Author: Greg Ginn

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I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.

I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.

- Greg Ginn

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

- Greg Ginn

Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way.

Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way.

- Greg Ginn

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

- Greg Ginn

As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.

As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.

- Greg Ginn

Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because it requires finding an audience for each record.

Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because it requires finding an audience for each record.

- Greg Ginn

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.

- Greg Ginn

The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.

The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.

- Greg Ginn

I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.

I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.

- Greg Ginn

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