Henry Rollins

THANK YOU!!
Henry Rollins

and to all of you who came!

Rollin's site: http://21361.com/

Thanks to the Big Sur Bakery for great pizza, wine and sallads...

and the Big Sur Coast Foods.

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Designed by Steven Erdman and printed by Hatch Show Prints, Nashville

A lot of people helped to make this possible. Special thanks to:

Jesse Goodman
Christine Vitale
Marita Della Rosa
Mary Lu Toren
Steven Erdman
David Dildine
Michelle Rizzolo
Philip Wojtowicz
Michael Gilson
Eric Perley
John Umnus of UncleFunky Sound and Light
& MOST OF ALL Henry Rollins

THANK YOU!
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Henry Rollins has rocked my world for as long as I can remember. When I first heard him sing with Black Flag my body hummed for hours afterwards. Henry Rollins is still as relevant today as he ever was. His spoken word shows open the door to many fledgling poets and writers. His words are like a wrecking ball smashing the ivory tower which has held literature hostage for years. He has set it free. He takes on politics, literature and music with intelligence and eloquence in his spoken word shows. He rants, he shouts, he gets your attention, and he is unrelenting. His words are weapons, his words are wildflowers, his words will smack you down and then help you up again, his words will leave you wanting more, and he will give you more, without expectation, without mandate, but with a definite idea of the possibilities inherent in each of us. Like Walt Whitman, his words will help you to believe that transcendence is possible, that language matters, that the right to freely express yourself matters, and that maybe, just maybe, you too have something to say.

Maria Garcia Tabor
Editor, Ping Pong Magazine
Board Member, HMML

The chance to see him in a small 200-person venue at Big Sur is a dream come true for any fan. Most of the time, we are lucky enough just to be in the audience, happy for a glimpse or two of his sweaty muscles, as he intensely commands the stage. Being this close, amidst a cathedral of gigantic, ancient trees, will undoubtedly be an experience of intimacy with him for the record books. Think of it as the best performance moment from the best performer you've ever seen in your life, for 2 plus hours. 20 feet away from you. Wow. Sign me up for that! Susan Walker

Recent press about Henry Rollins:

Author, musician, and poet Henry Rollins played the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday night, "a tough room to work." His hulking frame and tattooed forearms contrasted with his black ribbed T-shirt and charcoal slacks. But his appearance played second fiddle to his incredibly eloquent and thoughtful spoken word performance.

Joel Rosenberg, Arts Editor, The Tech, MIT - Boston

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Alone on a stage, Rollins cannot only be compared to a verbal hurricane (you have to witness the man’s non-stop delivery just to believe what you’re hearing), but he’s also loose, funny, and clearly feels at home.

Even when you’re not into the man’s music (which I can understand), you have to check him out in surroundings like this, because you’ll get so much more than you expected.

If you've seen Rollins a few times in action, backed by his band or on his own, you know exactly what you're in for: energy and dedication. It's like a quality brand, Henry Rollins - 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Propelled by a relentless work ethic, the man has been leaving his mark for 25 years, through his band Black Flag and the Rollins Band, numerous side-projects, writing and publishing books, releasing spoken word albums, hosting TV and radio shows, the occasional acting jobs and touring, LOTS of touring. Seeing and hearing the bulky guy spew out his ideas on politics, society, the music business and his own life (the highs ànd the lows) is always a trip, a journey that takes you to places you didn't know he could take you to.

Sporting one small bottle of water - which he needed only once -, Rollins always delivers a non-stop, high-energy monologue that makes you wonder how anyone could do that for hours, days, months, years after each other. The answer is simple: he's addicted to knowledge and to the stage. You may not agree with what he says all the time (he is opinionated about quite a bunch of topics), but you'll never accuse him of half-assed opinions or taking an easy way out.

I sometimes wonder why exactly the guy and his music meant that much to me when I was 15 or 16, but each time I see him giving his all on stage, I'm reminded of the reasons. What a class act.

De Singel, Antwerp

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Within his performance he does not hide, he shares everything with the audience, his fears, why he feels compelled to work so much and not just retire on the royalties from his music career and his indignation at what has become of us in post 9/11 western civilization.

You feel a mutual respect I really can’t explain. There is a genuine interchange between Rollins and the audience. In the audience I felt part of something and without speaking we as an audience knew that he respected us and is probably still slightly amazed people turn up to listen to him for three hours.

I can highly recommend this show to anybody that wants to see a real American, that is an American that is the complete antithesis of the current Bush administration, well read, liberal, culturally aware, humble, eloquent and intelligent.

Henry Rollins' is an uncut diamond of a performance, but to hold an audience for three hours and to keep getting stronger as it goes on is very unique and shows immense confidence in his own abilities.

Lee Monk, for BBC - UK

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In the flesh, he came across as a confident, self-deprecating, likeable guy. Though noisy and indeed foul-mouthed, his anecdotal material was sharp, original and funny.
Mark Lewisohn, BBC - UK