At the end of this show I was left with
a sense of dread – what the hell am I going
to say about that? I never thought I’d find
the words to describe my feelings towards it,
but I’m going to give it my best shot. Prior
to me entering the venue, the only knowledge I
had regarding Henry Rollins was that he was in
the band Black Flag in the 80’s but that
was about all I had.
Everything ran like clockwork, the ticket stated
the performance would begin at 8 and spot on 8
Mr Rollins strode out onto the stage and began,
he also didn’t pause for breath until he
was finished at half 10. For this strenuous 2
and a half hours of constant talking we were gifted
with some of Rollins most unusual, emotional,
hilarious and most dangerous moments of his life;
events from his days in Black Flag, stories from
his National Geographic work and cultural differences
from a lifetime of world travelling. Some of the
stories were straight up hilarious but some were
some of the most heartbreaking things you will
ever hear, really sad unfortunate events from
his travels but no matter how low the mood got
he’d always bring it back right at the end
with
When many of us live in one place for our duration
on this planet, with all the awful people you
can meet and all the highlighting by the media
on the worlds vilest incidents it’s great
when someone who has experienced so much and actually
been to some of the vilest places on earth and
seen flickers of hope in an otherwise darkened
world – I can’t speak for everyone
but for me it restores my faith in humanity and
sometimes, you just need that. Lots of laughs,
emotion, and new ways of thinking all delivered
with wit and intelligence from a truly remarkable
human being, great way to spend a night.
Review By James Webb
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