Slip It In

Performer: Black Flag (Punk)
Engineer: Spot
Producer: Spot; Greg Ginn; Bill Stevenson
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Black Flag: Henry Rollins (vocals); Greg Ginn (guitar); Kira (bass); Bill Stevenson (drums). Additional personnel: Suzanne Gardner, Dave Claassen (background vocals). Recorded at Total Access, Redondo Beach, California. Personnel: Henry Rollins (vocals); Greg Ginn (guitar); Bill Stevenson (drums); David Claassen, Dave Claasen, Suzi Gardner (background vocals). Recording information: Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, CA. Unknown Contributor Role: Black Flag . 1984's SLIP IT IN is the album that forever polarized Black Flag's audience. Many of the band's fans in the California-based hardcore scene felt that this album was a slap in the face to speedy, ultra-streamlined punk. Straight-edge punks, who forswore drink, drugs and sex, were particularly outraged by the near-pornographic title track. On the other hand, the album's lumbering tempos, heavy guitar solos, lengthy songs and dinosaur-strength attack were all incredibly influential in the Pacific Northwest's punk scene. It's hard to imagine Green River or any other early Seattle bands embracing this Vanilla Fudge/Blue Cheer brand of metal without Black Flag's example, and so you could make a case for SLIP IT IN as the first true grunge album. Your reaction to this album will depend on whether or not you think this is a good thing.

Black Flag, founded in 1978, was one of the first California punk bands. They were originators of American hardcore, a faster, louder variant on the original British punk style. In 1980, singer Henry Rollins arrived, and the band began its journey toward iconic status. Though Black Flag didn't survive the '80s, Rollins went on to become an icon of alternative-rock culture, and the band's music inspired legions of younger punk groups.

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