Henry Rollins

I came back to Los Angeles a few days ago with 32 shows behind me on this tour, in England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. I arrived with a fair stack of records from shops in many of these countries. I was......

In Switzerland at the moment. Ah, the memories! This is from a journal entry from this day, 29 years ago, when I was in Geneva for the first time: 02-23-83 Geneva, Switzerland At the hotel. We played real tight. The toughest skinheads were total chickenshit. A guy threw a cup......

KCRW Broadcast #152 for Saturday, February 18, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! For Those Suffering Valentine's Day Heartbreak Fanatics! I am sitting on the tour bus, behind the venue, here in Bologna, Italy. Show in about fifty minutes. After that, we sit here for a few hours and......

One of the best romantic messengers is, of course, music. And then when it's over and you are at the bottom of the well, there is music for that situation, too. When you are on your feet again and ready to get back into the game, there is also a......

KCRW Broadcast #151 for Saturday, February 11, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! I'm Not Dead Yet Fanatics! Cold much? Scandinavia has all the cold you could ever want. I am sitting in the airport in Helsinki, Finland, waiting for a flight to Frankfurt. From there we will go......

A few days ago, I was sitting backstage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, in the same area where I was with Black Flag, touring Europe with the Minutemen in 1983. Preshow, I often sit in that room and focus on a spot where I remember watching D Boon and Mike......

KCRW Broadcast #150 for Saturday, February 4, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Hands Are Groping Me, Breasts Are Pushed Into Me Fanatics! Coming to you from freezing Scandinavia! I am on a rare night off in Copenhagen, Denmark. Some amazing records stores up here, Fanatic! Last several days......

Time becomes fluid and is then smashed, compressed, elongated by miles and then slammed into a wall and rearranged. It is force-fed periodic sleep, border crossings, long nights onstage, visits to the gym and a never-ending series of small rooms to spend time in before and after the shows and......

I am in Bristol, England. The cold outside has permeated the walls of the utilitarian backstage area where I am waiting before I walk out onstage. I have an electric heater pulled in front of me and occasionally warm my hands over it so I can keep writing. The cold......