After Unicorn Records declared bankruptcy, Black Flag were released from the injunction, and returned with a vengeance, starting with the release of "My War". The album was both a continuation of "Damaged", and a vast leap forward. While the general mood and lyrics continue in the confrontational and emotional tone of "Damaged", the album would prove influential to grunge music as the decade progressed. Lacking a bass player, Ginn played bass guitar, using the pseudonym Dale Nixon. On the May 1, 2007 episode of his radio program "Harmony in My Head", Rollins reported that one of Ginn's favorite albums during this era was Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds of Fire" (1973), and opined that John McLaughlin's guitar work influenced Ginn.