My Damage ― The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

Hardcore punk memoir by Keith Morris, ultimate punk rock frontman and founder of Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and OFF!

Keith Morris and guitarist Greg Ginn formed Black Flag during the late 1970s. Morris left the band in 1979 and almost immediately re-appeared alongside a new group, the Circle Jerks. Morris was stricken with bad health during the late ’90s, including adult onset diabetes and appendicitis, which resulted in several benefit shows to raise money for medical bills. With his health back on track, Morris reappeared in the early 2000s with an all new outfit, Midget Handjob, and he played a series of dates with his old Circle Jerks pals in 2001 (their first proper tour in six years). Morris also took part in the Henry Rollins-assembled benefit albumRise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three. The singer even toured in support of the album the following year, with Rollins' band, Mother Superior, backing him. He lives in Los Angeles.