The Process of Weeding Out

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The Process of Weeding Out
The Process of Weeding Out cover
EP by Black Flag
Released September 1985
Recorded March 1985
Genre Hardcore punk, Instrumental rock
Length 26:28
Label SST
Producer Greg Ginn,
Bill Stevenson,
David Tarling
Professional reviews
Black Flag chronology
Loose Nut
(1985)
The Process of Weeding Out (EP)
(1985)
In My Head
(1985)

The Process of Weeding Out is an EP released by Black Flag in 1985 on SST Records. The music is entirely instrumental and similar to the second side of Family Man.

The album title is a dual reference. Most obvious is the band "weeding out" fans who didn't appreciate the band's instrumental explorations and wanted only to hear hardcore punk material. But also, at the time of the record's recording and release, Greg Ginn was a heavy marijuana user, as were Kira Roessler and numerous SST employees/associates, hence the title (i.e., "weeding" out).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Your Last Affront" (Ginn) – 9:39
  2. "Screw the Law" (Ginn) – 2:24
  3. "The Process of Weeding Out" (Ginn) – 9:58
  4. "Southern Rise" (Ginn/Roessler/Stevenson) – 5:00

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