Henry Rollins - Wikipedia. Henry Rollins. Rollins performing in March 2. Background information.
Birth name. Henry Lawrence Garfield. Born(1. 96. 1- 0. February 1. 3, 1. Washington, D. C., United States. Genres. Hardcore punk, alternative metal, spoken word, comedy.
Occupation(s)Performer, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, comedian, radio host, motivational speaker, activist, musician. Instruments. Vocals. Years active. 19. Labels. 2. 1. 3. 6. SSTAssociated acts. Black Flag, Rollins Band, The Flaming Lips, State of Alert, Iggy Pop, Mother Superior, The Ruts, Minor Threat. Websitehenryrollins.
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Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 1. Henry Rollins, is an American musician, actor, writer, television and radio host, and comedian. Following the band's breakup, Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2.
Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1. Since Black Flag disbanded, Rollins has hosted numerous radio shows, such as Harmony in My Head on Indie 1. The Henry Rollins Show, MTV's 1. Minutes, and Jackass. He had recurring dramatic roles in the second season of Sons of Anarchy, in the final seasons of the animated series The Legend of Korra as Zaheer, and has also had roles in several films. Rollins has campaigned for various political causes in the United States, including promoting LGBT rights, World Hunger Relief, the West Memphis Three and an end to war in particular.
As of 2. 01. 3, Rollins is the host of the educational history television series 1. Things You Don't Know About, joining the show for its second and third seasons. Early and personal life. He attended The Bullis School, an all- male preparatory school in Potomac, Maryland.
According to Rollins, the Bullis School helped him to develop a sense of discipline and a strong work ethic. When the band's singer Nathan Strejcek failed to appear for practice sessions, Rollins convinced the Teen Idles to let him sing. Word of Rollins's ability spread around the punk rock scene in Washington; Bad Brains singer H.
R. Rollins joined the rest of the band to form State of Alert (S. O. A.), and became its frontman and vocalist. He put words to the band's five songs and wrote several more. Rollins had enjoyed being the band's frontman, and had earned a reputation for fighting in shows.
He later said, . Rollins soon became a fan of the band, exchanging letters with bassist Chuck Dukowski and later inviting the band to stay in his parents' home when Black Flag toured the East Coast in December 1. At an impromptu show in a New York bar, Black Flag's vocalist Dez Cadena allowed Rollins to sing . Despite some doubts, he accepted, in part because of Mac.
Kaye's encouragement. His high level of energy and intense personality suited the band's style, but Rollins' diverse tastes in music were a key factor in his being selected as singer; Black Flag's founder Greg Ginn was growing restless creatively and wanted a singer who was willing to move beyond simple, three- chord punk. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Rollins got the Black Flag logo tattooed on his left biceps. Rollins later said: . It freaked me out that an adult would do that. Pacing back and forth, lunging, lurching, growling; it was all real, the most intense emotional experiences I have ever seen.
During a show in England, Rollins assaulted a member of the audience who attacked Ginn; Ginn later scolded Rollins, calling him a . In August 1. 98. 3, guitarist Dez Cadena had left the band; a stalemate lingered between Dukowski and Ginn, who wanted Dukowski to leave, before Ginn fired Dukowski outright. He often fought back, dragging audience members on stage and assaulting them. During a Black Flag concert, Rollins repeatedly punched a fan in the face who had continuously reached for his microphone. When I push out and mangle the flesh of another, it's falling so short of what I really want to do to them. Along with Haskett, Rollins soon added Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain, both former members of Ginn's side- project Gone, and called the new group Rollins Band.
The band toured relentlessly. The band continued to tour throughout 1. Rollins Band album, Hard Volume was released. However, in December 1. Rollins and his best friend Joe Cole were accosted by two armed robbers outside Rollins's home.
Cole was murdered by a gunshot to the head, Rollins escaped without injury but police suspected him in the murder and detained him for ten hours. The Rollins Band released The End of Silence, Rollins's first charting album. According to critic Steve Huey, 1. Rollins's . Rollins released Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag, a double- disc set of him reading from his Black Flag tour diary of the same name; he won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Recording as a result. Rollins was named 1. With the increased exposure, Rollins made several appearances on American music channels MTV and VH1 around this time, and made his Hollywood film debut in 1. The Chase playing a police officer.
Rollins began focusing on his spoken word career. He released Everything, a recording of a chapter of his book Eye Scream with free jazz backing, in 1. He continued to appear in various films, including Heat, Johnny Mnemonic and Lost Highway. The Rollins Band signed to Dreamworks Records in 1. Come in and Burn, but it did not receive as much critical acclaim as their previous material.
Rollins continued to release spoken- word book readings, releasing Black Coffee Blues in the same year. In 1. 99. 8, Rollins released Think Tank, his first set of non- book- related spoken material in five years. By 1. 99. 8, Rollins felt that the relationship with his backing band had run its course, and the line- up disbanded. He had produced a Los Angeles hard rock band called Mother Superior, and invited them to form a new incarnation of the Rollins Band. Their first album, Get Some Go Again, was released two years later. The Rollins Band released several more albums, including 2. Nice and 2. 00. 3's Rise Above: 2.
Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three. After 2. 00. 3, the band became inactive as Rollins focused on radio and television work. During a 2. 00. 6 appearance on Tom Green Live!, Rollins stated that he . I just don't know honestly what I could do with it that's different. To me, it is fighting battles that are already over and calling yourself a warrior. For me, I see no courage or adventure in doing the old thing over again. If others want to, that’s for them.
For myself, I have to move on. Pda Formats Wheeler (2017) Review Film on this page. Life is too short to live in the past. There is a lot to be done. I never really enjoyed being in a band.
It was in me and it needed to come out, like a 2. One day, I woke up, and I didn’t have any more lyrics. I just had nothing to contribute to the form, and I was done with band practice and travelling in groups.
He was noted in the Washington, D. C. By their album Damaged, however, Black Flag began to incorporate a swing beat into their style. Rollins then abandoned his State of Alert . The music was intense and, well, I was as intense as you needed. Rolling Stone's Anthony De. Curtis names Rollins a .
The record was supposed to be released by SST Records, but the project was canceled because the label received death threats for working with Manson. Only five test presses of Completion were pressed, two of which remain in Rollins' possession. Cole died after being shot in the face, but Rollins escaped. Rollins said . I say good morning to him every day.
I got his phone, too, so I got a direct line to him. So that feels good. Rollins stated that he only has the soil from the spot Cole was killed. During the interview, Rollins also speculated that the reason they were targeted may have been because days prior to the incident, record producer Rick Rubin – who was a fan of the Rollins Band – had requested to hear the then newly recorded album, The End of Silence, and parked his Rolls- Royce outside their Venice Beach house while carrying a cell phone.