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When he requested a song that night, the band let him come up on stage to sing with them, and--in an odd take on the Cinderella story--the members of Black Flag asked Rollins to return for an audition a few days later; they just happened to be looking for a new vocalist. Rollins began singing with Black Flag in and stayed with the group until guitarist and nominal leader Greg Ginn dissolved it in During that time, he became both an integral part of Black Flag's image--though the band had been around since and developed a solid reputation of his own.

Larry Birnbaum captured Rollins's typical stage presence in a concert review for Down Beat , reporting, "The muscular, heavily tattooed Rollins A charismatic figure a la Iggy Pop, he posed and strutted along the lip of the stage, barking and screeching the lyrics with professional aplomb as he fended off attempts by his adoring fans to pull his pants down.

But touring and recording with the band, though it brought a certain fame, by no means made Rollins's life glamorous. Steve Appleford, a writer for Cream , noted that Black Flag spent a lot of time "sleeping in parking lots, in train stations, sometimes even shoplifting food, eating off other people's plates in restaurants and hiding from the police, white power groups, religious zealots and a constant media assault. After the band's dissolution, Rollins turned immediately to his next project.

He contacted guitarist Chris Haskett and, within four months, had produced the record Hot Animal Machine. That lineup would remain until , when Weiss departed. The Rollins Band began touring and recording in the Rollins style--obsessively--and quickly produced a series of records on independent labels.

They blossomed into an underground sensation, followed by Rollins's old fans from the Black Flag era and new admirers from the marginal hard-core audience. Rollins described the band as a "well-kept secret" to Spin 's Jim Greer, explaining, "In the past, we'd do all these tours and all these records and, you know, the records aren't even in print, the tours never get promoted.

We're kind of like this band that doesn't really exist. Their popularity with festival audiences led to a deal with a major recording label, Imago, and an album that generated a great deal of press attention. Following the release of The End of Silence in , superlative reviews from the most august rock magazines began to roll in.

Rolling Stone 's Mundy couldn't decide whether it was "the heaviest jazz record in history or the most intricate hardcore document to date. The band members, and Rollins in particular, suddenly found themselves in demand on television talk shows. Consequently, Rollins's exploding reputation as a rocker was powerfully supplemented by recognition for his talents as a poet, improvisational speaker, and stand-up comedian fans had long appreciated his wry sense of humor.

Rollins had begun the spoken-word performances--a kind of anti-high-culture version of poetry reading--in A year later, he was publishing volumes of his own written work. He has described himself as being as consumed with his writing as he is with his music, revealing in Melody Maker , "I first started writing in high school, but it was no big deal. I started taking it seriously when I was with Black Flag, partly to pass the time on the tour bus and partly to document the intense swirl of events we were caught up in.

I've tried to write constantly since then. Aside from the occasional essay printed in Spin or Details , Rollins has released his written work exclusively through his own publishing company, 2. I figured that I could minimize the intake if I could control the release of my work as much as possible. Rollins's life almost spun out of control in , when his friend Joe Cole was gunned down outside of Rollins's Los Angeles apartment building in a robbery attempt.

He poured his rage and grief into Now Watch Him Die , a volume that was published in the summer of In a Rolling Stone interview that year, Rollins told David Fricke: "When your best friend gets murdered five feet away from you, it changes you.

I always have that experience now permanently riding on my shoulder. I'm more aware of time, more aware of mortality, and I'm not so precious about life anymore. You're eventually going to die. Use the time wisely because it is running out, but don't freak out about it.

In addition to his work with the Rollins band, his spoken-word performances, and his involvement in 2. The imprint--One Records--will focus on uncovering and re-releasing recordings from the s and s that are out of print. Weight , reaching the Billboard top 40 and becoming Rollins's biggest commercial success, received a Grammy Award nomination. It was followed by a tour that included Woosdtock '94 and a Details "Man of the Year" recognition.

Rollins once explained his workaholic drive to Gary Graff of the Detroit Free Press as the only way he knows to confront a painful life with defiance and commitment: "I don't want to blow my head off I don't want to take pharmaceuticals, either. So I lift weights, scream into microphones, hit keys on the typewriter. Details also made Rollins a regularly contributing columnist. The Rollins Band label, Imago, shut down, and after their jazz and poetry experiment project Everything , the band made a new deal with DreamWorks.

Black Coffee Blues was another spoken-word recording, and featured readings from previous Rollins books. Think Tank --released in was not linked to any books. At this time, Rollins decided to split up the old Rollins Band, dissatisfied with their latest attempts, and invited Mother Superior to join him to make up the new Rollins Band.

In , they released Get Some, Go Again. He describes on his website, www. I was honored and got on board. The outcome was their fine record Deep. They booked some rehearsal time, and oddly enough, ended up in the same studio where Rollins had first practiced with Black Flag. Riot Spray Singer. Mickey Simmons, Prison Guard voice. Mueller - The Vanishing Stutter Dawes uncredited. Stutter Dawes. Stutter Dawes voice, uncredited. Show all 7 episodes. Bob Rainicorn voice.

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Where's My Music? Documentary post-production Self. After performing in the short-lived band State of Alert in , Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from to Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Rollins got the Black Flag logo tattooed on his left biceps and also on the back of his neck, chose the stage name of Rollins, a surname he and MacKaye had used as teenagers.

Rollins was in a different environment in Los Angeles; the police soon realized he was a member of Black Flag, and he was hassled as a result. It freaked me out that an adult would do that. Navy and his family shared living quarters with the U. Vice President in the Naval Observatory. The band held their practices there and would have to be let in by Secret Service agents. Rollins began his film career appearing in several independent films featuring the band Black Flag.

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