Greg Ginn

Greg Ginn

Greg Ginn performing with Black Flag in 2013
Background information
Birth name Gregory Regis Ginn
Also known as Dale Nixon
Born (1954-06-08) June 8, 1954
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Genres Hardcore punk, punk rock, free jazz, punk jazz, heavy metal
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Guitar, bass guitar, theremin, vocals
Years active 1976–present
Labels SST, Cruz
Associated acts Black Flag, Gone, Confront James, Mojack
Notable instruments
Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite

Gregory Regis "Greg" Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known for being the leader of and primary songwriter for the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976–86, and again in 2003. The band announced another reunion on January 25, 2013.[1] He was born in Tucson, Arizona.[2] Since breaking up Black Flag, Ginn has recorded a few solo albums, and has performed with such bands as October Faction, Gone, Confront James, Mojack, and others.[3] 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 and amateur radio operator (in Hermosa Beach, California).

Ginn was 99th on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[4] Ginn is the older brother of artist Raymond Ginn, who goes by the pseudonym of Raymond Pettibon.

Ginn became a vegetarian at 17 years old and as of 2013 he has been a vegan for approximately fifteen years.[5]

Comments from other musicians

Many artists have cited Ginn as an influence or have expressed their admiration for him, including Buzz Osborne of Melvins,[6] Omar Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta,[7] William DuVall of Alice in Chains,[8] Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan,[9] Kurt Ballou of Converge,[10] RM Hubbert,[11] Bill Kelliher of Mastodon,[12] Zach Blair of Rise Against,[13] Andrew Williams of Every Time I Die,[14] and Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos.[15]

Black Flag

Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band. They are widely considered to be one of the first hardcore punk bands. After breaking up in 1986, Black Flag briefly reunited in 2003 and again in 2013. Black Flag's sound mixed the raw simplicity of the Ramones with atonal guitar solos and frequent tempo shifts. The lyrics were written mostly by Ginn, and like other punk rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Black Flag voiced an anti-authoritarian and non-conformist message, in songs punctuated with descriptions of social isolation, neurosis, poverty, and paranoia. These themes were explored further when Henry Rollins joined the band as lead singer in 1981. Most of the band's material was released on Ginn's independent label, SST Records.

Partial discography

Solo

Black Flag

Minutemen

SWA

October Faction

Tom Troccoli's Dog

Gone

Minuteflag

Lawndale

Rig

Mojack

Hor

Confront James

El Bad

Hotel X

Bias

Get Me High

Killer Tweeker Bees

Fastgato

Limey LBC

The Perfect Rat

Jambang

Ten East

Libyan Hit Squad/Round Eye

Good For You

References

  1. ↑ "Black Flag Is Back". Blabbermouth.net. January 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. ↑ Chick, Stevie (2009). Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag. London, UK: Omnibus Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-84772-620-9.
  3. ↑ Archived January 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rollingstone.com. December 2, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  5. ↑ Ritchie, Ryan (June 5, 2013). "VegNews Music Week: Eating Vegan On the Road with Black Flag’s Greg Ginn". VegNews. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Eakin, Marah (January 7, 2014). "Melvins’ Buzz Osborne picks songs by "bands that were good, but blew it"". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2017. [...] Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen. [...] he definitely changed everything.
  7. ↑ Cleveland, Barry (24 November 2009). "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Interview Outtakes". Guitar World. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ↑ DuVall, William (4 September 2016). "How Black Flag changed my life, by William DuVall". TeamRock.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017. When Black Flag came along I was like, ‘This is it. This is exactly what the doctor ordered.’ That unhinged guitar playing that Greg Ginn was doing was amazing. As a fan of Hendrix and avant-garde jazz, he was right there at the centre of all of that and he embraced all of it in his playing. I could tell that what he was doing was deliberate, too. It wasn’t just like, ‘Oh this guy can’t play.’ It was discipline. Later on, I got to know Greg Ginn and it was all confirmed for me. He was like, ‘This is method.’
  9. ↑ Massie, Andrew (15 July 2015). "The Rockpit interviews | BEN WEINMAN | DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN". The Rockpit. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Ramirez, Carlos (February 19, 2008). "Converge: 'The Best Way To Learn Is Just Start Doing It'". Ultimate Guitar Archive. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ Greer, Jonathan (June 15, 2012). "INTERVIEW: Slow Thrills meets R.M. Hubbert". slowthrills.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  12. ↑ Florino, Rick (October 1, 2012). "Bill Kelliher Talks Primate, "Star Wars", Mastodon, and More". Artistdirect. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Kelly, Amy (April 25, 2011). "Zach Blair Of Rise Against: 'I've Always Been A Student Of Aggression'". Ultimate Guitar Archive. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017. [...] I'm not such a fan of crazy, loose playing, but I think Greg Ginn of Black Flag was brilliant and did it in a way where it sounded like he was playing sloppy but that was exactly how he wanted to play it. He was actually playing tighter than anyone I had ever seen. He was making tight sound that way. [...]
  14. ↑ Hodgson, Peter (September 29, 2013). "INTERVIEW: Every Time I Die’s Andy Williams". iheartguitarblog.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2017. [...] People don’t want to hear it, but that’s my main writing influence, Greg Ginn. Anything he wrote on a guitar was what I wanted to do on a guitar. [...]
  15. ↑ "Guitarist Interview with Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos". QDR. Silbermedia.com. August 2010. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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