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Feb
When Rollins Came To Town
Another week has gone by already - where’d it go?
Last weekend the one and only Henry Rollins came to Aberdeen for the ‘first time in 47 years’ as he put it. (Happy birthday on the 13th, Hank 
) If you’ve never heard his spoken word stuff it comes highly recommended.
Basically this 47 year old survivor of early 80’s punk came bounding on to stage, talked for three hours solid without hardly drawing a breath, and made you think, scream with laughter, wince, jump, smile and just be all round envious of a man that’s done so much with his life, but with the knowledge that it was anything but easy.
He talks about life on the road, America, diverts into hysterical anecdotes about David Lee Roth, how he joined in a near-riot in Islamabad the day after Bhutto was assassinated, back to Bush & Iraq onto meeting Iggy Pop, leading The Ruts on stage, women attempting to marry him off in Iran, chewing off a chair leg in a Taxi driver’s home in the Lebanon before joining Nick Cave on stage in San Francisco.
The man is a genius, and never less than entertaining, provocative and top value. If you can’t see him live, grab a CD from his website.
Come back soon Henry!
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February 11th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Ah, the barbed wire incident…
February 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
He was able to do such a performance because the man is a real musician, not like most of the “artists” today, who are in it solely for the money or the fame!
If you came to think about it, most of the older musicians are pretty much like him. Real artists, that is
February 13th, 2008 at 1:51 am
This video is seriously funny. He is genius and he is always trying to create a some value with the audience. He don’t talk alone and talk his own talk!
February 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I love this guy, a true artist.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I will have to satisfy myself with the CD.
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
:-0 Dirty girl!
Rollins is good value, even on CD.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
i love him too! great!