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The Rollins Band's records are uncompromising, intense, cathartic fusions of hard rock, funk, post-punk noise, and jazz experimentalism, with Rollins shouting angry, biting self-examinations and accusations over the grind."^[1]

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History

First edition (1987)

Rollins was the singer for Washington D.C.'s SOA (State of Alert) from 1980 to 1981. Afterwards, he sang with California-based punk legends Black Flag from August, 1981 to the group's dissolution in early 1986. Black Flag earned little mainstream attention, but through a demanding touring schedule, came to be regarded as one of the most important punk groups of the 1980s. State of Alert (or S.O.A.) was a hardcore punk group from Washington, D.C. fronted by Henry Garfield, who would later rise to fame as Henry Rollins. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ...

Less than a year after Black Flag broke up, Rollins returned to music with guitarist Chris Haskett (a friend from Rollins' teen years in Washington D.C.), bass guitarist Bernie Waddell and drummer Mick Green. Chris Haskett is an American guitarist. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Mick Green (born Michael Greenbaum) is a British rock and roll guitarist. ...

This line-up released two records: Hot Animal Machine (credited as a Rollins solo record and featuring cover art drawings by Devo leader Mark Mothersbaugh) and Drive-By Shootings (credited to "Henrieta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters"). The music was similar to Black Flag's, though it flirted more with heavy metal and jazz. Hot Animal Machine is a hardcore punk E.P. by what is essentially the Rollins Band. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American New Wave group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ... Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Second edition (c. 1987-1994)

Soon after, Rollins formed Rollins Band with Haskett, bassist Andrew Weiss, and drummer Sim Cain (Weiss and Cain had previously played with Gone, an instrumental rock group led by guitarist and Black Flag founder Greg Ginn). Live sound engineer Theo Van Rock was usually credited as a band member. Andrew Weiss Andrew Weiss is a bass guitarist and producer. ... Drummer Sim Cain (b. ... Look up gone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ... Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. ...

Critics Ira Robbins and Regina Joskow describes this line-up as a "brilliant, strong ensemble ... the band doesn't play punk (more a jazzy, thrashy, swing take on the many moods of Jimi Hendrix), but what they do together has the strengths of both. The group's loud guitar rock with a strong, inventive rhythmic clock borrows only the better attributes of metal, ensuring that noise is never a substitute for purpose."^[2] Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ...

Third edition (c. 1994-1997)

Weiss was fired following the End of Silence tour; he was replaced by jazz and funk bassist Melvin Gibbs, who'd been highly recommended by guitarist Vernon Reid; Cain and Gibbs had also both played in different versions of guitarist Marc Ribot's band. Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is a guitar player, perhaps best known as the founder and primary songwriter of hard rock group Living Colour. ... Marc Ribot (born 1954) is a Jewish American guitarist, composer and occasional singer from Newark, New Jersey. ...

This version of Rollins Band had some of the most overt jazz leanings of the band's history: Gibbs had began his career with the jazz fusion group of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Rollins' obsession with the late '60s/early '70's era of iconic trumpeter Miles Davis also shaped the band's music. In this era, Rollins Band recorded with flamethrowing free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle, though these sessions remained unreleased for some years. Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... Ronald Shannon Jackson (born January 12, 1940) is an American jazz drummer. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939) is a free jazz saxophonist and pianist. ...

The first video from 1994's Weight, the schizophrenic "Liar", was a huge hit on MTV, with Rollins sporting numerous costumes (including a cop and a nun). The band appeared at Woodstock '94, and Rollins was a guest-host for several MTV programs, including 120 Minutes. Woodstock 94 poster design Woodstock 94 is a rock concert that was held in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock concert of 1969. ...

Rollins Band signed with the then new major label Dreamworks, who released 1997's Come In And Burn The album was not as successful as Weight and, after touring for Burn, Rollins dissolved the group, citing creative stagnation. This article is about the film studio. ...

Fourth edition (c. 1997 to 2006)

Rollins replaced the Haskett-Gibbs-Cain lineup with the rock band Mother Superior, retaining the name Rollins Band, and released Get Some Go Again (2000) and Nice (2001). They also released a two-disc live album, The Only Way to Know for Sure. This line-up was a more straightforward hard rock group: their first album featured "Are You Ready?" a cover of a Thin Lizzy song, featuring Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham; Rollins has often expressed fondness for Thin Lizzy and its founder, Phil Lynott. Mother Superior is a Los Angeles based rock band, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Matt Tecu. ... Get Some Go Again is the sixth full-length studio album by Rollins Band, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Nice is the seventh full-length studio album by Rollins Band, released in 2001, their first on Sanctuary Records. ... “Hard Rock” redirects here. ... Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. ... Scott Gorham was the co-lead guitarist in the rock band Thin Lizzy from Eric Bells departure and Gary Moores temporary stint in 1974 until its breakup in 1983. ... Philip Parris Lynott (August 20, 1949–January 4, 1986) was an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of Thin Lizzy. ...

In 2003, the Rollins Band released Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three. The album features a number of guest vocalists (including Lemmy, Chuck D, Corey Taylor, Ice T, Tom Araya and others) singing Black Flag's songs. The West Memphis 3 were three people tried and convicted for triple homicide in the 1993 murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas in the United States. ... Lemmy (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister on December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Willis, Lemmy Kilmister, and Lemmy von Motörhead), is an English singer and bass guitarist, most famous for being the founding member of the heavy metal band Motörhead. ... Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer. ... Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the lead vocalist for Slipknot, a nine-piece metal band and founding member for hard rock band Stone Sour. ... Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. ... Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Valparaíso, Chile) is the bassist and lead vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. ...

Reunion

In between other commitments (His radio show Harmony In My Head, his cable/satellite TV show The Henry Rollins Show, and his spoken word tours), Rollins also reunited the Haskett-Gibbs-Cain lineup.[1]. In a blog entry on henryrollins.com, Rollins admitted, "Actually we have been practicing on and off for months now, slowly getting it together ... It’s been really cool being back in the practice room with these guys after all these years." [2]

The band opened some concerts for X, and played on the first season finale of The Henry Rollins Show'on Aug. 12, 2006 [3]. X is a noted punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. ...

Rollins told Alan Sculley of The Daily Herald that this reunion with Haskett, Gibbs and Cain would not become long-term unless the group decided to write new songs: "Let's put it this way. I don't want to go out and hit America again without a new record, or at least a new album's worth of material. Otherwise the thing will lack legitimacy ... Miles Davis would never do that. And I'm not into a greatest-hits thing. I think a band, if you're going to be around, you should be moving forward and putting in the time and working for it, getting after the art. Otherwise you're just playing retreads. ... Imagine a tree that grows canned peaches. It's nothing I want to do."^{[citation needed]} Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ...

Current Members

• Henry Rollins - vocals (1987-1997; 2006)
• Chris Haskett - guitar (1987-1997; 2006)
• Melvin Gibbs - bass guitar (1993-1997; 2006)
• Sim Cain - drums (1987-1997; 2006)
• Theo Van Rock - Sound Engineer (1987-1997; 2006)

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Former Members

• Bernie Wandel - bass guitar (1987)
• Mick Green - drums (1987)
• Andrew Weiss - bass guitar (1987-1992)
• Jim Wilson - guitar, piano (1999-2003)
• Marcus Blake - bass guitar (1999-2003)
• Jason Mackenroth - drums, saxophone (1999-2003)
• Keith Morris - vocals (Rise Above Tour 2003)

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Studio Albums

• Life Time (1987, re-release 1999)
• Hard Volume (1989, re-release 1999)
• The End of Silence (1992, double-CD re-release 2002) #160 US
• Weight (1994) #33 US, #22 UK
• Come in and Burn (1997) #89 US
• Get Some Go Again (2000) #180 US
• Nice (2001) #178 US
• Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (2002)

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Outtakes and Demos Collections

• Yellow Blues - from the Get Some Go Again Sessions (2001)
• A Nicer Shade of Red - from the Nice Sessions (2001)
• The End of Silence Demos (2002)
• Weighting (2003)
• Come in And Burn Sessions (2004)

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Live Albums

• Do It - Studio Outtakes and Live (1988)
• Turned On (1990)
• Insert Band Here: Live In Australia, 1990 (1999)
• A Clockwork Orange Stage (2001)
• The Only Way to Know for Sure (2002)

EPs/Singles

• Hot Animal Machine /Drive By Shooting EP (1986, reissue 1999)
• Tearing (1992) #54 UK
• Disconnect (1994)
• Liar (1994)
• Liar/Disconnect (1994) #27 UK

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References

1. ^ "Rollins Band" from Allmusic.com; URL accessed February 09, 2007
2. ^ "Rollins Band" from Trouser Press; URL accessed February 09, 2007

External links

• Henry Rollins official website
• Henry Rollins TV Interview on VBS.tv