Group Sex is the debut album by the band Circle Jerks, fronted by former Black Flag singer Keith Morris. The album contains 14 songs in about as many minutes and is considered to be a landmark in hardcore punk as well as the band's best album.
Two songs on the album, "Wasted" and "Don't Care", were originally songs Morris had co-written and performed with Black Flag. The former song appears on the Nervous Breakdown EP, while the latter was record...
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Group Sex is the debut album by the band Circle Jerks, fronted by former Black Flag singer Keith Morris. The album contains 14 songs in about as many minutes and is considered to be a landmark in hardcore punk as well as the band's best album.
Two songs on the album, "Wasted" and "Don't Care", were originally songs Morris had co-written and performed with Black Flag. The former song appears on the Nervous Breakdown EP, while the latter was recorded during an early recording session for what was supposed to be Black Flag's first full length album. After Morris quit Black Flag, the tapes were shelved. Morris also performed "Red Tape" with Black Flag [1], although a studio version was never recorded.
When Morris recorded and released "Don't Care" with the Circle Jerks (without crediting Greg Ginn, who composed the music), Black Flag responded by rewriting the lyrics, and recording and releasing the song as "You Bet We've Got Something Personal Against You" for the Jealous Again 12" EP. ...
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