3 Akimbo Covers Black Flag

Not sure what needs to be said about this announcement other than HOLY FUCK!! This is going to tear paint off the walls at the Comet. Those dollar bills on the Comet's ceiling will be untacked and are going to fall our heads from the intensity that Akimbo will bring covering 15 of the best Black Flag tunes ever. They are getting help from there friends Tad Doyle and members of Portland's Black Elk too. This will surely be a can't miss crushing killfest.

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

What the fuck happened to punk rock? These days a "punk" band might mean 9 people with no rhythm on stage banging pots and blowing into trumpets, or 30 year old xtreme sports enthusiasts with slim sunglasses and the perfectly frosted faux hawk and goatee singing "melodic hardcore", or chugga chugga emo-metal bands covering The Postal Service, or Fallout Boy, or even better, a DJ. A DJ?!?! And before this mess there was the whole punk/ska debacle... If Goldfinger didn't ruin it, No Doubt sure fucking did.

Arguably, BLACK FLAG is perhaps the purest form of "punk" that ever was. I don't need to tell you that they invented the concept of living on the road and touring until the wheels fall off. I don't need to tell you that they damned the critics and pushed their own creative limits at every stage of their existence. I don't need to tell you that they helped pioneer the concept of starting your own damn label to put out your own damn albums because, well, hey, fuck the majors. I don't need to tell you that they are the most sonically raw, visceral, purely channeled force of rage that has ever exploded on a stage. I don't need to tell you that albums like "Damaged", "My War", and "Slip it In" are legendary in all literal sense of the word...

I do need to tell you that on September 11th and 12th, members of Akimbo, Tad, and Black Elk will be gathering to perform 15 of Black Flag's most pounding songs. Why? Lets call it a reminder of what we used to have.