This article describes the works by American vocalist, writer and actor
Henry Rollins.
Discography
Musical releases
With State of Alert
*1981 ''
No Policy''
*1982 three songs on the sampler ''
Flex Your Head''
With Black Flag
*1981 ''
Damaged
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*1984 ''
My War
''My War'' is the second studio album by American band Black Flag. It was the first of three full-length albums released by the band in 1984. It polarized fans due to the LP's B-side, on which the band slowed down to a heavy, Black Sabbath-e ...
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*1984 ''
Family Man
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...
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*1984 ''
Slip It In
''Slip It In'' is the fourth studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in 1984 on SST Records.
''Slip It In'' is an extension of the sound Black Flag utilized on its second album ''My War'': heavy, cathartic, intense ...
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*1984 ''
Live '84
''Live '84'' is an album released by Black Flag in 1984 on SST Records. It is a live recording of a show played in 1984 and features mostly tracks from ''My War'' and '' Slip It In''. A video was shot simultaneously and was briefly available th ...
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*1985 ''
Loose Nut
''Loose Nut'' is the fifth full-length album by American band Black Flag, released in 1985 on SST Records.
Track listing
Personnel
*Henry Rollins – lead vocals
*Greg Ginn – guitars
*Kira Roessler – bass, backing vocals
* Bill Stevenso ...
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*1985 ''
In My Head''
*1986 ''
Who's Got the 10½?
''Who's Got the 10½?'' is a live album by the American hardcore punk rock band Black Flag. It was released on March 19, 1986 through SST Records. The album was recorded live at Starry Night in Portland, Oregon on August 23, 1985.
This album w ...
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*1986 ''Annihilate This Week''
As Henry Rollins
*1987 ''
Hot Animal Machine
''Hot Animal Machine'' is the debut solo album by Henry Rollins which served as a precursor to the Rollins Band. It is only available now in the same 2-in-one package as ''Drive by Shooting''. Notable for a number of cover songs; Suicide's "Gho ...
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*1987 ''
Drive by Shooting''
*1987 ''Live'' - split album with Dutch band Gore
With Rollins Band
*1987 ''
Life Time'' (re-released in 1999)
*1989 ''
Hard Volume
''Hard Volume'' is the second studio album by American rock band Rollins Band, released in 1989. It was reissued with previously unreleased tracks in 1999 through Buddah Records.
The original CD release contained a 32-minute jam on the Velvet ...
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*1990 ''
Turned On
''Turned On'' is a live album from the Rollins Band, fronted by ex- Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins, recorded in Vienna, Austria on November 27, 1989. Even though the album sleeve has the individual tracks listed, the CD is entirely contained ...
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*1992 ''
The End of Silence'' (double-CD re-released in 2002)
*1994 ''
Weight''
*1997 ''
Come In and Burn
''Come In and Burn'' is the fifth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band. Released in 1997 on DreamWorks SKG, it is their major label debut. It is also the last album before vocalist Henry Rollins dissolved the band's "classic" lineup of g ...
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*1999 ''Insert Band Here''
*2000 ''A Clockwork Orange Stage''
*2000 ''
Get Some Go Again''
*2001 ''
Nice''
*2002 ''
A Nicer Shade of Red
''A Nicer Shade of Red'' is a compilation album by the Rollins Band. It was recorded at the same sessions that produced ''Nice'', making it a companion piece to that album, and was released directly by Rollins' 2.13.61 label. The album features fo ...
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*2002 ''End of Silence Demos''
*2002 ''The Only Way to Know for Sure: Live in Chicago''
*2002 ''
Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three''
With Wartime
*1990 ''Fast Food for Thought''
Spoken word
*1985 ''
Short Walk on a Long Pier
''Short Walk On A Long Pier'' is the first spoken word album released by Henry Rollins. The content is culled from spoken word performances in Los Angeles, San Diego, Baton Rouge, Denver, New York City and Amsterdam. The one piece of music, "Alien ...
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*1987 ''
Big Ugly Mouth
''Big Ugly Mouth'' is the second live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released in 1987 on Quarterstick Records. It was reissued with his first spoken word album, ''Short Walk On A Long Pier
''Short Walk On A Long Pier'' is the first spoken wo ...
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*1989 ''
Sweatbox''
*1990 ''
Live at McCabe's''
*1992 ''
Human Butt
''Human Butt'' is the fifth live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released in 1992 by Quarterstick Records. It was reissued with new artwork on 2.13.61 Records on February 3, 2009. It is made up of recordings from 1989 and 1990 from Chica ...
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*1993 ''
The Boxed Life
The Boxed Life is a double spoken word release by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins. It also features Canadian journalist and radio show host Ian Bussières, better known as "The Oddball". It was originally released on cassette tape in 1993 ...
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*1998 ''
Think Tank''
*1999 ''
Eric the Pilot''
*2001 ''
A Rollins in the Wry
''A Rollins in the Wry'' is the ninth spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released February 27, 2001 on Quarterstick Records. It was reissued with new artwork on 2.13.61 Records on September 11, 2007. It was recorded during a nine-week stint at t ...
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*2001 ''
Live at the Westbeth Theater
''Live At the Westbeth Theater'' is the tenth live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released on February 28, 2001 on 2.13.61 Records. It was recorded on December 11, 1999 at the Westbeth Theater in New York City
New ...
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*2003 ''
Talk Is Cheap: Volume 1''
*2003 ''
Talk Is Cheap: Volume 2''
*2004 ''
Talk Is Cheap: Volume 3''
*2004 ''
Talk Is Cheap: Volume 4''
*2008 ''
Provoked''
*2010 ''Spoken Word Guy''
*2010 ''Spoken Word Guy 2''
Spoken word videos
*1993 ''Talking from the Box''
*1995 ''Henry Rollins Goes to London''
*1998 ''You Saw Me Up There''
*1999 ''Henry Rollins Live & Ripped in London''
*2001 ''Up for It''
*2004 ''Live at Luna Park''
*2004 ''Shock & Awe: The Tour''
*2005 ''Live in the Conversation Pit''
*2006 ''Uncut from NYC''
*2006 ''Uncut from Israel''
*2007 ''San Francisco 1990''
*2008 ''Provoked: Live from Melbourne''
*2009 ''Uncut From Northern Ireland, South Africa & New Orleans''
*2012 ''50''
*2018 ''Keep Talking, Pal.''
Audio books
*1994 ''
Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag''
*1996 ''
Everything''
*1997 ''
Black Coffee Blues
''Black Coffee Blues'' is a book written by Henry Rollins, comprising writings penned between 1989 and 1991. It is composed of seven parts; "124 Worlds", "Invisible Woman Blues", "Exhaustion Blues", "Black Coffee Blues", "Monster", "61 Dreams" and ...
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*2004 ''
Nights Behind the Tree Line
''Nights Behind The Tree Line'' is an audio book by Henry Rollins
Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performi ...
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*2007 ''
World War Z'' T. Sean Collins
Guest appearances and collaborations
Bibliography
*''20'', 1984,
SST Pubs. Art by
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn, June 16, 1957) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Pettibon came to prominence in the early 1980s in the southern California punk rock scene, creating posters and album art mainly for ...
. 2nd edition included copyright info, booking info, was hand numbered, and included the words "Second Edition," also hand written.
*''Two Thirteen Sixty-One, Volume I'', March 1985, 2.13.61 Publications/Illiterati Press
*''End to End: Two Thirteen Sixty-One, Volume II'', 1985, 2.13.61 Publications/Illiterati Press
*''Polio Flesh: Two Thirteen Sixty-One, Volume III'', 1985, 2.13.61 Publications/Illiterati Press
*''You Can't Run From God'', 1986, 2.13.61 Publications/Illiterati Press. Limited to 1,000 copies. Never re-printed. No ISBN available.
*''Hallucinations of Grandeur'', 1986, 2.13.61 Publications/Illiterati Press,
*''Pissing In the Gene Pool'', 1987, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Works'', 1988, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Art to Choke Hearts'', 1989, 2.13.61 Publications
*''1000 Ways to Die'', 1989, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Knife Street'', 1989, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Body Bag'', 1989, Creation Press, . UK Exclusive Compilation of ''Two Thirteen Sixty-One'', ''End To End'', and ''Polio Flesh''.
*''The Jackass Theory'', 1989 Creation Press, . UK Exclusive Compilation of ''1000 Ways to Die'' and ''Knife Street''.
*''High Adventure In the Great Outdoors'', 1990, 2.13.61 Publications, . US Exclusive Compilation of ''Two Thirteen Sixty-One'', ''End To End'' and ''Polio Flesh''.
*''Bang!'', 1990, 2.13.61 Publications, . US Exclusive Compilation of ''1000 Ways to Die'' and ''Knife Street''.
*''Art to Choke Hearts & Pissing in the Gene Pool: Collected Writing 1985-1987'', 1992, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Black Coffee Blues'', 1992, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''See A Grown Man Cry'', 1992, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Now Watch Him Die'', 1993, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''One From None'', 1993, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Get In the Van: On the Road With Black Flag'', 1994, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Eye Scream'', October 1996, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die'', August 1997, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''The First Five: Collected Work of Henry Rollins from 1983-1987'', October 1997, 2.13.61 Publications, . Compilation of ''High Adventure in the Great Outdoors'', ''Pissing in the Gene Pool'', ''Bang!'',
*''Art To Choke Hearts'' and ''One From None''
*''Solipsist'', August 1998, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''The Portable Henry Rollins'', February 10, 1998, Villard, . Contains material from: ''High Adventure in the Great Outdoors'', ''Art to Choke Hearts'', ''Bang!'', ''Black Coffee Blues'', ''Get In the Van: On the Road with Black Flag'', ''Do I Come Here Often?'', ''Solipsist'' & previously unpublished material
*''Do I Come Here Often? (Black Coffee Blues, Pt. 2)'', December 1998, 2.13.61 Publications, Illustrated by
Shannon Wheeler
*''Smile, You're Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Part 3)'', October 2000, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Unwelcomed Songs'', September 2002, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Broken Summers'', November 2003, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Fanatic! Song Lists and Notes From the Harmony In My Head Radio Show'', 2005, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Roomanitarian'', November 2005, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''A Dull Roar: What I Did on My Summer Deracination 2006 '', November 2006, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''Fanatic! 2: Song Lists and Notes From the Harmony In My Head Radio Show 2006'', November 2007, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Fanatic! 3: Song Lists and Notes From the Harmony In My Head Radio Show 2007'', 2008, 2.13.61 Publications
*''A Preferred Blur: Reflections, Inspections, and Travel in All Directions 2007'', 2009, 2.13.61 Publications,
*''A Mad Dash: Introspective Exhortations and Geographical Considerations 2008'', 2009, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Occupants: Photographs and Writings by Henry Rollins'', 2011, Chicago Review Press,
*''Before the Chop: LA Weekly Articles 2011-2012'', 2013, 2.13.61 Publications
*''A Grim Detail: Destination Documentation and Multi-Continental Self Examination 2009-2010'', 2014, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Before the Chop II: LA Weekly Articles 2013-2014'', 2015, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Before the Chop III: LA Weekly Articles 2014-2016'', 2017, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Before the Chop IV: LA Weekly Articles (And More) 2012-2018'', 2018, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 1: Hectic Expectorations For the Music Obsessive'', 2019, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 2: Jovial Bloviations For the Vinyl Inspired'', 2020, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 3: Frantic Rants For the Turntable Able'', 2022, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Sic'', December 2022, 2.13.61 Publications
*''Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 4: Lessons in Possession and Confessions of Obsession'', 2024, 2.13.61 Publications
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Music videos
References
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