Greg Ginn Wins Black Flag Trademark Suit
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It’s sad to see any band fracture, feud, and get litigious but doubly so when it’s a band beloved for their anti-establishment, punk ethos. Pitchfork has the details today on the latest in the Black Flag saga. In recent years, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, and Bill Stevenson have been performing as FLAG, along with Stevenson’s Descendants bandmate Stephen Egerton on guitar. This did not sit well with Black Flag and SST Records founder Greg Ginn, particularly FLAG’s use of the famous Black Flag logo.
In the recent decision, Ginn and SST retain ownership of the name and logo. Ginn will likely continue with his iteration of Black Flag, which released the uneven What The… last year, among his myriad other projects. FLAG will seemingly continue as FLAG, but without the logo.
Sigh.
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