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I think it's a given that one of the best band logos of all time belongs to Black Flag. Those four black bars have become synonymous with punk over the last three decades.
A new series of documentaries on the role of art in punk rock kicks off with a look at the iconic four bars of California hardcore heroes Black Flag.. The first instalment of ‘The Art of Punk’ sees ...
The logo was designed by the artist Raymond Pettibon, brother of Black Flag founder Greg Ginn.According to him, the four thick bars represent the abstracted movement of a waving black flag (he ...
Black Flag guitarist and chief songwriter Greg Ginn’s brother Raymond Pettibon designed this legendary punk logo. ... 12 years old but could only stand the pain for three out of the four bars.
Black Flag built almost single-handedly the touring circuit that would sustain ... Ginn's younger brother. Pettibon had given the band its name, its logo—the infamous and ubiquitous bars, ...
Black Flag Co-Founder Can’t Stop Ex-Bandmates From Performing as ‘Flag ... Ginn claimed that use of the band’s logo, consisting of four uneven black bars simulating a waving flag, ...
Myra of Bad Cop/Bad Cop "Black Flag are pioneers punk and DYI ethic and huge influence on me growing up!" Jarrett D of Screaming Females "Nervous Breakdown is obviously the best Black Flag release.
Yahoo! Music has published an article ranking the 25 greatest punk rock band logos. The list is topped by the Black Flag 'bars' logo, and other iconic logos such as the The Misfits skull and the Minor ...
Black Flag are sorry. Last year, guitarist and founding member Greg Ginn reactivated the legendary hardcore group with one of its former lead singers, Ron Reyes. It didn’t work out the way they ...
Black Flag's menacingly simple logo, designed by artist Raymond Pettibon in the late 1970s, has achieved a kind of ubiquity few others have. MOCAtv releases new Black Flag/Raymond Pettibon doc on ...
Guitarist Greg Ginn claims the touring band Flag, consisting of Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski and Bill Stevenson, infringes on Black Flag rights owned by him and his label, SST Records.
As it turns 40, punk is getting the full nostalgia treatment. One sign: a T-shirt at Barneys with the logo of hardcore pioneers Black Flag.