The Process of Weeding Out
EP by
Black Flag
ReleasedSeptember 1985
RecordedMarch 1985
GenreHardcore punk, free jazz, instrumental rock, punk jazz
Length26:28
LabelSST (037)
ProducerGreg Ginn, Bill Stevenson, David Tarling
Black Flag chronology
Loose Nut
(1985)		 The Process of Weeding Out
(1985)		 In My Head
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All About JazzPositive[2]
Punknews[3]

The Process of Weeding Out is the fifth EP by American band Black Flag.[4] One of the most potent realizations of guitarist Greg Ginn's fascination with the avant-garde, The Process of Weeding Out is described by critic Chris True of AllMusic as "an interesting document of Greg Ginn's development from high-speed guitar 'sculptor' to one of the few punk artists to embrace 12-tone experimental music."[1] Robert Palmer of The New York Times described the album as "what jazz-rock could have become if the best of the musicians who first crossbred jazz improvising with rock's sonic fire power had followed their most creative impulses."[4] Because of the jazz influences by Ginn, all of the tracks are instrumental.

The back cover has a quote from Ginn, reading, in part:

"...even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record."

Track listing

All songs by Greg Ginn, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Your Last Affront" – 9:39
  2. "Screw the Law" – 2:24

Side two

  1. "The Process of Weeding Out" – 9:58
  2. "Southern Rise" (Ginn/Kira Roessler/Bill Stevenson) – 5:00

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 True, Chris. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ Jazz, All About. "Black Flag: Black Flag: Family Man & The Process of Weeding Out". All About Jazz.
  3. ↑ Gentile, John (February 13, 2017). "Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out [EP]". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Palmer, Robert (February 23, 1986). "Black Flag Adds A Soupcon of Sophistication to Punk Rock". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
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