Artist: Greg Ginn Genre(s):
Indie
Rock
Discography:
Getting Even Year: 1993
Tracks: 14
Let It Burn (Because I Don't Live There Anymore) Year:
Tracks: 13
Unquestionably, the most influential guitar player to emerge from the late-'70s/early-'80s U.S. hardcore/punk motion was Black Flag's Greg Ginn. Never afraid to comprise other musical styles into this acting (videlicet malarky fusion and Black Sabbath-y dense metal) as well as squeaky feedback from his amplifier, Ginn's playing also served as a major ingredient to the Black Flag level-headed as he was the only original member to remain in the group from its formation until its demise. Influenced equally by the Grateful Dead and the Stooges, Ginn formed Black Flag in 1977, only the grouping didn't truly start out to make a name for itself until Ginn set up patronise in Hermosa Beach, CA, in early 1979, where he began running an electronics furnish stage business. It was during this meter that the musical phrase "SST" was coined (an abbreviation for Solid State Transmitter), which would eventually be used for the call of Black Flag's record label. Although members came and went at a steady charge per unit (including singers Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, and Dez Cadena), Black Flag prevailed, edifice a magnanimous and loyal undermentioned on the lastingness of their explosive live render, EPs/singles (including such classics as
Nervous Breakdown and
Covetous Again), and an appearance in the cult classical L.A. goon objective
The Decline of Western Civilization. Ginn also began to favor a Plexiglas "Dan Armstrong" guitar, which would soon become a earmark of sorts for both him and the dance band (scorn eventually becoming covered with black tape). Black Flag began to make a countrywide shock when big time Flag winnow Henry Rollins signed on as the group's quartern vocalizer, which resulted in the group's first-ever full-length album, 1981's
Damaged, considered by many as one of the greatest hardcore albums of all clock time. Although legal tape would prevent Black Flag from issuing a follow-up as speedily as they would have liked (which included Ginn organism sent to poky for v days), the dance band returned more fierce then always, with such releases as
My War and
In My Head, among others. Black Flag also managed to issue a completely instrumental press release,
Litigate of Weeding Out, which elysian Ginn to launch his own instrumental project, Gone, resulting in a partner off of releases around this time as well,
Let's Get Real, Real Gone for a Change and
Gone II - But Never Too Gone. Additionally, Ginn launched another side project about this time, October Faction, which included contributions from many other SST artists. Black Flag skint up after a last U.S. duty tour in 1986, and while many fictitious that Ginn would plainly play with Gone full-time, he distinct to focus on book party work, forming an all new judge, Cruz, spell running the Minutemen's former tag, New Alliance, as well as SST. The early '90s saw Ginn return from his exile as he began issuing solo albums, including such titles as
Acquiring Even,
Payday,
Pecker, and
Let It Burn, as well as amazingly relaunching Gone. Ginn has also performed aboard other acts of the Apostles (Mojack, Hor, Killer Tweaker Bees, etc.), shortly operated a umber house, The Idea Room, and has been known to appear under an false name, Poindexter Stewart, on his have radio receiver program, Screw Radio. In 2003, Ginn put together a new version of Black Flag (he and Cadena were the only recognizable name calling) to do benefit shows for several different Cat Rescues.
Silent Cry
