Frank Turner interview for ‘Barred For Life’

Frank Turner and his ‘Bars’ at Night and Day Cafe, MCR. Photo by Jamie Robinson

 

Filmed as part of the build up to the release of the fantastic ‘Barred For Life’ Book, We teamed up with the guys behind the project to film this interview with Frank Turner, and discuss his love for Black Flag and the importance and influence of the legendary ‘Bars’.

The interview was filmed at Night and Day Cafe, MCR and the soundtrack is Frank Turner’s very own cover of ‘Fix Me’ by Black Flag!

Enjoy.

 

 

About The Book

 

Barred For Life began as a “silly idea” between four friends sitting in an Ohio tattoo shop during a rainstorm late in the summer of 2005. Noticing an unusual increase in the number of people tattooed with The Bars the group (all tattooed with The Bars themselves) discussed a number of ingenious, though unrealistic, ways to document the upsurge. One year later, however, much to everyone’s surprise, one member, Stewart Dean Ebersole, had begun working on the project with only a simple plan and no apparent budget, and won the blessing of the other three people present in the room that fateful summer day in 2005.

 

Three years and nearly 100 photo shoot/interviews later, the Philadelphia, PA, based Barred For Life crew has officially grown to an all-volunteer staff of four committed professionals intent on following a trail of Black Flag tattoos and stories across America and Europe, and winning interviews of former Black Flag band members, friends, and associates. This is a HUGE undertaking on an extremely limited budget, but rest assured this project already is well on its way to being completed with or without outside funding; though funding ultimately is what we are seeking to insure that this idea is manifested into print in short order.

 

Plowing through nearly twenty musicians and singers in their ten-year history, the truth about Black Flag’s modus operandi has ALWAYS been shrouded in controversy, due mostly to disagreement and vicious band infighting. From the reticence of Greg Ginn, Black Flag’s founding member, to speak out about his Black Flag years, to the legendary singer Henry Rollins’ controversial published memoirs from his time in Black Flag entitled Get In The Van, very little is known about the band’s internal workings. But this is no matter because Black Flag’s history has been more-or-less consumed by its own historical inaccuracies with little care from its fan-base to set the records straight. In fact, these lasting inaccuracies, in some respects, are what keep the Black Flag story interesting even today, nearly 25 years after their demise.

 

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