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 punk rock band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986. June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... Cruz Records was a record label similar to SST Records, owned by the Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... Gone is a three-piece punk-based instrumental rock band, formed by Greg Ginn in late 1985. ... Confront James is another side project of Greg Ginn, consisting of Ginn on guitar and bass, Richard Ray on vocals, and Andy Batwinas on Percussion Discography Test One Reality (1995) Just Do It (1995) Ill Gotten Hatred (1996) Chemical Exposure (1996) Black Bomb Mountain (1997) Song Titles Test One Reality... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ...

Since breaking up Black Flag, Ginn has recorded a few solo albums, and has performed with the bands HOR, Fastgato, Gone, Confront James, EL BAD, Mojack, and he also played bass with Tom Troccoli's Dog. [1]. He also owns the South Bay based, independent record label, SST, originally begun as an electronics company called Solid State Transmitters when he was a teenager. He remains very active in music; in a recent interview he states he still performs "about six nights a week." [2] 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. Look up gone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Confront James is another side project of Greg Ginn, consisting of Ginn on guitar and bass, Richard Ray on vocals, and Andy Batwinas on Percussion Discography Test One Reality (1995) Just Do It (1995) Ill Gotten Hatred (1996) Chemical Exposure (1996) Black Bomb Mountain (1997) Song Titles Test One Reality... The South Bay and surrounding regions in Southern California The South Bay is a region in the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American Grammy Award-winning hardcore/punk singer/songwriter; spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality; occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. ...

Ginn's guitar sound is distinctive, often recognizable within a few notes. Black Flag singer Henry Rollins has repeatedly compared Ginn's playing not to any other guitarists, but to free jazz saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. These may initially appear unlikely comparisons, but a closer examination reveals some similarities: Like both saxophonists, Ginn tends towards highly emotive playing and has a thorough grasp of musical harmony, though often choosing to play notes that are technically "incorrect" but which frequently carry a greater visceral impact than "proper" playing. Ginn is an avid jazz fan, stating he generally prefers music by saxophone or piano players. Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American Grammy Award-winning hardcore/punk singer/songwriter; spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality; occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. ... Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... Harmony, Greek ἁρμονία harmonía meaning a fastening or join. The concept of harmony dates as far back as Pythagoras. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ...

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." [3] A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Harmolodics is a music theory developed by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ... James Blood Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St Matthews, South Carolina) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer. ...

Ginn's brother, Raymond Pettibon, is an award-winning artist whose early works have appeared on album artwork for Black Flag and other SST bands; Pettibon also designed the Black Flag logo. Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) is an artist known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions. ...

Ginn's nephew, Alex, founded the punk band, 1208. This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

Ginn is also active in cat-rescue, possessing approximately 30 cats, having reformed Black Flag in September 2003 for a cat rescue benefit.

Ginn has a 2-year-old daughter, and his wife is expecting their second child now.

Ginn made it to 99th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ...

He has uses the pseudonym Dale Nixon on Black Flag's My War and in the bands Confront James, HOR, and El Bad and Fastgato [4]. During the September 2003 reunion concerts, "Dale Nixon", in the form of a computerized bass track with a sombrero, took the stage along side Greg Ginn. The Melvins also use the Dale Nixon pseudonym to credit Dave Grohl on the King Buzzo album. A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... My War is the second full length album by seminal American hardcore band Black Flag. ... Confront James is another side project of Greg Ginn, consisting of Ginn on guitar and bass, Richard Ray on vocals, and Andy Batwinas on Percussion Discography Test One Reality (1995) Just Do It (1995) Ill Gotten Hatred (1996) Chemical Exposure (1996) Black Bomb Mountain (1997) Song Titles Test One Reality... The Melvins are an American rock band that usually perform as a trio. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... King Buzzo is an EP by The Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne, which was released in 1992 through Boner Records. ...

Equipment

For a majority of Black Flag's existence, Ginn used a Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite electric guitar, seen in use here. This guitar was stolen on April 16, 1986. This guitar became very very worn out after its intense use. Ginn would play it so hard that sweat (as well as blood) would seep inside the guitar and cause it to short circuit. To fix this problem he soldered the tone and volume knobs into place and installed a waterproof switch. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After his Ampeg was stolen, reportedly switched to using an Ibanez GRX40. According to Ginn, he also used an Ibanez Flying V with a Sound City tube amp for a little while. He has said that this Sound City amp was horrible and was the last time he used a tube amp. He has said that he dislikes tube amps because they round off the sound and he wants a sharper tone. This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ...

Ginn used a Roland until 1985 when he began using a Yamaha preamp. He used a Peavey P.A. head for a while too. Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. ... The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: 7951 ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. ...

He has used Roland and Marshall cabinets for amps as well as a few others. The Marshall is thought to be a 4x12 (four 12" speakers).

Ginn does not use any effect pedals and every sound he gets is from his amp and guitar.

Currently, he uses a solid state Sansamp Preamp (overdriven) and uses a Macro-Tech Crown Power Amp with "more Wattage than I really need." The power amp drives a custom made 6x12 cabinet.

His current guitar-- The one used at the Black Flag Reunion shows in 2003 is a custom-made ebony stratocaster model called "Graffiti". The unique thing about this guitar is that it has a graphite neck and its quite heavy for a strat copy. A Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and three-tone sunburst finish. ...

Solo Discography

Albums

• Getting Even (1993)
• Payday (1993)
• Dick (1995)
• Let It Burn (1997)

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Singles

• "Don't Tell Me" (1995)

Black Flag

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External links

• SST/Cruz Records
• Greg Ginn Myspace (unofficial)