The name was suggested by Ginn's brother, artist Raymond Pettibon, who also designed the band's logo: a stylized black flag represented as four black bars.

Pettibon also created much of their cover artwork.

" Pettibon also sold pamphlet books of his work through SST, with titles such as Tripping Corpse, New Wave of Violence, and The Bible, the Bottle, and the Bomb, and did artwork for other SST acts such as the Minutemen.

In addition to his works on paper, Pettibon has also made animations from his drawings, live action films from his own scripts, unique artist ’ s books, fanzines, prints, and large permanent wall drawings that often include an arrangement of his own works on paper almost creating an installation of collage.

Contemporary and post-conceptual artists also made artist's books an important aspect of their practice, notably William Wegman, Bob Cobbing, Martin Kippenberger, Raymond Pettibon, and Suze Rotolo.

( Many of these earlier stories had previously been published by SST Records as Selfishness, with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon.

The band's logo was created by artist Raymond Pettibon to symbolize their themes of rebellion and anarchy.

The book, printed in both English and French, contains all of Watt's song lyrics from the Minutemen era as well as the tour journal he wrote during the Minutemen's only European tour with Black Flag, essays by former SST co-owner Joe Carducci, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Blue Öyster Cult lyricist and longtime Watt hero Richard Meltzer, and illustrations by Raymond Pettibon that had been used in all of the Minutemen's album artwork.

Black Flag logo designed by Pettibon

Initially, Pettibon had been a bass player in the group when it was known by the name Panic.

Around the same time, Pettibon adopted his new surname, from the nickname petit bon ( good little one ) given to him by his father.

Pettibon ’ s works on paper combine the drawn image and text, both borrowed passages from literature and text written by Pettibon himself.

In 1992, Pettibon was invited to participate in Helter Skelter: L. A. Art in the 1990s, curated by Paul Schimmel at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ( MOCA ).

In 2002, Pettibon participated in documenta XI in Kassel, Germany, curated by Okwui Enwezor.

In 2004, Pettibon participated in the Site Santa Fe Fifth International Biennial exhibition: Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, curated by Robert Storr.

In 2008, Pettibon participated in the California Biennial, organized by Lauri Firstenberg, which featured one of his works as a large billboard on the Sunset strip in Los Angeles.

In 2010, Pettibon participated in the Liverpool Biennial curated by Lorenzo Fusi.

In 2011, Rizzoli released a comprehensive monograph, edited by Ralph Rugoff, the most comprehensive publication of Pettibon ’ s works to date.

In 2002, he had a solo exhibition, Raymond Pettibon Plots Laid Thick, organized by Museu D ’ art Contemporani de Barcelona ( MACBA ), which traveled to Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo and GEM, Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, The Hague, The Netherlands.

In 2007, Pettibon participated in the Venice Biennial, Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present Tense, curated by Robert Storr for which he created a unique wall drawing installation.

Monographs of Pettibon ’ s work include: Raymond Pettibon, published by Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga for his solo exhibition in 2006 at the museum in Malaga, Spain and subsequently traveled to the kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, Germany.

Whatever You ’ re Looking For You Wont ’ Find It here, published by the Kunsthalle Wien to accompany Pettibon ’ s exhibition in 2006 ; Turn to the Title Page, an artist book that was specially created as a part of Pettibon ’ s one-artist exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 2005 ; Raymond Pettibon: Plots Laid Thick published by MACBA in Barcelona, Spain in 2002 ; Raymond Pettibon, published by Phaidon Press, Inc. in 2001 ; Raymond Pettibon: The Books 1978-98, edited by Roberto Ohrt and published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Konig and DAP, New York in 2000 ; and Raymond Pettibon: A Reader, published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago in 1998.

Greg Ginn's brother Raymond Ginn, under the pseudonym Raymond Pettibon, created the artwork for all of the band's studio releases with the exceptions of Damaged and the " TV Party " single, as well as providing artwork for the band members to transform into merchandise and gig flyers.

Pettibon works primarily with Indian ink on paper and many of his early drawings are black and white, although he sometimes introduces color through the use of pencil, watercolor, collage, gouache or acrylic paint.

Pettibon started working in collage in the mid-80s with simple newsprint elements collaged onto black and white images.

It makes lithographs with artists like George Condo and Raymond Pettibon.

In October 2005, they returned to the studio to record a second album, this time with Pere Ubu's David Thomas and artist Raymond Pettibon as added participants.

When the band found it necessary to change their name from Panic in 1977, it was Pettibon who suggested the new name Black Flag and designed their iconic logo: four vertical black rectangles comprising a stylized rippling black flag.

" After joining the band Rollins would sometimes watch Pettibon draw, admiring his work ethic and the fact that he did not make telephone calls or sit for interviews.

When the band discovered that another band called Panic existed, Pettibon suggested the name Black Flag and designed their distinctive " four bars " logo.

In addition, Pettibon has designed the cover of the 1991 Sonic Youth album, " Goo "; bassist Kim Gordon had been a longtime admirer of Pettibon's art and written about him for Artforum in the 1980s.

By the mid-90s, Pettibon had exhibited extensively, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York ; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ( MOCA ); Kunsthaus Zurich ; White Columns, New York.

In 1995 Pettibon had his first major solo exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery.

In 2006, Pettibon had a major solo survey exhibition at the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain that traveled to the kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, Germany.

In the early 1990s, fellow artist Mike Kelley played guitar on an album of songs that Pettibon recorded for the independent label Blast First out of New York and London.

Pettibon, however, did not always appreciate the band's treatment of his art, which he provided to them largely for free.

Pettibon became irate and he and Ginn stopped speaking for some time, though his artwork continued to be used for the remainder of the band's career.

Pettibon ’ s artwork appeared on fliers, album covers and gift items ( T-shirts, stickers and skateboards ) for Black Flag through the early 1980s, and he became well known in the Los Angeles punk rock scene.

Raymond Pettibon ( born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957 in Tucson, Arizona ) is an American artist who lives and works in Venice Beach, California.

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