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Gone is a three-piece punk-based instrumental rock band, formed by Greg Ginn in late 1985. Originally, Gone was a side project to his main group Black Flag.
Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. Initially called Panic, the band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band.
Gregory Regis Ginn (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n / GHIN, born June 8, 1954) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for being the leader, primary songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986, and again in 2003.
Jun 27, 2016 · By the time it played its last show, 30 long-but-gone-just-like-that years ago in Detroit, Black Flag was a fairly complex cultural signal. The merciless vision of bandleader Greg Ginn had proved...
- Tim Stegall
- The First Four Years (1983) Black Flag evolved rapidly across the years leading up to 1981’s crucial debut LP, Damaged. The progress was charted across a series of EPs and singles, collected on 1983’s The First Four Years.
- Damaged (1981) Picking up shaven-headed, D.C.- based howler Henry Rollins on their ’81 summer tour and moving Cadena to rhythm guitar, Black Flag honed the material that would become Damaged on the road while en route to West Hollywood’s Unicorn Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard.
- 1982 Demos. Despite the artistic quantum leap Black Flag took with Damaged, it marked the beginning of a hard period in their history. For starters, longtime producer Spot felt the two-guitar lineup “ruined” their sound.
- My War (1984) By the time Unicorn Records imploded in 1983 and Black Flag could return to action, they were a vastly different band. Only Ginn and Rollins remained—bassist/right-hand man Dukowski, guitarist Cadena and Biscuits had all fallen afoul of Ginn’s singular, strict vision.
May 2, 2013 · VICE: It seems that Black Flag is now, almost 27 years after breakup, at the height of its popularity. Why do you think that is?
Black Flag was an American band whose extensive touring and prolific recording helped to popularize hardcore punk, the genre that arose in California in the early 1980s in response to the punk movement of the 1970s. The band was known for the fury and aggression of its performances.
