Henry Rollins
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Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American Grammy Award-winning hardcore/punk singer/songwriter; spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality; occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. He is most famous for his work with the hardcore punk band Black Flag.
Trivia
- Rollins appeared as himself in the video game Def Jam: Fight for NY as the main character's trainer. His Blazing Move in the game is called 2.13.61 which is, in fact, his actual date of birth.
- Rollins makes a cameo appearance in the music video for 3rd Bass "Pop Goes the Weasel" as a "Vanilla Ice" parody character.
- He now has a show on an independent rock station based out of Santa Monica and Newport Beach.
Discography
Musical releases
- 1987 Drive by Shooting
- 1987 Hot Animal Machine
- 2000 Iommi - Laughing Man (In The Devil Mask)
Spoken word releases
- 1985 Short Walk on a Long Pier
- 1987 Big Ugly Mouth
- 1989 Sweatbox
- 1990 Live at McCabe's
- 1992 Human Butt
- 1992 Deep Throat
- 1993 The Boxed Life
- 1994 Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag ( Audio book)
- 1996 Everything (Audio Book)
- 1997 Black Coffee Blues (Audio Book)
- 1998 Think Tank
- 1999 Eric the Pilot
- 2001 A Rollins in the Wry
- 2001 Live at the Westbeth Theatre
- 2003 Talk Is Cheap Vol I
- 2003 Talk Is Cheap Vol II
- 2003 Nights Behind the Tree Line
- 2004 Talk Is Cheap Vol III
- 2004 Talk Is Cheap Vol IV
Spoken word DVDs
- 1998 You Saw Me Up There
- 2001 Talking from the Box/Live in London
- 2001 Up for It
- 2003 Live @ Luna Park
- 2005 Shock & Awe
- 2005 Live in the Conversation Pit(Australia)
- 2006 Live in the Conversation Pit(USA)
State of Alert releases
- No Policy (1981)
Black Flag releases
- Damaged (1981)
- TV Party (EP) (1982)
- My War (1984)
- Slip It In (1984)
- Family Man (1984)
- Live '84 (1984)
- Loose Nut (1985)
- In My Head (1985)
- Who's Got the 10 1/2? (1986)
- Wasted...Again (1987)
- I Can See You (1989)
- Annihilate This Week (1990)
Rollins Band releases
- Life Time (1988)
- Hard Volume (1989)
- Turned On (Live)(1990)
- The End of Silence (1992)
- Weight (1994)
- Come in and Burn (1997)
- Get Some Go Again (2000)
- A Clockwork Orange Stage (Live) (2000)
- Yellow Blues (2000)
- Nice (2001)
- A Nicer Shade of Red (2001)
- The Only Way to Know For Sure (Live) (2002)
- Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (2002)
- Come in and Burn Sessions (2004)
- Get Some Go Again Sessions (2005)
Wartime releases
- Fast Food For Thought (1994)
Minor Threat releases
- First Demo Tape (2003) (Backing vocals as "Henry Garfield" recorded 1981)
Books
- 1000 Ways to Die 2.13.61 Publications
- Knife Street 2.13.61 Publications
- Pissing in the Gene Pool 2.13.61 Publications
- End to End 2.13.61 Publications
- Body Bag - Compilation of Two Thirteen Sixy One, End To End and Polio Flesh. Creation Press.
- Art To Choke Hearts 2.13.61 Publications
- One from None - Collected work 1987 Publishers 2.13.61 Publications 1991 ISBN 1-880985-04-7
- See A Grown Man Cry 2.13.61 Publications
- Black Coffee Blues 2.13.61 Pubns.
- High Adventure In The Great Outdoors 2.13.61 Pubns, (1992) ISBN # 1-880985-02-0 (Originally Published as three volumes, 2.13.61, End to End, and Polio Flesh)
- Now Watch Him Die 2.13.61 Publications, 1993
- Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag 2.13.61 Publications (1994) ISBN 1-880985-24-1
- Eye Scream 2.13.61 Pubns, (October 1996) ISBN 1-880985-32-2
- See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die 2.13.61 Pubns, (August 1997) ISBN 1-880985-37-3
- Henry Rollins: The First Five 2.13.61 Pubns, (October 1997) ISBN 1-880985-51-9
- Solipsist 2.13.61 Publications, (August 1998) ISBN 1-880985-59-4
- The Portable Henry Rollins Villard, (February 10, 1998) ISBN 0-375-75000-2
- Do I Come Here Often? (Black Coffee Blues, Pt. 2), Shannon Wheeler (Illustrator) 2.13.61 Pubns, (December 1998) ISBN 1-880985-61-6
- Smile, You're Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Part 3) 2.13.61 Pubns, (October 1, 2000) ISBN 1-880985-69-1
- Broken Summers 2.13.61 Publications, (November 2003) ISBN 1-880985-75-6
- Unwelcomed Songs Two Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns, (September 2002) ISBN 1-880985-71-3
- Fanatic! Song lists and notes from the Harmony In My Head Radio Show 2.13.61 publications, 2005
- Roomanitarian 2.13.61 publications, Nov. 2005
- A Dull Roar 2.13.61 publications, Nov. 2006
Film and video
- Wrong Turn 2 (2007) - Dale Murphy
- American Hardcore (2006) - Himself
- Feast (2006) - Coach
- The Alibi (2005) - Putty
- Punk Attitude (2004) Documentary - Himself
- The Drew Carey Show (2004) TV Series - Thug from Ebay
- Henry's Film Corner (2004) TV Series - Host
- Teen Titans (2004) (voice) — Johnny Rancid
- Deathdealer: A Documentary (2004) - Vincent
- Def Jam: Fight for NY (2004)(VG) - Himself
- Live Freaky Die Freaky (2003)(voice)
- Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (2003)(VG)(voice) - Mace Griffin
- A House on a Hill (2003) - Arthur
- Bad Boys II (2003) - TNT Leader
- Psychic Murders (2002) (V) - Johnny Miracle
- Jackass: The Movie (2002) - Himself (cameo)
- Shadow Realm (2002)(TV)
- The New Guy (2002) - Warden
- " Dogtown and Z-Boys" (2001) Documentary - Himself
- Time Lapse (2001) (V) - Gaines
- Scenes of the Crime (2001) - Greg
- Night Visions (2001) TV Series (uncredited) - Host
- The Human Journey (2000) TV special - Narrator
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)(V)(voice) - Benjamin 'Ben' Knox/Bonk
- Batman Beyond (1999) TV Series - Mad Stan
- Desperate But Not Serious (1999) - Bartender
- Morgan's Ferry (1999) - Monroe
- Jack Frost (1998) - Sid Gronic
- Lost Highway (1997) - Guard Henry
- Walker: Texas Ranger (1996) TV Series - Credited as the man with no neck
- Heat (1995) - Hugh Benny
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995) - Spider
- The Chase (1994) - Officer Dobbs
- The Right Side of My Brain (1984)
- Dennis Miller Live - Guest (1995)