Greg Ginn
Musician
Spray Paint The Walls: The Story of Black Flag...well reported and assembled by Brit music writer Stevie Chick, author of the better of the recent Sonic Youth books. Neither Greg Ginn nor Henry Rollins sat for interviews but their voices are included from earlier interviews, and more... In this article: Black Flag, Glen E. Friedman, Joe Carducci, Sonic Youth, Nintendo DS, Greg Ginn, SST Records, Chuck Dukowski, and Henry Rollins |
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The Oklahoma Daily | 2 days ago
Newcommes to lead atl-country revival
...Houck said. The band has already made big strides in that direction, opening for the likes of Cotton Jones, Two Tons of Steel and Greg Ginn (Black Flag). The latter act seems especially fitting. Ginn is a punk icon, and despite the...
In this article: Black Flag, Oklahoma, Western music, and Oklahoma band
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Blogcritics | 2 days ago
I Hear Sparks: Cloak/Dagger - Lost Art
...Colin Barth is downright venomous in his delivery, cranking out riffs that draw memories of John Reis and Black Flag's Greg Ginn. Bassist Matthew Michel and drummer Colin Kimble round out Cloak/Dagger with their modest, unstable...
In this article: Maple syrup and John Reis
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Pitchfork | October 28, 2009
Converge - Axe to Fall
...DIY-- they booked their own shows, handed out their own flyers, rehearsed with military discipline, and put out records on guitarist Greg Ginn's label, SST. Despite shifting lineups, their mission never wavered: to destroy. Destruction...
In this article: Black Flag, Converge, Kurt Ballou, Jacob Bannon, Nate Newton, My War, Jane Doe, Twitter, and Disfear
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Charlotte Observer | October 21, 2009
Time to celebrate a Milestone milestone
...punk shows. Shive re-established relationships with national booking agents attracting acts of old, such as Black Flag's Greg Ginn, Bad Brains' HR and the Melvins - as well as buzz bands like Sub Pop Records' Helio Sequence and...
In this article: Birds of Avalon, Bo Diddley, R.E.M., and Black Flag
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Gone (band)
Gone is a three-piece punk -based instrumental rock band, formed by Greg Ginn in late 1985. Originally, Gone was a side project to his main group, Black Flag . Prior to forming Gone, Ginn had been performing some instrumental compositions...
In this article: Gone, Black Flag, Sim Cain, Andrew Weiss, SST Records, Rollins Band, Elvis Presley, Sun Records, and Henry Rollins
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Punknews | September 29, 2009
Big Drill Car: Eye a Door
Big Drill Car released an EP, Small Block, in 1988 before being signed to Cruz Records (owned by former Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn) and releasing two studio albums. The band eventually parted ways with that label and signed to...
In this article: Big Drill Car, Punknews.org, Black Flag, MySpace, Headhunter Records, Cruz Records, No Worse for the Wear, and Small Block
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The Huffington Post | September 25, 2009
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-One
...shop, becoming a notorious amalgam of avant-rock, punk, and blues. The band put out its first vinyl and was quickly added to the Greg Ginn's SST Records, where they recorded released their first full-length album. The Meat Puppets have...
In this article: Meat Puppets, Arvo Part, Danny Barnes, Cris Kirkwood, Derrick Bostrom, Government Mule, and Austin
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Greg Ginn
Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. He is best known for being the leader of and primary songwriter for the hardcore punk band Black Flag , which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986. Since...
In this article: Black Flag, Raymond Pettibon, Confront James, Henry Rollins, Slip It In, Dog, World War II, and Ibanez
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National Public Radio | August 26, 2009
Heavy Metal Kegger
...at you, Dirty Projectors.) The Washington, D.C., doom-metal legends in Saint Vitus paid tribute to their then-current label boss (Greg Ginn of Black Flag) by covering "Thirsty and Miserable" the way it should sound: like a pack of...
In this article: Tankard, Municipal Waste, Black Flag, Andreas Geremia, Saint Vitus, The Art of Partying, Alestorm, Thirsty and Miserable, and Dirty Projectors
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The Stranger - Line Out | August 20, 2009
Also Tonight...
...short of spectacular. Musically, the band recalls Born Against at their prime-plenty of throbbing distorted bass and My War-era Greg Ginn-inspired guitar playing. The vocals remind me of all the greats of '90s DIY hardcore. There's a...
In this article: Planes Mistaken for Stars, Hellgrammite, Sam McPheeters, Born Against, My War, and Denver
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Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. He is best known for being the leader of and primary songwriter for the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986.
Since breaking up Black Flag, Ginn has recorded a few solo albums, and has performed with the bands HOR, Fastgato, The October Faction, Gone, Confront James, EL BAD, Mojack, The Texas Corrugators, Jambang, and he also played bass with Tom Troccoli's Dog. . He also owns the Texas-based, independent record label, SST, originally begun as an electronics company called Solid State Transmitters when he was a teenager in Long Beach, California. He remains very active in music; in a recent interview he states he still performs "about six nights a week." This is similar to how he was with Black Flag; with them he was very strict about practicing and would practice for up to 7 hours a day, 6 days a week according to Henry Rollins.
One review of Black Flag's Slip It In (1984) notes that Ginn's "playing was becoming increasingly avant-garde and exciting. Rather than simply coughing up one clichéd solo after another, he wandered harmolodically up and down the fretboard as a jazz player like Blood Ulmer would, making the material more interesting than what most Black Flag-influenced bands were playing."
Ginn made it to 99th on Rolling Stones list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
- Name At Birth:
- Gregory Regis Ginn
- Also Known As:
- Dale Nixon
- Birth Date:
- June 08, 1954
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Record label owner
- Instrument Played:
- Record Label:
- SST, Cruz
- Years Active:
- 1976 – present
- Associated With:
- Mojack
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