Here he is on destroying Iggy Pop:
Wait, let's back up. Here's the first time he met Iggy.
He had some awesome teen jobs with Ian MacKaye.
Working at the movie theatre.
Working at Hagen Daz (5:55),
with rat poison (8:35):
And, working at the pet store:
That last one cuts off early. The punchline goes, "...and Ian's looking at me like 'now's the time for you to shut the fuck up', and I yell, 'THAT WAS US!'"
If anyone can find his story of recording a cover of Funkytown with RuPaul, please let me know. More importantly, I require a copy of the actual song.
I went looking for that a while ago - apparently it was never released, which is tragic. All I got is a partial clip of Henry (dressed as Superman, go fig) DJing some event and playing the tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Uw3sFFd1ZVg
That was awesome! Did I really just watch 20 minutes on my tiny laptop screen without realising it I actually appreciate Iggy more after watching that. And Henry. Thanks for sharing!
I thank you for your executive decision about my evening's entertainment. I had no idea Henry Rollins was so amazing.
I don't want to like Rollins. He's an asshole. But I do.
I saw him on his birthday in 96 and that's when he had the routine about the RuPaul recording in his set list. Think Tank was recorded on 2/98 and 10/97, and it had dropped out of his set by then. (Or it was cut when they condensed 17 hours of talking down to 2 CDs.)
I can't find a good source of Rollins spoken word boots. If this was Jimi Hendrix, I'd be replying with seven links.
So this is all bullshit, right?
Also, here's his selection of jazz tunes, grouped for evening (CD1) and night (CD2) listening -
Rollins' Choice: Selections from Blue Note
What a sellout.
I just discovered The Ruts thanks to this post. Thanks!