PRE-FLAG,
SOA:
Henry Garfield born.
Mitch Parker, (first bassist for GI, later in the Crippled Pilgrims) introduced Henry and Ian MacKaye to Black flag courtesy of the Nervous Breakdown EP.
SHOW: Teen Idles / Vox Pop / The Mentors / Puke, Spit, and Guts, Los Angeles, CA @ Hong Kong Gardens
NOTES: The Teen Idles, formed by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, embark on their only "tour"--taking the Greyhound to Los Angeles to play two shows. Assorted friends, hangers-on, and roadies come along--including Henry Garfield. They hope to meet or see Black Flag, but the band are on tour...
SHOW: Teen Idles / the Sponges / Noise / Lost Angeles / Wrong Brothers, Los Angeles, CA @ Mabuhay Gardens
NOTES: The DC crew encounters the Huntington Beach kids--boots, spurs, bandanas, and an attitude nasty enough to eat through cement. Nothing can be the same...
Replaces vocalist Lyle Preslar in the Extorts, soon to be rechristened STATE OF ALERT.
SHOW: SOA, ???, ??? @ ???
NOTES: SOA's first gig.
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / Bad Brains / Untouchables / Best, Washington, DC @ 1924 Calvert St NW (Basement party)
NOTES: Minor Threat's first gig, SOA's second.
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / Untouchables / Type O / Nurses / Fluffy Pigs / Zones / Wiggly Mittens / etc. etc., Washington, DC @ dc space (Unheard Music Festival)
NOTES: Lots more bands played.
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / Slickee Boys, Washington, DC @ dc space
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / Black Market Baby / Untouchables (unannounced), Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
SHOW: SOA / Bad Brains / Minor Threat / [DC] Youth Brigade / Black Market Baby / No Authority / GI / Red C / Void / Law and Order, Washington, DC @ Wilson Center
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / [DC] Youth Brigade / Assault and Battery / Red C, Bethesda, MD @ YMCA
SHOW: SOA / Minor Threat / [DC] Youth Brigade / Assault and Battery / Red C, Arlington, VA @ HB Woodlawn Alternative Program
SOA's No Policy EP released.
SHOW: SOA / Bad Brains / Minor Threat / Subhumans, Washington, DC @ Rumba [sic] Club
SHOW: SOA / [DC] Youth Brigade / GI / Iron Cross, Washington, DC @ ??? (house party)
NOTES: Iron Cross' first gig. They do not cover themselves in glory--in fact, their guitar player leaves mid-way through the set.
SHOW: Black Flag / SOA / Autistic Reactions, Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
NOTES: SOA's final show. Henry, now Rollins, joins up with the Flag tour three days later.