What the Fuck Does it Even Mean to be “Black Flag” Anymore?

Nate Rogers for The New York Times:

Greg Ginn would really rather not be doing this. The co-founder and only constant member of Black Flag, the Southern California band that came to define hardcore punk in the late 1970s and ’80s, hadn’t given a formal interview in 13 years, savoring what he called a media “retirement.”

In April, he rebooted Black Flag with three new bandmates, which was not exactly notable for a group that requires a color-coded chart to keep track of its former members. But this time stood out because the collective age of those musicians — the singer Max Zanelly, 22; the bassist David Rodriguez, 21; and the drummer Bryce Weston, 22 — was less than that of Ginn, 71.

Fucking weird, dude.