Greg Ginn Musical artist

Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is an American 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, and again in 2003. The band announced another reunion on January 25, 2013. He was born in Tucson, Arizona.Since breaking up Black Flag, Ginn has recorded a few solo albums, and has performed with the bands HOR, Fastgato, October Faction, Gone, Killer Tweeker Bees, Confront James, EL BAD, Mojack, The Texas Corrugators, Jambang, Mexican Lions, 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 Hermosa Beach, California.Ginn was 99th on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Ginn is the older brother of artist Raymond Ginn who goes under the pseudonym of Raymond Pettibon. Pettibon had contributed a large amount of visual imagery into Black Flag's works, including designing the band's iconic logo.

Personal facts

Greg Ginn
Alias (AKA)Dale Nixon
Birth dateJune 08, 1954
Birth place
Tucson Arizona

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Musical artist

Career started1976
associated musical artist
Confront James
Mojack
Black Flag (band)
Gone (band)
EL BAD
Good For You (band)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Heavy metal music
Punk rock
Free jazz
Hardcore punk
Punk jazz
instrument
Bass guitar
Guitar
Theremin
Singing
Ampeg
record label
SST Records
Cruz Records

Greg Ginn on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.gregginn.com
  2. http://www.sstsuperstore.com