Henry doesn't buy the mythology of rock. He enjoys rock, but doesn't turn it into something "special". In his bands, he rocked and tore the sh*t up in concert and didn't need a legacy in the "rock hall of fame". He simply rocked while he was young and left the door open for you to step in and do it yourself.
This is the nicest ive seen henry, he's being entirely sincere and holds passion behind his answer rather than saying what people want to hear which is why i admire the man, he's a real dude and real about what his music projects and has great charisma as you should be being an iconic vocalist
I know that people love to hate Henry, but I just love to love Henry. I emailed him once when I was withdrawing from drugs, kinda manic, and he actually responded. It was a short, throw away response...not much, you could tell he wasnt feeling my email too much, but he thanked me for taking the time to write him and it meant the world to me then.
People hate him because his philosophy mocks and shits on everyone else's. That's how society works if u don't rotate in the same cycle they condemn u.
@@godloveszazawhat? He expresses his opinions, and is generally more gratious than most to opposing views. That said, I just want to be clear that I never asked "why do people hate Henry Rollins?" I said that people love to hate him, I never asked why. I just dont care. Btw, I am the OP, but this is my main account.
I love how Henry's into the Grateful Dead! At face value their music is very different but they share that strong sense of authenticity, freedom and individuality through music.
Constantly touring with no money or food and constantly fighting/getting the shit beat out of you/experiencing violence for a few years would make anyone a bit cynical
Met Henry the same year in Syracuse, N.Y. Talked with him for a while (probably an hour) .Was really surprised he didn't mind . Pretty sure The Grateful Dead was mentioned a few times as I was really into the Dead at the time.
Yes over time your views change you evolve as a human being and you grow I hope to God everybody does that you keep your core values and who you are but processes change you have to evolve with the times yeah Henry's great I've seen you spoken word over 10 times phenomenal..
Yeah the whole Black Flag seems to have happened in one brief run of intensity that was all over not so long after it all kicked off. I never realised that as a 15 year old fan in the late 80s / early 90s
I would say he didn’t have anything to do with the writing of those exact songs but I get your point. He definitely sang about the topics of isolation and depression 🖤
"I get off" "somebody elses trip, man" "this blues cat" "I love the greatful dead" Classic punk rocker. Henry rules. He was so fucking spot on with his analysis of Springsteen I've thought the same thing forever. Guy is such a hack. ALMOST as bad as formulaic country music about my pickup truck my woman and my beer
10:50: on Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA is much more a critique of the government and society at the time than nationalism. Maybe a bit of both, maybe a celebration of the working man, average working class american, but mostly it's about the mistreatment of Vietnam veterans... I think young Rollins was just judring off the chorus and the mainstream appeal and commercial success... Like so often, Bruce is good (when he's good) but overrated but that doesn't take away from the music that it's overrated.
You're insulting Bruce's intelligence that he doesn't recognize the commercial viability of pandering while keeping lyrics vague enough to have plausible deniability.
Haha I just love what he says about Bruce Springsteen 😄 it's just fucking true like it are not nothing against Bruce but his music really is about the guy working at the gas station and being proud of it haha why the fuck would anyone be proud of that love some of the things Henry says but I don't agree with all of them actually I barely agree with anything he says in modern times lol but what he said about Bruce is just true lol
He was certainly a different man as a young man. I guess most of us could stay the same. Well.. Old men like me can say that. I was 10 years old when this interview was recorded and I knew not of bands which didn't appear in the Top 40.
Black Flag didn't have long hair when they started out and Rollins was totally bald when he joined. If anyone gave them crap about having long hair, then it was later.
So he knows nothing about heavy metal but then immediately contradicts himself with describing heavy metal fans name checks Motley Crue. He mocks Springsteen for his nationalism when Springsteen was criticizing the US in Born in the USA. I'm not a Springsteen fan but he also criticizes him for not offering solutions in his songs. What Black Flag songs offer solutions, lol?
"Have you ever heard of a San Francisco band called Metallica?" "Ive heard like one thing on the radio, it didnt do much for me." LOL Pretty sure Metallica wasnt on the radio back then unless it was some small college stations maybe.
Seemingly no bands in the history of bands were ever influenced or even remotely interested in Metallica at any point in their career. I am yet to see them listed among any musicians influences. Odd isn't it.
Big fan of Henry and Black Flag and never got into Bruce Springsteen, however, Henrry was way off the mark when he suggest that Springsteen and his music was all about patriotism and nationalism. Born in the the U.S.A. was more of an indictment of the country in it's involvement of the Vietnam War and how the veterans were victims themselves. All that aside, I'm more inspired by the song, Rise Above than Born in the U.S.A.!
Although I think Springsteen is a garbage human being he is a very talented musician and songwriter. Why is it that some musicians automatically claim anyone that has ever sought an ounce of commercial success or financial gain has proven they have no talent by doing so? The whole starving, artist suffering for their art, schtick is an absurd joke. Music is subjective. Conversely not every unknown band is great either. Most of them suck in fact.
Right, Springsteen is not a Patriot and neither is that song. And I AM a Patriot so I know this. Lol Henry Rollins seems like an arrogant pr*ck that ppl bowel down to and see as a "God" if u ask me. He's so arrogant to believe that his band Black Flag is so original that they don't even belong to a general genre. Gtfo. Even if that were true, way to stay humble man. Humility is not a trait of his.
@@serioussowhy1011 He was definitely very passionate, but he also thought he was always right, and that everyone else was wrong. He was one of those people that "had all the answers", even when he was full of crap. He's not like that now
i like what he says about these other bands. Metallica has always sucked. Springsteen is a fake. U2 is awful. Duran Duran had some good songs but they are like the UK's Eagles. They are terrible.
Metallica’s first three albums are influential groundbreaking classics! If you don’t like Metal, then that says it all… You have a soft spot for Duran Duran though! 🤣
Henry doesn't buy the mythology of rock. He enjoys rock, but doesn't turn it into something "special". In his bands, he rocked and tore the sh*t up in concert and didn't need a legacy in the "rock hall of fame". He simply rocked while he was young and left the door open for you to step in and do it yourself.
This is the nicest ive seen henry, he's being entirely sincere and holds passion behind his answer rather than saying what people want to hear which is why i admire the man, he's a real dude and real about what his music projects and has great charisma as you should be being an iconic vocalist
I know that people love to hate Henry, but I just love to love Henry. I emailed him once when I was withdrawing from drugs, kinda manic, and he actually responded. It was a short, throw away response...not much, you could tell he wasnt feeling my email too much, but he thanked me for taking the time to write him and it meant the world to me then.
He did this for me too. Exactly
He's a good guy, and an amazing storyteller.
People hate him because his philosophy mocks and shits on everyone else's. That's how society works if u don't rotate in the same cycle they condemn u.
That's pretty cool
@@godloveszazawhat? He expresses his opinions, and is generally more gratious than most to opposing views. That said, I just want to be clear that I never asked "why do people hate Henry Rollins?"
I said that people love to hate him, I never asked why. I just dont care.
Btw, I am the OP, but this is my main account.
I love how Henry's into the Grateful Dead! At face value their music is very different but they share that strong sense of authenticity, freedom and individuality through music.
Interesting comparison
bearly in his mid 20s here and still has the wisdom, courage & mindset of somebody decades older.
He was 24, so his mid-20's.
This might be my favorite video ever. It’s just peak Rollins cynicism and it’s relieving.
I was very impressed myself when I stumbled upon it.
2:00 to 5:00 ... it's so rare to see this wisdom in someone so young
Henry spitting truth in the first 3 minutes that is forever solid advice.
"If you've got time to cut someone down they you're not busy enough doing your own thing."
Constantly touring with no money or food and constantly fighting/getting the shit beat out of you/experiencing violence for a few years would make anyone a bit cynical
The black flag Years were intense and brutal for sure.
Not long it was the end of Black Flag and Rollins went solo. An fascinating historical interview.
Glad to see this back up. It's a classic!
Probably one of my favorite interviews ever
Dang. Henry got to see Grateful Dead live with Jerry Garcia! So jealous rn!!!
Amazing interview
❤️Legend🔥
I love Henry and Ian.
Met Henry the same year in Syracuse, N.Y. Talked with him for a while (probably an hour) .Was really surprised he didn't mind . Pretty sure The Grateful Dead was mentioned a few times as I was really into the Dead at the time.
He loves every single artist he named in this interview now. People grow up...thank God
Yes over time your views change you evolve as a human being and you grow I hope to God everybody does that you keep your core values and who you are but processes change you have to evolve with the times yeah Henry's great I've seen you spoken word over 10 times phenomenal..
@@georgeprendergast8305 The man can talk, that's for sure.
That's historical context. Apparently in mid 80s you had to explain who John Lee Hooker was! Sorry state of affairs for mainstream music journalism.
I never thought I'd get to see Henry Rollins interviewed by Paul Stanley
I'm still looking for his album "shiny new gun" 😆
5:27 " There is nothing human about duran duran" Henry Rollins 1985
And a year later, Black Flag was done...
Yeah the whole Black Flag seems to have happened in one brief run of intensity that was all over not so long after it all kicked off. I never realised that as a 15 year old fan in the late 80s / early 90s
"Its really isolating music, it's depressing" *writes songs called Padded Cell, Damaged and Depression*
@@JMarinelli don't care
@@JMarinelli didn't ask plus you're white
I would say he didn’t have anything to do with the writing of those exact songs but I get your point. He definitely sang about the topics of isolation and depression 🖤
Greg Ginn wrote the lyrics for those songs, not Henry.
Reminds me so much of Dave Mustaine. Said the same thing about categorizing Megadeth in “Decline…2…”
Henry Rollins was on LSD when he saw The Grateful Dead and he's still coming down, lol
Very intelligent guy
Imagine Henry at his age currently (old) doing that thing during an interview today haha
Ok, that's it, the opinion on Springsteen sold me!
JIm Morrison + Ritalin = Henry Rollins circa 1985
Big highlight at 2:49 and ending at 4:34 .
"I get off"
"somebody elses trip, man"
"this blues cat"
"I love the greatful dead"
Classic punk rocker. Henry rules.
He was so fucking spot on with his analysis of Springsteen I've thought the same thing forever. Guy is such a hack. ALMOST as bad as formulaic country music about my pickup truck my woman and my beer
"Have you heard of a new band called Metallica?" I love these old interviews.
10:50: on Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA is much more a critique of the government and society at the time than nationalism. Maybe a bit of both, maybe a celebration of the working man, average working class american, but mostly it's about the mistreatment of Vietnam veterans... I think young Rollins was just judring off the chorus and the mainstream appeal and commercial success... Like so often, Bruce is good (when he's good) but overrated but that doesn't take away from the music that it's overrated.
You're insulting Bruce's intelligence that he doesn't recognize the commercial viability of pandering while keeping lyrics vague enough to have plausible deniability.
Yet again another interview of this man being a super Hip a crip
Don't you mean Hypocrite ?
Bone apple tea
@@FirstNameLastName-zs5pq no he meant hip a crip, the exact opposite of a collar bone a blood
Haha I just love what he says about Bruce Springsteen 😄 it's just fucking true like it are not nothing against Bruce but his music really is about the guy working at the gas station and being proud of it haha why the fuck would anyone be proud of that love some of the things Henry says but I don't agree with all of them actually I barely agree with anything he says in modern times lol but what he said about Bruce is just true lol
Lmao, "I don't care about heavy metal"
>side b of my war heavily influenced by black sabbath
>In my head their most metal influenced album
Yes I couldn't help but notice that 'mysterious' statement either. The mind boggles.
@@kingfuckingkong Wonder how he looks back on this now lmao
He was probably referring to more glam stuff
yeah he probably saw it as hard rock
i mean black sabbath
Who remembers the Henry Rollins show that came on the IFC channel back in the 90s??!
That was much later I thought. I remember watching it when I was like 13 and he was aging. That was like 2008 or something.
@@JayZombie1216 maybe 2005, 2006. He did his last tour with Rollins Band during that era
Holy shit, something real.
Garfield spends a lot of time caring about not caring
13:50 to hear about something Henry actually likes .... with caveats.
He was certainly a different man as a young man. I guess most of us could stay the same. Well.. Old men like me can say that. I was 10 years old when this interview was recorded and I knew not of bands which didn't appear in the Top 40.
Sometimes it was cool back in the day saying you hated stuff though you were a closet fan
Black Flag didn't have long hair when they started out and Rollins was totally bald when he joined. If anyone gave them crap about having long hair, then it was later.
I agree. I guess asking him about the origins of the band wasn’t a great question for him at this time. He just went off on an odd tangent
Exactly, and I think they grew their hair out just to fuck with fans
Henry : I don't have time to put other bands down.
Also Henry: U2, how does anybody buy any of this crap?
Lol
he probably means bands that dont have as many resources or an audience like U2, fuck U2 lmao
but U2 is diarrea
That's the one exception lol
Agreed. U2 is the worst
omg taylor momsen fan
So he knows nothing about heavy metal but then immediately contradicts himself with describing heavy metal fans name checks Motley Crue. He mocks Springsteen for his nationalism when Springsteen was criticizing the US in Born in the USA. I'm not a Springsteen fan but he also criticizes him for not offering solutions in his songs. What Black Flag songs offer solutions, lol?
I still think it's funny henry said I don't think much about Metallica lol
Wow, Rollins knew nothing about Born in the USA. 🤣
The eighties.
the best
24 year old Rollins
more mature and intelligent compared to the 24 yr old "children" these days.
I was 3 months old then, 😆
lol #okmillenial
I was 5 months to the day. Lol
"Have you ever heard of a San Francisco band called Metallica?"
"Ive heard like one thing on the radio, it didnt do much for me."
LOL Pretty sure Metallica wasnt on the radio back then unless it was some small college stations maybe.
it was believe it or not, Flea from RHCP also mentioned hearing "Fight fire with fire" on the radio! man imagine that, peak Metallica on the radio...
@@djeddjole
Maybe Flea was listening to a college radio station.
Seemingly no bands in the history of bands were ever influenced or even remotely interested in Metallica at any point in their career. I am yet to see them listed among any musicians influences. Odd isn't it.
@@kingfuckingkong What about Gojira?
KUSF you imbeciles
Big fan of Henry and Black Flag and never got into Bruce Springsteen, however, Henrry was way off the mark when he suggest that Springsteen and his music was all about patriotism and nationalism. Born in the the U.S.A. was more of an indictment of the country in it's involvement of the Vietnam War and how the veterans were victims themselves. All that aside, I'm more inspired by the song, Rise Above than Born in the U.S.A.!
Although I think Springsteen is a garbage human being he is a very talented musician and songwriter. Why is it that some musicians automatically claim anyone that has ever sought an ounce of commercial success or financial gain has proven they have no talent by doing so? The whole starving, artist suffering for their art, schtick is an absurd joke. Music is subjective. Conversely not every unknown band is great either. Most of them suck in fact.
Right, Springsteen is not a Patriot and neither is that song. And I AM a Patriot so I know this. Lol Henry Rollins seems like an arrogant pr*ck that ppl bowel down to and see as a "God" if u ask me. He's so arrogant to believe that his band Black Flag is so original that they don't even belong to a general genre. Gtfo. Even if that were true, way to stay humble man. Humility is not a trait of his.
Henry took himself far too seriously back then....he's not nearly as bad now
nah he was cool
He's exactly the same now.
Not really, I think he just felt passionate about the band and didn’t want to conform in genre cliches
@@serioussowhy1011 He was definitely very passionate, but he also thought he was always right, and that everyone else was wrong. He was one of those people that "had all the answers", even when he was full of crap. He's not like that now
He doesn’t like Metal in 1985, but later on he was cool with Body Count and Slayer.
>says he doesn't care about heavy metal
>side b of my war heavily influenced by black sabbath
Henry what? lol
@@deathmetalmaniac9647
Greg Ginn wrote the music. I guess he was the metal guy…
That was the obligatory "Im a punk so I only like punk" mindset if ya ask me. thing old punks would accept that was metal was Motorhead.
eh there were a lot of metal bands that were more cock rock
i would think he means them
you know the poodle mullet guys who say bro bro bro
There's an audio clip somewhere on UA-cam of Henry admitting that he owned and enjoyed the first three WASP albums. He liked metal just fine in '85.
Has Rollins ever considered the fact that people who may listen to Duran Duran or other bands he doesn't like don't give a fuck what he thinks?
Ha! I doubt it :)
he probably doesn´t give a fuck if they don´t give a fuck
Why would he consider that?
@@whamsie4022 because he's awfully full of himself
@@curtisbilgray3615 Name a frontman who isn’t.
Sigh... at least he outgrew this attitude and angst, though a lot of it was warranted. I'm 52 and as big of a jerk as I ever was.
He has that kind of angst into the early 2000's.
Grateful Dead sucks
The kid owned Rollins.
💤💤🙂
Goes to show u he didn't have any clue about good music
i like what he says about these other bands. Metallica has always sucked. Springsteen is a fake. U2 is awful. Duran Duran had some good songs but they are like the UK's Eagles. They are terrible.
Metallica’s first three albums are influential groundbreaking classics! If you don’t like Metal, then that says it all…
You have a soft spot for Duran Duran though! 🤣
He has said he has hated u2 before and your idiot if you say Metallica first 5 albums suck
@@ryder_wilstead3304 I agree that Metallica's first 5 albums were and still are their best.
I would say Metallica first three is good. That’s it. No way can I include 4th and 5th
@@allstopblue5717 Justice is the best of the first 4. No respectable musician would disagree.