“It still gives me a thrill, man, ya know,” Mike Ness, lead singer of Social Distortion says of touring. “I obviously still love it, I wouldn’t have been doing it this long if I didn’t. It’s hard sometimes, it’s challenging. It seems like this schedule we’re on now would be hard for a 25-year-old. It’s […]
Black Flag
Bend’s Summer Music Matchup Round I
When the Source office talks summer music, things tend to get pretty heated. We are so serious, in fact, that we’ve put together this Final Four-style bracket for the biggest names playing in town this summer. No, we don’t want to know who you think will draw the biggest audiences, put on the best gigs […]
Our Picks 5/28-6/5
Thursday 29 Black Flag ROCK—In 2013, Black Flag reformed in two incarnations, released an album, found itself at the middle of a lawsuit and fired its lead. But that’s all in the past. The new year brings a new tour for Greg Ginn’s version of the seminal punk group with new singer and former professional […]
Still Flying the Flag
Every story that could be written about Black Flag’s rocky 2013 reformation has already been written. Here’s what we know: Founding guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member of the seminal punk group, Greg Ginn, announced in January that he was reuniting with former vocalist Ron Reyes to release a new album. It was one […]

