Henry Rollins on electronic music and DJS
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
If I told him he was full of shit, would he hit me or could we have a civilised discussion?He's an archetypal toughguy. His whole raison d'etre is pulling weights and shouting.
He's blatantly full of steroids
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He's pretty articulate.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Because The Getaway isn't in it?
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
He's an archetypal toughguy. His whole raison d'etre is pulling weights and shouting.
He's blatantly full of steroids
There's elements of truth in all of the above. A friend of mine was in a band who supported the Rollins Band on a few tours and she formed a bit of a relationship with Henry subsequently - or another way of putting it might be that he got a bit obsessive about her. And from what i heard from her and band colleagues i would say the following.
Afaik, he's so anti-steriods its untrue (which is in keeping with his anti-drug stance generally), but he does love the body beautiful i.e. his own. He is an articulate guy, can be bitingly funny but also, he obviously does have some serious issues with anger management to this day. He does enjoy playing the agent provacateur, but that rant linked to was just lazy diatribe and very very poor imvho. I've seen him do spoken word many times and he was fantastic but i would have walked out of that show - even the audience seem luke-warm.
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Henry is anti-drugs, ant-booze and anti-12 step.
The body builder thing goes back to his time at Military Acadamy and him being Garfield the Wimp.
His admits in song, prose and poetry to being obsessive about (failed) relationships and (unobtainable) women...all in his head.
His spoekn word stuff is my least favourite of his work, although some of his early poetry is excrutiating.
I love love love adnauseum his music.
/fanboy
The body builder thing goes back to his time at Military Acadamy and him being Garfield the Wimp.
His admits in song, prose and poetry to being obsessive about (failed) relationships and (unobtainable) women...all in his head.
His spoekn word stuff is my least favourite of his work, although some of his early poetry is excrutiating.
I love love love adnauseum his music.
/fanboy
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
He's been dining out on that dead mate of his for years
(I won't say that to his face though)
(I won't say that to his face though)
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Tough one, mate. Tough one. Guilt, plain and simple.
"So many step up, so few of you cross the line
Talk is talk
Kill is kill"
Guilt. Bottled it?
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Sadly, i think there's a strong degree of truth in that.
(Neither would I)
chico enrico
No hair shows you care.
ah, so in other words he's an emotionally retarded, immature pathetic geek? jolly good.
and he's not funny.
and well funny thaat he got knocked on his ass by a guy about a third of his size when he tried to show off act tough outside compendium after doing a reading there years ago. what a dick.
chico enrico
No hair shows you care.
yea, and if you are a rational and balanced person you'd fucking get over it and not try to use it as a justification for your shitty art and speeded up manowar type tetosterone hardcore for the following quarter century.
lots of people see worse things than that. i bet watching a parent die from a terminal disease is a lot more haunting.
just not everyone makes a career out of it.
actually, he truly is a fucking pathetic and worthless individual the more i think of it. (quite liked 'damaged' though)
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I'm not sure he uses it as a justification for his 'art' at all. I think it's more driven by guilt. Most of his references to Joe Cole are dedications, albeit I've heard him do a spoken word piece on the shooting. Possibly more odious was the reaction of Cole's father.
His music rocks my world massively.
He's not funny. I agree on that point. Never cared much for his didactic chat.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
What a talented individual:
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CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
i'm a big fan of rollins.
his spoken word stuff and music.
as for loving 'himself,' when does he talk about himself?
i've watched him twice in london doing spoken word.
he's engaging, talks alot on racism, music, homophobia, inequality etc...
but his music/lyrics is what i love the most.
and his views on body and diet.
his spoken word stuff and music.
as for loving 'himself,' when does he talk about himself?
i've watched him twice in london doing spoken word.
he's engaging, talks alot on racism, music, homophobia, inequality etc...
but his music/lyrics is what i love the most.
and his views on body and diet.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
And Hank.
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he's done loads of stuff with alsorts. ome of his work with Lydia Lunch is interesting for those who like that kind of thing. And his label releases a lot of stuff from the left field.
but it only happened in what 1991? and he has made like 1 song and maybe 1 spoken word routine about it, in amongst about 50 million other things on other subjects. i am not that keen on his stuff myself but it's silly hanging him for stuff he didn't do.
tell the story!
CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
he's more nietzsche than marx.
LMAO
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