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Family Man

Family Man

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Family Man is an album released by the American hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk, often just called hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated primarily in North America in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock...

 band Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes...

 in 1984. It is unique in that one side features spoken-word tracks by vocalist Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist....

 and the other side mainly features instrumental
Instrumental
Rock Instrumentals have a separate page.An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. This term is used when referring to popular music rather than to other musical genres such as European...

 tracks. "Armageddon Man" is the only track on the album in which Rollins and the instruments are together.
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Family Man is an album released by the American hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk, often just called hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated primarily in North America in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock...

 band Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes...

 in 1984. It is unique in that one side features spoken-word tracks by vocalist Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist....

 and the other side mainly features instrumental
Instrumental
Rock Instrumentals have a separate page.An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. This term is used when referring to popular music rather than to other musical genres such as European...

 tracks. "Armageddon Man" is the only track on the album in which Rollins and the instruments are together.

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" (Ginn/Rollins) – 9:12

Side B

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

Personnel

  • Henry Rollins
    Henry Rollins
    Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist....

     - vocals
  • Greg Ginn
    Greg Ginn
    Gregory Regis Ginn is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. He is best known for being the leader of and primary songwriter for the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986....

     - guitar
  • Kira Roessler
    Kira Roessler
    Kira Roessler is an American bass guitarist, singer and dialogue editor. She is best known for her membership in the punk rock group Black Flag.-Biography:She is sister of keyboardist Paul Roessler, founding member of The Screamers....

     - bass
  • Bill Stevenson
    Bill Stevenson
    John William "Bill" Stevenson is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer and frequent songwriter for the California punk rock group Descendents. In late December 1981 he played a few concerts with Black Flag because their drummer ROBO was detained in England after a tour there...

     - drums
  • Raymond Pettibon
    Raymond Pettibon
    Raymond Pettibon is an American artist and sometime musician and lyricist.Known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions, Pettibon's subject matter is sometimes violent and anti-authoritarian...

     - Artwork