SST Was Formed To Put Out The First Black Flag Record. Basically, There Wasn't Anyone Else To Do It. I Felt That What I Was Doing With Black Flag Was Very Worthwhile, And I Wanted To Get It Out There. - SearchQuotes

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SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there.

Greg Ginn

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