Rollins Band w/ Keith Morris :: Live @ Amoeba Records, Hollywood, CA, 12/3/02 [BLACK FLAG SET]

West Memphis Three benefit show. en.wikipedia.o...
Setlist:
(Keith Morris on vocals)
1) Nervous Breakdown
2) Fix Me
3) Wasted
4) Gimme Gimme Gimme
(Henry Rollins on Vocals)
5) Rise Above
6) Thirsty And Miserable
7) Jealous Again
8) No Values
9) Revenge
10) Six Pack
11) Police Story
12) What I See (Chuck Dukowski on Vocals)
13) Depression
14) I've Had It
15) My War
Thanks to hothcanada - BONG

[@fuctcarl]

0:42 Nervous Breakdown 2:45 FIX ME 3:42 Wasted 4:30 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie 6:22 Rise Above 10:26 Jealous Again 12:00 NO VALUES 13:32 Revenge 15:10 SIX PACK 16:38 POLICE STORY 18:24 WHAT I SEE (Chuck on vocals) 20:18 Depression 22:05 I'VE HAD IT 23:21 MY WAR

[@averylepik7969]

Insane how well these songs hold up isn’t it?

[@graf666orlok]

The mighty Black flag. There are no substitutes. On your worst days, play rise above, get up, wipe your bloody nose and move on. Punk has been the most important teacher in my life. often violent and angry, but it teaches a young boy to stand after injury and stay the course. I miss these type of shows so much.

[@thomaskaaz1]

It must have been very painful for henry to do the whole set with his shirt on

[@mlwsf]

It was a short set. And he does his spoken word bit with shoes on even.

[@cameronjohnson3529]

I just wonder how badly Keith's dreads must reek...😷

[@careful...Icarus]

Oh the chafing.

[@l.salinas6783]

I wish he would’ve taken his shirt off. So I can drool over his muscular body❤💪🏼🤪

[@craigsteven74]

Also. Playing. Sixpack.....can't belive it....been a real long time.....stay w the spoken word gig...angry hank

[@BreDawg714]

Long live Chuck D. The heart and soul of Black Flag.

[@OriginalName90]

This confused me for longer than it should have since Chuck D. (Public Enemy) was on that West Memphis Three benefit album. With ya' now -- Chuck D.ukowski.

[@CKT1138]

@@OriginalName90 Black Flag VS Public Enemy is a combination I never thought I wanted until now.

[@jasonsykes5714]

Mispelled Greg Ginn^

[@CKT1138]

@@jasonsykes5714 i think that I recall Chuck Dukowsky is referred to as the heart and soul and Greg is the brain behind the music. Greg is too heartless to be the heart lol

[@BreDawg714]

@@CKT1138exactly.

[@graf666orlok]

my god, I was there 20 years ago. At this exact show. i wish I would have savored it more. Keith and Henry together. beyond words. Thanks to these men, Eddie Vedder and so many others, these boys got out. when unified and serious, punk is a hell of a thing.

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

They are guilty of the crimes

[@Mattirondack]

It's insane to me that watching this in 2022 (20 years after it was recorded) that we are as far from (or a year or two further than) the recording as the recording was far from when the songs actually came out. And I'm so f'ng old that I was at Black Flag shows in LA in 1982 which was 40 years ago! Damn

[@asafoetidajones8181]

1982 is the same distance away as 2063.

[@retrooutlaw4660]

i was at this show , i remember looking at the widows of the store and people were stacked up looking in. i didnt even get pissed about the parking ticket i got that night.

[@billywitchd0ctor]

Wasted and Gimme Gimme Gimme really hit me like heart racing and goosebumps. What a bunch of legendary badasses! Righteous crowd too.

[@vangoghskye]

Rollins was the best in Black Flag. My personal favorite anyway.

[@AnarkaAkaza]

This looks so much more fun than the pathetic excuse that Black Flag is today that Greg Ginn is running around with. Seen the new Black Flag live once and then I've seen other live videos. Time to call it a day, Greg. Or at least bring Keith and Rollins back.. I'm 26 years sold, so I was 9 when this set was filmed.. I would to see a set like this today! Keith has so much energy and i love his attitude on life and music (I very much enjoyed seeing OFF! in 2015). I know Henry doesn't do music anymore, but damn at least in this he's got it! Henry's got attitude in his spoken word and his stand-up sets. I wish i could have been more decades before i was so i could have seen this band in their prime.

[@graf666orlok]

This, my friend, is Black flag. Greg owns the name and publishing rights. He tried to stop shows like this whenever they happened even though this one was so incredibly important for such a serious situation. He tried to stop it nonetheless. Technically this here is Rollins band with "guest singers" but make no mistake, all of us who were there that night knew it was the best of the mighty Black flag and we would likely never get this close again, It was amazing, the Hollywood punks, the folks that had to look straight for a job but were still punk as fuck in their hearts, the mob hangout in the streets after, it was glorious. I wish you could have experienced it.

[@elmoblatch9787]

These days are over. It was over in 2002 when this was filmed. The punk days will never be back -- maybe in Hollywood house parties where some teenagers are keeping the flame alive...but the "scene" as performed at clubs is GONE GONE and it's never coming back. Never.

[@thetrooper4743]

You actually can, my Man. Keith and other old Black flag members, have a Band called FLAG IIII, wich they play songs from any Black flag era. It's the closest thing we have to the real Black flag today

[@geehadarillo1]

@Elmo Blatch Keith was on that Tictoc shit. And of course these pussy woke kids were saying oh my God what is this? I say this is how music is meant to be played, not that shit today sitting down 5 miles from the stage while they record a tictoc GREATEST DAY EVER. See that dot? That's Billy elish. What a joke

[@jesusgavemeaids]

I'm almost 50 years old. This & the FLAG IIII shows are the closest - & the best - we'll ever see of Black Flag... Unfortunately. Greg is a douche these days. I remember buying the records for $6 back In the day. Now Greg's selling black flag records for almost $30 each even though you can usually get other punk LPs for under $20 most of the time so it shows what he's all about.

[@bobandy3197]

Man, that six pack, was powerful. Crowd really got into it

[@russbeard3665]

I forgot just how damn good these songs are, uber-powerful set, this video steam rolled my ass. Bad-ASS show. Rollins laser focus, get the hell outta the way!!!

[@GabrielAvilaLEGENDAS]

Omg they do it a concert together 😮 AMAZING

[@ceevishus4130]

henry killed it. he and Keith are great

[@genelevesque2555]

Keith Morris is the greatest Punk Rock singer in the history of U.S. Punk scene on the West Coast. And I'll go with Joey Ramone on the East Coast...

[@stephenkane2464]

They’re on fire!!!

[@anwrkastn9611]

23:20 My war

[@ericv138]

I was watching this from the R's and S's in the used rock CD section. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@williamandrews4251]

Incredible Keith and Henry and that band always that band.The best hard rock band ever,Infinity.

[@mattmgp]

Punk rock legends!!!

[@Dogtown16v]

I went to the U.K. tour of the WM3 shows,bloody great.Seen Rollins Band every time they came over to the U.K. since End of Silence.

[@FullmetalArchivist]

I haven't managed to track down any of the UK shows from this tour yet. Just one from Germany and one in Austria. If they exist, I'll find them.

[@TheFletchandSebShow]

So vital. Let's go.

[@azazelderais4421]

Damn, Henry still has it. Excellent show.

[@charisma_2xp819]

This is a old video.

[@uhhwhateverdude9463]

This was 22yrs ago! Lol

[@michelle7286]

Fucking incredible crowd you can feel the electricity

[@frozenhell138]

Wow. Thank you for this footage. We were there. This brings back memories.

[@goodwitch_oz]

This is so cool. Seeing Off! when they come to Australia.

[@frenchabortion]

This was a Benefit show for the defence of the West Memphis 3. Actually come Oct. 8th 2002 Rollins Band released their final album which was “Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three” which had Rollins band doing all the Black Flag tunes and guest vocalists such as Lemmy, Nick Oliveri, Keith Morris, Joshua Homme, Chuck D., Lars and Tim from Rancid, Ice T, Chuck Dukowski, Mike Patton and Iggy Pop among others. (The Wiki link will be posted at the bottom) (Show starts with Kieth Morris on Vocals 0:00) Nervous Breakdown (0:42) Fix Me (2:45) Wasted (3:42) Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (4:30) Rise Above (6:22) (Henry Rollins takes over vocal duties) Jealous Again (10:26) No Values (12:00) Revenge (13:32) Six-Pack (15:10) Police Story (16:38) What I See (18:24) (Chuck Dukowski sings this one) Depression (20:18) (Henry Back on Vocals) I’ve Had It (22:05) My War (23:21) Rollins Band were: Jim Wilson- Guitar Marcus Blake- Bass Jason Mackenroth- Drums Vocalists were: Keith Morris (0:00) to (6:22) Keith Morris was Black Flag vocalist from 1977-1979, he would then go on to form the Circle Jerks for which he would sing for basically until today with a few hiatuses in between but nothing too long. Henry Rollins (6:22) to (18:24) then (20:18) until the end (28:15) Henry Rollins joined Black Flag in 1981 with his first record with them being “Damaged” often cited as one of the best punk/ hardcore albums of all time (Chuck played bass on that record) Anyways Henry was on every following Black Flag release (so from 1981 to 1986) Afterwards he would form the pretty successful Rollins Band. Chuck Dukowski was the former bass player of Black Flag (from 1977-1983 and played on everything from the “Nervous Breakdown” EP up to 1986’s “Slip it In” where he was included vocally on the song “You’re Not Evil” he appears as the voice that isn’t Henry’s and the maniacal screaming on the track. He also co-Wrote “The Bars” with Rollins on that album. Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three Wikipedia page: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_Above:_24_Black_Flag_Songs_to_Benefit_the_West_Memphis_Three

[@rickdundee4023]

Didn't know this existed. Awesome!

[@luketick]

This show was FKN awesome when they played in Boston MA. Had no idea Morris was in the cast of characters. Totally awesome and unexpected surprise, at least for me!

[@FullmetalArchivist]

Kira was a part of the Whisky show from this tour. That would have been about 2 weeks after this show, and it's here on my channel...somewhere...thanks for listening!

[@vinylrichie007]

Very cool show. Filming with the phones is amusing. Good luck trying that back in the day.

[@mlwsf]

Clever name.

[@ProjectStarLIGHTS]

This was 2002, those are cameras, not cell phones.

[@stephenkane2464]

Definitely a camera recording. An actual camera lol

[@ronbaker2673]

This music has always fit what I feel like inside pent-up aggression

[@paulosicne8498]

I missed this show, but I did go to the west memphis 3 benefit shows at the Whiskey in hollywood and the Glass House show in Pomona several days later. To me it was like seeing the actual Black Flag, even though it was Mother Superior as the backing band, but they did a good job. And with Rollins on vocals. Also when Kira appeared and they belted out Annihilate This Week. The highlights for me was when they were playing the post Damaged stuff: My War, Slip It In, Annihilate This Week; etc. I love the Damaged songs, but everyone plays them. Yeah, I considered these real Black Flag shows instead of the the current Greg Ginn BF cover band.

[@FullmetalArchivist]

Both of those shows are available somewhere in this channel. All my WM3 shows should be at the bottom of this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLPAC2qG1Yx3GaaDdEVHupxBXYOsX24Bp_

[@careful...Icarus]

Incendiary set. Henry,Keith,fucking Chuck. Man o shevitz was this show just a big " fuck you Greg"? Brilliant

[@freemandiaz5123]

That fuckin drummer is insane! Playing like he's auditioning.

[@l.salinas6783]

That’s one of the best live versions of “My War” that I’ve ever seen Henry Rollins do. He is so on 🔥❤️🧨 he’s at his peak! Sexy as ever pure raw primal masculine power. What a turn-on, what a beast👹Wow! I’m blown away. Black Flag🖤🏴🏴‍☠️

[@jengelenm]

The ultimate Black Flag set!!

[@AportesKike]

I Think Black Flag's greatness is because of their former members, Morris, Ron Reyes, Bill Stevenson, Kira, Chuck, Robo, Dez and Henry. They are more Black Flag than Ginn.

[@rickg8015]

Raymond is more Black Flag than Greg..

[@mjwbulich]

You think wrong. Greg started the band. He created their sound. Outside of a couple tunes by Morris and Chuck, Greg wrote all the early classics. Even when Rollins joined the band all of his songs were co written with Greg. Black Flag is, was, and will always be Greg Ginns band. Full stop.

[@Dr.Meth666]

Chuck biscuits!!!!

[@ceevishus4130]

Keith is Black Flag's greatest front man

[@z3rker]

What is it about Keith that you like over Rollins? Genuinely curious btw, I’m not trying to instigate anything.

[@zim1966]

Keith is G.O.A.T.

[@kayakchrispy]

So good 😊

[@christopherflores9953]

Chuck Dukowski in the mix. Dope....

[@brianbirc]

Nice wish I was there Like ablack flag show kind of at Ameba I gope it does not go away it is a great place for sure whats in my bag ? Whatever I chose I am Punk & Proud FyouKieth Morris you are a Punk Legend dor sure itd not just my opinion it is the truth & you kep playing hsnk you from us all. I met a legend of Rock & Roll RIP Lemmy Kilmister/Ian Fraser He played ubtil the end he did and was happy to have hi fans for keeping him dong whwt he liked odo maling 8 PERFORMING with MOTORHEADhENERY WAS A FAN OF HIS TOO TELL HIM lEMMY SAID AFTWR i TOLD HM mOTORHEAD HAD A GOOD PUNK VIBE OR SOUND WITH IT TOO.hE SIAD AFTER A BIG SMILE & NODDED YESS hE LKED TO PLAY HIS WAY TOO AND THAT IS WHAT pUNK IS ABOUT. hE WAS A PUNK LIVED HIS WAY & i THINK EVEN IF YOU NEVER HESR PUNK ROCK YOU CAN STILL BE PUNK IF IT IS IN YOUR BLOOD ORSOUL? bIENG A pUNK IS NOT BAD STANDING BEHIND WHAT IS RIGHT & TRUE EVWN IF YOU OFFEND SOMEONE A LITTLE HEY CAN TELL FRIENDS WHO LAUGH AND FIND OUT THE THING YOU STOOD UP FOR WAS TRUE! FR=OM THINGS i VHAVE HEARD YOU SAY FROM ON STAGE YOU ARE A GOOD PUNK TOO ALEGEND FOR SURE i AM OLDER MOW REYIRED i SUPOSE BUT STAY pUNK & pROUD & TREt most others the way I WOULD EXPECT TO BE RIGHT THE WAY I WANT WITH FAIRNESS & REALITY TO TREAT ME!

[@dccivild7452]

that was rad, never seen that before..

[@aussieb1416]

Gimmie was of the hook. random timing for everybody to kick it. That's a fuckn winner!

[@andrewstruzyk9954]

I, personally, think, that, this is so fuckin' GREAT !!! Just a "comment"

[@davidmreyes77]

That magical era where people just brought digital cameras to shows haha

[@jackjill-ri8uw]

THIS IS PUNK ROCK.

[@zippymufo9765]

Rollins also got Jello Biafra and Ian MacKaye to do a guest song at some shows.

[@alejandrorivera1175]

El baterista se la rifó!, todos en general pero...más el baterista, ROBO y Stevenson estarían orgullosos...Killer show!

[@christopherflores9953]

dope...

[@TreverHapless]

Greg Ginn must of been punching the air when he found about this 😭

[@cheroky_punk8257]

Ni puedo creer que me lo vi completo o_o

[@mlwsf]

Is that Dukowski at 18:23?

[@thaskizz]

Yep!

[@CoralSkin-bd2xz]

I was there.

[@2isceez]

damn I miss the old amoeba :(

[@jigri_pokhri]

Please read Broken Summer by Henry Rollins

[@cementheed]

Is that Mother Superior (aka Rollins Band) as the back-up band?

[@FullmetalArchivist]

+Andor Kiss That is Mother Superior yes.

[@kayakchrispy]

Black gym shorts retired?

[@brianwick3305]

DRI was cool too!

[@gregsan123]

I was at The Ramones and Black Flag at the Hollywood Palladium show in 1984. The cover of Get in the Van shows the beginning of a shit show.

[@richardlavarini7334]

I was there as well. What started the whole riot squad thing was Phil a 14 year old punk on acid threw a chair from outside area through the plate glass window and people started pouring in free from outside. At the time I didn't know that but was greeted by LAPD on exiting the show.

[@LaserGadgets]

Do/did Keith and Henry get along?

[@FullmetalArchivist]

So far as I've heard, they got along well enough. But then again, they never really had to work together much until well after the band had broken up.

[@gasutrias9961]

😍

[@brianwick3305]

At about the 18 minute mark you cannot follow after that

[@JAY22_]

I just noticed hes the radio station guy for channel X on gta 5

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

Who?

[@JAY22_]

Matt Kim the main guy singing with the read shirt

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

@@JAY22_ oh you mean keith morris? That's cool

[@betaville72]

Didn't know Chuck had such vocal range until now! Would have liked to have heard 'Slip It In', 'Annihilate This Week' and a bit of avant garde instrumental shit to finsh off with.

[@Limnocnida]

WWGGS? - #weeded out

[@Limnocnida]

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[@ellimick5958]

Two awesome front men: The rabid chimpanzee meets the howitzer.

[@DerekHundik]

Keith can sign !

[@th3gr81]

I feel like they should have brought out Keith later in the set, his voice is powerful. I like Rollins’ style, but Keith is king; he has a great singing voice, Henry is not a singer. It must’ve felt great for Henry to play these songs without being beat up and spit on. His Black Flag tour diaries book, Get In The Van, might as well have been called Spit-Covered Band.

[@thetrooper4743]

Henry, Ron and dez we're the best vocalists Black flag ever had. You Just have some stupid nostalgia for keith

[@jnthxn_]

@@thetrooper4743 keith rocks but this is true

[@TraceyAllen]

@@thetrooper4743Keith can sing. Personally I think he was the best sounding singer of Black Flag. I just seen the Circle Jerks in June, he killed it for 25 to 35 songs with minimal breaks. Just fantastic voice.

[@dccivild7452]

bass player fucks up depression at the beginning..

[@jlohmann13]

Awesome drummer. Thank for his genetics. You can literally shed 4 to 5 pounds of sweat while playing at this speed. Let's all hope he was drinking Gatorade and not beer.

[@lumanchu3386]

Amo bra did well

[@DeadStereo_]

12:07 No values

[@kayakchrispy]

Why nobody punching 😂

[@robomarty]

He really shoulda let Keith sing Revenge and Jealous Again... but I guess it was Rollins Band

[@happentobehere]

👊🏿@FullmetalArchivist Keith&Henry "punk"king Ginn&Dez !puny bff flag tour! here's>IIII

[@mlwsf]

Great set, I do have to say that this bass player is probably the weakest bass player Henry had both musically and visually. Just kinda stands there.

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

Like, in this video...? Or you mean this lineup overall when it came to the album's they've released

[@mlwsf]

@@SomeRandomHobo44 this lineup over all. When you compare this guy to Andrew or Melvin he just can't pull off the heavier, jazzier, groovier material. He's fine as a rock bass player. I have never quite understood Henry's decision to devolve Rollins Band the way he did. Lol. But what do I know?

[@aussieb1416]

@@mlwsf different type of music totally. Gibbs is a jazz player. This is Black Flag shit. The fella smashed it

[@rickg8015]

Andrew was the peak for RB.. Melvin was heavy and nuanced (jazz!) but does not have the intense aggro deftness of Andrew..

[@cenzo54]

WTF is Dez?

[@charisma_2xp819]

The Memphis 3 were absolutely guilty. Wtf is he talkin about?

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

These guys better be right about the so-called West Memphis three. It’s an absolutely awful story, actually I don’t wanna call it the story, it’s an event that happened and it’s horrific. I had the unfortunate luck of running across The crime scene photos. I sure don’t hear anybody talking about this anymore or anyone being charged, where is the secret person that did this? It reminds me of the killer of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson. There’s no crimes that match it either and usually if someone does something like this they’ve either done it before or they’ll do it again. Obviously you can’t do that if you’re locked up. What exactly was the reason Johnny Depp and all these Hollywood people thought these guys were innocent anyway? Did they look at the evidence of the case? Or was it simply because Damian claimed to be a misunderstood kind of a death rocker and it was in the middle of the country so the narrative was that people thought he was a Satanist. I don’t know man, I haven’t heard anything since. You would think all these guys involved would talk about this once in a while. I’ll tell you what though, there will be a day of reckoning, if it hasn’t already come, and whoever did this to these children, will have to answer it.

[@FullmetalArchivist]

My understanding was this tour was to raise money for the DNA testing that would ultimately exonerate the three. But I agree with you. Somebody's going to pay, one way or another.

[@joseplaza9442]

This sucks Henry go have a TV party

[@Jil8840]

Rollins cannot sing the Black Flag songs.....!!!! He sounds pretty terrible, like a different singer. It's like he can't sing in a rough, screamo style, like he used to.....!!!!!