Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins
Born: Feb 13, 1961 in Washington, D.C.
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Genre: Rock, Spoken Word
Styles: College Rock, American Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Metal
Biography: In the '90s, Henry Rollins emerged as a post-punk renaissance man, without the self-conscious trappings that plagued such '80s artists as David Byrne. Following Black Flag's breakup in 1986, Rollins was been relentlessly busy, recording albums with the Rollins Band, writing books and poetry, performing ...Read full biography
Weight
Released: 1994
Label: IMAGO
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On Weight, the Rollins Band is able to mix the musicians' love for jazz with a blindingly direct hard rock assault, making a twisted form of metal-jazz. Henry Rollins' lyrics have also begun to move away ...Read full review
The Boxed Life - Double-length Live Performance
Released: 1993
Label: IMAGO
Critics' Rating:
Rollins' spoken-word records are comedy records, more like Lenny Bruce or Richard Pryor than Andrew Dice Clay or Eddie Murphy. Underneath all the laughter there are some serious themes; the humor is drawn ...Read full review
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