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The initial dissolution of Black Flag was tough for fans to swallow. What made it go down easier, though, was that the group’s Keith Morris had another great band going, too: Circle Jerks. Forming in 1979, the band helped spearhead a new aggressive era for punk music. Their impact was immense and their work lived on in subsequent generations, as everybody from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Pearl Jam to the Offspring have cited them as an influence.
As Uproxx’s Joypocalypse notes, the band was “part of the first wave that turned punk into something har...
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