06 Oct
583: SST Records starts
The SST record label, was formed in 1978 when Black Flag guitarist/founder Greg Ginn needed an outlet to release his band’s music. SST (which stood for Solid State Tuners), was an electronics company that was formed by Ginn a few years earlier. Looking for an outlet for his band’s music, Ginn created his own label with the release of the Nervous Breakdown 7″, and then the Jealous Again EP in 1980. Ginn branched out to release other bands including the Minutemen, Soundgarden, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, and Negativland.
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The SST Records Story by David Lang (1998)
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