MUSICIAN

Greg Ginn

1954 - Today

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Gregory Regis Ginn ( GHIN, born June 8, 1954) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for being the leader, primary songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986, and again in 2003. The band announced another reunion in 2013. Since the breakup of Black Flag, Ginn has recorded solo albums, and performed with such bands as October Faction, Gone, Confront James, Mojack, and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greg Ginn has received more than 917,744 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Greg Ginn is the 2,635th most popular musician (down from 2,496th in 2019), the 14,660th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,992nd in 2019) and the 1,090th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Greg Ginns by language

Over the past year Greg Ginn has had the most page views in the with 125,433 views, followed by Spanish (5,470), and German (3,551). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (48.17%), Southern Azerbaijani (30.71%), and Arabic (29.27%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Greg Ginn ranks 2,635 out of 3,175Before her are Dave Abbruzzese, Nigel Godrich, Potap, Hugh Dillon, Ross Robinson, and Oliver Mtukudzi. After her are Bob Johnston, Madlib, Frank Bello, Dan Peters, Tor Endresen, and Scott Storch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Greg Ginn ranks 704Before her are Tom Mulcair, Jad Fair, John Ousterhout, Julio César Jiménez, Monika Pflug, and Benny Kohlberg. After her are Ken Olin, Mike Rounds, Herman Frazier, Ted Jensen, Mark Linn-Baker, and Toninho Moura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Greg Ginn ranks 14,660 out of 20,380Before her are Mýa (1979), Eddie Gustafsson (1977), Erin Cummings (1977), Catherine Asaro (1955), Sean Waltman (1972), and Joi Lansing (1929). After her are Bob Johnston (1932), Alex Azar (1967), Madlib (1973), Lloy Ball (1972), Frank Bello (1965), and John B. Weller (1812).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Greg Ginn ranks 1,090Before her are Jad Fair (1954), Tony Rice (1951), L.A. Reid (1956), John Cooper (1975), Dave Abbruzzese (1968), and Ross Robinson (1967). After her are Bob Johnston (1932), Madlib (1973), Frank Bello (1965), Dan Peters (1967), Scott Storch (1973), and Stephen Bray (1956).