Henry Rollins Overview

Henry Rollins is best known for tearing up the stage as front man of the now defunct Black Flag or his present musical endeavor Rollins Band. He has become cultural icon through his spoken word work which is sometimes poetic, sometimes... [more]

Henry Rollins is best known for tearing up the stage as front man of the now defunct Black Flag or his present musical endeavor Rollins Band. He has become cultural icon through his spoken word work which is sometimes poetic, sometimes comedic, and sometimes political yet always poignant. This has allowed him to break into the mainstream, even being host of his own talk show. Through out his life as a preforming artist he has also consistently written his thoughts, feelings and views into journals and books. Through these journals one can not only see the development of a man as he matures, one can also see the development of an artists or writer as ideas expand and create deeper more well thought out philosophies. Which then expand into more experimental and varied creation. Which in turn creates a modern renaissance man. Which truly is the enigma known as Henry Rollins. For true insight in to this genius one must read his written work, which follows the struggles of a young man looking to be understood and understand his society into the deeper compassion and acceptance of himself and world around him. Like Nietzsche more than one work must be read for this understanding. He is also the proprietor 21361 publishing [show less]