Historically, this is really interesting. This is a compilation covering the band's unofficial sessions with the three frontmen preceding Rollins, each of them getting one side of the LP. It's thus sailing between different eras of the band, but sometimes it repeats itself ("Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie!" has got three different versions, and while they each bring a different vibe, they still are basically the same song). It also shows Chavo clearly was the least good singer the band had, while Dez was incredible. The last side of the LP is a sound collage made up of radio ads for Black Flag shows: it sounds uninteresting (it sometimes is) but it's quite funny. In the end, it's more interesting contextually than musically if you've heard Damaged and the EPs preceding it, but it's nonetheless a crass and vicious 45 minutes of hardcore punk music + some cool sound collage. Almost enjoyed it more than Damaged.
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