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BLP sources|date=January 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Greg Ginn| image = ginn.jpg| caption = Ginn in 2009| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Gregory Regis Ginn| alias = Dale Nixon | birth_date = birth date and age|1954|6|8| instrument = Guitar , bass guitar , theremin , vocals | genre = Punk rock , hardcore punk , free jazz , punk jazz , sludge metal | occupation = Musician , songwriter , record producer | years_active = 1976–present| label = SST Records|SST , Cruz Records|Cruz | associated_acts = Black Flag (band)|Black Flag , Gone (band)|Gone , Confront James , EL BAD , Mojack | website =| notable_instruments = Ampeg|Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) in Tucson, Arizona cite book |last=Chick |first=Stevie |title=Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag |publisher= Omnibus Press |year=2009 |location= London |page=15 |isbn=978-1-84772-620-9 is a guitarist , songwriter , and singer. He is best known for being the leader of and primary songwriter for the hardcore punk band Black Flag (band)|Black Flag , which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986.

Since breaking up Black Flag, Ginn has recorded a few solo albums, and has performed with the bands HOR , Fastgato , October Faction , Gone (band)|Gone , Killer Tweeker Bees, Confront James , EL BAD , Mojack , The Texas Corrugators, Jambang, and he also played bass with Tom Troccoli's Dog . http://www.sstsuperstore.com/music.asp. He also owns the Texas -based independent record label , SST Records|SST , originally begun as an electronics company called Solid State Transmitters when he was a teenager in Long Beach, California .

Ginn was 99th on Rolling Stone s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/ 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.

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)|Nervous Breakdown EP (SST Records, 1978)

  • Jealous Again EP (SST Records, 1980)

  • Six Pack (EP)|Six Pack single (SST Records, 1981)

  • Louie, Louie single ( Posh Boy Records , 1981)

  • Damaged (Black Flag album)|Damaged LP (SST Records/Unicorn Records, 1981)

  • TV Party (EP)|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 (album)|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 (album)|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)


    • References



    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.gregginn.com/ Greg Ginn's Official Website

  • http://www.sstsuperstore.com/ SST/Cruz Records


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