Henry Rollins

Innoxx · **Henry Rollins -** 03-19-2003, 09:50 AM

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.

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 09:52 AM

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

Innoxx · 03-19-2003, 09:55 AM

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

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 09:55 AM

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

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 09:57 AM

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

Couple of records. oOo:

Zone

Innoxx · 03-19-2003, 09:57 AM

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

Simo Häyhä · 03-19-2003, 10:00 AM

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

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 10:02 AM

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

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 10:03 AM

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

That's Hank Rollins at his best.

Zone

Simo Häyhä · 03-19-2003, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoner91

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

That's Hank Rollins at his best.

Zone

roger that

pest · 03-19-2003, 11:15 AM

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

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 11:30 AM

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

03-19-2003, 02:08 PM

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.

Zoner · 03-19-2003, 02:37 PM

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

He never claimed to be Placido Domingo.

Zone

slaineuk · **rollins -** 03-20-2003, 03:31 AM

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