Former Black Flag bassist Cel Revuelta has died, according to Metal Sucks. He was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor last July. In February, his family set up a GoFundMe to assist with medical costs. Today we lost a wonderful person, our hearts are broken Cel passed away this morning Wednesday May 3rd 2017, he was surrounded by his immediate family. He fought til his last breath. Forever he is loved and will be missed. Love ❤️ You Uncle Cel!!
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2014 PNR Amnesia Rockfest Reveals Lineup
The ninth annual PNR Amnesia Rockfest has released its 2014 lineup. It will take place on June 20 and 21 in Montebello, Quebec. A Day to Remember, Alice in Chains, Alkaline Trio, All That Remains, Anti-Flag, August Burns Red, Between the Buried and Me, Bigwig, Billy Talent, Black Flag, Blink-182, Brand New, Cannibal Corpse, the Casualties, Cock Sparrer, Cradle of Filth, Cypress Hill, Danzig with Doyle, Dead Kennedys, Despised Icon, Dying Fetus, Face to Face, Fear, Fishbone, Five Finger Death Punch, the Gaslight Anthem, Glassjaw, Goldfinger, Guttermouth, H20, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Joan Jett, Lagwagon, Mastodon, Me First and the Gimme[Read More…]
Only Crime (Black Flag, Descendents, Bane, Modern Life Is War) Sign To Rise Records
Only Crime [Russ Rankin (Good Riddance), Aaron Dalbec (Bane/ex-Converge), Bill Stevenson (Black Flag/Descendents/ALL), Dan Kelly (ex-Tegan And Sara) and Matt Hoffman (Modern Life Is War)] have signed with Rise Records and will release a album titled ‘Pursuance’ on May 13.
Black Flag Announce New Vocalist
Mike Vallely is now taking over on vocals for Black Flag following the firing of Ron Reyes. Read below: “We feel that, generally, the band fell short in 2013 because of a difference in the philosophies of Ron and Greg – it just led to dysfunction,” says Mike Vallely, a pro skateboarder who spent 2013 managing Black Flag and singing with Ginn in another, similarly aggressive group, Good for You. The skater says he is granting only one interview on the state of Black Flag and that he speaks for Ginn. He also says that as of Reyes’ ouster, he has officially stepped[Read More…]
Black Flag Fire Frontman Ron Reyes During Show
Black Flag‘s Mike Vallely fired frontman Ron Reyes mid-set in Australia during the Hits & Pits Festival. Reyes has released a statement confirming his firing and other details below. On November 24th 2013 the last night of the Australian Hits and Pits tour with two songs left in the set Mike V comes on stage stares me down, takes my mic and says “You’re done, party’s over get off it’s over…” He said something else to me but it was a lie so I won’t repeat it here. So with a sense of great relief that it was finally over I[Read More…]
Black Flag Guitarist Explains Why He Is Suing Flag
Black Flag’s founder, Greg Ginn, suing former members of his band( FLAG: Keith Morris, guitarist/singer Dez Cadena, bassist Chuck Dukowski, drummer Bill Stevenson and Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton]. The dispute is not motivated by an effort to stop anyone from covering [the] songs. Quite to the contrary. this dispute began when Henry Garfield and Keith Morris made an effort to hijack the name – and the logo – for their own use. In September 2012, [they] filed fraudulent trademark applications in which they are claiming to own the name and the logo. Had we not taken action, this pair could have snuck these false[Read More…]