Henry Rollins
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He is perhaps best known for his work with the hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986, and for leading the Rollins Band since 1987.
Critic Steve Huey decribes Rollins as “a post-punk renaissance man … Rollins is relentlessly busy … and has kept his artistic integrity, becoming a kind of father figure for many alternative bands of the ’90s.”
Rollins grew up in Washington, D.C… His parents divorced when he was young, and Rollins was raised primarily by his mother, Iris, who taught him to read before he entered school, and who he credits with instilling his lifelong love of reading.
He was prescribed Ritalin as a child and was sent to the The Bullis School, a Washington, D.C. military school. He disliked the authoritarian atmosphere and the then-boys-only campus, which impeded his early attempts at dating and made him uncomfortable around women for several years. More positively, he said Bullis helped instill in him a sense of discipline and a strong work ethic. It was at military school that he began to develop his muscular build, and began writing. Rollins described his early literary efforts as follows:
“I would write short stories, and they’re probably horribly written, about blowing up my school and murdering all the teachers.
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Black Coffee Blues (Disc 2)
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A Rollins in the Wry
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Big Ugly Mouth
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Jun
8
Henry Rollins: The Long March Tour
Walker Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Winnipeg, Canada
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Jun
13
Henry Rollins
Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Ottawa, Canada
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Jun
20
Henry Rollins - The Long March
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, NS, Halifax NS, Canada
6 going
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News
- DISPATCH 05-22-12 EN ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES 23 May 2012 | from henryrollins.com.dev.oniric.us/
- KCRW BROADCAST #164 05–19–12 18 May 2012 | from henryrollins.com.dev.oniric.us/index.php
- DISPATCH 05-03-12 JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA 14 May 2012 | from henryrollins.com.dev.oniric.us/
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