History Music / HenryRollins

** The entirety of the ''Eric the Pilot'' saga (the whole tale takes up an entire spoken word disc). Henry's flight got cancelled to a gig in Oklahoma, and as he scrambled for a new flight out of St. Louis, a "pilot" approached and said he would take him on his small charter plane. The plane got completely lost and made an emergency landing in a tiny air strip in the middle of nowhere. Turns out Eric a) was not a licensed pilot (still in training) and b) had taken the plane without permission. He was just a huge fan trying to impress and help his idol.

Henry is perhaps known best either for his time as the hulking, tattooed frontman of seminal punk band Music/BlackFlag (and later the Rollins Band) or his known tendency to express ''exactly'' how he feels. While this has lent itself to a legacy of Henry being one of rock's most confrontational figures, aided in no small part by imposing physical appearance and manic performance style, he is truthfully an intelligent, nice guy and something of a nerd, embracing the Internet and other technology at the cutting edge. (This may be because he initially cultivated the whole "physically imposing" deal to cope with rowdy, often-violent Black Flag shows.)

If you would like to see a full list of everything he has published during his career, one option is to visit his official website at [[http://21361.com/ 21361.com]] - it is enough to fill a(nother) book.

* InkSuitActor: He has voiced cartoon characters that bare a passing resemblance to him:

* AbusiveParents: Some of his stories of his childhood and high school years. His father in particular was apparently a poor excuse of a person, with Rollins often referring to him as some variation of "champion racist, tremendous misogynist, and world-class homophobe;" said father would often yell obscenities at minorities from his car, and apparently once bragged about murdering a Mexican man during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. One of Henry's more recent stories is about his absolute indifference at his father's passing.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Most of "Hot Animal Machine", in particular "Hey Henrietta."

* DoesNotLikeShoes: You will seldom find a musical performance in which he is wearing shoes.

* PrecisionFStrike, ClusterFBomb, SirSwearsALot: All staples of his work.
* ProtestSong: Black Flag, Rollins Band, and most of his spoken word works are filled with these.
* RenaissanceMan: Look at the first paragraph.
* SelfProclaimedLiar: Remember that song?

* CoolOldGuy: Sixty-two years old. Still looks like a very angry professional wrestler.

* BourgeoisBohemian: A punk version rather than a hippy version. He is notably the voice of Infinity luxury automobiles.

* CoolOldGuy: Sixty-one years old. Still looks like a very angry professional wrestler.

* AbusiveParents: Some of his stories of his childhood and high school years. His father in particular was apparently a poor excuse of a person, with Rollins often referring to him as some variation of "champion racist, tremendous misogynist, and world-class homophobe;" said father would often yell obscenities at minorities from his car, and apparently once bragged about murdering a Mexican man during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII]]. One of Henry's more recent stories is about his absolute indifference at his father's passing.

* AbusiveParents: Some of his stories of his childhood and high school years.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Has several bits about it, including one describing thinking about himself masturbating while masturbating as his fodder.

Hulking, tattooed front man of seminal punk band Music/BlackFlag and later the Rollins Band, [[RenaissanceMan spoken word artist, author of several prose/poetry books, actor, [=TV=] and radio host, entrepreneur, outspoken activist, blogger and all-around force of nature]]. By the age of 30 he had written, sung, performed, acted and published more material in more varied mediums than many artists could aspire to during their entire life.

'''Henry Rollins''' (born Henry Lawrence Garfield, February 13, 1961 in Washington, DC) is quite intelligent, and despite his imposing physical appearance and manic performance style, he is a nice guy and something of a nerd, embracing the Internet and other technology at the cutting edge. (This may be because he initially cultivated the whole "physically imposing" deal to cope with rowdy, often-violent Black Flag shows).

In 1991, Henry and Joe Cole were accosted by a gunman and Henry watched his best friend get murdered in front of him by a gunshot to the head. Henry escaped unharmed, but this event was a considerable influence on his work for some time as reflected in a lot of his writing and spoken word afterward.

Now in his sixties, Henry is still in the same physical shape he has always been and is actively performing, writing, touring and kicking ass as much as ever.

-> ''"My name's Henry. And you're with '''me''' now."''

* DrugsAreBad: Staunchly anti-drug, including alcohol and tobacco. Most find it hard to believe (see CassandraTruth). He takes no issue with marijuana, medical or recreational, however.