Legendary punk rock band BLACK FLAG has launched the primary official photograph of its new lineup. Becoming a member of founding guitarist Greg Ginn are Max Zanelly on vocals, David Rodriguez on bass and Bryce Weston on drums.
A press launch from Ginn‘s SST Data states: “With a recent lineup and renewed artistic vitality, BLACK FLAG is gearing up for an thrilling season of stay reveals and new music manufacturing. The group has already begun writing and rehearsing collectively, constructing on their signature sound whereas embracing new influences introduced in by the most recent members.”
The press launch provides: “BLACK FLAG‘s upcoming performances will showcase the chemistry and expertise of the revitalized lineup, giving followers a primary style of the brand new period.”
BLACK FLAG fashioned in 1976 in Hermosa Seaside, California, and made music from 1978 till the mid-Nineteen Eighties with a number of singers, together with Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena and Henry Rollins. BLACK FLAG has been referred to as the primary American hardcore band.
BLACK FLAG‘s 2024 lineup consisted of Ginn, singer Mike Vallely, who first appeared with the band as a visitor in 2003 and have become BLACK FLAG‘s fifth vocalist in 2014, and a rhythm part of Harley Duggan and Charles Wiley (each from Seattle band DARKHORSE RISING). Vallely performed his final present with BLACK FLAG in January 2025.
In 2013, Ginn sued his former BLACK FLAG bandmates Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski and Invoice Stevenson for touring as FLAG, which he claimed constituted a violation of logos to the title and brand. In keeping with the Hollywood Reporter, Ginn claimed that use of the band’s brand, consisting of 4 uneven black bars simulating a waving flag, was an infringement and that FLAG was “a colorable imitation” that was “prone to trigger confusion, mistake or deception amongst shoppers.” In April 2014, the events knowledgeable the court docket of a settlement. “FLAG will get to be FLAG, and BLACK FLAG as it’s presently recognized continues to be BLACK FLAG,” legal professional Evan Cohen, who represented Ginn, instructed Billboard.
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