Bassist Cris Kirkwood and drummer Derrick Bostrom met in high school in Phoenix and started their first punk band, Atomic ...
Black Flag made their East Coast debut at the Peppermint Lounge in New York, where four young punks were in attendance.
Black Flag was one of the earliest hardcore bands. The group formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1976 and put out several beloved EPs ahead of its debut studio album Damaged in 1981.