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Greg Ginn

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Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because it requires finding an audience for each record.


— Greg Ginn


#because #been #best #each #easiest

SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there.


— Greg Ginn


#basically #black #doing #else #felt

Stores can be indifferent to something new.


— Greg Ginn


#new #something #stores

The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.


— Greg Ginn


#biggest #business #disappointment #number #people

The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great.


— Greg Ginn


#bands #emphasis #english #fashion #good

The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.


— Greg Ginn


#art #black #confused #flag #i

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.


— Greg Ginn


#gratification #guns #important #instant #instant gratification

The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies.


— Greg Ginn


#companies #downfall #eventual #excuse #feel

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.


— Greg Ginn


#books #haven #history #i #out

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies.


— Greg Ginn


#enough #enough people #kind #people #record






About Greg Ginn

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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. Partial discography


Solo
Getting Even LP (Cruz Records 1993)
Dick LP (Cruz Records 1993)
Payday EP (Cruz Records 1993)
Don't Tell Me EP (Cruz Records 1994)
Let It Burn (Because I Don't Live There Anymore) LP (Cruz Records 1994)
Bent Edge LP (SST Records 2007) - with The Taylor Texas Corrugators
Goof Off Experts LP (SST Records 2008) - with The Taylor Texas Corrugators
Freddie 7" (Electric Cowbell 2010) - with The Taylor Texas Corrugators
Legends of Williamson County LP (SST Records 2010) - with The Taylor Texas Corrugators
We Are Amused LP (SST Records 2011) - with The Royal We
We Are One 12" (SST Records 2011) - with The Royal We


Black Flag
Nervous Breakdown EP (SST Records 1978)
Jealous Again EP (SST Records 1980)
Six Pack single (SST Records 1981)
Louie Louie single (Posh Boy Records 1981)
Damaged LP (SST Records/Unicorn Records 1981)
TV Party single (SST Records/Unicorn Records 1981)
Everything Went Black double LP (SST Records 1983)
The First Four Years compilation LP (SST Records 1983)
My War LP (SST Records 1983)
Family Man LP (SST Records 1984)
Slip It In LP (SST Records 1984)
Live '84 live cassette (SST Records 1984)
Loose Nut LP (SST Records 1985)
The Process of Weeding Out EP (SST Records 1985)
In My Head LP (SST Records 1985)
Who's Got the 10½? live LP (SST Records 1986)
Annihilate This Week live EP (SST Records 1987)
I Can See You EP (SST Records 1989)


Minutemen
Paranoid Time EP (SST Records 1980) (Producer)


SWA
Your Future (If You Have One) LP (SST Records 1985) (Producer)


October Faction
October Faction live LP (SST Records 1985)
Second Factionalization LP (SST Records 1986)


Tom Troccoli's Dog
Tom Troccoli's Dog LP (SST Records 1985)


Gone
Let's Get Real Real Gone For A Change LP (SST Records 1986)
Gone II - But Never Too Gone! LP (SST Records 1986)
Criminal Mind LP (SST Records 1994)
Smoking Gun remix EP (SST Records 1994)
All The Dirt That's Fit To Print LP (SST Records 1994)
Damage Control remix EP (SST Records 1995)
Best Left Unsaid LP (SST Records 1996)
Country Dumb LP (SST Records 1998)
The Epic Trilogy double CD (SST Records 2007)


Minuteflag
Minuteflag EP (SST Records 1986)


Lawndale
Sasquatch Rock LP (SST Records 1987) (guest)


Rig
Belly To The Ground LP (Cruz Records 1994) (Producer guest)


Hotel X
Uncommon Ground CD (SST Records 1996) (guest)


Bias
Model Citizen CD (SST Records 1997)


Get Me High
Taming The Underground CD (SST Records 1997)


Mojack
Merchandizing Murder CD (SST Records 1995)
Home Brew CD (SST Records 1997)
Rub-A-Dub CD (SST Records 2003 unreleased)
Under The Willow Tree CD (SST Records 2007)
The Metal Years CD (SST Records 2008)
Hijinks CD (SST Records 2011)


Hor
House CD (SST Records 1995)
Slo N' Sleazy CD (SST Records 1996)
A Faster More Aggressive Hor CD (SST Records 1998)
Bash CD (SST Records 2003 unreleased)
Culture Wars CD (SST Records 2010)


Libyan Hit Squad
"Full Circle" EP (Ripping Records 2010) (Guest)


Fastgato
Feral CD (SST Records 2003 unreleased)


Confront James
Test One Reality CD (SST Records 1995)
Just Do It CD (SST Records 1995)
Ill Gotten Hatred CD (SST Records 1996)
Chemical Exposure CD (SST Records 1996)
Black Mountain Bomb CD (SST Records 1997)
We Are Humored CD (SST Records 2003 unreleased)


El Bad
Bad Motherfucker CD (SST Records 1996)
Trick Or Treat CD (SST Records 1997)


Killer Tweeker Bees
Tweaker Blues CD (SST Records 1997)


The Perfect Rat
Endangered Languages CD (Alone Records 2007)


Jambang
Connecting CD (SST Records 2008)
200 Days in Space DVD (SST Records 2010)


Ten East
Robot's Guide To Freedom CD (Lexicon Devil 2008). He was born in Tucson Arizona.

Ginn is the older brother of artist Raymond Ginn who goes under the pseudonym of Raymond Pettibon. [1]. 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.

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