Ep056: My Damage by Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, OFF!)
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2016
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
We don't throw the term "legend" around too much but today is very appropriate; Keith Morris, founder & former lead singer of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and OFF! joins us to talk about his career, his music, his life, his unique perspective and of course his record collection. We go deep on this one and share information on Keith's new autobiography "My Damage", a fascinating read through his life and the early days of punk rock. Plus a short record-nerd tutorial on Black Flag and SST's 1st record "Nervous Breakdown"; early pressings fetch several hundred dollars, today we share what you need to know to spot one.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention. |
| 0:01.0 | You need to be advised that this event is being filmed for display, distribution, and broadcast, |
| 0:09.0 | including on television, television and the World Wide Web. |
| 0:18.0 | And then at the bottom it says thank you and or fuck off |
| 0:21.6 | off Mother the grey, ran out of the blue, |
| 0:41.3 | by your touch got fired and then to |
| 0:43.3 | Who's your coach is over the hoot |
| 0:45.3 | Blue and bridge will be a doubt |
| 0:47.3 | You know |
| 0:49.3 | Why? |
| 0:50.3 | You have |
| 0:52.3 | Boy! |
| 0:53.3 | You are From the night of the free! |
| 0:57.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 1:05.0 | And this week we have punk rock legend Keith Morris, the man who's fronted Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and my |
| 1:12.9 | favorite band, Off. Keith joins us to talk about his music history, the formation of Black Flag, |
| 1:19.8 | the motivation behind his incredible career, his record collection, and his new book, My |
| 1:25.1 | Damage, available wherever fine books are sold or stolen. |
| 1:29.5 | We'll talk to Keith shortly and then I'll do a quick record nerd tutorial on how to tell |
| 1:34.2 | a $700 Black Flag Nervous Breakdown EP original pressing from a more recent $6 copy. |
| 1:41.2 | And it's all thanks to show sponsor Thorne's Turntables. You and your records deserve |
| 1:46.0 | more than a cheap turntable. Call your high-fi dealer about a Thorin's turntable today. |
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