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“Six Pack” by Black Flag
From the album Damaged (1981)
“Six Pack” by Black Flag appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2007 and 2011. It was first released in 1981 on the album Damaged. Its best result is #1803 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,880 alternative song of all time.
"Six Pack" is Greg Ginn's song on Damaged, the debut album Black Flag put out through SST Records in November 1981, and he wrote both the words and the music. Henry Rollins takes the lead vocal, Ginn and Dez Cadena split the guitars, Chuck Dukowski plays bass and Robo sits behind the drums.
The record around it barely registered at first, shrugged off by critics and the public alike, but it has since come to be counted among the most influential punk albums ever made. Rolling Stone put it on its 500 Greatest Albums list in 2012 and kept it there for the 2020 revision, and Pitchfork ranked it 25th among the best albums of the 1980s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1849 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1803 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1838 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1887 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1969 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
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