Greg Ginn

No Age Makes a Record for an Era When Records Don't Matter

Top 20 Punk Albums in History: 10-1

Those who say punk is dead tend to be those who wish punk were dead, either still somehow threatened by the culture or -- and this is more likely -- chagrined that punks don't give a shit what they think. Punk is, of course, very much alive in 2013, particularly in regions like Southern California. ... More >>

MOCA Web Series Chronicles the Art of Punk

The logo is simple. Four heavy black bars sitting side by side — one up, one down, one up, one down — creating a wave effect: a black flag flying in the wind of discontent. Few logos are as universally recognized and revered as the one Raymond Pettibon designed for L.A. punk legends Blac ... More >>

The Top 5 Punk Rock Guitarists

Somewhere along the line, punk rock's amateurish enthusiasm became conflated with a dearth of talent. That's OK -- anything to keep the squares out -- but it's not entirely accurate. Indeed, it was hard paring this list down to just five. While you might complain that your favorite isn't on here, it ... More >>

Black Flag Are Back Together

Black Flag is back together, and are almost done with a new album, according to an SST press release. See also: Black Flag's Damaged Changed Punk, and L.A.: 30 Years Later, Its Impact Is Still Felt The lineup is Greg Ginn on guitar, Ron Reyes on vocals, Gregory Moore on drums and Dale Nixon on bas ... More >>

The Five Best Shows in Los Angeles This Week: Garbage, Nick Lowe, Culture Collide

Tuesday, October 2 Garbage WILTERN When they formed in 1994, future chart fixtures Garbage had the makings of a sterile vanity project. Created by veteran studio rats (including Butch Vig, producer of Nirvana's Nevermind), with a grafted-on unknown vocalist, their formula appeared better suited to ... More >>

Music Picks: Culture Collide, Nick Lowe, Screaming Females

Greg Ginn On Black Flag Nostalgia and His Band The Royal We

See also: Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers Greg Ginn is primarily known as the driving force and only constant member of Black Flag, which is unfortunate as he's done a lot since the Flag broke up 25 years ago. He's so tired of talking about it that he rarely ... More >>

X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers - MOCA at the Geffen - 1/28/12

X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers MOCA at the Geffen 1-28-12 (Much) Better Than ... hearing many of these same songs butchered on punk rock karaoke night at the local sports bar. Of course there's something oddly oxymoronic about a museum inviting punk rock bands over to play (albeit safely outside o ... More >>

Black Flag's Damaged Changed Punk, and L.A.

30 Years Later, Its Impact Is Still Felt

Tons Of Punk Videos Yanked Off YouTube: Here's What Happened

Robert KenneyGreg Ginn, second from left​By Nicholas Pell On Wednesday morning, several punk bands awoke to find their videos had been removed from YouTube. They were understandably irritated; that's almost worse than running out of beer. In their places were notes that they'd been yanked d ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Henry Rollins: The Column! Henry's Thoughts on When It's Alright to Download Music (Yes, Even His Own)

Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday eveni ... More >>

Off! That Outsider Feeling

Black Flag's Keith Morris and iconic artist Raymond Pettibon reignite the DIY punk fuse

INCHES reviews Dublab's 'Secondhand Sureshots,' Oxbow, Red Sparowes, Topaz Rags (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Red Line Fever: It’s Casual

Coming to an off-ramp near you

Femi Kuti, Santigold, Raphael Saadiq at the Hollywood Bowl: Lessons in Music and Dance

Organized dancing maneuvers, such as choreographed butt shimmies, hand-waving body spins, and foot stomps on beats #2 and #4, are an under-utilized weapon in 21st century music performance arsenal. Considering that group ass wagging is perhaps one of humanity's great inventions -- especially when t ... More >>

SXSW Overview: Where We Were, What We Saw, What We Missed

View the SXSW archives for complete coverage . Randall RobertsStrange Boys drummer Matt Hammer at the Beauty Bar It's all a blur, but a few snapshots remain. Many who follow the fest, of course, were there and damn sure weren't anywhere near the Internets. We were. We were blogging. Over the past ... More >>

SMMoA on Sunday: Mike Watt, Lee Ranaldo, Raymond Pettibon, others Celebrate Rock, Paper, Scissors Opening

FROM FRIDAY: Seriously. Take John Payne's advice below. Go to this. First of all, Animal Collective is sold out, and all your friends who will be there will be bragging in tomorrow about the AMAZING SHOW they saw at the Troubadour. You, however, will have a trump card. Background: Mike Watt, Ray ... More >>

Rock Picks: Antony & the Johnsons, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z

Also, Joan Osborne, Earl Zero, Petra Haden and more

Rock Picks: B.B. King, Matmos, Coldplay

Also, Supergrass, Ratatat, the Duke Spirit

Joe Carducci's Book Enter Naomi Recounts History of SST Records

Recalling label's photographer Naomi Petersen, rock critic looks back at his roots in the L.A. punk explosion of the 1980s

Greg Ginn and SST Records: Going to Texas?

Ex-Black Flag guitarist releases six albums, ponders a move

No Age: Rather Ripped

The buzz surrounding L.A. noise-pop band is deafening

All Gates Open

Waving the Black Flag: Rollins & Co. Rock to the Rescue

Darwin, Dogma and Loud Guitars

Homer and Ray

Illustration as social sculpture

A 12-Step Program in Self-Reliance

How L.A.’s hardcore pioneers made it through their early years