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Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961) is an
American Rock and roll music
performer, storyteller, author, actor and poet.

Born Henry Garfield in Washington D.C., his
parents divorced when he was young, and Rollins
was raised primarily by his mother. He was
prescribed ritalin as a child, and due to what he
characterises as bad behavior and poor choices, he
was sent to Bullis Academy, a Washington D.C.
military school. He has expressed mixed feelings
for his years at Bullis Academy: He disliked the
authoritarian atmosphere and the boys-only campus,
which impeded his early attempts at dating and
made him uncomfortable around women for several
years. More positively, he says Bullis helped
instill a sense of discipline and a strong work
ethic.

Garfield became involved in the punk music|punk
scene through his close friend Ian MacKaye (who
would later head Minor Threat and
Fugazi_(band)|Fugazi). He then joined State of
Alert, which would release one EP before
disbanding. Garfield worked at a number of jobs
(including at the National Institutes of Health),
before becoming the manager of a Haagen Dazs ice
cream store.

In 1981, his friend Mitch Parker gave him a copy
of Black Flag (band)|Black Flag's Nervous
Breakdown EP. Garfield soon became a huge fan, and
began exchanging letters with the group. When
Black Flag toured the East coast, playing
Washington D.C. and New York City, Garfield
attended as many performances as he could. At an
impromptu show in a bar, he asked to sing "Clocked
In." As vocalist Dez Cadena was going to switch to
guitar, the band invited Garfield to a rehearsal.
Impressed by his stage demeanor, they asked him to
become their permanent vocalist, and despite some
doubts, he accepted, due in part to MacKaye's
encouragement. He adopted his nickname, Rollins,
as his last name. His large, muscular figure and
intense personality made him a perfect fit as
their frontman.

Rollins toured and recorded with Black Flag from
1981 until their breakup in 1986. 

He released a solo album and an ep with guitarist
Chris Haskett. Soon, he added former Gone members
Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain, calling the new group
the Rollins Band. They gained popularity through
the strength of albums like The End of Silence
(1992) and Weight (album)|Weight (1994). He also
gained roles in movies and television shows
(particularly as a VJ on MTV).  Rollins is also a
successful independent publisher, having been so
since he had been with Black Flag, using his own
company, Two Thirteen Sixty-One.

Beginning in his later years in Black Flag until
present, he has toured as a Spoken
word|spoken-word artist, focusing mostly on social
topics, as well as recounting his life
experiences. His blend of self-deprecating humor
and serious discussion of important social issues
has gained him great popularity. He has released
nine spoken word albums through his 2.13.61
publishing company, which has also released books
by Rollins, Joe Cole (roadie)|Joe Cole, Nick Zedd,
Nick Cave, and Michael Gira, as well as albums by
Rollins Band, Exene Cervenka, Hubert Selby Jr.,
The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party, and
Gun Club.

Rollins is an avowed free jazz fan, having
released albums by Matthew Shipp and Roscoe
Mitchell on his 2.13.61 label. In 1990, Rollins
guest hosted a Los Angeles, California college
radio program and devoted much of this appearance
to saxophone player Albert Ayler's music.
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~mawillia/ayler.html

Rollins is also a co-host of the television
program Full Metal Challenge on The Learning
Channel as well as the host of a monthy series
called Henry's Film Corner on the Independent Film
Channel. In 2004 he became an outspoken human
rights activist, most vocally a crusader for gay
rights. He has pinpointed the rights for gays to
marry as a "vital issue impeding on the rights of
Americans today." He was the host of a benefit
concert called "WedRocks" to raise money for a
pro-gay-marriage organization.

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.


==Discography==

===Musical releases===
*1987  Drive By Shooting
*1987  Hot Animal Machine
*2000  Laughing Man In The Devil Mask

===Spoken word releases===
*1987  Big Ugly Mouth 
*1989  Sweatbox 
*1990  Live at McCabe's
*1992  Human Butt 
*1992  Deep Throat (album)
*1993  The Boxed Life
*1994  Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag
(Audio Book)
*1996  Everything (book)|Everything (Audio Book)
*1997  Black Coffee Blues (Audio Book)
*1998  Think Tank 
*1999  Eric The Pilot 
*2001  A Rollins in the Wry 
*2001   Live at The Westbeth Theater
*2003  Talk Is Cheap Vol I
*2003  Talk Is Cheap Vol II
*2003  Nights Behind The Tree Line
*2004  Talk Is Cheap Vol III
*2004  Talk Is Cheap Vol IV

===Black Flag releases===
* Damaged (1981)
* My War (1984)
* Live '84 (Live)(1984)
* Slip It In (1984)
* Family Man (1984)
* Loose Nut (1985)
* Who's Got The 10/2? (Live)(1986)
* In My Head (1986)

===Rollins Band releases===
* Life Time (1988)
* Hard Volume (1989)
* Turned On (Live)(1990)
* The End Of Silence (1992)
* Weight (1994)
* Come In And Burn (1997)
* Get Some Go Again (2000)
* A Clockword Orange Stage (Live) (2000)
* Yellow Blues (2000)
* Nice (Rollins Band album) (2001)
* A Nicer Shade Of Red (2001)
* The Only Way To Know For Sure (Live) (2002)
* Come In And Burn Sessions (2004)
* Get Some Go Again Sessions (2005)

==Books==
partial list

*Broken Summers Publishers Group West, (November
2003) ISBN 1880985756
*Unwelcomed Songs Two Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns,
(September 2002) ISBN 1880985713
*See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die Two
Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns, (August 1997) ISBN
1880985373 
*Solipsist Publishers' Group West, (August 1998)
ISBN 1880985594 
*The Portable Henry Rollins Villard, (February 10,
1998) ISBN 0375750002
*Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag Two
Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns, 2nd edition (January
1996) ISBN 1880985241 
*Henry Rollins: The First Five Two Thirteen
Sixty-One Pubns, (October 1997) ISBN 1880985519
*Black Coffee Blues 
*Do I Come Here Often? (Black Coffee Blues, Pt.
2), Shannon Wheeler (Illustrator) Two Thirteen
Sixty-One Pubns, (December 1998) ISBN 1880985616 
*Smile, You're Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Part
3) Two Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns, (October 1, 2000)
ISBN 1880985691 
*Eye Scream Two Thirteen Sixty-One Pubns, (October
1996) ISBN 1880985322

*Turned On Flag Henry Rollins by James Parker,
Orion Books,

==Film and video==
*Homestar Runner (2004-2005) - Strong Mad and
"Famous Person"
http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Teen_Girl_Squad_Is
sue_5
*Def Jam: Fight for NY (2004) (VG) - Himself
*Live Freaky Die Freaky (2003) (voice) 
*Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (2003) (VG) (voice) -
Mace Griffin
*A House on a Hill (2003) - Arthur 
*Bad Boys II (2003) - TNT Leader 
*Psychic Murders (2002) (V) - Johnny Miracle 
*Jackass: The Movie (2002) - Himself (cameo)
*Shadow Realm (television show)|Shadow Realm
(2002) (TV) 
*The New Guy (2002) - Warden 
*Time Lapse (2001) (V) - Gaines 
*Scenes of the Crime (2001) - Greg 
*Night Visions (2001) TV Series (uncredited) -
Host 
*Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000/I) (V)
(voice) - Benjamin 'Ben' Knox/Bonk
*Desperate But Not Serious (1999) - Bartender
*Morgan's Ferry (1999) - Monroe 
*Jack Frost (1998 movie)|Jack Frost (1998) - Sid
Gronic
*Lost Highway (1997) - Guard Henry 
*VH1 Legends (1996) TV Series - Narrator 
*Heat (movie)|Heat (1995) - Hugh Benny
*Johnny Mnemonic (movie)|Johnny Mnemonic (1995) -
Spider
*The Chase (1994) - Officer Dobbs
*The Right Side of My Brain (1985)

==Sources==
*Michael Azzerad, Our Band Could Be Your Life

==External links==

*http://21361.com/site/main.html Rollins' official
site
*http://www.comeinandburn.com COME IN AND BURN > >
> An Unofficial Henry Rollins & Rollins Band
Website
*http://imdb.com/name/nm0738433/ IMDb entry
*http://www.ifctv.com/henry/ IFC Site for Henry's
Film Corner
*http://www.edwebproject.org/rollins.html Primal
Scream: An Interview with Henry Rollins, by Andy
Carvin and Chris Crone, 1992
*http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=66
1 "Fascist Bully" - The Stranger An article
critical of Rollins' views, comparing them to
those of Ayn Rand