In the 1980s, Rollins produced an album of acoustic songs for convict Charles Manson titled Completion.

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Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Rollins got the Black Flag logo tattooed on his left biceps [17] and also on the back of his neck, chose the stage name of Rollins, a surname he and MacKaye had used as teenagers. In 2011, he was interviewed in the National Geographic Explorer episode "Born to Rage", regarding his possible link to the MAOA gene ( warrior gene) and violent behavior. On December 3, 2009, Rollins wrote of his support for the victims of the Bhopal disaster in India, in an article for Vanity Fair [100] 25 years–to the day–after the methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide factory exposed more than half a million local people to poisonous gas and resulted in the deaths of 17,000 people. The more I travel and see people in places where they’re going to have water and food insecurity for their entire life, where there is always the threat of war, when you see how people put up with that, and then you fly back to your life, my life, which is vastly different than life of someone in Madagascar or life of someone in South Sudan or Northern Uganda.We got a break for a few weeks and then we came here, right in time for Australian/New Zealand winter. Yeah, I can definitely relate to that, because I just went on a tour of Egypt recently, and that was a pretty eye-opening experience.

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The show also lead to a promotional tour in Europe that led to Rollins being dubbed a "bad boy goodwill ambassador" by a NY reviewer. Interesting tour journal, worth a read if you have a lot of extra time and are a Black Flag fan (why the hell aren't you? Rollins was named 1994's "Man of the Year" by the American men's magazine Details and became a contributing columnist to the magazine. On top of that, there are also some never-before-seen short stories of his that you get to read for the first time. Segs [John Jennings] from the Ruts told me that the painter, John Howard, took it to New York and the band never saw it again.He has made a number of cameo appearances in television series such as MTV 's Jackass and an episode of Californication, where he played himself hosting a radio show. He sleeps wearing his clothes and shoes in case he needs to protect himself or make a quick getaway. Finally this very cool Kim record gets a domestic release for those not all that into paying a ton on postage. During the Iraq War, he started touring with the United Service Organizations to entertain troops overseas while remaining against the war, leading him to once cause a stir at a base in Kyrgyzstan when he told the crowd: "Your commander would never lie to you.

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Another thing that makes this book one of the top Henry Rollins books ever is the tour journal of Rollin’s 1991 Lollapalooza tour and some cool illustrations. After nearly 40 years of living in Los Angeles Rollins mentioned during his "Good to see you" tour that he had relocated to Nashville.Al would put his hand on my shoulder, say: “Henry, not so good,” and tell me in great detail about how he’d pulled a muscle in his arm. Unbeknownst to Rollins, Cadena wanted to switch to guitar, and the band was looking for a new vocalist. Promoters are still the enemy, and the audience is still the enemy, though Rollins acknowledges that he depends on them, and without them he would have nothing, because perf The director, Michael Mann, said: “Your character has scenes with Al Pacino, but if Al doesn’t like you, you can’t be in the movie.