AussieSeeder I love that the DK’s were all such dorks, it’s like they were too talented and smart to be a punk band but too angry to be a new wave band.
He knows. He doesn't like Nirvana, he considers them pop. He said in an interview with Mark Prindle something to the effect that "they say they like us and the Germs, but they played pop". You can find it on Prindle's website.
+Noah Widmeyer Hell, go look up chavo at the flag shop in Vancouver. Greg kicked him out of the band on stage for the second time after some middle aged aggro skater took the mic and started singing. introducing mike vallely. famous for punching out 19 year old college kids and.. wait.. thats it...
i had a beer with greg about five years ago. definetly one of those guys you can "have a beer with". pretty easy to get along with him in that circumstance
I got to see Black Flag live Jan 1985, and again in 2003 for the cat benefit but I didn't want to see this version of BF. I loved the unique Henry, Greg, Kira, Bill with their unique unorthodox releases. That roster was the only Black Flag that mattered. The 2003 show was a disappointment. Former bandmates have said straight out that Greg can be a prick, even though he comes across as a cool guy in interviews. I have to agree with them based on my run-in experiences. I tried having friendly conversation at several shows only to get shunned. Once I made a trip to the SST store when it was in Long Beach to get a Saccharine Trust LP. Greg answered the door, walked me to the back and had some worker help me. Regardless, I'll always be grateful to have seen the real lineup play and I still appreciate the early stuff, the many early 45s, but especially My War to In My Head. But Black Flag is definitely dead as far as playing live now. It's just a cover band even though the founding member is still playing. He's an old man now and should just leave the former mighty Black Flag legacy rest. It will never get even close to the "real" lineup of Greg, Henry, Kira, Bill when they had youth, intensity, innovation and creativity.
p4horror that’s my favorite lineup as well. The slip it in tour was also my favorite. I loved the way they always opened with I think, “the process of weeding out”.
Rollins SUCKS ass. DEz was the man by far, plus Black flag albums are WAY less good when Rollins arrived, that attention whore fuckdep up the band period...
refreshing to see this! most "fans" only see Rollins and then fall to his feet as their savior. Dez was def solid!! I even have a soft spot for Keith. also noteworthy... Greg's own brother refuses to speak to him too. It's bad enough when your past bandmates hate you, but when your brother does too? wtf!
Yeah, they are the only constant members, but Greg is arguably way more important to their music and the idea of independent music being something that could truly be pursued by the musicians themselves. The way they managed/put out all their shit...they weren’t the only ones, but it certainly provided a network and blue print for a lot of what came afterward
Fuck!!! Ron still sounds the best... Even at 50 he sounds just like he use to.. He probably could have been a really good singer. I wish they would release any other recordings he sang on, if there is any left..
Good teeth are overrated! Haha. It's sick, the first thing every punk did is get new teeth: the pistols, the clash, ... Better to keep what ya got and spend it on dope!
Greg Ginn really is the ultimate punk. Unconcerned with fame, popularity, or the feelings and opinions of other people, he always just did whatever the hell he wanted. The fact that he's in his sixties and still pissing people off speaks volumes about that. Is he dick? Probably, but he was a trailblazer and gave a lot of bands their start. In the words of the great Butthole Surfers: "The ones that made it are the ones that fight. That's what punk rock was about anyway. It's not about causes or right and wrong. It's about fighting."
+Mike Hunt Yeah, he's a shady fuck and a shrewd businessman, no denying that. I admire the guy for founding SST and establishing a distribution network for so many great bands but at the end of the day he's just as soulless and greedy as the corporate scumbags he was rebelling against.
Man, Ron Reyes is a freaking beast! Despite being 50 years old (and heavier) he still moves around more than most frontmen half his age and sounds exactly the same as he did in Black Flag.
Of course, Ginn is gonna be personable in interviews! But it isn't just Rollings, every other member of the Flag except Ron want nothing to do with him as do many of the iconic bands on SST since Ginn seems to believe he doesn't need to pay royalties. Not to mention alienating his brother Raymond, whose artwork was critical in advertising the band. Ginn felt like Raymond's artwork belonged to himself. Like Dukowski will tell you, Rollins was key to the power and heaviness of the band.
I saw black flag during this incarnation way back now I’m seeing this video holy shit where does time go we’re all gonna die it was cool seeing Chaco perform totally a life highlight
Ya know, despite what anyone says, Ginn comes off as nice, thoughful, funny in an offbeat way guy. He's just a REALLY shitty businessman (ironic considering he has a degree in it, I think). I think once he got hooked on maryjane in the mid 80s, his mind went elsewhere. (I think he still resides in a haze of marijuana smoke). I mean he allowed Rollins to make a benefit album using all his songs (which likely means Ginn saw very little money from it.) Hardly speaks of someone being greedy. Like I said, I think he's out to lunch as far as business goes though. Contrast that with say, Jello Biafra. Who despite his blatherings about politics, and greedy and money, lives in a nice SF apartment with a rather sizable collection of rare albums (not to mention his own issues with not paying band members, and knowingly tried to cover it up). Wonder if he bought some of those records with that 'evil money' he makes from the use of his song in Planet Terror that he was so 'offended' by? Wonder if Jello would ever sell off that collection and give the money to his favorite cause. Mmmm? Or is Jello content to just talk while every one else has to make the sacrifices? Or how about the Evil Ewok Glenn Danzig? Who despite lifting the logo from the Crimson Ghost and lettering from the Famous Monsters magazine (likely without permission) is the first to go after anyone infringing on his 'brand'. And now the Misfits who were a marginal band who could barely pack em in outside of their NJ/NY area are now doing 100$ a pop reunion shows in Vegas with his weak blown out voice. Only emphasizing the joke the Misfits always were. Not to mention Corey Rusk. Who for petty reasons refuses to reissue the Necros material. Point is, to me, Ginn is hardly alone in being sketchy on paying band members. (The independent record scene was never a pretty place.) And he's hardly the worst everybody likes to pretend.
@@brandonhendrix7223I think they refer to when Greg was like leaving his kids outside of the studio and smoking weed and being generally neglectful and I think he lost custody of them but I forget now
in response to "Bobby Clintoss" comment: Cover version of his band?..the reunited black flag had 2 original members...FLAG contained 4...and now Mike Valleley sings for BF...making it 1 original member..Ginn! He's obviously pushed everyone else away or he wouldn't be the only one still in the band duh
All these polarized comments. I love Greg and all the BF people for bringing everything they had to the early hardcore movement. BUT yes I think as the primary mind behind BF he is probably one of the indie universe's most difficult to deal with.. especially if you cross (in his mind) him. Hated hearing about his family issues.. Right or wrong, still a legend.
that's the most awkward, uncomfortable laugh I've ever heard at the end. you'd think he had a gun pointed to his head and this was his neurotic laugh to distract himself from the fact that he had a gun pointed to his head.
nothing wrong with being "weirder"!! especially since Pettibone gets along with pretty much everyone that was ever on SST, plus he's still going as a good/interesting artist, and is fairly social in the real world.
Don't care what people are saying lately about the guy but Greg Ginn is one of the most gentle coolest dudes out there. It's not his fault his ex band mates started a cover version his band.
WhiteOakRidge *Technically all are better players obviously, but Greg INVENTED a sound and style of playing. Hendrix is #1 on my list BTW, chum. Layla double LP is always always in my Spotify. To see what I do on guitar, as a player (35 years now) twitter.com/mollyringworm87 see pinned comment & responses to it. Mike D Light Electric & Mölly Ringwörm Band are my projects, the latter is 30 years old. Facebook has stuff on it as well.*
there are plenty of punk rock bands with guitarists that can shred a guitar as hard as Hendrix or those other popular artists you listed don't give me that shit. Eric Clapton is cool and I love cream and the yardbirds but the dude is overrated
There's never been a day in my life where I wanted to hear Eric fucking Clapton over Johnny in The Ramones or Ginn in early Black Flag. Or East Bay Ray. Or Joey Keithley. Or Bob Mould. Or Lyle Preslar. Or Anothony 'Bones' Roberts.
Let's see Greg formed the band, wrote the music and was the only full-term member. And listen to Annilate This Week ,Slip It In or Who's got the 10 1/2 (or any post Damaged recording) and tell me the vocals aren't way loud in the mix. Key word "listen".
Chavo! Jealous Again sound great, wipes the floor with most punk or "hardcore" (what's called that these days) that I've heard the last decade and a half or so...
Greg Ginn was the heart of black flag. No Greg = no black flag. Every other member was replacable. One thing I don't like about the later recordings was how loud the vocals where in relation to the guitar.
The fact that he was probably the singular most influential guitarist in US hardcore punk does not take away from the fact that he's also one of the most egocentric, petty, greedy, passive aggressive & hypocritical assholes to run ANY label. The reason he likes Soundgarden is because he owns the rights to their 2nd LP. Ask Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets & Dino Jr if they enjoyed fighting him for THEIR work. Ask Mike Watt, any ex-Flag person, Saint Vitus, if they see ONE RED CENT for their best work..
oh you saw it? i believe he dindt hang up on nardwar because it went immediately to a dial tone , and where i live if someone hangs up on you its a while before a dial tone comes on ,
Man nardwuar's obscure punk rock/musical knowledge is god damn impressive! I'd love to have a serious chat with him about music. Maybe over a pack of cooked, beef flavored cheapest brand they have mr noodles. Just for that authentic "DIY band struggling to make it" authenticity and atmosphere.
I would bet David did go to black flag, according to Henry, he loves everything Henry does, he may not have announced his presence, David likes music, present tense.
"I haven't seen this book."
*lawsuit wheels begin spinning*
therush420 haha
Oh you know he’s gonna be allllll over that!
LMAO I thought the exact same thing and scrolled down through the comments and saw yours, immediately started laughing
love how the band that epitomizes one of the fiercest styles of music was started by an awkward nerd.
DuckReconMajor same as Dead Kennedys
AussieSeeder I love that the DK’s were all such dorks, it’s like they were too talented and smart to be a punk band but too angry to be a new wave band.
Same as Shellac
@@robbieclark7828 uh, they were absolutely a punk band.
gosh am i going to have to start a band now :/
When Greg said he was never really into grunge, little did he realize that mid-80's Black Flag completely influenced the early grunge sound.
Totally. Bands like The Melvins, Tad, Soundgarden and even Nirvana never would have happened without a record like Black Flag's "My War".
Not to mention both screaming trees and soundgarden were signed to sst.
yeah I don't think he cared really, as it wasn't his scene. that was the point i think
FLIPPER
He knows. He doesn't like Nirvana, he considers them pop. He said in an interview with Mark Prindle something to the effect that "they say they like us and the Germs, but they played pop". You can find it on Prindle's website.
For Ron's birthday he should finally of paid him his royalties from over the years. I've heard a lot of those guys could use the cash.
+Nate Brenneman You heard that from the Henry interview you watched 5 minutes before this......... And cause Henry is a reliable source right.
I did see that interview but I read about it first in MRR magazine a while back.
+Noah Widmeyer why dont you go ahead and look up the chuck dukowski. robo. kiera. and keith morris views on greg scamming them.
+Noah Widmeyer also id say that henry is a more reliable source than our current president lol
+Noah Widmeyer Hell, go look up chavo at the flag shop in Vancouver. Greg kicked him out of the band on stage for the second time after some middle aged aggro skater took the mic and started singing. introducing mike vallely. famous for punching out 19 year old college kids and.. wait.. thats it...
Ron's voice live sounds exactly like it did back in 1980s, holy shit
Ginn's nervous giggle at the end is the crown jewel of this interview.
Talk about ending on a high note
Nerd Alert!
Are you surprised that the only person who paints Greg Ginn in a positive light is Greg Ginn?
No
Not rlly
Ginn's stoned like a gravel road.
Greg's laugh at the end
i had a beer with greg about five years ago. definetly one of those guys you can "have a beer with". pretty easy to get along with him in that circumstance
Until you have to get paid
Until it comes time for him to pay for his drinks, then he “goes to the bathroom” and doesn’t come back
"You are the nerd" Does nerd laugh.
Nard's mic started shaking... "I'm the nArd!" Greg Ginn's lucky he controlled the urge to smack him with that mic.
Greg's famous Garth Elgar impression.
Both were nerds and both are geniuses at their work thats okay
wish Nardwuar c/would interview Raymond Pettibon
I got to see Black Flag live Jan 1985, and again in 2003 for the cat benefit but I didn't want to see this version of BF. I loved the unique Henry, Greg, Kira, Bill with their unique unorthodox releases. That roster was the only Black Flag that mattered. The 2003 show was a disappointment. Former bandmates have said straight out that Greg can be a prick, even though he comes across as a cool guy in interviews. I have to agree with them based on my run-in experiences. I tried having friendly conversation at several shows only to get shunned. Once I made a trip to the SST store when it was in Long Beach to get a Saccharine Trust LP. Greg answered the door, walked me to the back and had some worker help me. Regardless, I'll always be grateful to have seen the real lineup play and I still appreciate the early stuff, the many early 45s, but especially My War to In My Head. But Black Flag is definitely dead as far as playing live now. It's just a cover band even though the founding member is still playing. He's an old man now and should just leave the former mighty Black Flag legacy rest. It will never get even close to the "real" lineup of Greg, Henry, Kira, Bill when they had youth, intensity, innovation and creativity.
p4horror that’s my favorite lineup as well. The slip it in tour was also my favorite. I loved the way they always opened with I think, “the process of weeding out”.
Rollins SUCKS ass. DEz was the man by far, plus Black flag albums are WAY less good when Rollins arrived, that attention whore fuckdep up the band period...
refreshing to see this! most "fans" only see Rollins and then fall to his feet as their savior. Dez was def solid!! I even have a soft spot for Keith.
also noteworthy... Greg's own brother refuses to speak to him too. It's bad enough when your past bandmates hate you, but when your brother does too? wtf!
@@gregkuchmek that's real family for you. everything begins at home.
The Jerry Only of Black Flag.
i don't see the analogy. Greg wrote the music. Danzig wrote the music.
@@APAL880 the one original member using the name/logo..
S.R Woodward black flag is Greg tho iconic guitar song and he wrote most of the songs that are known
Yeah, they are the only constant members, but Greg is arguably way more important to their music and the idea of independent music being something that could truly be pursued by the musicians themselves. The way they managed/put out all their shit...they weren’t the only ones, but it certainly provided a network and blue print for a lot of what came afterward
I’ve met greg twice. He was always super cool to me personally
If you mean super cool as in won’t give other people what they’re owed then yeah I get where you’re coming from
gurrrn reeeeeeeeeee
Fuck!!! Ron still sounds the best... Even at 50 he sounds just like he use to.. He probably could have been a really good singer. I wish they would release any other recordings he sang on, if there is any left..
Anybody who uses the phrase "nerd alert" is the REAL nerd.
Nardwuar: “Greg! Do you feed you children!?”
Greg: “......I’d like to speak to my lawyer please”
Lol you know.nard knows all the dirt on interviewees .but pussed out on this turd
Damn, you'd think with all the BF royalty money he's hoarding he'd be able to afford a trip to the dentist...
fuckin perfect comment
Heard he's only got a net worth of 2 million...maybe that's why...2 mil's shit all nowadays.
that's more than i'll see in a lifetime and i can get my teeth fixed
Johnny K. Umm I’ll take that shit amount of money
Good teeth are overrated! Haha. It's sick, the first thing every punk did is get new teeth: the pistols, the clash, ... Better to keep what ya got and spend it on dope!
Ron Reyes sounds great here too.
oh my fucking god that laugh holy shit i died
This man owes me money.
Lmao
Is this Kira XD
I know this was 12 years ago but Ron still sounds like he did back in the 80s
Ron ranks up there as one of the best punk vocalists of all time
Definitely! A lot of energy and passion always
It's official: Greg Ginn likes Soundgarden
1:53 shit slaps 10x harder with old guys than the current "young" black flag lineup
Im a licensed HAM radio operator and huge punk fan! We exist, GREG.
JackstandJohnny what’s your call sign
Lol, same here! QSL
Greg Ginn really is the ultimate punk. Unconcerned with fame, popularity, or the feelings and opinions of other people, he always just did whatever the hell he wanted. The fact that he's in his sixties and still pissing people off speaks volumes about that. Is he dick? Probably, but he was a trailblazer and gave a lot of bands their start. In the words of the great Butthole Surfers: "The ones that made it are the ones that fight. That's what punk rock was about anyway. It's not about causes or right and wrong. It's about fighting."
+Mike Hunt Yeah, he's a shady fuck and a shrewd businessman, no denying that. I admire the guy for founding SST and establishing a distribution network for so many great bands but at the end of the day he's just as soulless and greedy as the corporate scumbags he was rebelling against.
Man, Ron Reyes is a freaking beast! Despite being 50 years old (and heavier) he still moves around more than most frontmen half his age and sounds exactly the same as he did in Black Flag.
this guy is my absolute favorite punk guitarist
dudes a fuckin genius
his brother as well
Of course, Ginn is gonna be personable in interviews! But it isn't just Rollings, every other member of the Flag except Ron want nothing to do with him as do many of the iconic bands on SST since Ginn seems to believe he doesn't need to pay royalties. Not to mention alienating his brother Raymond, whose artwork was critical in advertising the band. Ginn felt like Raymond's artwork belonged to himself. Like Dukowski will tell you, Rollins was key to the power and heaviness of the band.
he he ha he he. nerd alert! ha he he he huh he
Hey, he's an awesome guitarist, but he just treated everyone like shit.
I had the pleasure of meeting Greg tonight. You'll never meet a more down to Earth, friendly, and awkward man.
I love how Greg still has the same guitar stance that he did in Black Flag.
the laugh at the end.
Damn, Ron sounds awesome.
Ron Reyes, their best vocalist, the voice, the attitude.
Nardwuar at the end: "hold the pose, hold the pose!"
you would never think this guy was such a wicked guitar player
Lol uh have we even listened to the same Greg Ginn?
Thank you for posting this. That was totally FUN.
This interview was at least 10 minutes too short. My favorite Nardwuar yet.
I swear he is always unbelievably high.
saw greg ginn play like 8 years ago. my girlfriend and i were the only ones there.
fucking o o f
I saw black flag during this incarnation way back now I’m seeing this video holy shit where does time go we’re all gonna die it was cool seeing Chaco perform totally a life highlight
u are so right and i am so glad, they do another recording together!!! just saw thme live...awesome!!!
Where's that guy who was wasted and drinking from a 40 in "The Decline"? Dukowski? He stole the show in the Black Flag interview segment!
Chuck Dukowski, he was the bassist for years until Kira joined up.
Ya know, despite what anyone says, Ginn comes off as nice, thoughful, funny in an offbeat way guy. He's just a REALLY shitty businessman (ironic considering he has a degree in it, I think). I think once he got hooked on maryjane in the mid 80s, his mind went elsewhere. (I think he still resides in a haze of marijuana smoke). I mean he allowed Rollins to make a benefit album using all his songs (which likely means Ginn saw very little money from it.) Hardly speaks of someone being greedy. Like I said, I think he's out to lunch as far as business goes though.
Contrast that with say, Jello Biafra. Who despite his blatherings about politics, and greedy and money, lives in a nice SF apartment with a rather sizable collection of rare albums (not to mention his own issues with not paying band members, and knowingly tried to cover it up). Wonder if he bought some of those records with that 'evil money' he makes from the use of his song in Planet Terror that he was so 'offended' by? Wonder if Jello would ever sell off that collection and give the money to his favorite cause. Mmmm? Or is Jello content to just talk while every one else has to make the sacrifices?
Or how about the Evil Ewok Glenn Danzig? Who despite lifting the logo from the Crimson Ghost and lettering from the Famous Monsters magazine (likely without permission) is the first to go after anyone infringing on his 'brand'. And now the Misfits who were a marginal band who could barely pack em in outside of their NJ/NY area are now doing 100$ a pop reunion shows in Vegas with his weak blown out voice. Only emphasizing the joke the Misfits always were.
Not to mention Corey Rusk. Who for petty reasons refuses to reissue the Necros material.
Point is, to me, Ginn is hardly alone in being sketchy on paying band members. (The independent record scene was never a pretty place.) And he's hardly the worst everybody likes to pretend.
Ok sure but to my knowledge none of those other guys abused children. Ginn is markedly worse.
@@JM-fc9gm how did Ginn abuse children? I know he was accused of spousal abuse but since I never heard of him being arrested for anything.
@@brandonhendrix7223I think they refer to when Greg was like leaving his kids outside of the studio and smoking weed and being generally neglectful and I think he lost custody of them but I forget now
2:12, dude was checking to see if Ron was still punk
Awesome as per usual Mr. The Human Serviette!
Ron Reyes is an angel
We haven't forgotten about him selling Negativland down the river.
in response to "Bobby Clintoss" comment: Cover version of his band?..the reunited black flag had 2 original members...FLAG contained 4...and now Mike Valleley sings for BF...making it 1 original member..Ginn! He's obviously pushed everyone else away or he wouldn't be the only one still in the band duh
after watchin an it being my fav punk film tdwc of all time it's great to see these guys just made it and seem to be doin well gives you hope!
"No just happy birthday to Ron"
LOL so nice
I’d like to see nard put more live vids in his interviews.
All these polarized comments. I love Greg and all the BF people for bringing everything they had to the early hardcore movement. BUT yes I think as the primary mind behind BF he is probably one of the indie universe's most difficult to deal with.. especially if you cross (in his mind) him. Hated hearing about his family issues.. Right or wrong, still a legend.
I wish nardwuar would interview me about my band.
that's the most awkward, uncomfortable laugh I've ever heard at the end. you'd think he had a gun pointed to his head and this was his neurotic laugh to distract himself from the fact that he had a gun pointed to his head.
Hahahahha how Greg laugh at the end🤣😂👌🏽legendary👏🏼
No matter when I look at Greg Ginn he has already done something at my now current age/ that I think is because he is older than myself.
YUS! Greg Ginn likes Skin Yard AND Soundgarden!
Greg's fucking laugh at the end
They're just taking the "what's better than 2 guitars? 3!!!" concept to it's most logical punk rock conclusion.
his brother Pettibone's even weirder
nothing wrong with being "weirder"!! especially since Pettibone gets along with pretty much everyone that was ever on SST, plus he's still going as a good/interesting artist, and is fairly social in the real world.
i want to be like this when i grow old
Greg Ginn, awesome troll....
Don't care what people are saying lately about the guy but Greg Ginn is one of the most gentle coolest dudes out there. It's not his fault his ex band mates started a cover version his band.
Ron Reyes actually still sounds more or less the same as he did back then.
hahahaha greg ginn at the end...priceless
@hurzum Believe it or not, Greg Ginn has also targeted torrents of rare Black Flag material. The guy is ruthless.
Four guitarists? What is this, heavy metal? :D
LOL
Why does Greg remind me of my dad? Just staring out into space when answering a question.
Fuck yeah. Greg changed my life
Oh yeah, and Greg Ginn seems like a really cool guy from this interview.
Greg Ginn is like pretty phenomenal. He is one of the top 5 best guitarists ever.
WhiteOakRidge *Technically all are better players obviously, but Greg INVENTED a sound and style of playing. Hendrix is #1 on my list BTW, chum. Layla double LP is always always in my Spotify. To see what I do on guitar, as a player (35 years now) twitter.com/mollyringworm87 see pinned comment & responses to it. Mike D Light Electric & Mölly Ringwörm Band are my projects, the latter is 30 years old. Facebook has stuff on it as well.*
there are plenty of punk rock bands with guitarists that can shred a guitar as hard as Hendrix or those other popular artists you listed don't give me that shit. Eric Clapton is cool and I love cream and the yardbirds but the dude is overrated
from my understanding of Les Paul, although he played guitar and sang, he wasn't the best guitar player
There's never been a day in my life where I wanted to hear Eric fucking Clapton over Johnny in The Ramones or Ginn in early Black Flag. Or East Bay Ray. Or Joey Keithley. Or Bob Mould. Or Lyle Preslar. Or Anothony 'Bones' Roberts.
WhiteOakRidge yeah whatever
Let's see Greg formed the band, wrote the music and was the only full-term member. And listen to Annilate This Week ,Slip It In or Who's got the 10 1/2 (or any post Damaged recording) and tell me the vocals aren't way loud in the mix. Key word "listen".
All those royalties went to his expensive vegan diet.
Beans, rice, and broccoli are nearly unaffordable these days amirite fellow bovine breast milk/ swine-intestine-consumer?! hurrdurrr
@@ispearedbritney Respect
“Cause if I do that….the cops will get me for doing it!!”
- The REAL Black Flag
Sorry Henry.
Chavo! Jealous Again sound great, wipes the floor with most punk or "hardcore" (what's called that these days) that I've heard the last decade and a half or so...
Greg Ginn was the heart of black flag. No Greg = no black flag. Every other member was replacable. One thing I don't like about the later recordings was how loud the vocals where in relation to the guitar.
David Bowie was at a Rollins Band gig. It was at a festival.
Greg Ginn was wayyy too high to answer any of these questions legitimately haha
The fact that he was probably the singular most influential guitarist in US hardcore punk does not take away from the fact that he's also one of the most egocentric, petty, greedy, passive aggressive & hypocritical assholes to run ANY label. The reason he likes Soundgarden is because he owns the rights to their 2nd LP. Ask Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets & Dino Jr if they enjoyed fighting him for THEIR work. Ask Mike Watt, any ex-Flag person, Saint Vitus, if they see ONE RED CENT for their best work..
That's a fucking great set by that version of Flag. Greg has brains and talent at least.
Greg is like your grandpas scary looking brother
HAHAHAHA
Greg's laugh at the end is funny.
I had a mini heart attack when i saw this thumbnail.
dat laugh. huh hhuh huhh huhuh
greg ginn is 60 now
oh you saw it? i believe he dindt hang up on nardwar because it went immediately to a dial tone , and where i live if someone hangs up on you its a while before a dial tone comes on ,
thanks Nardwuar !
Man nardwuar's obscure punk rock/musical knowledge is god damn impressive! I'd love to have a serious chat with him about music. Maybe over a pack of cooked, beef flavored cheapest brand they have mr noodles. Just for that authentic "DIY band struggling to make it" authenticity and atmosphere.
Greg is pissed at that book cuz he's not getting paid $$$, well not u know how it feels.
absolutely....that band was never the same after the Duke left.
he seems really burnt out from all the weed smoking. i gotta quit that shit.
boobsweat his eyes must be tired from smoking all that shit.
God i love that guy who keeps running on stage and then jumping off.
the interview was short because Greg generally has no comment. He just wants to play his jam band shit and be left alone.
What is Greg's call sign?
I would bet David did go to black flag, according to Henry, he loves everything Henry does, he may not have announced his presence, David likes music, present tense.