Dez Cadena

Dez Cadena was the third in a line of four singers who fronted Black Flag. The son of renowned producer and A&R man Ozzie Cadena (who worked with a multitude of jazz artists from the 1940s through 1960s -- Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, etc.), Dez was first friends with the members of Black Flag before becoming a member himself. Despite having no previous experience singing, the band convinced Cadena to give it a try, and in 1980, he became the full-time replacement for the departed Ron Reyes. It was the Cadena-led version of Black Flag that wo...