It's not funny anymore.

Damn, it's not every day you say a classic punk band going as low as to openly seek the pleasure of "consumers". Sad.

What did Henry do?

What the hell is Henry doing wrong?

"Henry Rollins is also being sued."

Lol okay.

Also this isn't punk at all.

I have no idea what Henry did, but he's being sued as well for whatever reason. I think I saw
something about him selling Black Flag merch, i'm not sure.

I guess Greg is just Jealous Again

New Album will be government approved!

Lol

Hooray I knew I wasn't the only one who saw him holding dem crumpets

At least Lydon used all the money for a good reason (getting PiL back together and funding an album). What's Greg gonna do after suing his old band mates?

rise above

HD TV party tonight!

I got a six pack of champagne and nothing to do

where do i get flag in flac hue hue hueh eaiujriaenjntgheiuühuncfefrdq

gimme gimme gimme

I want some more

Why doesn't he just sue Ubisoft for calling their next Assassin's Creed game Black Flag?

Lamesauce, man.

this is the very definition of punk. way to go man rock on

"Room 13" is today his favorite room in his private hotel

Guess he needs funds for his cat shelter

Meanwhile his friends are singing the lyrics from My War:
"My war you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them "

Confused why Rollins is being sued too.
I doubt many people are confused about this not being the original black flag lineup

rollins and morris applied to trademark the black flag name and bars last year, ginn is contesting that and taking out an injunction

why is rollins being sued i don't want to have to read!

It seems as though every time it's announced that a band is engaging in a lawsuit that everyone on sputnik's dicks knot up.

This is the least punk news I've heard all day. Seriously guys, what the fuck?

like WTF?

"Why doesn't he just sue Ubisoft for calling their next Assassin's Creed game Black Flag?"

beat me to it

this disgusts me, what a piece of shit.

Commenting of a news thread isn't punk either, but hey, who gives a shit?

rollins and morris applied to trademark the black flag name and bars last year, ginn is contesting that

This
Crazy Town Returning
Someguest getting married

All Signs of the apocalypse

I can't imagine Henry having merch with Black Flag stuff on them. He seems so past the band, in terms of accepting his past but not rehashing it financially. I'm sure it's past due royalties or some bullshit.

This is so characteristic of profit-seeking capitalism.

I know not all punk bands are anti-capitalist or anti-authority but this is fucking Black Flag.

Claiming ownership of the Black Flag trademark under his label SST Records, Ginn has accused FLAG (including Rollins) of "lying to the Trademark Office on registrations; using his own label's record covers to feign as though they’ve been continuing to use Black Flag since 1979, and in an what's alleged to be an act of 'outrageous fraud', using bootleg SST t-shirts in an attempt to show they've been making such products in that time."

Wait so a classic punk artist just filed a lawsuit? What? Some people really want to see the World burn...

'classic punk artist' already has history of being litigious and ripped off a bunch of bands on his label, lol at people thinking he was some holier than thou figure. why should morris of all people get the rights to the name and logo anyway

"I'm pretty sure ginn won that, and that's why he's suing them"

count 4 is cancellation of the trademark application because it was fraudulent, sounds like it's still pending to me. but i'm not reading 20 pages of that shit, whateva

Never really listened to Black Flag anyway but I have little respect for them anymore.

I am a consumer. I am confused.
Fucking dystopian nightmare.

They were great back in the 80's.

So this was actually "The shape of punk to come".

Tis a pretty strong argument for Minor Threat never coming back ever.

taking legal action against one's former band members is punk as fuck yo

kek

I've listened to the "real" (Ginn's) Black Flag live in Resurrection Fest and it was the biggest disappointment of the whole festival: their complete lack of aggression and a conformist show left me wandering if they were really Black Flag for about 30 minutes. I won't care about this unless the original formation is reunited and starts taking things seriously.

tv party tonight

So this was actually "The shape of punk to come". [2]

Guys, you are all forgetting something. It is impossible for old geezers to be punk in the same way as younguns. For them, rebelling is rebelling against rebelling.

Old geezers not rebelling is understandable. Selling out is absolutely unforgivable.

http://i.imgur.com/XNUBOb9.jpg

I was trying to imply not implying and suing bandmates over rights to your name is kinda the same thing.

Do you think young Black Flag would have given a shit if they had to change their name? I am pretty sure most younguns could give a fuck what moniker they play under.

leave henry alone

Somebody needs to make that video.

Black Flag actually DID have to change their name once before they were Black Flag.

Also, Ginn has always been a douche. I'm pretty sure to this day he's the only member whose ever received a royalty

douche

I'd be pretty pissed too if someone would try to secretly steal my patent.
But sue your old friends..?

Cry me a fucking river, Ginn. Entitled asshole.

A river of Gin. That would be something. Great to swim in but don't open your fucking eyes.

Wow why is Rollins getting sued too, hell why are any of them? Black Flag is Rollins as much as Morris as much as Gin's etc. Sounds like someone is money hungry....

^holy shit forgot about that show, haha it was awesome

I saw this "black flag" at hardcore fest in Ieper, because they were headlining.
Holy shit it was the worst show I've ever seen. Nobody sung along, nobody moved. Somebody got on stage to give black flag the finger. They all left angrily, except for ginn, he just stood there; looking at the ground while making noise

ginn lost the preliminary injunction


"Last, Ginn wasn't able to prove that Flag had confused "significant numbers of consumers," since his evidence consisted of claiming that "at one of his shows, fans asked him if he would be at an upcoming Flag show."

lol

"too bad Rollins doesn't still have his own show"

he does

weekly radio show on kcrw. plays a lot of cool stuff and he's way more suited to that format. he just came off as awkward on tv for whatever reason

oh awesome