Black Flag : Everything Went Black

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 Everything Went Black

is a compilation album

 by the American

hardcore punk band

Black Flag

 It was released in 1982 

through SST Records. 

The compilation comprises

 early songs

 recorded before 

Henry Rollins 

became the

 band's vocalist

 in 1981, 

and was initially released 

without the group's name 

on its cover, 

due to their lawsuit 

with MCA/Unicorn.

 Instead,

 the names of the group members

 were listed on the first release.

Background

After the release of their first EP, 

1979’s “Nervous Breakdown,” 

Black Flag began

 writing and

 recording material 

for a full-length album, 

but shelved the recordings

 when vocalist

 Keith Morris

 left the group.

 They returned to the studio to

 re-record much of the

 same material with 

second vocalist 

Ron Reyes, 

but only managed to secure 

five songs because of

 Reyes’ habit for 

not showing up 

for recording sessions. 

These tracks saw release

 as the band’s first 12” release,

Jealous Again 

before Reyes eventually

 returned to the studio

 to lay down his 

remaining vocal tracks. 

Black Flag began the 

recording process again 

with their third vocalist 

Dez Cadena, 

but then shelved these takes

 when

Henry Rollins

joined the groups as 

Black Flag’s 

permanent singer

 for the band’s 

1980s tenure, 

re-recording 

the bulk of

 Black Flag’s early canon

 for their first LP, 

1982’s

Damaged.

At the height of the

 band’s popularity

 following 

Damaged’s release, 

Black Flag 

entered a state of legal limbo

 with MCA subsidiary

 Uni Records 

who would neither 

release any new 

Black Flag recordings,

 nor permit the band

 to issue their 

music themselves. 

Hence, 

they chose to compile

 the shelved recordings

 from their first

 three vocalists 

and release it as 

Everything Went Black 

with the band’s name

 and logo 

blacked out 

on the album jacket. 

The songs filled up

 three LP sides, 

and the band collected

 a number of 

radio spots

 to comprise a 

fourth 

for a double-LP.

 After Uni Records folded

 and the band 

was able to once again

 release records 

under their own name, 

subsequent vinyl,

 cassette,

 and CD editions

 of 

Everything Went Black

openly sported

 Black Flag’s name

 and logo.

Personnel

• Keith Morris (credited as "Johnny 'Bob' Goldstein") – lead vocals on tracks 1–9
• Ron Reyes (credited as "Chavo Pederast") – lead vocals on tracks 10–14
• Dez Cadena – lead vocals on tracks 15–24
• Greg Ginn – guitar
• Chuck Dukowski – bass
• Bryan Migdol – drums on tracks 1–4
• Robo – drums on tracks 5-24

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