Who's Got the 10 1/2? [Live]

Black Flag | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Sst Records
• ASIN: B000000M0S
• In-Print Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This album changed my life the shallow bastard I was..., July 7, 1999

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[e-mail] (Eugene, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who's Got the 10 1/2? (Audio CD)

Ok, I was not born PUNK. I remember hearing early Black Flag and thinking "Who put the cat in the blender?" It was pure dread. It affected me in my teenage angst glory, it was heavy and it sunk in. I rebeled. The '80's were a plastic fantasy and Black Flag was the acid that ate it away. This album is the end of a grand era and a must for all fans and posuers alike. I should know I was both of them. Buy this album. Play it loud. Scream along with it. Torment your parents. Torment your kids. The world isn't a pretty place. Neither is Black fng Flag!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You annihilated this week, and now you're thinking about buying the best Black Flag CD., November 7, 2005

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Mark Flood (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who's Got the 10 1/2? (Audio CD)

This CD is what it is. It's a well recorded live performance of Black Flag playing mainly their Loose Nut era material. The songs are played at a higher pace than on the albums, which adds a slight degree of intensity to an already intense collection of material. If you've never bought a Black Flag CD before, this is a great place to start. If you already own a Black Flag CD or two, this will be a great compliment. If you already own the entire Black Flag discography and are just reading this page for fun, why not consider just buying another copy of Whose got the 10 1/2? You never know... it could could come in handy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a Must-Have for enthusiasts of real punk..., February 24, 2004

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Dokter Pogo (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who's Got the 10 1/2? (Audio CD)

This is what turned me onto the craziness of Henry Rollins, and the wildman guitar playing of Greg Ginn. The intensity of a live punk show is captured here, drawing you into the music and making you feel like you're up front, getting pulverized by the crowd and going deaf from the assault on your ears. The thing that I love about this album the most is that sometimes the songs seem like they're about to fall apart while the band is playing them, and just when you think it's all going to collapse, it snaps back together and punches you in the throat. What a rush! It makes you want to check out a live show of some noisy local band in a seedy club...and it's not often that music makes me want to get out of the house and spend money on a cover charge. For a live punk show, the production is incredible. The vocals are in your face, but not over the top. The drums and bass are tight, and the guitar weaves in and out of the spaces between them. Greg Ginn's solos make your hair stand on end. They twist and turn like a psychotic serpent, leaving you guessing where he's going to strike next. There's not one single "fast-forward" moment on this album, and you will find that it is entertaining from beginning to end.