When Henry Rollins First Met RuPaul - Keep Talking, Pal

[@Halloween111]

If I bought a ticket to a Rollins Band or Black Flag concert and the power went out, I could gladly just listen to Henry tell stories and feel like I got more than my money's worth.

[@stephaniemarwan9763]

Well you're in luck! He tours doing spoken words/story telling and they are fantastic

[@Brewnoe]

until the first 4 black sabath albums destroy the world

[@alifeoncechris]

I’ve gone to his spoken word shows and it’s worth every penny.

[@IAMTHERAZOR]

Trust me. He wasn't always this eloquent. I'm happy he's more chatty these days. Always a good chat with Henry.

[@AHerrera]

Love how Rollins is always at the ready to lose it and on the extreme edge. no poser

[@epictetus9221]

Read "Get in the van" if you ever get the chance

[@TheAlcoholic27]

😆 Good way to put it

[@melanieinsaskatchewan7964]

He was completely believable as an 88 in Sons of Anarchy.

[@AHerrera]

@@melanieinsaskatchewan7964 he was probably a consultant on how to maintain that bottled up rage at all times as a biker lol

[@melanieinsaskatchewan7964]

@@AHerrera No doubt.

[@raynemichelle2996]

Henry Rollins fangirling over people makes me feel better about myself.

[@kurtisburtis]

Same, tbh

[@zachosborne6577]

“I put the punk in punctual...” what an oxymoron. Lmao

[@johngrepo9976]

Henry Rollins is genuine, a intelligent humble cool dude

[@hemiacplurge3572]

Why is there no "Incredible Journey" / Buddy Cop movie of RuPaul, Rollins, and William Shatner rushing across three continents to get an oscillator to Giorgio Moroder for his big comeback concert atop Mt. Pinatubo? RuPaul: Giorgio will be so devastated if he has to substitute one of those lame ass ebay mono-poly knockoffs. God, I'd fly this to him myself if I thought it would help. Rollins: I think I know someone who could help ... CUT TO INTERIOR SHATNER BEDROOM Very Well-Preserved Green Alien Girl: (sleepily) Who was that? Shatner: I need your Bugatti. And I need *everything* enabled.

[@violinmiata]

Henry Rollins is a national asset, this man will live forever. When his body dies he will come back stronger than Yoda. Pure freaking talent

[@leviolin9328]

Henry Rollins is a gem 💎. He seems like one of those people that you wouldn't be disappointed to meet if you actually got to meet him.

[@kevinrhea7332]

It’s pretty disappointing

[@danielocean2665]

I've heard a lot of people talking shit about this guy. Eff those people. Dude seems real AF.

[@roberthall573]

The small details always makes his stories intoxicating

[@PaulGuy]

"Wow, you're really intense." I'm not sure human language can do justice to Rollins' intensity.

[@trans-forming]

This was so delightful. I'm grinning ear to ear, because this storytelling is perfect and so wholesome and FUNNY.

[@stevenwilson9579]

I remember the first time I seen H on a video singing, my first reaction was " holy crap look at the neck on that angry looking fella". Love his work. All the best H.

[@tipsybass7060]

Oh Henry, you are such the silver Fox!!! I saw your symposium at riot fest.. I was memorized. My friends went to see rancid, I said nooooope gotta see Henry in real life! Worth it!! I did see black flag when I was a teenager.. lifelong fan! Hottest dude I saw there at riot fest, hands down! And of course, I got to see all my teen angst bands.. L7, Babes in Toyland (met the bassist on the way to see Echo and the Bunnymen), Faith no More (Mike Patton is hawt too), Living Colour.. then finally got to see Tenacious D, who were playing at the stage next to Prodigy (which was the first electronic based album I owned.. music for the jilted generation). It was a fabulous weekend all around, and actually found the group of high school friends that came to Chicago for the show. It was nice to watch the Bears game that weekend with my homies! I really miss Chicago, but not the cold weather! Lol

[@rawsko0316]

Awww underneath the rugged exterior is a true, down to earth fan. Henry Rollins is cool ppl.

[@mjkjelland13]

Love Henry Rollins, I even loved him in the movie "He Never Died" in which he starred and did an awesome job.

[@mjkjelland13]

@@Automedon2 No he didn't, The Movie is titled "He Never Died" it is on Netflix. It is an awesome movie

[@mrfunn2010]

I liked it! It was different.

[@fendi-bull8167]

He's in Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Tri-Klops

[@Xanderviceory]

Sweating out decades of straightedgedness lol Love Mr. Rollins

[@JJSA1985]

His J Mascis impression is spot on.

[@forgetfulpriestiv14]

Henry has really calmed down over the years.

[@Thulgore]

RuPaul is metal as fuck!

[@DS-wb2we]

What a guy, very articulate and interesting

[@aelius93]

Henry Rollins is an NA chipped social worker that somehow became a celebrity.

[@CaptPoco]

Henry Rollins? Intense?? Nahhhh....

[@elderherrera2238]

He's already got it on being observing and descriptive. Henry Is cool. Comedy is being well extended for him.

[@Raida7]

Henry Rollins, supernerd that nobody is gonna pick on

[@SarahBabe]

"I have three." LOL

[@GunnCarter91]

I met Henry Rollins when he came to P.A. 2 of the many times and loved every second of talking to him about his life and career.

[@belladonna131]

Henry Rollins is GREAT! RUPAUL, REALLY? NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED! I ❤ RUPAUL TOO!!! 🤟!!!

[@archerlady]

Awesome story! The smile on my face is going to last the rest of the day!

[@zero11010]

Funnier than anything I’ve seen by Hannah Gadsby.

[@christilivs8703]

they made a record together!

[@Fleabug7329]

They did?

[@christilivs8703]

@@Fleabug7329 Yes and it never came out. They made a single and then Henry got cancelled (sigh) by the village voice or something. If you want to hear the story, Henry is a guest on Rupaul and Michelle's podcast: 'What's the Tea'. Very fun to hear Rupaul and Henry banter, they've know each other for ages.

[@epictetus9221]

@@christilivs8703 Wow! Thanks a bunch

[@christilivs8703]

@@epictetus9221 I'm here to serve 😌

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

okay, so Henry Rollins is a pug in human form.

[@thisthespies9389]

*pig?

[@jonathanhartman8337]

shut up

[@illapache6530]

The guys bursting with energy like a professor on ADHD meds

[@heyrea]

I guess if you were bred for appearance and had to hyperventilate all the time to survive, sure!

[@thisthespies9389]

@@tspawn35 so what. No one really cares is the point. Piglet

[@ThexInsidexMan]

why do people do meth when they can just intake the vestiges of Henry Rollins' vibe

[@JR-xk1rd]

Such a great story. And storyteller

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

I love this man. Man, if I was famous and he came up to me I would be freaking the fuck out the first time meeting. If we know each other, I would try to match that.

[@vandaken3612]

I didn't know Henry Rollins did stand up!

[@PaulGuy]

It's not really stand-up, as he doesn't really do comedy as it's normally understood. He tells stories. They're quite often hilarious stories, but they're also often dark or tragic or just weird. I saw a spoken word show of his where he talked about appearing on a William Shatner album produced by Ben Folds, and then Shatner flew in a friend that's a professional chef to make them lobster or something that night. He also talked about doing a USO show in Afghanistan, and how weird it was to go cruising around in a truck with guys with loaded rifles and see buildings full of bullet holes.

[@newwavepop]

if anyone is interested there are actually some pretty interesting late 80s home videos here on youtube of Rupaul and his artist friends just hanging out, going shopping and having little get together cook outs. to me it is an interesting look into the daily lives of people in a certain scene in a certain place in a certain time.

[@anyal1987]

Love those videos. RuPaul is an international treasure as is Rollins of course.

[@DwayneThe5th]

Remember when rollins would beat the crap out of people for so much as lighting a cigarette in his presence? Now hes a comedian, and the world turns. XD

[@bYtealiEnSzen]

Too funny... earnestness can do that!!!

[@JeffreySmith84]

Is his entire act just humblebragging about knowing other celebrities?

[@squange]

Sweet jeebus, Henry makes me feel seen...

[@tracybush1970]

Thats badass for lack of a better word at this moment💜

[@markshirley7773]

Didn't bother with the racial thing? Calling horseshit!!! White boyz growing up in da hood? Nigga please!?!? Got dis t-shirt. Born thunderkiss 65 so I know you lyin. I ❤ y'all son

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

These little 4 minute clips are great but I keep wishing I could hear the rest. Is there a long version?

[@davidbeddoe6670]

I remeber when this guy didn't look like he were franticly treading water like Colbert, Meyers, Kimmel, etc.

[@angelamillard6418]

I loved this so much 😂

[@ToeKneeWarzone]

Ive heard that Ebay joke from Doug Stanhope about a Plachinko Machine

[@beffiesv650]

I adore Henry.

[@MustafarRecRoom]

This is right up there with his Lux Interior pants story!

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Rollins is fucking SEWEATING IT HARD. don't know why.

[@PaulGuy]

Stage lighting is very hot.

[@Gburnsfire]

He must be exhausting to have a conversation with. So intense.

[@faerefolke]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ladonte1980]

Henry cool as fuck! Lol!

[@jerryw2460]

Henry should run for President.

[@nitemirror1]

👍

[@stevejames9167]

Guy’s a bore….

[@bryanharrison3889]

Henry rollins is the shit man.

[@chairmanro1012]

Is this Joe Rogan, another non-comic

[@danielcrafter9349]

No Unlike Rogan, Rollins has some standards

[@Itsalljustjokes]

Henry cares

[@j.demarco8937]

Awesome

[@brianellinger6622]

🙂👍

[@mammothchimp1774]

He gives me a headache. Major David Lee Roth vibes.

[@123cillitbang]

Both have ADHD...alot of performance artists do

[@drchico40]

Henry's audiences nowadays are sooooo not punk.

[@vvoof2601]

Calling people not punk is *SOOOOOO* not punk ;)

[@drchico40]

@@vvoof2601 Thank goodness...who the hell wants to be punk?

[@sstaners1234]

@ drchico40 - Metal is where the money is.

[@James_I_Archer]

Your are sooooo not insert subculture here.

[@mrfry3]

Any henry is not performing in Black Flag during this so why should the audience only be punk?

[@crashalexander7232]

cocaine ....its a wonderful drug....

[@stevedamien638]

Its all acting, Most of the time he did act totally normal or indifferent when meeting these people he is using in his 'stand up' thing he does, Good storyteller tho

[@dannybursace9151]

Henry Rollins is a Ru Paul fan?...................okay then

[@NotAllBooksSmellNice]

Why wouldn't he be?

[@dannybursace9151]

His persona is a hard-nosed, testosterone filled, intense punk rocker…gushing about being a fan of a gay, drag queen is ironic…didn’t see that one coming

[@NotAllBooksSmellNice]

@@dannybursace9151 He's been a gay rights supporter/campaigner since he was a teenager, and his spoken word universally expresses his open minded beliefs and love of a wide variety of performance. There seems to be this weird idea that macho types are somehow closed minded or socially conservative, but I think if you look at macho figures in media they're usually pretty open minded socially.

[@dannybursace9151]

Gotcha, makes sense then 👍

[@Pgoodso]

​@@dannybursace9151 His persona is a manic but thoughtful appreciator of those who go against the grain. Thinking he's a testosterone filled freak is what's ironic. Because all these kind artists that generally speak in awe of the diverse wonders of our world often have fans that like them because they think the artist they like hates the same things they hate. That not only are they misunderstood, but they're often misrepresented as saying the exact opposite of what they're saying. See most posts from your smug uncle on Facebook with "quotes" from George Carlin owning the libs or some similar nonsense. Similarly, I bet a lot of sneering elitist douchenozzles like to think that they like Rollins, or at least his music, and I bet that, occasionally, that drives Mr. Rollins nuts, hehe. Eh, whacha gonna do? Artists can only send the message, they can't enforce how it's gonna be received.

[@lucypotato8793]

As an old punk rocker, meh...

[@stevenvonsancho]

It would be amazing to meet such a flamboyant homosexual it would also be interesting to meet Rupaul

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

the first time i saw ru paul was when my buddy's girlfriend asked if she could put something on amd she said ru paul's drag race. we where like. oke drag race. so we thought about a show about fast cars doing drag races. i still have nightmares from that night😂😂😂

[@neilboucher2529]

Funny because he judged Trump without meeting him. Said nasty shit about him that was false.

[@Alex-zi1nb]

Like what lmao

[@danielcrafter9349]

Surely seeing someone's personal opinions on topics they know nothing about, waved around like dirty laundry, is an excellent substitute for meeting them

[@PaulGuy]

It's possible to judge people on the things they do and say. I've never met Hitler, but I feel pretty sure he was an a-hole.

[@markgreiser464]

why does this guy keep popping up , in my Feed? I have no clue who he is and zero interest, in finding out.

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Former and final vocalist of Black Flag, and former vocalist of Rollins Band. Also an actor of some note, and well established author and stand up comic.

[@sisuguillam5109]

You are telling the algorithm otherwise by clicking and commenting.

[@markgreiser464]

@@sisuguillam5109 who cares? I don't.

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@markgreiser464 - then why are you replying?

[@markgreiser464]

@@danielcrafter9349 why are you

[@nonombre7159]

Im not sure what there is to be a fan of with rupaul but ok.

[@NotAllBooksSmellNice]

He's a talented performer, has a bunch of Emmys, even a hit song at one point, and is a successful businessman.

[@nonombre7159]

@@NotAllBooksSmellNice 🙄Yeah. Uh huh.

[@NotAllBooksSmellNice]

@@nonombre7159 How many Emmys have you won for your own television shows, or how many songs in the charts. If you can't appreciate the talent, then at least you can't deny those accomplishments.

[@nonombre7159]

@@NotAllBooksSmellNice None. I have no trophies for being a dude who dresses like a woman who then tells other dudes how to dress like women and then being awarded a trophy by other dudes who probably dress like women. Boy howdy. Ya got me there. You win.

[@The1trueDave]

It's just be the best [x] you can be isn't it? If you're a shit-hot drag artist, do that and good luck to you. If you're a genius at building hot rods, do that and good luck to you. As long as it doesn't harm anyone, find what you're good at and do that. Isn't that pretty much the American Dream? (I mean I'm not American but it seems that way to me...)

[@rtl6398]

I can't believe I used to respect this guy.

[@PaulGuy]

Weird that you came onto a video of him just to say that.

[@jpvgoncalves]

Just not funny... but keep trying.

[@shaneyoung3407]

I can't believe people pay to hear him tell stories! LAME

[@sisuguillam5109]

Oh, honey...

[@shaneyoung3407]

@@sisuguillam5109 These stories are not interesting, entertaining or funny.

[@PaulGuy]

It's weird how people click on videos of people they dislike just to talk shit. LAME

[@Bianchiboy]

Still lame and irrelevant I see. Maybe he can get into politics sometime.

[@danielcrafter9349]

Just like your comment, then

[@slaxxxer]

Archival mind - I am the same!

[@jefflopinot9870]

Me too