Glen “Spot” Lockett Obituary

Glen “Spot” Lockett was a producer and engineer of some of the most crucial punk and post-punk records of the early 1980s,

Glen “Spot” Lockett died on March 4, 2023, at Morningside Healthcare in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Glen Lockett died recovering from a stroke he had suffered three months earlier. He had been suffering from fibrosis since late 2021 and was awaiting a lung transplant before his stroke.

Glenn Michael Lockett was born on July 1, 1951, in the Los Angeles area to a Caucasian mother (maiden name Katz) and an African-American father.

Glen “Spot” Lockett was behind the boards for the majority of the seminal SST Records releases that launched the L.A.-based independent label between 1980 and 1985, including Husker Du’s “Zen Arcade” and “New Day Rising,” Black Flag’s “Damaged” and “Jealous Again.”

Glen “Spot” Lockett was also a well-known photographer whose work documenting the South Bay in the late 1970s and early 1980s was the subject of books and gallery exhibits. “Sounds of Two Eyes Opening,” a hardbound edition of photos from that time and place, was released in 2014.