Henry Rollins
☼ Born on 13 December 1961, in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
BiographyIn describing Henry Rollins, the tendency is to try to squeeze as many labels as possible into a single sentence but if Henry Rollins could be reduced to a single word, that word would undoubtedly be "workaholic." When he's not traveling, Rollins prefers a to keep a relentless schedule full of work, with gigs as an actor, author, DJ, voice-over artist and TV show host to name a few of the roles that keep his schedule full.
Rollins has toured the world as a spoken word artist, as frontman for both Rollins Band and Black Flag and as a solitary traveler with insatiable curiosity, favoring road-less-traveled locales in places such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Siberia, North Korea, South Sudan and Iran.
Henry hosts a weekly radio show on L.A.'s renowned NPR affiliate KCRW, in addition to writing weekly columns for the LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia. Henry received the prestigious Ray Bradbury Creativity Award in recognition for his lifelong contribution to the arts, his passion for social activism, as well as his intense passion for the importance of maintaining books and libraries.
In the role of actor
NXNE 2014: Riot on the Dance Floor (13/06/2014)
In the town of Trenton, NJ, there was a ramshackle club called “King Tut’s City Gardens.” The club’s main concert promoter during its heyday was Randy “Now” Ellis, who booked over 4000 bands at the club. During its lifetime, City Gardens hosted everything from underground punk bands to upstart alternative rockers. Riot of the Dance […]
Downloaded (27/04/2013)
I was in my late-teens when Napster and file sharing began to take off and I can vividly remember the huge controversy it generated. After decades of buying music on vinyl and CDs, here was this software that allowed you to download high quality songs to your computer. While downloading music and movies is commonplace […]