN THE MIDDLE IS FUCKING DESTROYING MY MIND FFS !!!!!!!!!

[@lucamaori7777]

wow what a stooges'rendition

[@Skyviking]

Yep

[@prangmasterflash5590]

best punk release in history

[@Brewzerr]

I dunno. That’s a pretty tall order. One of the best for sure.

[@zaphyra-]

that's either Fun House or Unknown Pleasures

[@lunaseur327]

In Search Of... is and awesome album, didnt know.thete was any other Punk fans that liked N.E.R.D Lmao

[@HauntedHarmonics]

Germ's GI is up there too. Both are def top 5

[@prangmasterflash5590]

Lunaseur yessir!

[@joeywhiteside3729]

Kids of the black hole is longer than this whole EP, and thats one song. Punk as fuck

[@zigihogan9172]

The great band The Formaldehyde Junkies (Milwaukee?) released an excellent 7" with 5 songs in 3 minutes. I knew I'd love it before I heard a note.

[@PrincessDenyse]

That’s what makes it so good. Dez, Henry and all those other cool dudes knew how to leave us wanting for more right?’

[@JamesNames-yo3ou]

I got to listen to an original 45 one time. I think there are 4 songs on it. Maybe the best EP ever made.

[@Sabrina-ln9ky]

how I feel now. crazy crazy

[@jmason61]

Fu*k cool brother... from another Mason

[@beerman3876]

So much better than Henry rollins.

[@ethanhill9331]

I was young when this sonics set on fire music hall stages and personal stereos. Your hide was slick w napalm after listening twice or thrice.

[@ch-nw4ir]

i use to listen to this on the bus to school in 2003

[@ch-nw4ir]

it was a mixed cd i burned with black flag subhumans broken bones and discharge. i was using like some aol shit.

[@kelliewhittle321]

2019 😎

[@Wherethegoodstuffgoes]

Elon Musk is on the cover. Nice.

[@octoberrosesaxon8818]

I think I’m seriously gonna have a nervous breakdown

[@deanjensen3657]

Fukn epic...

[@Lakridza67]

Hard to believe it was so long ago?!

[@AlexanderLaurence]

these guys are hippies

[@Brewzerr]

Angriest fucking hippies I’ve ever heard.

[@Jim-of-Rohan]

They're punks.

[@rodolfobeneventi4788]

Nope

[@joeywhiteside3729]

If I had a sitcom TV show about my life the opening theme song would be wasted, I still have my God damn skateboard.

[@joeywhiteside3729]

Joey from Friends but like on tweak and beer I guess

[@jimmyjam-vc6rf]

why is that crazy man in a gstring attacking the ither man with a chair?

[@wannabecarguy]

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