Glenn Michael Lockett, better known by his stage name Spot, was a prominent independent punk record label SST Records’ house producer and engineer from July 1, 1951, until his death on March 4, 2023. With all capital letters and a dot inside the O, he stylized his name SPT.
Between 1979 and 1986, Spot recorded, mixed, produced, or coproduced the majority of SST’s important performers. Black Flag, Minutemen, Mood of Defiance, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, Saint Vitus, Misfits (Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood), and Descendents are just a few of the noteworthy bands that have his name on their albums. Spot relocated to Austin, Texas, after leaving SST in 1986.
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On July 1, 1951, Glenn Michael Lockett was born in the Los Angeles region to an African-American father and a Caucasian mother (maiden name Katz). He grew up in upper middle-class Hollywood with his older sister Cynthia. Claybourne Lockett, Buddy to his fellow soldiers, was a fighter pilot in World War II with the 100th Fighter Squadron, an all-Black unit that was a part of the Tuskegee Airmen. Midway through the 1970s, Lockett relocated from Hollywood to Hermosa Beach. While working at Garden of Eden, a vegetarian eatery, he met Greg Ginn. For Easy Reader, Lockett also wrote record reviews on a freelance basis under the pen name Spot.