Henry Rollins on Joining Black Flag | Ep. 5 2/3 ARTST TLK | Reserve Channel

[@backslash75]

Black flag has the power to give you the second of confidence you need to really push it.

[@cheothegeo2742]

I swear man. my war is like one of the best fucking records of all time. and my war is THE BEST rage song of all time. rollins just fucking rules. I don't give a fuck what generation you are. that's an amazing band.

[@benwilson9033]

I got two exact words for that: here here.

[@Amonoyos]

Agreed. I also like black flag along with the sex pistols dead Kennedys misfits and many more and I'm twelve. Most people my age like rap and dubstep and then I'm getting a concussion from banging my head so damn

[@Amonoyos]

Hard. I forgot to add that at the end

[@jwhiteout]

OH FUCK, DUDE. YEAH, TOTALLY. ROCK ON.

[@jahmana3693]

Kermicheo Kermit and what do you have to relate to his music??

[@michaelg.williams2533]

"Is this on tape?" My man that's the first thing I would have asked!lol

[@thetrashman1581]

Michael G. Williams I wish I could go back in time and record every black flag concert from start to finish

[@J_Riff]

Since it’s quarantine I might just watch Henry Rollins videos all night

[@doomfan12345]

"My friend Ian MacKaye"

[@BadChakra]

That's what I was thinking like "oh just Ian"

[@johnnyscifi]

Just some no name dude named Ian MacKaye...😂😂😂

[@EricColeman]

They've been friends since they were 13 or 14.

[@toke7342]

What do you mean?

[@nastyevilninja]

Love these interviews - Every time Henry Rollins speaks for more than 30 seconds I find out something else that blows my mind! Absolute legend!

[@theyearoftherat]

The change in the scene Henry talks about has been described by John Lydon in the UK as well, albeit lacking the violence and authoritarianism that existed here. He complained that it ceased to be about individuality, as Henry remarked about anyone looking different, and went on to say it was almost as if everyone had the same look akin to a uniform - just another version of conformity. Interesting how many things often progress to become what they initially were trying to escape.

[@sydIRISH]

Great quote and very true..."if I don't like your band, I'm not showing up to the gig. But I'm not gonna stand there and put you down, life is too short." Amen. It takes courage to get up on stage to play any music and put yourself completely out there, you're letting people see you open yourself up. Easier said than done. Anyone who thinks it isn't...try to do a 40 min. to 1 hr. set, it feels like an eternity sometimes. I've been to plenty of shows where the band I saw sucked, but I didn't bash them because I know what it's like to be on stage in front of people...brutal sometimes. Yes, you can block it out sometimes. But we've all had those gigs where NOTHING goes according to plan. Humility is a musician's best friend.

[@IHeartNoise]

sydIRISH Preach! It takes courage to get up on stage and do something in front of an audience.

[@pancakemix3251]

I'd love to have a conversation with Henry Rollins for like an hour.

[@whoisthisis138]

If you ran into him he would give you the hour. Hes such a nice dude. I stopped him passing through my job just to say hi and apologized for stopping him. He said don’t apologize and he always has time to talk to fans. He was cool as fuck

[@baymuscle97]

I have loved Henry Rollins since the 90's. His raw, abashed candor is so refreshing! Great interview!

[@whataretheycooking]

pharrel Williams and henry rollins....two bright minds, having a meaningful conversation. humanity has regained hope!

[@rickbannan7110]

"My friend, Ian MacKayae" I mean I should've expected it, but hell yeah that's an amazing connection

[@EricColeman]

They've been friends since they were 13 or 14.

[@boobsweat9281]

Imagine Henry talking then out of nowhere someone just tosses a water balloon at Pharrell's head

[@dyr234]

GOTCHA!!

[@claytonraynard5874]

I wish .pharell is a goddawful interviewer.does he even know who Black Flag is

[@bear5945]

@@claytonraynard5874 he clearly does

[@TheManwithafan]

Hey! HEY!! LOOKIN GOOODD

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

oh....thanks!

[@Chromosome1919]

Very deep man! Henry Rollins is one em honest artists out there!

[@SWISSCOLORVISION]

great interview. his comment on punk rockers at 5:29 is right on

[@Shug1910]

That's a very broad statement about punk rockers, there's dickheads everywhere.

[@ultracherrie]

AGREED!

[@tedmrunt]

Henry Rollins is so very well spoken

[@HAAHVVAAVV]

love the hand shots

[@PHAEDRIDER]

this interview guy is awesome..

[@christianl3852]

I’m starting to love this guy

[@johnm3946]

I'm soo glad he got out of the Ice cream business, Rollins gets life to its fullest!

[@zombiesquad3339]

Henry Rollins is inspiring and Black Flag is fucking legendary. Pharrell is out of his element here, just look at his face, so blank. Nothing is going on in that head of his believe me.

[@luchadorito]

Zombie Squad I strongly disagree. Culturally to some extent yes. He isn't a punk rocker or a hardcore kid but he is in my opinion definitely on the same level as Henry. He is a good interviewer and I enjoy this duo very much

[@dionysianapollomarx]

Elitist.

[@metalandhorror]

He really is he's so interested,excited yet calm at the same time i really dig him i wonder why i don't see him do that much interviews though...

[@pos6666666]

I can listen to this man talk all day.

[@cowboysfromjerk]

i thought pharrell was nothing but a yuppi airhead hip hop poser, but this interview is just great good work !!!!!

[@kevindelatorre4887]

The more I learn about this man the more respect I have for him. A punk rock singer who listens to Albert Ayler....that says volumes to me.

[@Pcprufino]

Um dos maiores artistas da música q ja vi ...

[@lancashirebomber9744]

I like henry, he's a human and has contributed something.

[@denvier91]

hey hey!!!! looking good! aha

[@Artoflucaboni]

Great man interviewing a great man.

[@justplainpossum]

I wish I had a chance to know this Henry, but he was so quiet and he glowered a lot back then, which was pretty intimidating. He seems much more engaging now.

[@ghettopressproductions5211]

I love this fing band

[@mudchuka1]

I don’t care if you grew up in L.A. or the I.E. if you were into punk rock in Southern California Black Flag was a big deal in the scene no matter which singer you liked better!

[@fjduucudjdeididi287]

This goes to show how much more open minded people are today. This interview would have been the set up to a joke before it was a reality . Henry to me is kind of every punker so to watch his progression from then to know emotionally is super cool l

[@LordCagliostro]

Henry is the man!

[@imdead1922]

I love the way Henry looks when he smiles he looks like a puppy

[@JohnDoe-dc4bd]

You are right ! I am a metalhead myself and I see a lot of people with an attitude like that, bashing or degradating other people for what they are listening to, or in a worse case for who they are. It mixes with some poor-man's(I mean no offence to poor people) philosophy and bad clothing and voila! we have a elitist moron. I am happy that I grew up from this bulls**t - my closed-minded high-school era. Fortunately there are many metalheads (mayby majority) who accept and support other's tastes

[@72daystar]

Great interview from one of my favorite persons.

[@twentymooseman]

Some places have mellowed out. I wouldn't really consider myself a punk, but I've been to a lot of shows, I don't really follow the aesthetic and people are usually pretty cool about it. In fact I've met a lot of pretty nice people in the scene. There are elitist pricks sometimes, but they are usually recognized as such by the others. I really like watching really old clips from early punk. Nobody is trying to be anything or live up to a standard, just people enjoying music.

[@RebelThoughts82]

Rollins is so fucking on point.

[@Frankovelli]

Quick question: What does Pharrell actually do for a living? He seems to just show up randomly in the most odd situations. Like when did he start interviewing for Reserve Channel?

[@maxczapski9275]

Pharrell Williams has absolutely no idea where Henry is coming from, he's petrified :D

[@frankdinero606]

Agreed. He should have either made a better effort to understand Henry's background beforehand, or just made it clear that he knows nothing about his life and background. He tried to play it cool and looked a bit stupid at times.

[@dionysianapollomarx]

In my book, he looks like he's learning something new. Doesn't seem like a big negative. Being a little uninformed about certain things isn't a negative if you acknowledge it. And he respects Henry, too. Big deal.

[@Cyborganna]

Tardi Grade Absolutely! :)

[@NateBuker]

Disagree. Seems like he knows who he's with. This series of interviews with Hank are the best I've seen.

[@MattMacedo85]

He always been different Pharrell made outside the box music And I pretty sure he knew black Flag before hipsters heard of them

[@delanoarts3703]

I totally get what he is saying I've played in metal bands most of my young life telk elitestism metal are the hardest fans to please always something

[@Kriskazam]

scenes nowadays really have mellowed out like what twentymooseman said. now they're more as just a local group of bands that play together, more of the community. the only scenes that have that elitish cliqueish problem nowadays are electronic music scenes and Copenhagen's punk scene

[@smrsmd8522]

I seen henrys think tank stand up at the walker theater now named burton cummings. Back in 2003. Or 2002. Or 2004 winnipeg mb.

[@doodleyourexampaper7995]

'Back in my day... in the 1850s' lol

[@devinlaan8816]

this is pretty cool you never think that the two worlds would collide

[@barryguyer8306]

Great story Never know any of that

[@jamesbentley7435]

''its pretty bitchin' '' FUCK YEAH HENRY

[@kezianaomi1839]

henry is a level headed phil anselmo

[@dougthealligator]

Kezia Naomi *talented Phil anselmo

[@flamecarpet7770]

There’s interviews out there of anselmo praising Rollins work in black flag .

[@bentnosewp]

@@dougthealligator phil anselmo has way more stage charisma and vocal range than Rollins ever had, come on dude.

[@dougthealligator]

bentnosewp there’s literally no way you could think that’s true man let’s be real.

[@maxthescarecrow4038]

And without the added baggage of being the poster boy for skinheads.

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

I hope he knows the impact My War had on the Seattle scene

[@mendokid6984]

What about SOA?

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

That was how I found punk as a So Cal suburban kid. I was a 12 year old skate rat and heard Black Flag in skate videos, and I just wanted to fuck shit up.

[@Stonedead1991]

I gotta give props to Pharell and Henry's so captivating, like always.

[@kristininariley]

wow so he's just been super confident all his life

[@delanoarts3703]

I agree with Henry onso much stuff those 4 Seattle bands truly were so good I'm not a fan of pearl jam but musically speaking those guys now how to play sound garden there original albums the guitar riffs I thought were straight genius Alice in chains easly the best musically speaking every album is great Jerry his riffs were totally original dark and such a great sound funny nirvana biggest influence was black flag in fact the whole Seattle scene wanted to be black flags last album it's true ask David growl

[@TWHYtv]

Good Mufuggin Interview

[@delonge5000]

9:18 background song please?

[@devgru2ndsquadspecialforce282]

I skate and listen to black flag

[@DeadLightAdrift]

K

[@teammmx]

Damn Henry, he was hot back in the day 3:14. I love his story.

[@negrete723]

I saw herny on son of anarchy \m/

[@StickManga]

what show are the spoken word clips from?

[@drdharp1022]

10 things I didn't know about black flag !!!!!

[@dionysianapollomarx]

Plenty of elitists in these comments.

[@DEADSELLPUNX]

pharrell, the dude from N.E.R.D.

[@johnnyscifi]

Both Pharrell and Hank grew up in DC!!!

[@DEVROtheRIDDLER]

I love Henry Rollins and the way he looks at and speaks about everything for but when he starts talking about how music is supposed to be a judgement free zone, he needs to look back at what he said about electronic or "rave music".

[@randolphcalixto9012]

Hurled it...Am I trippin? 5:06

[@AdamKyleAnderson]

Forgive me, but who is the black guy ?

[@gruaim]

fuck you

[@MattMacedo85]

Fuck you is a great musician

[@skwirlee13]

Did you even watch the interview. He is talking about punk rock being close-minded , not Henry Rollins.

[@beeatoms]

black flag made an effort to piss off their fans for years. their hair, their long songs, their jazz influence, etc.

[@moeezS]

Fans can ruin anything. The more niche something is, the worse the fans.

[@yeagermarc]

Next to the big poser?

[@hunter_4219]

What?

[@KidFury27]

After seeing henry destroy a young interviewer, my mind has changed about him. He talks a good game but ruined that kid for no reason.

[@Fudgaboutit]

I'd say so.

[@bob.from.accounting]

I remember winning tickets to see Rollin's Band in Cleveland. I went to go pick up the tickets and saw all the kinds of guys getting tickets, I just turned around. I love Black Flag, Rollin's Band, and his spoken word, but I didn't want to be in the show and get singled out. I really wanted to go too.

[@DEVROtheRIDDLER]

well, me for one and a countless amount of other people???? Don't go on a crusade trying to make the electronic music culture look and feel bad because it doesn't work like that. Respect.

[@Jordanlewis316]

Me too, punks aren't too smart and are critics of everything but themselves

[@AmpsforBuddha]

Pharrell is an Excellent interviewer.

[@smrsmd8522]

Fine scottish ancestrial name mckaye.

[@MrStalkerhunter]

Zeitgeist>?really?like Jacque Fresco Zeitgeist?

[@vcp93]

Why does the word "contrived" echo in my head while I'm watching this? "Click..."

[@jasetasyrotchen824]

I cant take this conversation seriously with Pharrel interviewing him. Henry might as well just talked to himself

[@MrZpeppers]

So pretty much their old lead singer fired himself.

[@micd9256]

Nobody likes to hear Henry talk more than Henry. Black Flag morphed into something else around the time when Henry joined. That’s fine, but Black Flag had already made its impact on music. Henry had nothing to with it.

[@briansmith9455]

In fact, most of the punks I know consider Rollins Black Flag as an afterthought. The EARLY stuff is universally loved. Henry is riding on the coat-tails of the greats before him. Every minute Rollins was in BF was a minute it was on the way to being over.

[@gregdahlen4375]

is henry's hair kind of boring aren't musicians supposed to do something wild with their hair?

[@smiff8710]

+Greg Dahlen No

[@gregdahlen4375]

Smiff you think it's interesting?

[@smiff8710]

I think he wears it how he wants, if he cared about what Greg Dahlen thought then maybe he would have it green and 12 feet long, but it looks like he doesn't.

[@gregdahlen4375]

+Smiff I don't know, the members of Black Flag liked to do things that were contrary to expectations, like they grew their hair long because the punks thought they should have it short. So maybe that's why Henry has it like a businessman now.

[@youwouldknow]

+Greg Dahlen He's clearly doing something contrary to your expectations. Very punk rock.

[@katewehr414]

Pharrell is wearing a pair of Docs with red laces. Does he actually know the hate behind that?

[@sireddie9797]

Why do you expect him to know lace code

[@kookadams85]

Black Flag Damaged was their apex in '82!

[@JDeissreVIEWSFROMHELL]

HE HAS A EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN TATTOO!!!

[@JDeissreVIEWSFROMHELL]

matt jenks What

[@heyjude99]

The night of a Black flag show Hank just decided to wear black shorts. And nothing else for the next 2 yrs. in Black flag. And flip around his long hair every 3 seconds for the entire set. I thought he was an idiot. Black flags music was great. They did shows without Hank. Just Greg,Drums and Bass guitar. Those were good Black flag shows!!. And the Pettibone flyers were GREAT.

[@aflodesigns]

but rollins seems to have finally calmed down and grown up

[@ojosabiertosf1831]

que alguien subtitule esto, le amare siempre

[@beauvonarx9876]

I love how Pharrel is obviously pretending to know what punk rock is, he does write shit music so he can't relate one bit

[@spinalcrackerbox]

+beau vonarx You gotta give him more credit than that. There's more to him than the hits he had lately.

[@VTODBURN1]

Yeah, if it wasn't for him we might not have a lot of alternative rap we have now he was. Happy was pretty wack but he is a talented singer and rapper. I feel like your judging him without knowing anything from him

[@GoldenGearsWar5384]

Azazel Acheron found the elitist

[@Gibbonik71]

Azazel you are just like those elitist that Rollins is talking about. Pharrell used to be into the skate scene and if you listen to some of the N.E.R.D stuff he did you can hear some nods to the hardcore scene in it. All you've given is some ill informed assumptions.

[@dionysianapollomarx]

Presumptuous.

[@heyjude99]

Hank Rollins was a geek. Greg Ginn was rocking out. I thought the song - Who's got the 10 and a half,had no music value.

[@aflodesigns]

no no keith is the man, the end

[@josephplatania5593]

Why won't he mention he was a singer in s o a before black flag. No props to his bros dude.

[@Mom_sBasement]

Neck tattoo. What a great life decision.

[@samfisher8288]

Rollins is probably one of the most open minded individuals out there? Wtf are you talking about?

[@fkorekore265]

Ted Cantu saying that about Greg Ginn in that categorical arrogant way is what SUCKS, dude. You can say you like it or not but you speak like being in the possesion of the truth about who is a terrible "musician". And that pretentious superiority .."SUCKS to no end", fellow.

[@kiko6217]

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