Henry Rollins | Broken Record (Hosted by Rick Rubin)

[@brianomoli4]

Saw Henry on the Provoked tour. Dude spoke for 3 hours and didn’t take a drink. The guy is a machine.

[@ralphtom3431]

yeah that's real punk rock

[@travistownsend8800]

@@ralphtom3431 🙄

[@TimGoodman]

He is insane. Henry is bonafide nuts. Bi polar homicidal. Just read his stuff. Crazy as a sh*t house rat

[@prescottlange]

Because he likes to hear himself talk. He's boring af.

[@MatPearn]

Yeah, I saw that, too. The stories were great especially the David Bowie and Lemmy ones.

[@quirkypurple]

I'm glad people like Rubin and Rollins exist.

[@kevvyofficial]

I agree. I feel lucky this talk happened.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

I need a mattress

[@jasonwilcox6637]

I'm glad you're glad we're here

[@jetman1968]

Amen…

[@topofthemornintoya]

Rick Rollins

[@foto21]

Rollins is a gripping storyteller, super precise, creative, and descriptive. I know it's his job, but he does it well. Even if he's not in a band, young and angry, his energy is unrelenting.

[@jakemorley4709]

😊

[@JJONNYREPP]

Henry Rollins | Broken Record (Hosted by Rick Rubin) 0735am 19.6.23 1971 bo diddley opening for the clash? is this "interviews" spliced convo...? erm... says 1979, here... maybe he was talkin' about zeppelin...? yeah like that's gonna work - hark some bins slamming shut...

[@corm1000]

Listening to Henry Rollins talk about albums, with the level of passion he has for it, is like listening to Quentin Tarantino talk about movies. I could listen to them talk about that stuff all day.

[@micmac1121]

Thankfull I saw black flag in 84, Thankfull I lived in NYC and saw Rollins Band at CBGB’s with Tool opening. That will always be one of the top shows I’ve ever seen. Chris Haskett , Sim Cain and all the bass players that hit it hard with them, crushed it. Henry and his music will always be in my heart

[@ragereset2795]

Thanks for putting this up. Precious little new Rollins content these days. Rick did great.. interviewing Rollins is like putting a coin into a machine; you ask the question then wait till the end of the answer. Not everyone knows that.

[@shawnbruce6934]

Well Stated. Henry Is Like a roller Coaster Ride but You Know What You Are Getting. Amazing!

[@frumpyb]

Also great to have interviews that are not the interviewer injecting themselves into it, and rather allowing it to be about the interviewee. Greatly appreciated hearing this interview. Thanks.

[@themaggattack]

Of course Rick did good. What else would the great reducer do?

[@catsnakenwolf544]

I usually hate these analogies, but that is spot on.

[@ragereset2795]

@@pashadyne Here’s some: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmelk3dvra6BpZI

[@midnightcharlieman6669]

I never tire of hearing Henry Rollins speak. I've heard a few of those stories previously.. About how Mr Rollins came to be in Black Flag. Though this time Henry added a bit more detail.. Yet I never tire of it. He speaks of his achievements without ego. There can be a 90 minute interview with Mr Rollins and I'll say to myself.. Yeah ok.. I'll listen to 10 minutes of it then go listen to something else. Before I know it I've listened for 90 minutes. A very interesting man.. Completely engaging and enjoy hearing about his adventures in the Artistic arena.

[@mattiacodato4193]

I'm amazed that Henry got the spark in music by listening Ringo's drumming on "Sgt. Pepper (reprise)". That drum beat is quintessential Ringo, and i'm really happy that the Internet has slowly give him back his due.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

People STILL think it's Ringo on those albums?

[@dinomyte0899]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 it’s not?

[@herrnoatun882]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 Enlighten us, then. Who is it?

[@ifraggedonce4656]

​@@herrnoatun882 John

[@Gcssdvnkloiutesc]

@@dinomyte0899it’s sarcasm. As if ringo never had his due before the internet.

[@condor7810]

I saw Henry Rollins at one of those early Lhasa club spoken work gigs in Hollywood...it was in 1984. I was a junior attending high school in the "boring" burbs of the San Fernando valley. Driving to Hollywood and seeing live performances like that was like an adventure into a different world.

[@enriquerodriguezjr4466]

Did you said hi to him?

[@condor7810]

@@enriquerodriguezjr4466 No, I did not. I was only 16 and probably a bit intimidated. He was the headline act. It was a small club with maybe 200 or so people but he was the center of attention.

[@mattyp7582]

San Fernando Valley is absolutely not the burbs🤣🤣🤣

[@bucknasty69]

@@mattyp7582 It was in the 80s. It’s gone downhill since then.

[@paulb8471]

Thank you both for this. When two of your favourite people sit and talk - It makes your day. I remember seeing Henry at the Octagon in Sheffield in the mid to late 1990's - I thought I was going to see him play music (I missed the Spoken Word part on the ticket) and when I walked in there were chairs everywhere. I was lost - I had no idea what was happening and so I sat down at the front. Henry came on and then began talking - the experience changed my life forever. I remember walking out of there dazed by all the stories and the reality of it all. Simply amazing!

[@lukedempsey112]

December 1998. Rollins had his haircut in Sheffield that day and they'd almost scalped him! My favourite Rollins and Sheffield story is when he played the Leadmill in '92 during the construction of the Supertram tracks and he wrote in Now See Him Cry that 'Every block looks like it just got shelled. If I lived here I would get the hell out or start killing people'!

[@jamesrobert4106]

I was expecting Earth shattering music when I grabbed Get in the van on CD, which I still have. Best mistake ever.

[@darylcumming7119]

Hot Animal Machine is one truly great album.

[@morgellon9449]

Yes it is! I think it's also criminally unknown. Everybody knows and loves Henry Rollins, but I'd put that album up with anything by any band or artist, and I listen to everything. He did a few great albums around that time period, but I really love that one in particular.

[@kevinmitchell4018]

I actually listen to that quite often

[@MrRalteria]

Rollins: "let me tell you the condensed version..." Finishes ten minutes later. Dude's memory is rediculous.

[@TheHSIHP]

That's what happens when you don't drink.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

“Ridiculous”

[@crash8563]

Henry doesn't have short stories

[@bradenrodriguez5183]

@@TheHSIHP and you live alone.

[@patricksemple5690]

Now let’s hear some Rick Rubin Black Flag remasters

[@stonephilips9361]

Did Rick Even ask a question😂Henry is a dream interview 🎤

[@jperickson7737]

Love it. No pretension. Just a love for music, in all its variation and slendor. Refreshing and interesting.

[@mbjasondify]

Rubin and Rollins, I could listen to these 2 for days. Thanks for putting this on YT.

[@garygood6593]

To me, I couldnt imagine a more epic duo. These two men have shaped so much of what inspires me and gets me thru everyday. Salute, gentlemen!

[@xaviergoudreault6572]

I’ve been really into Henry’s spoken word shows for the last few years, I even got to see him in Montréal last spring! I always wondered how that started, what a great interview!!

[@immersivenarrative]

That man has energy!!

[@bobowens3687]

I find Henry wildly fascinating.he some how became a music icon and an Hollywood actor with close to zero talent in either department.if you ask me he's the personification of the American dream.that aside he's a brilliant story teller.

[@theasdguy]

Great interview. Rollins can talk forever, but we like to hear it. I don't think there's anyone I could listen to just talk about anything like Rollins since George Carlin passed away. I think George Carlin was the best spoken word artist when he was alive, but once he passed away it might just be Rollins is the best of the best nowadays. I wish I could talk better. That's why I listen to people like Rollins. I wish there was more space in this interview for Rubin to give replies because I thought the back and forth was the best part of this, but for whatever reason I still do enjoy listening to Rollins give his life story for the 400th time because it's not what he says. It's the way he says it. I think Rubin and Rollins are equally talented. They both have some such perfect work. I like hearing how they see each other. It's like how does Hercules see Ares or Aphrodite?

[@jasonmgomez]

Rollins has been one of my musical muses. I have written 2 songs about him, another 4 or 5 that reference him or his lyrics. Endlessly fascinating both on and off stage.

[@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001]

Where can we hear it Bro??

[@jasonmgomez]

@@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001 i had a geocities page with mp3s on it way back in the day. It was called Beautiful Words for Ugly Children. I may have the files still, i will have to dig through old hard drives to see if i can repost. its late 80s hardcore (think Jesus Lizard, Prong) mixed with hip hop beats. I was doing Just Another Victim type shiz 2 years before the Judgement Night movie came out...

[@carylshawver]

Beatles records as electric babysitters... That hit. 😎💖

[@chrisharris5607]

I wrote henry an email in 2004 when i was 18, and he actually responded, i was blown away. Cool guy.

[@mrpbody44]

Known Henry a long time since he was in high school and working at Hagen Daas in Georgetown. Really good guy. I remember seeing him with Black Flag My War era and telling him "You guys remind me of King Crimson Red but not" .

[@joshgreen2164]

I could listen to either of these gents tell stories for hours. Together, i know what im doing for an hour.

[@hardcorehobbies3809]

love you both!!! Amazing people doing amazing things from their souls… I salute you Both!

[@davidcanales975]

Freakin LOVE both these guys. I remember the first time I heard Black Flag I was like 12 or 13. Loved it immediately at that age.

[@AndyChananLevin]

"Music and Culture...America is in a very interesting time right now. I wouldn't say bad, eventual and interesting." This quote filled me with an incredible amount of hope.

[@delta-9969]

Rollins looks around at US culture in 2021 and his reaction is "not bad... interesting"? OK... if you say so Henry. I thought you were mister no tolerance for bullshit... 2021 is a 3D universe of bullshit and he has nothing of substance to say...

[@freddrog4689]

...id say bad though.

[@latentsea]

Delta-9 , Life’s good for Henry the great. He’s got dough, he can get a sandwich. He is content just yelling at 3 or 4 people a day. He’s soft...

[@ragereset2795]

@@delta-9969 There’s more to American culture than what’s on Fox News. I’m not even American and l know that much.

[@seanfromaustin]

I got to meet Henry once. He signed a couple of his books for me. He was very gracious.

[@Formula-602]

I met him in 1986..same thing….bought 3 or 4 of his “poetry “ books..and he say “Whoa…you are brave….buying all those”

[@finnmcginn9931]

I yelled something silly at him from across the street in Toronto once and he glared at me. Highlight of my year

[@justinparks5280]

Love listening to how history was literally being made! I know it’s the commercial song & video of the 90’s of Rollings Band fame but Liar is a great song musically & of course the lyrics were pure poetry love it!!

[@matthewmagda4971]

17:08 Odessa was a Russian-owned diner on Avenue-A in NYC's East Village. Sadly, the landmark closed sometime during the pandemic... but they were NOT Polish.

[@leognardo357]

I literally said "Holy shit, no way" as soon as I saw this title. Fucking awesome, I couldn't have asked for a better duo to listen to. I haven't even started listening yet but I already know I could listen to these two talk for hours on end.

[@samuelblinne6040]

Love Henry Rollins

[@kryptichands968]

Gem of an interview, I sometimes pick up on new stuff when Henry tells these old stories.

[@ethan_silas]

Nothing like an ad for a Train concert while you’re listening to these 2 😂

[@guitarnutbolinuli5788]

The man can tell a story.

[@justinschexnayder8485]

Decades of practice

[@themaggattack]

This is like Yin interviewing Yang and I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@allannrgaard7995]

Tanx for this Rick..... This is why the world loves you

[@vernamalone7491]

So cool, Harry Rollins interview by Rick Rubin . I really enjoyed Mr. Rollins life tour. ❤👍🏻

[@otherkorean]

Great interview, Rick. Big fan of Henry. You two worked so well together. Eagerly awaiting a couple of hours of the two of you chatting. Maybe have Henry interview Rick next time.

[@williamperez6251]

About time!! Thank you for the fine interview.

[@flugplatz21]

Henry telling the story right off about how Ringo's drums on Sgt Pepper's was the THING, is why Ringo Starr is an absolute genius drummer. Most people don't get it. Drummers and musicians with great insight do get it. People knock Ringo constantly, and always fail to remember one simple fact. Ringo Starr was the drummer for the FREAKIN' BEATLES!! What more needs to be said?

[@captainstackpeelum3473]

I grew up as a heavy metal stoner. But we always had the “first four years” in the cassette deck. So inspirational. You were my ramones hank. Fuck yes!!

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

(rollins doesn't appear on first 4 years though).

[@happyjack1598]

Great stuff,Cheers Rick and Henry! Fun listens all!

[@pierheadjump]

⚓️ Thanks Henry, Rick 😎

[@joedoomsdaypio4374]

"Clutch Cargo- now famous venue"- correction; it was at the OLD clutch Cargo-/city club on Elizabeth street. It later moved to St Andrews Hall, and later still, Pontiac Mi.

[@reaganwiles_art]

what I get from this is you get breaks when you have integrity, that doesn't mean you're handed anything on a platter it just means you're willing to do the work once it is handed to you, and you're grateful grateful for what you already have

[@vincentosier1530]

So true

[@BlueeyesofSkye]

Henry Rollins is great American icon.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Great podcast. It would have been awesome to hear Rick Rubin speak for a bit.

[@paulb808]

Henry Rollins is too cool, pair that with DJ Double R.... Legends.

[@getthoseskills4451]

Henry really is a force of nature. Love him and other subversive free thinking artists like RATM, Public Enemy, Immortal Tech, Ho9909, Idles, Bob Vylan, Allflaws

[@kylecook7187]

I've heard a little Ho99o9, found them from their songs with 3 teeth

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

Idles?! Really?

[@theragoooverlord5021]

Ratm = rage with the machine your rebellion was pre programmed for you. Public enemy are not much better.

[@patrickbourke2385]

I had no idea that Henry made Hot Animal Machine in Leeds where I live. Mad. The studio is 2 minutes away from me.

[@s3any1977]

Rise above! Rollins is cool. 'Im not a musician. All I can do is buy em and carry them up stairs'. Says the guy from one of the most influential singers in punk. Shut it Rollins; ,🤣 He loves Aerosmith. Rocks and Toys in the Attic. Awesome albums. The Ramones 'This is not ELO'. I love ELO hahaha This is absolutely fascinating. Rollins tells great stories.

[@MikeIXWilliams]

Early Aerosmith is still some of the best rock n roll in existence... and I grew up in the punk scene primarily

[@s3any1977]

@@MikeIXWilliamsI Iove Toys in the Attic and Permanent Vacation is my favourite Aerosmith album.

[@s3any1977]

@@MikeIXWilliams I'm from UK. Do remember bands like Discharge and The Exploited? The US and UK punk scene was going on at the same time, which was amazing. I'm a Stooges and Ramones guy. Those guys give us the likes of Green Day, Blink 182 and Sum 41

[@MikeIXWilliams]

@@s3any1977 Yep, of course! I love all four of those bands you mentioned, along with trillions more..!

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

@@s3any1977 the stooges and the ramones also spawned Sex Pistols, Nirvana, and white stripes

[@crash8563]

It's always great to listen to genuine people speak

[@robmckay4127]

Hi from NZ - I am not a Punk Rock fan & shamelessly, never heard of Henry. I loved this episode, Henry sounds like the man you’d love to have a cup of tea with! PS - edited after comments

[@davemustabstain7093]

A Six Pack!

[@gregoriomariano5070]

@@davemustabstain7093 you'd drink that six pack on your own. LOL

[@davemustabstain7093]

@@gregoriomariano5070 I'm aware Henry doesn't drink and neither do I, it was merely a pun.

[@joedick8779]

@@davemustabstain7093 That’s wasn’t a pun.

[@Danjite]

@rob He plays in WLG, CHC, and AKL every tour. Very much worth listening to him blather live.

[@mccarty]

This is great, it’s like Get in the Van pt2

[@danb5779]

I had no clue you got a podcast! This is awesome! Big Fan since childhood!

[@xanderpills]

The most legendary thing about this interview is Henry Rollins sort of coughing that classic brass stab sample found on early rap records, at 2:10 This is what we call accidental genius, gentlemen.

[@drewsanderson5112]

hahaha spot on

[@EmpyrealEndemic]

Henry Rollins is one of my new favorite people,

[@grantcanada1]

Best beginning to a podcast ever.

[@robertkerber919]

I really like you're programs. Especially like the sunshine pop. Youre a real nice person.

[@dstroh22]

20 words by Rick.. 15000 by Henry. seems about right

[@chuckabbate5924]

God he name dropped the Odessa, great diner....like someone said you drop a coin in him and off you go.

[@OG_Luciano]

Rollins is so interesting, always a good listen.

[@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001]

Rollins is a God!!! LEGEND Bro

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

Great show! Always loved Hank. I saw his spoken word shows back in 1990 and you could tell he had a future doing that after he hung up the rock mic. Just a incredibly interesting dude. And Rick, I know he’s not a musician, but you ought to get Jim Cornette on one of these days. I’m not sure if your audience is aware of your long time acquaintance w/him, or if they even know who he is, but I think he’d thoroughly entertain them…. or they’d never listen again. But it’d be great to listen to you guys talk about music and old stories. Or just listen to Corny burn it all down, as usual.

[@dowens3781]

Too bad there's no video for this.

[@waterairindustry342]

I would love to see a powwow between Henry and Mike Tyson. The two most changed men, in the best and most profound way, that I've run up against. Kudos fellows.

[@andrewspaulding8802]

Cool to hear him mention Clutch Cargo! I went to a few metal shows there in the 00's, and I think I may have played there once as an opener in one of my shitty local bands as a younger lad.

[@andreasbock5810]

I'm thankful for Henrys mom..

[@mmaxx8771]

S.O.A was a damn good band.

[@PedroVonWorzelburger]

There is no words to describe how influential and important Black Flag's Damaged is.

[@taxi134-y1q]

Luckily saw the,Rollins Band in a great club called JB's in Dudley,West Midlands a few miles from Wolverhampton in the English Black Country.Sadly this hugely popular Club closed but that night I thought TRB were the most intensely scary band I've ever seen(missed out on Black Flag).Tremendous performance from a band that would play anywhere.

[@sevenmileridgeband]

Great. thanks for posting. I would like to hear Henry interview Rick Rubin.

[@DavidDArcy1975]

Le Butcherettes are savage 🔥😎🤘🇮🇪

[@jthompson5341]

😄 Ha Ha Ha! Henry mentions going to Odessa, a Bar/Diner I worked at in the 90's 😂😂

[@tylerdavis6203]

I remember seeing BF in Richmond Va toward the end of the bands lifespan and being so disappointed..I was young and wanted to see the energy of Damaged or Jealous Again. In retrospect I guess I had just gotten the last ticket on the Ferris wheel.

[@BrendanMacsGuitarGear]

"I stop understanding Miles at a certain point" - Same with me a Metallica and few other bands and artists.. totally get what she's talking about

[@ethanmartinson9513]

If this was 12 hours I’d listen to the whole thing

[@kirkwilson8738]

I think it is a shame that Henry does not do music anymore. He is well read, well spoken and you can tell that he is sharp as a knife. He understands Music, Culture, Politics and most People in General. That is the kind of Guy that I want to hear from. He seems a touch more enlightened than most People. Probably because he has put himself all over the world in different situations and has been open to new experiences. I certainly understand why he does not want to play old Black Flag stuff or Rollins Band Material. I respect that. I just wish he would do something New Musically. I know he thinks he is old, but music has no age limits. I do not understand how a guy that can talk that long and be so passionate on so many subjects would struggle to write Lyrics. Come on Mr. Rollins.. I will even write the Music for you..

[@shawnbruce6934]

This Is Fantastic! Thanks!!

[@TheRamsesII]

Great interview, but Christ, how many commercials can YT pack into this vid?

[@jlarrify]

Getting paid to just be yourself is the highest goal

[@ryananthony4840]

Damn Rick, how many friggin commercials can they squeeze in this.....??

[@disconnected22]

Rollins 101. True fans know the depths of some of these stories. Look up the Henry and Heidi podcast if you haven’t heard it

[@shaunbritton939]

Actually met Robert plant in Bristol Ashton Court Festival 2000 and something can't really remember much about that festival apart from Robert

[@Immortalized1]

Great interview

[@slanderbob415]

Best Ted Nugent stuff IMO is The Amboy Dukes stuff he did before he went solo.

[@angryeel2864]

CORRECTION: he's been that way since his days in State of Alert. His intensity was noticed by Black Flag when he jumped onstage to sing a song with them at A7 in 1981. Ginn and Dukowski where like hmmmmmm. He went into mega intense mode upon joining them because THEY were mega intense.

[@Doyouevenart69]

Wait…I’m confused are you correcting Henry on his own life story as if you know what happened better than him? I apologize if I am misunderstanding what you’re saying

[@bbowman5920]

Black Flag's 3rd singer and Minor Threat's Ian from the now cherished FUGAZI were childhood friends. Still are. Blows my mind. Then if that weren't enough, to know Rollins was and still is a huge Dinosaur Jr fanboy. Music history is truly fascinating if you take the time to learn it. Me? I'm still learning everyday things I didn't know. KZbin is a knowledge goldmine that we didn't have when I grew up. Take advantage while you still can people young and old.

[@JackBlood]

faces of Rollins { There are many }... ha ha .... and an easy day for Rick.

[@somenothing7914]

does anyone remember henry rollins telling the story of when……. (warning:: sad, violence) his best friend was killed in a home invasion after rubin came to their shared place in a rolls royce… idk if ive ever heard them talk abt that publicly, but im sure he doesnt blame him as evidenced by their actually speaking… still, im sure its a tough thing to have between them… its just sad tho… love u tho henry,, been listening to u on kcrw was cracking tf up

[@michelenolan9503]

I LOVE Hank!

[@prescottlange]

Rick barely let him get a word in edgewise.

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

Henry: It was resolved grest to talk to uou Rick: yeah, I didn't really talk much, but yeah, it was nice listening to you talk.

[@musashi-san____1409]

Rubin had Henry's buddy killed by rolling up to his driveway in a Bentley. How nice of him to forgive.

[@Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp]

There is probably people who think in that way.

[@richmondwilkes6952]

Thanks for this!!!! And I really like your last name. It’s solid. Solid strong wonderful last name. Haha ok go do what you were doing

[@mrpbody44]

The Enzymes were fantastic. RIP David Byers

[@ministerofdarkness]

Dudes truly Rose above