Ep461: Henry Rollins Stays Fanatic!!! Pt 1 of 2

Henry Rollins dives into the fascinating world of record collecting, sharing insights through his book series "Stay Fanatic!!!" and discussing his passion for preserving & sharing music history.
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The origin story of “Stay Fanatic!!!” Writing about The Stooges Learning to scan, archive material Telling the stories with early band materials Transcribing from handwriting, then speech to text Henry doesn’t get rid of records Acquiring individual and collections of records Bands that reinvigorated his interest: OSEES, Ty Segall, etc Label out of China - Old Heaven Books Seeing Keiji Haino in Tokyo Metallica closing a show for Iggy Pop Can Henry talk about his new project? What is Henry’s tolerance for bootleg material? Going to “see” David Bowie and Joy Division through their bootlegs Aggravation with bad recordings sold on bootlegs Understanding band reluctance to put out some recordings Stopping releasing spoken word CDs as they end up on KZbin Signatures get put on eBay near immediately Henry no longer signs things Stopping people from bidding on fake signatures Henry’s routine with Discogs and eBay The anxiety of chasing Discogs and eBay alerts Missing out on fresh listings of a holy grail Buying items that were misstated in the listing Educating inexperienced sellers on proper listing The 1st world problem of collecting records Breaking even on the “Stay Fanatic!!!” Books The genius of artists like John Coltrane and The Fall Henry’s early years - His mother loved books and music Road Manager Ward brings a portable turntable on the road 15 feet on the unplayed records shelf Henry describes his home stereo system His system is set - very few changes Leveraging experts to work on the setup Collecting personal items from musical heroes The Adverts, UK Subs clothing are in Henry’s collection Order "Stay Fanatic!!! Vol 4" here
Henry photos by Jacob McCann IG @blokeyoucantrust and Heidi May
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[@screamallyouwant]

I’ve listened to all your episodes and Henry is the best guest by far. The podcast episodes are saved and will be listened to many times. Thanks!

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

He’s the best guest. He embodies what this podcast is all about.

[@aceintheplacelondonc354]

A life I constantly dream about . Have a huge record collection, been a fly on the wall( in many band rooms), traveling the world and not having a normal 9-5 job. Can't tell you how much I love this guy. Wish I could have meet Henry on his recent tour. I had Some really cool Iggy Pop DJ mixes to give him.

[@jeffcaudill5467]

Great, I have met Henry twice once before a show once after, the nicest guy who scares the hell out of me

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

He seemed much scarier back in the day.

[@garyrigby21]

2 Record collections i'd love to look thru Henry's and John Peel's

[@richardoconnor_photography]

Great stuff Nate!

[@tonysmith5878]

GO ROLLINS!!!!!!!!!

[@Dumballa]

This was so fantastic. Keep going boys.

[@craigstaul839]

I started feeling weird about waiting and asking for a signature around 23 yrs old in about 2008 b/c I became aware of people flipping signed merch such that a handful of eager people with pens were hovering around the bus, and like a fan or two you recognize from the barricade. But, I will say, when I was 18-22, getting a signature or pre-cell phone picture with Scissor Sisters, or Jonny Lang, or The Mars Volta were some of my most innocent/love of the music memories of live music that I can't replace nowadays.

[@brianrandolph7573]

This rules! Thanks Nate

[@rupertpupkin5265]

I met Henry in 88 in Wisconsin, he was arguing with this funny looking homosexual in the club line , I remember the homosexual tried to slap him and Henry went beast mode and slapped him hard first across the face!

[@mrpbody44]

I remember Henry when he worked at the ice cream shop.

[@Eluwilussit]

You should have asked Henry WHEN he will announce what his big project is... at least we would know how much longer we will have to wait to find out... I have NO idea what his big project is about, other than it must have something to do with music for sure... wonder what it is that he's gonna do that costs millions of dollars of investment

[@mlblue5355]

Fantastic! He is into this hobby for all the right reasons! I’m going to listen to part 2 through the podcast app, so I can view eBay and discogs at the same time. Ha Ha.

[@jimmyjambhere]

100% correct 💯💯💯 so many wrong pressings/versions on Discogs lol it’s happened to me a couple times

[@mrpbody44]

McIntosh and Wilson for the win

[@jimmyjambhere]

If Henry ever signs my shit I definitely would keep it

[@SteveMerritt]

I was a huge black flag fan, loved Henry’s early books (the chap books) and the first RB is solid. Henry is very self deprecating it feels very fake. Nate said about 12 words and Henry just talks non stop. Keith mentioned how he screwed over the BF members when they settled with SST and that he couldn’t cash his check soon enough Lastly, he has “people that work for him” who go find records for him while on tour… he’s become insufferable. His modesty is false.

[@thecaptain4650]

This guy is so pretentious.He became what he originally hated.I’m glad I sold my copy of get in the van.

[@Eluwilussit]

I think you just don't understand him very well as a person

[@richmoreno9938]

Snowflake much? ❄️

[@thecaptain4650]

@@Eluwilussit I understand him too well sadly