Chavo Pederast

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Ron Reyes (dubiously immortalized as Chavo Pederast) was the second singer for California based punk rock group Black Flag.

Before joining Black Flag, he was a member of an early incarnation of Red Cross (later changed to Redd Kross) along with Greg Hetson (later to form Circle Jerks then join Bad Religion).

Reyes joined Black Flag after Keith Morris quit to form the Circle Jerks. After a few months, Reyes quit Black Flag during a live performance (for the remainder of the show, the band invited audience members onstage to take turns singing "Louie Louie").

Reyes was coaxed back into Black Flag long enough to record "Jealous Again" (he also appeared on some selections later included on Everything Went Black). After the recording sessions, Reyes was fired, and as a final parting shot, he was credited as "Chavo Pederast" on the "Jealous Again" single. He was replaced by singer Dez Cadena.

After leaving Black Flag, Reyes reportedly moved to Puerto Rico to be with his family, and later became a born-again Christian and moved to Vancouver.

He can be seen in the 1980 documentary The Decline of Western Civilization directed by Penelope Spheeris, in which he infamously dedicates the song "Revenge" to the LAPD.