Necros/White Flag "Jail Jello" LP Gasatanka Records JC-9012 (US) 

Vinyl is EX, Jacket is VG+

Pressed on Red Vinyl!

Out of Print!

Track Listing:

A1–Geiger CounterA2–LoadedA3–I'm DownB1–Walking The DogB2–PipelineB3–Crash
White Flag is an American  band currently based in . Their current lineup consists of frontman Mike Mess (guitar), Jello B. Afro (bass), and Trace Element (drums). All of these members have been in the band since 1982, though many have rotated in and out. White Flag has an extensive discography that ranges from their 1982 debut R is for Rocket to 2010's Benefit For Cats. 

White Flag formed in 1982 in , an  of   now called . They played their first shows that year (the second and third of which were later included on their "S Is For Space – 25th Anniversary De Luxe Edition"). The band's name is itself a play on the name of iconic hardcore band  and is meant as a parody on  elitism. Similarly, the  of band members were chosen to resemble those of , , and , each an icon of the California punk scene in their own right.

In a 1983  interview, guitarist Pat Fear noted:

"People give us a lot of shit for being called 'White Flag' and that we're ripping off Black Flag and all the Black Flag bros in  want to kill us — but the truth is Black Flag are our friends,  is like our biggest fan. So why are these Black Flag people trying to kick our asses?

"The whole reason for the name is to reintroduce anarchy back into the musical aspect of punk, because when it started out it wasn't political and it was not violent, like when  said...he was not singing about anarchy, he wanted musical anarchy. Not social or government anarchy or violence and people blew it out of proportion.... So we're trying to get back to an anarchistic state of music..."

The band recorded two albums in 1982, R is for Rocket and S is for Space, the latter being released in 1983. After playing numerous shows around California, the band toured Europe for their first time in 1986, and released a live EP from that tour titled "Bleedin' in Sweden".

Recent activity

In 2006 White Flag toured in  for the first time. As a souvenir of the group's first visit, they band released a limited edition, hand numbered 8 song 10" vinyl album, on Roma based , entitled "Piangi Con Me", which is now out of print.

In 2008, the band toured Europe twice, first in March (Germany and Netherlands), and then in June–July they did 23 gigs, including 2 with  and the . Some rare gigs in the U.S. with the  and the Adolescents followed.

In May 2010 the band released the 7" e.p. "Keepers of The Purple Twilight" on  limited to 300 copies. 2010 also saw the release of "Benefit For Cats" on .

In 2011  released White Flag and Tony Adolescent's "Live at Bohemian Grove / White Flag & Tony" 7" EP. That same year the band, who were big fans of 70's seminal punk group  contributed the track "C'mon" to the controversial tribute album "Take It Or Leave It: A Tribute To The Original Queens of Noise: The Runaways". The song featured , lead singer of the band  on lead vocals.

The current line-up featured on the July 2010 vinyl only release "Benefit For Cats" will be performing their first ever Midwest live shows in July 2010, with exclusives shows in Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago, on July 15,16, and 17 respectively. These shows will be record release parties for the new album, as well as the Russian release limited edition 7" e.p. "Two Pack", which is limited to only 100 copies, and is a split release with Russian band .

Pat Fear died on September 24, 2013.

Necros were an early American  band from , although they are usually identified with the  music scene. They are the first band to record for . History

Necros were formed in 1980 by then-teenagers Barry Henssler (vocals), Andy Wendler (guitar), and Todd Swalla (drums). After going through a handful of bassists (including Donny Brook, Jeff Allsop, David Cooke, Brian Hyland, Jeff Lake, and Brian Pollack), Corey Rusk joined the band. Barry Henssler had struck up a friendship with  and Dave Stimson of Touch and Go magazine after sending them a copy of his own 'zine, Smegma Journal. Vee and Stimson became fans of the Necros and put the Necros' first record, a self-titled 4-song 7" EP (recorded prior to Rusk's entry into the band) most commonly known as "Sex Drive". This was ' (then spelled "Rekords") first release and was limited to only 100 copies.

Andy Wendler left the band in 1981 (although he continued to write for them) and Brian Pollack joined on guitar. Later that year, the band recorded and released another self-titled 7" record known as "IQ32", produced by  vocalist . This 9-song was jointly released by Touch and Go (which Rusk now had a hand in running) and MacKaye's own . Wendler rejoined on guitar in late 1982 and in 1983 the band recorded and released two more records, a 7" and LP both titled Conquest For Death.

Early on, the Necros played with many prominent punk bands, including , , , , and Tesco Vee's group . The Necros also toured as openers for  band , including at the Misfits' last show in which Todd Swalla stepped in to play drums when  became too drunk to perform.

In 1983 Corey Rusk quit the group to concentrate on Touch and Go, after assuming full control of the label and bassist Ron Sakowski stepped in. Despite the group's steady output at their onset, the Necros did not release another record for two years. In an interview with One Solution zine, vocalist Barry Henssler blamed the delay between releases on Rusk's refusal to give the band a definite answer as to whether or not they were still on Touch and Go. The label has since deleted their Necros releases from their catalogue.

The next Necros release came in 1985 as a split LP with  entitled Jail Jello, on Gasatanka Records. Now featuring a more distinctly  sound, the band followed up the split with 1986's Tangled Up LP on  along with a single of the same name on Gasatanka. Following a 1987 tour with , the group called it quits. A live album, Live or Else, appeared posthumously in 1989.

Post break up

Barry Henssler went on to form the band Big Chief, who recorded for the  label. Ron Sakowski and Todd Swalla reunited in the mid 1990s as part of the final line up of  artists . Andy Wendler played in a group called Gone In Sixty Seconds (also known as G.I.S.S.).

In 2002, a limited (only 450 copies pressed) split 10" with Authority Abuse was released by Wise Hoodlum Records featuring live Necros recordings from 1981–1983. The band's first demo was reissued as the "Ambionic Sound" 7" in 2012, named for the studio where it was recorded.

In 2005  reissued Tangled Up and Live or Else together on one CD, currently the only Necros material available on CD.

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