r/henryrollins

Sometimes I feel like the only person alive under 30 who feels so inspired by Rollins. I never really come across ppl my age who are as knowledgeable about his work or music. Sure, they "know" about Black Flag or maybe they've heard Kurt Cobain talk about Black Flag, but I never see young people or people my age talk about Rollins Band.

Sometimes I feel like an alien or inhuman. I feel isolated and can only talk to older people about my interests. Which is fine! I'm not saying it's bad to talk to older people, but there will always be some sort of generational divide. Woe is me I suppose.

I first saw Henry Rollins speak live in Raleigh in 2003 and at least twice again after that. I remeber he told a hilarious story about how we wanted to bone Anne Coulter but he assumes she's a virgin so it'd take hours to warm her up.

That's not why I'm here. He also told a story about performing on stage and a mosh pit right in front of him where a bunch of big punk dudes were soaking on skinny emo guys. The punchline is he chucks a water bottle at one of the punks ​​​​​​to make them stop, while thinking to himself, "if I hit one of these emo kids, he's going to die!" Does anyone know if he wrote that down anywhere, or if there's any video of him telling that story? Thanks!