Henry Rollins

Education

Career

Principal, public, 2.13.61 Records, Los Angeles principal, Human Pitbull Music Public.

Achievements

• Henry Rollins has been listed as a notable Musician, author, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• audio book

  • Get in the Van: Life on the Road With Black Flag 1994
  • Nights Behind The Tree Line 2004
  • Everything 1996

• book

  • Broken Summers
  • Fanatic!
  • Eye Scream
  • Bang!
  • The First Five
  • Black Coffee Blues
  • A Dull Roar: What I Did on My Summer Deracination 2006
  • Solipsist
  • Before the Chop IV
  • A Preferred Blur: Reflections, Inspections, and Travel in All Directions
  • The Portable Henry Rollins
  • Occupants
  • Do I Come Here Often?
  • Smile, You're Travelling

• movie

  • Heat
  • Lost Highway
  • The Chase
  • Scenes of the Crime
  • The New Guy

• music

  • Weight 1994
  • Who's Got the 10½? 1986
  • Hot Animal Machine 1987
  • Get Some Go Again 2000
  • The End of Silence Demos 2002
  • My War 1984
  • Nice 2001
  • Insert Band Here 1999
  • Come In And Burn 1997
  • Turned on 1990

• spoken word

  • Provoked 2008
  • Talk Is Cheap: Volume 2 2003
  • Live At The Westbeth Theater 2001
  • A Rollins In The Wry 2001
  • Eric, the Pilot 1999
  • Think Tank 1998
  • Human Butt 1992
  • Big Ugly Mouth 1987
  • Live At McCabe's

• spoken word video

  • Live At Luna Park 2004
  • Shock & Awe: The Tour 2005
  • Uncut from NYC 2006
  • Provoked: Live From Melbourne 2008
  • Up For It 2001
  • You Saw Me Up There 1998
  • Talking From The Box 1993

Connections

Father:

Paul Garfield

Mother:

Iris Garfield

After his parents divorced, Rollins lived with his music-loving mother.

Great-grandfather:

Henry Luban

Friend:

Ian MacKaye

One of Rollins' closest personal friends is musician Ian MacKaye: the two have been close since they met as children in Washington, D.C.

Friend:

Joe Cole

Joe Cole, son of actor Dennis Cole, was Rollins' best friend. They were involved in a shooting when they were assaulted by robbers in December 1991 outside their shared Venice Beach, California home. Cole died after being shot in the face, but Rollins escaped. The murder remains unsolved.

Friend:

William Shatner

Rollins enjoys a friendship with the actor William Shatner which developed after he performed on Shatner's album "Has Been".

References

• Turned On: A Biography of Henry Rollins