Spot (born Glen Lockett in 1951) is an American

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best known for being the house producer and

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for the influential independent

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Early life

Glen Lockett was born to a Caucasian mother and an African-American father in 1951 and raised in upper-middle-class Hollywood. Lockett's father was a member of the

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. Lockett moved from Hollywood to

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in the mid-1970s, where he met

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while working at a vegetarian restaurant called Garden of Eden. Lockett also freelanced for ''

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'', authoring record reviews under the name Spot. Befriending Ginn, Spot was briefly bassist for Panic, the band which would soon become Black Flag.

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,

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, Misfits ( Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood) and

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. After leaving SST in 1986, Spot moved to Austin, Texas. Spot is an accomplished photographer and has published a book of his work entitled ''Sounds of Two Eyes Opening''.

References

External links

Spot's official website

Spot's MySpace page
1951 births Living people Record producers from California Black Flag (band) members American audio engineers American punk rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Hardcore punk musicians 20th-century American guitarists {{record-producer-stub