A (very) brief history of SST: SST Records was founded by Black Flag leader Greg Ginn to put out their first 7” (Nervous Breakdown) after it failed to generate much interest from other labels. Housed in a sleeve illustrated by his brother Raymond Pettibon (who soon became a highly regarded artist in his own right), Ginn and Black Flag sold the 7” locally and at shows with other Californian bands such as Minutemen, whose debut 7” (Paranoid Time) was the second release on SST.