Reporter: Henry, last time I saw you, you were accepting a Grammy for best spoken-word album. I did, however, manage to jot down all the questions more or less, so what I'll do is try to imagine how Henry might have answered them, and then we can all save some money, which is important in today's society with oil. So I bought this 71-minute CD featuring two Henry Rollins press conferences (one for Johnny Mnemonic and one for The Chase) and I thought, "You know what would be nice of me to do? Transcribe both Q&As in their entirety so people won't have to buy the CD." You see, Henry is a perfectly fine interviewee, but how often are you gonna want to listen to a guy answering questions about his career? So I went about my thankless task with cheeks aglow and eyes rosy red. There are some cool moments though, like the Fly On The Wall story. It's mostly a mixture of teenagey "I'm in pain" poetry and gross jokes. Recorded in 1985, this was Rollins' first spoken-word album, and it shows. Short Walk On A Long Pier - Quarterstick 1985 Here are a few brief words about his many spoken word releases. Since that time, he's developed into a surprisingly charismatic, intelligent and hilarious storyteller. Paragraph! Short Walk On A Long Pier Big Ugly Mouth Sweatbox Human Butt Live At McCabe's Deep Throat The Boxed Life In Conversation Big Ugly Mouth Get In The Van Everything Black Coffee Blues Think Tank Eric The Pilot A Rollins In The Wry Live At The Westbeth Theater Talk Is Cheap Volume 1 Talk Is Cheap Volume 2 Talk Is Cheap Volume 3 Nights Behind The Tree Line Talk Is Cheap Volume 4 Provoked Spoken Word Guy 11-03-08 Alexandria, VA Henry Rollins was a troubled, angst-ridden, confused, angry young man when he toured the world as lead screamy guy for Black Flag.
But with big muscles where his mustache used to be special introductory
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