Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag

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Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag
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Compilation album by
various artists
Released2010 [1]
Genre Punk, Country
Label The Secret Life of Records [2]

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag is a tribute album to the then-defunct American hardcore punk band Black Flag featuring ex-band members Dez Cadena, Keith Morris and Kira Roessler. [3] They are joined by fellow SST label mates Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust) and Mike Watt (Minutemen) [3] as well as Jimmy Destri of Blondie, produced by Evan Taylor. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs originally written and recorded by Black Flag except where noted.

  1. Rise Above
  2. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
  3. Six Pack
  4. Nervous Breakdown
  5. In the Jailhouse Now (Jimmie Rodgers and Elsie McWilliams)
  6. Thirsty and Miserable

Personnel

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