Spot (producer)

Spot (born Glen Lockett in 1951[1]) is a record producer best known for being the house producer and engineer for the influential independent punk record label SST Records.[2]

Life

Glen Lockett was born to a Caucasian mother and an African-American father in 1951.[1] Lockett's father was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen in WW II.[3] Lockett moved from Hollywood to Hermosa Beach in the mid-seventies where he met Greg Ginn when Lockett was working at a vegetarian restaurant called Garden of Eden.[3] Lockett also freelanced for Easy Reader, authoring record reviews under the name Spot.[3]

Befriending Ginn, Spot was briefly bassist for Panic, the band which would soon become Black Flag.[3]

Career

Spot recorded, mixed, produced or co-produced most of SST's pivotal acts between 1979 and 1986. He is credited on albums by such notable bands as Black Flag,[2] Minutemen,[2] Mood of Defiance,[4] Meat Puppets,[2] Hüsker Dü,[2] Saint Vitus,[2] and Descendents.[2] After leaving SST in 1986, Spot moved to Austin, Texas.[2]

Spot is an accomplished photographer[2] and has published a book of his work entitled Sounds of Two Eyes Opening.[5]

References
  1. Earles, Andrew (2010-11-18). Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-pop Pioneers who Launched Modern Rock. Voyageur Press. pp. 88–. ISBN 9780760335048. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. Backer, Sam (November 9, 2018). "Behind the Sound Of American Punk". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. Chick, Stevie (2011). Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag. PM Press. pp. 33-36. ISBN 978-1-60486-418-2.
  4. "Mood of Defiance". ReverbNation. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  5. Cosgrove, Ben (November 24, 2014). "Edge of the World: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982". Time. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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