henry rollins

While everyone is self-isolating, we’re all looking for ways to fill our time. Why not spend it digging into some of the classic bands you’ve always been meaning to learn about but haven’t been able to? With the amount of spare time everyone has, sitting down and listening to an iconic band’s entire discography is […]

Jimmy Webb, beloved stylist and buyer at New York City’s Trash And Vaudeville and more recently his own shop called I NEED MORE  has passed away. The cause of death has not yet been reported. However, it was known that Webb was battling cancer.  Webb impacted many notable musicians from Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong […]

When foundational Brazilian death-thrashers Sepultura recorded “Rise Above” as a bonus track for their 2001 album, Nation, they understood the power of that call to arms. Black Flag have always been the rebel music of society’s rejects. The rock ‘n’ roll process has always been an intensification of whatever came before it. Elvis and Chuck […]

This season is all about giving, and the bands we obsess over all year long often host holiday concerts during this time of year to give something back to their communities. While some such as Every Time I Die have made it a tradition for well over a decade, others such as August Burns Red […]

The recent announcement of the 2020 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame came out yesterday. While the Hall’s list is truly a well-rounded roll call of sonic and cultural bastions, it does make this particular grampire wonder when the genre and culture of hardcore will get its due as sonic […]

There’s nothing better than cracking the spine on a new story on Book Lovers day. OK, maybe listening to your favorite artist or band. What if you could combine the two? You can. Look no further than this list of 10 books written by your favorite musicians to merge your love of melodic lyrics with […]

We’re fast approaching the third season of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, and now we have a precise date to mark on our calendars. The horror-themed drag show began on YouTube, but the new season will also premiere on a streaming service for the first time this fall. Read more: twenty one pilots make history with […]

Life is hard, and sometimes all it takes are a few words of wisdom to remind you that while everyone struggles, hard times are often where we learn the most valuable lessons. Consider this our vastly superior version of those boring motivational posters that are really big in office buildings. Let these inspirational quotes from […]

There are thousands of podcasts out there, and more are uploaded each day. While there’s plenty of podcasts about music, we wanted to switch perspectives and introduce you to some created by the musicians themselves. Go ahead and take a break from streaming music to try out one of these podcasts or radio shows hosted […]

Having worked in the music industry for over a decade, I’ve heard an astronomical amount of major BS from bands in my career. Not only do I often get to play the part of a grown adult’s babysitter/manager/boss sometimes, but as their primary investor, I dump tons of money into their career (with no guarantee […]

Tom Morello and Pussy Riot member Nadya are the latest headliners announced for Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival‘s SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent, where speakers such as Henry Rollins and comedians including Pauly Shore and Andrew Dice Clay are scheduled to entertain at the new festival. Rock On The Range’s co-creator Danny Wimmer Presents announced […]

[Photo by: Heidi May]  Henry Rollins is a bona fide punk-rock legend in the music industry. After joining the pioneering hardcore band Black Flag in 1981, he became known for his untamed performances fronting Rollins Band as well as many solo spoken-word tours  fuelled by  his abrasive, yet charming personality. He’s notoriously known for his […]

After four films as the legendary spy, Daniel Craig recently revealed that he’d rather “slash his wrists” than play James Bond in a movie again, so we’re guessing he won’t be signing up for the next installment in the franchise. British actors Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Damian Lewis are all rumored to be in […]

Henry Rollins has posted a preliminary apology for his recent blog post on Robin Williams for LA Weekly where he wrote “I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves,” among other controversy-causing remarks in a post titled Fuck Suicide. LA Weekly will publish Rollins' follow-up piece this Monday, August 25, but Rollins himself has released the […]

Never one to mince words, Henry Rollins has turned his pen on Robin Williams' suicide in the latest entry of his weekly blog series, inviting gobs of controvery in the process. Read an excerpt of Rollins' thoughts below: “On more than one of my USO tours, Robin Williams had been on the same stage a few […]

Henry Rollins may not be making music anymore, but the L.A. Weekly columnist did list his favorite 20 punk albums yesterday. Check out the list below or click here to check out the article: “Rollins: This list is in no particular order. Lists like these often get confusing because they beg the question, what is Punk? […]

Henry Rollins (former frontman of Black Flag) has posted on the L.A. Weekly blog about why he isn't playing music anymore. Since the first break-up of Black Flag in 1986, Rollins has done everything from performing, writing, activism, publishing and acting to his current job of being a radio host at the KCRW station. With the reunion […]

Good For You Life Is Too Short To Not Hold A Grudge The return of Greg Ginn to the heated, heavy sound he helped foment as the leader of Black Flag is a welcome one, even if this new project does come on the heels of the announcement that he is recording a new Black […]

Henry Rollins professed his love for noise music in his latest LA Weekly blog. Read an excerpt below and the full article here. “One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some […]