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I've been a huge Rollins fan since I was a kid in the 80s/90s. Some unsolicited recommendations:

Favorite spoken word album: Human Butt

Favorite Rollins Band album: Turned On (live)

Favorite book: Black Coffee Blues

Favorite flag with henry singing: My War

All his spoken word albums released on Quarterstick records in the early 90s were great, and I regret losing them.

The great thing about Rollins and Mackaye is that they have always cared deeply about fans. When Fugazi played my hometown, it was 5 bucks, compared to 15-20 for other shows. When I saw Rollins do a spoken word concert at UNC chapel hill, he hung out in the lobby afterwards and talked to every single fan and signed my copy of black coffee blues. When I wrote to dischord to ask them about a dag nasty reissue, they wrote me a letter back. Looking back, how many kids like me were there? must have been a ton. and yet.

Sorry this is kinda rambly but I'm obviously a huge fan still.




Another huge fan here since the Black Flag days.

Rollins did a book of poetry in the 90s called "See a Grown Man Cry"...had a profound impact on me, and I've never run across anyone else who read it.


I've read it! Also "Now Watch Him Die". I still have all the original books from 2.13.61, including a copy of "The Demon" signed by Hubert Selby!


His tour with Selby was the best. Changed my life


Warms my heart to hear that!

"Alien boys, rock steady"




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