Greg Ginn

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I recently came across Greg Ginn on a sampler for his own label SST. Best known as the leader of Black Flag, a punk band, he appears to have developed a highly distinctive guitar style. He's worked under a wide variety of names, including HOR, Fastgato, The October Faction, Gone, Confront James, EL BAD, Mojack, The Texas Corrugators, Jambang.

The last of these, Jambang seem to my ears to be highly suited to the jazz rock/fusion sub-genre, the tracks on the sampler being a mixture of guitar virtuosity and improvisation. 

Anyone else come across Mr. Ginn? What are your thoughts on his eligibility in one or more guises?

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Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Topic: Greg Ginn Posted: July 07 2008 at 10:32
	I recently came across Greg Ginn on a sampler for his own label SST. Best known as the leader of Black Flag, a punk band, he appears to have developed a highly distinctive guitar style. He's worked under a wide variety of names, including HOR, Fastgato, The October Faction, Gone, Confront James, EL BAD, Mojack, The Texas Corrugators, Jambang. The last of these, Jambang seem to my ears to be highly suited to the jazz rock/fusion sub-genre, the tracks on the sampler being a mixture of guitar virtuosity and improvisation. Anyone else come across Mr. Ginn? What are your thoughts on his eligibility in one or more guises?

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: July 11 2008 at 14:00
	found MySpace pages for... Gone: http://www.myspace.com/gonethemusic and you can legally download their album from Ginn's website here: http://www.sstsuperstore.com/gone/mp3/gonemusic.htm Jambang: http://www.myspace.com/jambangmusic and you can legally download their album from Ginn's website here: http://www.sstsuperstore.com/jambang/mp3/download.htm Texas Corrugators: http://www.myspace.com/txcorrugators and you can legally download both albums from Ginn's website here: http://www.sstsuperstore.com/txcorrugators/mp3/download.htm
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mithrandir Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 25 2006 Location: New Mexico Status: Offline Points: 933	Posted: July 12 2008 at 14:28
	Greg Ginn is definitely a prolific musician and a distinctive guitarist, I cant say that I like all his projects, I really enjoyed Gone for a while there, Im still more partial to the later day Black Flag albums though ,

Easy Money Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10336	Posted: July 12 2008 at 14:43
	I used to really get into Black Flag when I was young, their 5 piece version with whats-his-name on rhythm guitar and Chuck Biscuits on drums was incredible and easily the most powerful hard rock band I have ever seen. Their music had a lot of barely disguised prog influences (Mahavishnu, Crimson etc), especially for a hardcore band. Their live performances were way better than their recordings. I talked to Greg a little bit back when he was performing with Gone and when questioned he kind of snarled at the mention of Fripp, but claimed to be a big McLaughlin fan.