Family Man (album)

Family Man
Studio album by Black Flag
Released	September 1984
Recorded	December 1983, June 1984
Genre	Hardcore punk, Spoken word, Instrumental rock
Length	33:26
Label	SST
Producer	Harvey Robert Kubernik, Henry Rollins, Spot
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Black Flag chronology
My War (1984) Family Man (1984) Slip It In (1984)

Family Man is an album released by Black Flag in 1984. It is unique in that one side features Rollins spoken-word tracks and the other side mainly features instrumental tracks. "Armageddon Man" is the only track on the album in which Rollins and the instruments are together.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rollins except as noted.

Side A

1. "Family Man" – 1:17
2. "Salt on a Slug" – 1:30
3. "Hollywood Diary" – 0:32
4. "Let Your Fingers Do the Walking" – 2:30
5. "Shed Reading (Rattus Norvegicus)" – 1:23
6. "No Deposit, No Return" – 0:40
7. "Armageddon Man" – 9:12 (Ginn/Rollins)

Side B

1. "Long Lost Dog of It" – 2:03 (Ginn/Roessler/Stevenson)
2. "I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" – 5:48 (Ginn)
3. "Account for What?" – 4:18 (Ginn)
4. "The Pups Are Doggin' It" – 4:13 (Ginn/Roessler/Stevenson)

Personnel

• Henry Rollins - vocals
• Greg Ginn - guitar
• Kira Roessler - bass
• Bill Stevenson - drums
• Raymond Pettibon - Artwork