Back in June, Greg Ginn played his first Black Flag show with a new lineup featuring three members who hadn’t been born until many years after Black Flag first broke up. The relative youth of vocalist Max Zanelly (22), bassist David Rodriguez (21), and drummer Bryce Weston (22) had many scratching their heads (and cracking jokes), and Ginn has finally gone on record about it in a new interview with New York Times. It’s his first formal interview in 13 years, and he tells the Times, “I decided that it would be a good time where I should explain stuff. Even though, honestly, I find it distasteful.”
Ginn goes on to tell the Times that he “was open to anybody” for the new lineup, “and I got a lot of responses, but I think when people hear us play, they’ll realize that they’re just the best people to do it, music-wise.” He also says he’s “not on the social medias,” adding, “I mainly listen to people that come to our shows, and I care about what they think. Because there’s always somebody in their mom’s basement on a keyboard that knows how to run the world.”
New drummer Bryce Weston submitted a video to audition for his spot, but Ginn told the Times he asked new vocalist Max Zanelly to join after seeing her singing along in the front row of a previous Black Flag show. “She was the only person I could imagine doing it,” he said.
Zannelly told the Times that she’d never been in a band before. “The first day at practice, I was like, ‘Yo, I’ve never screamed into a mic before,'” she said. “I remember driving home from my waitressing job and losing my voice in the car because I would be screaming the Black Flag songs.”
Read the interview in full on New York Times.
Black Flag’s current lineup are on tour through the end of the month, and return to the road in 2026 for more shows, including Coachella. See all dates below.
BLACK FLAG: 2025-2026 TOUR DATES
WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER St Petersburg, FL, US Ferg’s Sports Bar & Grill
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER Gainesville, FL, US The Wooly
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER Mount Dora, FL, US Mount Dora Music Hall
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Culture Room
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER Jacksonville, FL, US The Albatross (fka The Underbelly)
TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER Austin, TX, US Come and Take It Live
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER Mexico City, Mexico FÜCK OFF ROOM
SATURDAY 29 – SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER Tattoo Music Fest 2025 Zapopan, Mexico
SATURDAY 10 JANUARY Colorado Springs, CO, US Black Sheep
TUESDAY 13 JANUARY Reno, NV, US The Underground
THURSDAY 15 JANUARY San Diego, CA, US House of Blues – San Diego
FRIDAY 16 JANUARY West Hollywood, CA, US Roxy Theatre
SATURDAY 17 JANUARY San Jose, CA, US The Ritz
SUNDAY 18 JANUARY Roseville, CA, US Goldfield Trading Post
SUNDAY 18 JANUARY Roseville, CA, US Goldfield Trading Post
TUESDAY 20 JANUARY Seattle, WA, US El Corazon
SATURDAY 24 JANUARY Fresno, CA, US Strummer’s
SUNDAY 25 JANUARY Las Vegas, NV, US Backstage Bar & Billiards
WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY Tucson, AZ, US 191 Toole
THURSDAY 29 JANUARY Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy + Harriet’s
FRIDAY 30 JANUARY Santa Ana, CA, US The Observatory
SATURDAY 31 JANUARY Fontana, CA, US Stage Red
FRIDAY 10 APRIL Glendale, AZ, US The 44 Sports Grill & Nightlife
FRIDAY 10 – SUNDAY 12 APRIL Coachella 2026 Indio, CA, US
FRIDAY 17 – SUNDAY 19 APRIL Coachella 2026 Indio, CA, US