Damon Winter/The New York Times Greg Ginn at Coachella in April.Greg Ginn, the guitarist and principal songwriter for the seminal Los Angeles punk band Black Flag, said he has resurrected the group with a new lineup and intends to put out an album and tour this summer.
Black Flag’s latest configuration will employ Ron Reyes as the lead singer and Gregory Moore on drums, Mr. Ginn announced. Mr. Reyes was the lead singer for the band for about a year in the late 1970s; Mr. Moore collaborated with Mr. Ginn in the 1980s in another band, Gone.
At the same time, another crew of Black Flag alumni have announced plans to tour under the nme Flag, Brooklyn Vegan reported. That band is led by Black Flag’s original lead singer, Keith Morris, and includes Chuck Dukowski, who was Black Flag’s bassist during its heyday, and Bill Stevenson, who played drums for the group in the mid-1980s. They will be joined by guitarist Stephen Egerton.
With Mr. Ginn and Mr. Morris both planning shows this summer, it means music fans face the possibility of dueling Black Flags.
Mr. Ginn’s Black Flag will make its first appearance at Hünxe, Germany on May 18. They also announced they will play the Hevy Fest in Britain in early August and then headline the Muddy Roots Festival in Tennessee at the end of the month.
Mr. Morris’s group is also slated to perform in Europe this summer and then will appear in Las Vegas on Memorial Day weekend.
Formed by Mr. Ginn in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, Black Flag pioneered! the California hardcore punk sound in the late 1970s with its do-it-yourself ethic, its driving beat and angry lyrics, and intensive low-budget touring. The group disbanded in 1986, though its members went on to other influential projects. Mr. Morris formed the Circle Jerks, and Mr. Ginn started a solo career.
