Loose Nut

Loose Nut is the fifth full-length album released in 1985 by Black Flag on SST Records. The album is noteworthy in the Black Flag catalogue for introducing a more commercial sound to their already gestating jazz heavy metal hybrid. In some ways, it is a fusion of the Jazz Punk style of Slip It In and the Jazz Metal of In My Head. Though not particularly well-liked among critics, the album has a reputation among fans as being as being a highlight of their later career. This sentiment, however, is not shared among many of those close to the band at the time, noting increasing tensions within the group as affecting the quality of Loose Nut.