Greg Ginn(格雷格·吉恩)

1975届  朋克摇滚乐创新人物

焦虑，社会隔离和毁灭从未听起来如此不错

作为“黑旗乐队”的建立者、吉他手和主要影响人物，格雷格·吉恩定义了西海岸的朋克乐音。吉恩于1971年来到UCLA，在这儿，他发现再激进的思想都有发挥的平台。这种特立独行的风格造就了这个乐队独特的标志——在音乐中传递释放焦虑、引人深思的信息，这些编排吸收了重金属、自由式、爵士、碎拍和经典音乐的元素。因为在南加州的表演机会极少，吉恩不辞辛劳地组织乐队演奏会，歌迷见面会。他和他的弟弟、校友Raymond pettibon，三个人一起创造了乐队的画报和推广技巧，这使他们成为地下DIY朋克运动的领军人物。乐队解散后，吉恩创建了自己的品牌，也创建了“肉偶”（Meat Puppet）， “恐龙二世”（Dinosaur Jr） 和“音速少年”（Sonic Youth）。

Greg Ginn

Class of 1975

Angst, social isolation, and dissolution never sounded so good.

As the founder, guitarist and driving influence behind Black Flag, Greg Ginn defined the West Coast Punk sound. Ginn came to UCLA in 1971 and found a place where ideas, no matter how radical, were given a platform. This openness to non-conformity perhaps played a role in the band’s unique brand of angst-delivering thought-provoking messages in musical arrangements that incorporated elements of heavy metal, freestyles, jazz, breakbeat and classical music. Given few opportunities to perform in Southern California, Ginn worked tirelessly to organize the band’s own gigs and arrange appearances. With his brother and fellow UCLA alum, Raymond Pettibon, they created the band’s iconography and promotion techniques, making them pioneers in the underground DIY punk movement. Since the band’s breakup, Ginn formed his own label and has produced such bands as Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.