Anyone else really into Henry Rollins? Not just in Black Flag and Rollins Band, (and S.O.A.) but his spoken word and writing as well? I find it all really inspiring and somewhat life changing. and on a semi-related note, anyone really into old D.C. hardcore esp. Dischord stuff?

i really like Henry Rollins... i could go on a serious pub crawl with him. Pretty intelligent guy.

Samurai

Posted by Samurai i could go on a serious pub crawl with him.

He doesnt drink. He IS a pretty intelligent guy.

that's too bad.
Oh well, still I could have a pretty interesting discussion with the dude anyways.

Samurai

yeah bry, im into rollins, seen his spoken word a handful of times, cracks me up every fuckin time.read a few of his books, ive seen him play only, i think, three times. but im also into older dc hardcore/punk as well old/semi-new dischord... teen idols, soa, govt issue, minor threat, fugazi, rites of spring, youth brigade, gray matter, dag nasty, lungfish. i cant stand the newer dischord stuff.
i went to two shows in dc in the past two weeks, good shit. i reckon DC's scene is starting to come back to life. i havent been to a show with that much of a postive vibe in dc in almost 10 years or so. ehh got a little of subject...

yea, the only really new dischord stuff i like is "the evens". but i tend to like ian mackaye in whatever he does.

hahaah yeah very true, i like pretty much anything ian puts out. i saw a dvd of a bunch of dischord bands playing one song each in a house and then the fire dept burned the next day, they filmed the entire thing.cant remember the name, anyway...the only band i really liked on there was the evens. the rest of it pretty much sucked. except bob mould...

Posted by takeover hahaah yeah very true, i like pretty much anything ian puts out. i saw a dvd of a bunch of dischord bands playing one song each in a house and then the fire dept burned the next day, they filmed the entire thing.cant remember the name, anyway...the only band i really liked on there was the evens. the rest of it pretty much sucked. except bob mould...

that sounds cool. id like to see that sometime...

i got to see the evens over the summer at operation ceasefire. i got do security for the show, so i stood right infront of ian while he played. and i got to meet him for like a second. </bragging>

the DVD is called "burn to shine".
its pretty good, like i said the bands on there arent that good, well in my opinion. but its definitly a good watch.

hahah, thats cool man. "brag" away. ive never had the opportunity to meet him. nor did i know that the evens played recently. my loss eh.

rollins fucking rocks. he's totally intense.

He rocked with Black Flag. Not much into his spoken word stuff personally.

I'm probably the opposite of most people in that I totally dig his spoken word stuff, and can't stand his music (aside from black flag). I just watched "shock & awe" for the first time a few weeks ago and was laughing so hard during the whole 'dating in los angeles' bit I was crying.

Im not really into rollins at all, but have you ever heard his spoken word stuff he did on the track "Delicate Tendrils" on Les Claypool's album "High Ball With The Devil"? If not you should check it out

anyone seen "the henry rollins show" on IFC? its decent, comes on saturdays at 10 pm. check it out sometime.

Iam a HUGE fan of Black Flag, punk and hardcore. I have "Get In The Van" on cassette. Pretty awesome stuff. There is a book called "American Hardcore" by Steven Blush about all of the bands from that time. Well, they are making a movie about it and Rollins has a few interviews in there, it looks good. The only problem is that it's out on Sony which kind of defeats the purpose. http://www.sonycla.../americanhardcore/