From pro-skateboarding to fronting Black Flag, Mike Vallely has a lot to say
. That’s not to mention his solo work over the years and previous project with Black Flag’s Greg Ginn, Good for You.
Vallely handled vocals during Black Flag’s 2003 reunion shows in Los Angeles. Ginn liked his style and mentioned that if he ever wanted to start a band, he’d let Vallely know. Vallely didn’t think much of it at the time, but in 2014, he found himself fronting Black Flag, which he credits for changing his life as a teenager growing up in New Jersey.around the same time, and says the two combined made up “the mantra I needed for the rest of my life.
“What the idea of punk rock opened up for me in my life was total freedom and individuality and encouragement to actually walk my own path," he explains."What I found after a couple of weeks of being into that style of music was these people are no different. They make up rules and you have to live by their rules now. I’m not on the football team — I’m on the punk-rock team. It’s its own fraternity.
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