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Henry Rollins
Henry Lawrence Garfield, known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, comedian, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986. Following the band's breakup, he established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to rel…
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Born 13 February 1961 · Q318509
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2026· 14 entries
“One day Heidi mentioned that I”
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“That really scared me. It freaked me out that an adult would do that. ... My little eyes were opened big time.”
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“When they spit at me, when they grab at me, they aren”
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“Then one of us, probably Ian, got the Sex Pistols record. I remember hearing that and thinking”
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Public attention spiked: 11,036 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.6× the usual 2,391, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #906 (Case Of The Punks)” (KCRW).
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KCRW: Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #906 (Case Of The Punks)
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KCRW: Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #905
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Icon Vs. Icon: HENRY ROLLINS Sets March 2027 Release for New Memoir “Bait Dog Boy”
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Punknews.org: Henry Rollins to release new book
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KCRW: Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #903
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Public attention spiked: 7,632 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,391, with 0 article edits.
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American Songwriter: Henry Rollins Said What All of Us Were Thinking About Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ Back in 2017: “An Absolute Masterpiece”
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Yahoo: How Nelson Almost Collaborated with Punk Icon Henry Rollins
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2025· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Skateboarder Tony Hawk and singer Henry Rollins launched a retirement home for aging punks and skaters.” Originated as Satire.
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loudwire: Henry Rollins’ Upcoming ‘Great Project’ With Ian MacKaye Features Neither of Them – Here’s Why
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Yahoo: Henry Rollins has teamed up with another punk icon for his first new release in over 20 years
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MetalSucks: Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye Return to the Studio
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American Songwriter: 3 of Henry Rollins’ Top Political Records of All Time
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Henry Rollins: ‘I wouldn’t go back on stage with a band for anything’
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Henry Rollins
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2019· 2 entries
Released album “Keep Talking, Pal”.
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Rollins began appearing as a disillusioned poisons instructor in the TV series Deadly Class
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2016· 6 entries
The Guardian: Henry Rollins: 'Trump fans are going to be very dangerous losers'
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The Guardian: Henry Rollins hits the fringe: 'On nights off, it feels like my guts are missing'
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The Guardian: Henry Rollins: ‘Our species is a ruinous pain in the ass’
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The Guardian: Henry Rollins review – heartfelt insights and the day he met a fan called Bowie
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The Guardian: Henry Rollins: 'Morrissey is no longer on my kill list'
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“For me, music was a time and a place. I never really enjoyed being in a band. It was in me and it needed to come out, like a 25-year exorcism. One day, I woke up, and I didn”
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Henry Rollins on Trump: 'He would be a disastrous president'
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The Guardian: Henry Rollins, Bethany Cosentino and more sign up to new kids TV comedy
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2014· 2 entries
The Guardian: Henry Rollins attacks Robin Williams's decision to take his own life
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Voiced the antagonist Zaheer in the third season of the animated series The Legend of Korra
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2012· 3 entries
Rollins appeared in a short documentary entitled "Who Shot Rock and Roll" discussing the early punk scene in Los Angeles as well as photographs of himself in Black Flag taken by photographer Edward Colver
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Hosted the National Geographic Wild series "Animal Underworld", investigating where the real boundaries lie in human-animal relationships
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Rollins began publishing articles with HuffPost and alternative news website WordswithMeaning
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2011· 2 entries
Was interviewed in the National Geographic Explorer episode "Born to Rage", regarding his possible link to the MAOA gene (warrior gene) and violent behavior
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Rollins was interviewed on Episode 121 of American Public Media's podcast, The Dinner Party Download, posted on November 3, 2011
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2010· 5 entries
The Guardian: Henry Rollins produced Charles Manson album
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Released album “Spoken Word Guy 2”.
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Rollins appeared as a guest judge on season 2 episode 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race
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Released album “Spoken Word Guy”.
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Rollins appeared in an episode of the German documentary television series Durch die Nacht mit
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2009· 4 entries
Released album “The Dark Side of the Moon”.
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Rollins wrote of his support for the victims of the Bhopal disaster in India, in an article for Vanity Fair 25 years–to the day–after the methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide factory
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KCRW announced that Rollins would be hosting a live show on Saturday nights starting March 7, 2009, which has since been moved to Sunday nights at 8:00 p
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Rollins voiced "Trucker" in American Dad
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2008· 5 entries
The Guardian: Iggy Pop, Moby, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins to star vampire film Suck
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The Guardian: Edinburgh festival comedy review: Henry Rollins / Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
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Released album “Provoked”.
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The show was continuing each week, despite Rollins's constant touring, with new pre-recorded shows between live broadcasts
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To launch a public service advertisement campaign, CommunityofVeterans
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2007· 1 entry
And 2008, Rollins published Fanatic
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2006· 1 entry
Rollins appeared in a documentary series by VH1 and The Sundance Channel called The Drug Years
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “Live on KFI 640 AM Radio”.
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Released album “Get Some Go Again Sessions”.
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2004· 4 entries
Released album “Live at the Westbeth Theater”.
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Released album “Talk Is Cheap, Volume 4”.
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Rollins began hosting a weekly radio show, Harmony in My Head, on Indie 103
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Released album “Nights Behind The Tree Line”.
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “Talk Is Cheap, Volume 1”.
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Released album “Talk Is Cheap, Vol. 3”.
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Released album “Talk Is Cheap, Volume 2”.
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2002· 1 entry
Rollins guest-starred on an episode of the sitcom The Drew Carey Show as a man Oswald found on eBay and paid to come to his house and "kick his ass"
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2001· 3 entries
Rollins expressed his criticism of U2 by stating that they have "the weakest rhythm section ever known in a multi-platinum band
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Released album “A Rollins in the Wry”.
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“Someone who would go across a desert that can kill you, to get to another country? You want to be an American *that* bad? 'Cause I've never had to lift my damn finger to be an American. I'm honored to share a country with you.”
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Eric The Pilot”.
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Released album “Live in London”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Think Tank”.
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In the episode "All Our Sins Forgotten", as a therapist who develops a device that can erase the bad memories of his patients
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Rollins released Think Tank, his first set of non-book-related spoken material in five years
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Black Coffee Blues”.
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And soon released Come In and Burn, but it did not receive as much critical acclaim as their previous material
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Everything”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “In Conversation”.
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The Rollins Band's record label, Imago Records, declared itself bankrupt
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Rollins produced Australian hard rock band the Mark of Cain's third full-length album Ill at Ease
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag”.
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Released album “Excerpts From Get In The Van”.
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1992· 3 entries
Released album “Human Butt”.
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Released album “The Boxed Life”.
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Released album “Sweatbox”.
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1991· 1 entry
The Rollins Band signed a distribution deal with Imago Records and appeared at the Lollapalooza festival; both improved the band's presence
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven”.
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Released album “Live at McCabe's”.
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Short Walk on a Long Pier”.
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Another Rollins Band album, Hard Volume, was released
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1987· 6 entries
Released album “Hot Animal Machine”.
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Released album “Big Ugly Mouth”.
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Released album “Live”.
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Hot Animal Machine, a collaboration with guitarist Chris Haskett, and Drive by Shooting, recorded as "Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters"; Rollins also released his second spoken word album, Big Ugly Mouth
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Said that he had not seen his father since the age of 18, and in 2019 he wrote, "What my father thinks of me, or if he is still alive, I have no idea
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“What my father thinks of me, or if he is still alive, I have no idea.”
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Hot Animal Machine... Plus”.
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1981· 3 entries
At Cuckoo's Nest in Costa Mesa, California
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Rollins attended as many of their concerts as he could
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Rollins quit his job at Häagen-Dazs, sold his car, and moved to Los Angeles
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1980· 3 entries
A friend gave Rollins and MacKaye a copy of Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown EP
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Rollins fronted the California hardcore band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986
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The Washington punk band the Extorts lost their frontman Lyle Preslar to Minor Threat
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1961· 2 entries
Born 1961-02-13.
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The only child of Iris and Paul Garfield
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