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Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American Grammy Award-winning alternative rock singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist.
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.
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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Gohel wrote:
I absolutely love the fact that people dissing Henry Rollins actually listen to Placebo and Enter Shikari.
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slow-chan wrote:
pwned by skism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0TSVti62r0
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New - http://www.last.fm/music/Henry+Rollins/+images/72980998
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CasiniProjekt wrote:
Hey please check out my music, its free hard rock/prog http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision
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mutantoverlords wrote:
Hot animal machine is a really good album, aggressive as fuck.
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RatBatSpider wrote:
Check out Henry Rollins shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. He grabs some crazy experimental stuff! And he is just awesome! http://www.amoeba.com/whats-in-my-bag/index.html#/detail/2011-11-07_henry-rollins
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capeachino wrote:
i love this dude
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VioletFVK wrote:
Everyone should read his books too.
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kakakakara wrote:
My kind of man. *swoon*
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Force_of_Will wrote:
Henry is the balls.
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Rocknrolla44 wrote:
охуенный же \m/
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Rise_Phoenix wrote:
I want this artist profile picture all the time. DO NOT CHANGE THIS!!!!
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mj0nes wrote:
Hank FTW.
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gendervariant wrote:
G.O.A.T.
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DetoxScission wrote:
My favorite people are the ones who go to a band/artist page (Whether it be here, Myspace, Facebook, whatever...) to complain about the aforementioned band or artist and show the world that they are an edgy asshole who wants negative attention from people they do not really know. It also proves that they, in both the long and short run, have nothing worthwhile to say themselves.
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catwhiskers wrote:
Ok so he is going to be in Texas but man I hate fun fun fun fest :( because it's crowded and complicated.
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catwhiskers wrote:
"Oh Manchester so much to answer for" But I wish he would come to Texas even though it sucks here.
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DetoxScission wrote:
Henry Rollins talking about Candlebox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjsqC-VmnJw
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leoofbodom wrote:
This guy couldn't shit out an entertaining sketch if his life depended on it, hence why he gets tagged as 'spoken word' over 'comedy'. Pfft. Boring.
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Blvtmond wrote:
Such inspiration from this man. "Asshole" or not, the man is damn honest.
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