SOMETIME THIS MONTH: MEDIA ART RECORDING SESSION

SHOW: Black Flag / Middle Class / Social Disortion, Hollywood, CA @ Starwood

SHOW: Black Flag / Adolescents / China White, Hollywood, CA @ Starwood
NOTES: show was taped

RECORD: Cracks in the Sidewalk compilation released

SHOW: Black Flag / the Runs, Los Angeles, CA @ Polish Auditorium
NOTES: Black Flag (unscheduled) filled in the for the Circle Jerks, who cancelled at the last minute. There was a riot.

SHOW: Black Flag / Fear / Circle Jerks / China White / Minutemen, Hollywood, CA @ Stardust Ballroom
NOTES: (I want this flyer!) show was taped

SHOW: Black Flag / DOA / No Alternative / 7 Seconds / Bludgeoned Pigs, Vancouver, British Columbia @ the Laundromat
NOTES: Hardcore '81 festival day one.

SHOW: DOA / 7 Seconds / Insex / Blank Generation / No Exit, Vancouver, British Columbia @ the Laundromat
NOTES: Hardcore '81 festival day two. No Black Flag, but it would be petty not to list this.
SHOW: Black Flag / No Alternative, Seattle, WA @ Danceland USA
NOTES: Kyle Nixon (ex-Solger) sings Louie Louie.

SHOW: Black Flag / Minutemen, Los Angeles, CA @ Vex
NOTES: Benefit for Greg Ginn's legal defense. Anyone know more?

TOUR: Spring '81 Tour begins
SHOW: Black Flag, Tucson, AZ @ Tumbleweeds
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag / Big Boys / Killerwattz, Austin, TX @ Raul's

SHOW: Black Flag, Houston, TX @ the Island
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag, New Orleans, LA @ Jimmie's
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag, New York, NY @ the Peppermint Lounge
NOTES: DC punks (including Rollins, Ian MacKaye, and anyone who wasn't wheelchair-bound or on the run from the law) see Black Flag for the first time.

SHOW: Black Flag, Pittsburgh, PA @ Decade
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag / Minor Threat / [DC] Youth Brigade, Washington, DC @ the 9:30 Club
INTERVIEW: Capitol Crisis 5
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag, Boston, MA @ Rat
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

SHOW: Black Flag / Fix / Necros, Lansing, MI @ Club DooBee
NOTES: Barry Henssler sees Black Flag for the first time?

TOUR: Spring '81 Tour ends
SHOW: Black Flag / Effigies / Strike Under / Naked Raygun, Chicago, IL @ the Space Place
NOTES: The show was scheduled for Oz--arguably Chicago's most important punk club--but happened at Space Place. The afterparty was at Oz though, where the band saw Husker Du for the first time. (I want an original of this flyer!)

NOTES: SOMETIME THIS MONTH: MEDIA ART RECORDING SESSION

SHOW: Black Flag / Flipper / Minutemen / Stains, Los Angeles, CA @ 10th Century Hall

NOTES: SOMETIME THIS MONTH: MEDIA ART RECORDING SESSION

SHOW: Black Flag / Onslaught / Happy Death / the Ghouls / Los Olvidados / Lewd, San Jose, CA @ HOLMS Hall SHUT DOWN
NOTES: Shut down before Black Flag could play.

SHOW: Black Flag, Tampa, FL, @ ???
NOTES: Date may be wrong. Show was taped.

RECORD: Six Pack EP released

RECORD: Chunks compilation released

SHOW: Black Flag / Adolescents / DOA / Minutemen, Santa Monica, CA @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
NOTES: National tour begins sometime after this date. show was taped

SHOW: Black Flag / Bad Brains / UXA, New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
SHOW: Black Flag, New York, NY @ A7 (afterparty)
NOTES: Henry Rollins sings with Black Flag at the A7.

SHOW: Black Flag, Pittsburgh, PA @ Electric Banana

SHOW: Black Flag / SOA / Autistic Reactions, Philadelphia, PA @ Starlite Ballroom
NOTES: SOA plays its final show. Said show degenerates into a riot. Henry returns to DC, packs his shit, and heads for Detroit. Beginning of the Rollins era.

SHOW: Black Flag, Boston, MA @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag / the Freeze, Cape Cod, MA @ Mill Hill Club

SHOW: Black Flag / Necros, Detroit, MI @ Bookies
NOTES: Henry meets up with Black Flag. For the rest of the tour he's a roadie and comes out to sing the encores as a way of learning the tunes.

SHOW: Black Flag / Effigies / DV8, Chicago, IL @ Tut's
NOTES: Violent bouncers.

SHOW: Black Flag, Milwaukee, WI @ Starship
NOTES: Date from a bootleg record.
SOME TIME AFTER THIS DATE:
SHOW: Black Flag, Minneapolis, MN @ ?Goofy's Upper Deck
SHOW: Black Flag, Salt Lake City, UT @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag / Wasted Youth / Circle One, Costa Mesa, CA @ Cuckoo's Nest
NOTES: Henry's first gig.

SHOW: Black Flag / Freeze, Boston, MA @ the Channel
NOTES: One-off show. Henry's first east coast gig with the Flag.
AFTER THIS DATE: Show in San Diego? (or is that the second Cuckoo's Nest gig?)

SHOW: Black Flag / Minutemen / Descendents, Costa Mesa, CA @ Cuckoo's Nest
UPDATE: Ripper 5

RECORD: Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation released

SHOW: Black Flag, Northridge, CA @ Devonshire Downs
NOTES: Some time after this date: short midwestern tour.

SHOW: Black Flag / Stellas, Milwaukee, WI @ Starship
NOTES: (I want this flyer!)

RECORD: Future Looks Bright compilation released

SHOW: Black Flag, San Diego, CA @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag, San Francisco, CA @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag, San Francisco, CA @ ???

RECORD: Louie Louie single released

SHOW: Black Flag, San Pedro, CA @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag, Huntington Beach, CA @ ???
NOTES: Chuck and Greg arrested before the show, but bailed out in time.

SHOW: Black Flag / Ribsy / Unaware / War Zone, somewhere in CA @ Breiner Hall CANCELLED
NOTES: Van broke down.

SHOW: Black Flag / Plastic Media / the Maltones / the Retorts / the Unaware / Ribsy, somewhere in CA @ Breiner Hall SHUT DOWN!
NOTES: Shut down by the police before Black Flag could play.

SHOW: Black Flag / DOA / Saccharine Trust / Overkill, San Francisco, CA @ Elite Club

SOMETIME THIS MONTH: Ripper 6

SHOW: Black Flag, Tucson, AZ @ ???
NOTES: Dez put a bunch of bums on the guestlist.

SHOW: Black Flag / Feederz, Phoenix, AZ @ Madison Square Gardens
NOTES: Frank Discussion (Feederz) kills a lab rat with a hammer.

SHOW: Black Flag, Winchester, CA @ ???
NOTES: Dorm party. A friend of Henry's is raped at this show.

RECORD: Rodney on the ROQ Vol 2 compilation released
SHOW: Black Flag / Saccharine Trust, Hemet, CA @ ???
NOTES: Party. Show was busted and Earl Liberty (Saccarine Trust) broke his leg and smashed out several teeth running from the cops.

SHOW: Black Flag, San Francisco, CA @ Mabuhay Gardens

SHOW: Black Flag, San Francisco, CA @ Mabuhay Gardens

SHOW: Black Flag, Riverside, CA @ ???
NOTES: Scream coalesces during a guitar-failure-induced jam. What happened to Henry? Don't ask me...

TOUR: Winter '81 tour begins
SHOW: Black Flag / Saccharine Trust / Dicks / Stains (MDC), Houston, TX @ the Island

SHOW: Black Flag / Saccharine Trust / Dicks / Stains (MDC) / Big Boys, Austin, TX @ ALA Club

SHOW: Black Flag, Greensboro, NC @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag / Saccharine Trust / Faith / Iron Cross, Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
NOTES: Henry's first time playing DC w/the Flag.

SHOW: Black Flag / Damned / Anti-Nowhere League, London, England @ Lyceum

SHOW: Black Flag / Chelsea, Manchester, England @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag / Exploited / Honeybane, London, England @ Rainbow

SHOW: Black Flag / Chron Gen, London, England @ 100 Club (2 sets)

SHOW: Black Flag / Nig Heist, Colwyn Bay, Wales @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag, Preston, England @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag / Damned / UK Subs / Chelsea / Vice Squad / Anti-Nowhere League / GBH, Leeds, England @ Christmas On Earth Festival
NOTES: Robo's last gig with Black Flag (he is detained while trying to leave the UK due to visa problems).

SHOW: Black Flag, New York, NY @ Mudd Club
NOTES: Bill Stevenson joins the band on drums.

SHOW: Black Flag / Necros / Misfits, Passaic, NJ @ ??? (last minute show)
NOTES: show was taped

SHOW: Black Flag, Boston, MA @ ???

SHOW: Black Flag, New York, NY @ Peppermint Lounge

SHOW: Black Flag, Pittsburgh, PA @ Electric Banana
NOTES: Venue a guess

SHOW: Black Flag / Saccharine Trust / Husker Du, Chicago, IL @ 950 (2 sets)

TOUR: Winter '81 tour ends
SHOW: Black Flag / Blasters, Los Angeles, CA @ ???