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An incredible cringe video of Henry Rollins trying to embarrass a young kid. Black Flag interview
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"Henry being Henry" yup, that sums it up.
He still kind of is but any old Black Flag footage I've ever seen where Rollins opens his mouth, he's insufferable and self-aggrandizing to the point where you wonder if it's self-parody or some weird sense of humor.
This one probably takes the cake though actually just because he's partially trying to muscle up on this scrawny kid.
He still kind of is but any old Black Flag footage I've ever seen where Rollins opens his mouth, he's insufferable and self-aggrandizing to the point where you wonder if it's self-parody or some weird sense of humor.
This one probably takes the cake though actually just because he's partially trying to muscle up on this scrawny kid.
My man lived directly across from my dorms in NYC when I went to college my freshmen year.
My roommate was a massive Blag Flag / Rollins Band fan.
Let's just say when my roommate finally worked up the nerve to share what a fan he was, Mr Rollins was not gracious at all.
My roommate was a massive Blag Flag / Rollins Band fan.
Let's just say when my roommate finally worked up the nerve to share what a fan he was, Mr Rollins was not gracious at all.
I always found it weird that he essentially looks like a white supremacist. Lol he even played one in Sons of Anarchy.
This is it, I'm going for the random name-drop!
I was really into scene shit back in the day and the coolest people I probably met were Lux and Ivy from The Cramps. I had the pleasure of hanging out with them for a while at a bar once.
I was really into scene shit back in the day and the coolest people I probably met were Lux and Ivy from The Cramps. I had the pleasure of hanging out with them for a while at a bar once.
Oh, 100%. Dude looks like one of the bad guys from Green Room. Nazi punks were/are a fucking scourge. Thankfully he isn't one of 'em.
Rollins vs. The World was his schtick. Heck, he used to fight his audience during shows. He's matured though.
I saw him do cringey spoken word poetry in the late 90s. He always wanted to be smarter than he is. But he seems to be a pretty good guy now.
I, unfortunately, did as well at Strand in NYC in the mid 2000s. I thought he was gonna whip it out and suck himself off any second.
As an FYI, the "new girl" at the beginning won an Oscar for her sound editing work Mad Max Fury Road.
Kira Roessler. She rules.
Kira Roessler. She rules.
He's done a fair few film roles that go against this, something like Feast. This is over the last couple of decades though.
Yeah. Rollins was very young and immature at that time too. He has become less of a venomous person over the years...and he is quite open about his personal change from being the young douchebag rockstar wannabe, to...moving away from that with age.
Black Flag was kind of Rollins' first actual job. He was basically a child star, who came into this already established hardcore punk band/scene and had to grow up around a lot of debauchery and douchebags who were definitely not looking out for him and you can tell he had to put on this air of super-masculinity, and such to kind of cover for his insecurities.
I'm just saying, after seeing all the posts (rightfully) defending Brittany and and other child stars over the years, it's weird that the same kind of understanding and empathy can't be applied to another kid who made it big before they had time to grow up, like Rollins.
Black Flag was kind of Rollins' first actual job. He was basically a child star, who came into this already established hardcore punk band/scene and had to grow up around a lot of debauchery and douchebags who were definitely not looking out for him and you can tell he had to put on this air of super-masculinity, and such to kind of cover for his insecurities.
I'm just saying, after seeing all the posts (rightfully) defending Brittany and and other child stars over the years, it's weird that the same kind of understanding and empathy can't be applied to another kid who made it big before they had time to grow up, like Rollins.
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Kira did editing for Fury Road?
I never knew that. Big fan of hers.
Another good one:
PS: If you haven't watched Nardwuar interviews, he's an utterly amazing interviewer despite his antics.
PS: If you haven't watched Nardwuar interviews, he's an utterly amazing interviewer despite his antics.
Yep, it's kinda crazy. Her brother, Paul, is awesome, as well. Especially his involvement with the Screamers, which is basically the best band ever to never have an official release. Until this March, at least
Nardwuar is so great. I second this recommendation.
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Rollins was very dumb, he grew into an interesting guy, though...the talk show he did was actually very compelling, it was real conversations and not just bullshit PR stuff. The one with William Shatner (who I just realized will soon be 90 years old, wow) is especially good, they don't mention Star Trek once, it's all about many other things.
It's also very nice to see that he interviewed him several times since then and you see how much he progressed from then.
Yes, I should've included that. I don't wanna just hate on Rollins, I actually really liked Black Flag back in the day.
Here's Nardwuar catching up with him in 2011 again.
I remember my friend went through liking him for a bit and there is one song I kinda liked from him. But we went to a concert he was openng at and he went on a rant about posers or some shit like that and totally turned me off (I really dislike people who focus so much on if some one is a "poser" or not.Let people like what they like without having to prove themselves to be "true fans"). Gave me the impression he's trying too hard to be "cool" and an asshole.
I gotta give that kid in the video kudos, he was really good with rolling with it (at least from what I saw, only watched half).
I gotta give that kid in the video kudos, he was really good with rolling with it (at least from what I saw, only watched half).
Rollins schtick is great in the same vein that 80s/90s campy action and B movies were: the edge was in earnest in a pre-internet era of naivete. This can't be emulated in good faith today where people should know better. Unlike a whole lot of other people from that era, he's done a great job moving on and getting up with the times. He also seems like a good guy at heart who constantly battles his inner demons to keep them in check: see pent up rage and aggression. He had a really fucked up traumatic experience in his late 20s where he was nearly murdered but got away while his friend and roommate was not so lucky (he was shot and killed by the same people chasing Henry as part of an armed robbery). So along with mental illness, this dude is definitely battling very real PTSD.
Edit: apparently he was also sexually assaulted as a child and teenager. He seems like he's been through a lot of fucked up stuff.
Edit: apparently he was also sexually assaulted as a child and teenager. He seems like he's been through a lot of fucked up stuff.
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Isn't she also married to Mike Watt of Minutemen. Minutemen and Black Flag was my jam.
