Henry Rollins
 

Ever hear of this guy? He was a former punk-metal rocker, but he's doing spoken word now, and it's fucking hilarious. I recommend DLing a few bits from the Think Tank album. He's like the George Carlin of gen-X.

The show last night was AWESOME!

Hank Rollins is the funniest dude alive! He spoke for 3 hours straight and the time flew by like it was 20 minutes. He's friggin' brilliant.


Zone

Yeah, you got me interested in him. Stand-up is sorta like a hobby of mine.

Btw, Rollins Band kick ass too! They're still together and have released a coupel of recordas in the past few years. Pick up "Get Some Go Again" if you like really muscular, loud, and pumping hard rock. Excellent record.


Zone

"coupel of recordas"?? Wtf...Zone's still asleep.

Couple of records. oOo:


Zone

Yeah, muscular is right, he is ripped! His neck is bigger than my waist.

i have heard of henry rollins before. i watched his 1 hour stand up special on comedy central but i hardly laughed at it.. hake:
ill go DL spoken word now and give the guy another chance. heh

Yeah, he's built, but he's surprisingly short! heh heh

I was expecting this HUGE wrestler-type dude, but he walked out in a black t-shirt and black jeans, greying hair, and a bottle of water. He's ultra-cool.

Man, there were some freaky peeps in the audience, lemme tell ya! There was one guy there who looked like he set off a cherry bomb in his hair and then hairsprayed it. I woulda kicked his ass if he sat in front of me...3ft high hair! FREAK!



Zone

Simo, look for "Airport Hell", "Nothing Can Go Wrong", "Brazil", and "Marius".

That's Hank Rollins at his best.


Zone

roger that

He is an interesting dude. Wasnt he with black flag way back when? Very intellegent. Didnt know he did standup.

Yep, he was in Black Flag back in the day.

His spoken word isn't really stand-up comedy in the traditional sense. It's not setup/punchline.

He's very observational and anecdotal in his spoken word tours. He tells a lot of stories from the road and stuff. He gets into some deep shit sometimes, but quickly lightens it up so he doesn't bum you out.

I definitely recommend checking it out if he comes into town.


Zone

He should stick to stand up if he is funny. because he cant sing worth a shit.

in fact he has to be one of the worst singers i ever heard. i have a led zeppelin tribute with him on it he should be shot it is so bad. hopefully in black flag he sounded better but i doubt he could.

He's more of a shouter than a singer. That's his gig.

He never claimed to be Placido Domingo.


Zone

rollins
 

one of his bands was also called
henry rollins and the childbeating wife haters

Actually they released the "Drive By Shooting" EP under the pseudonym Henrietta Collins And The Wife Beating, Child Haters.

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Henry rawks.


Zone