Editing Henry Rollins (section)

===Rollins Band, solo releases, and spoken word===
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[[File:HenryRollins Performing 1993.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Rollins performing with the [[Rollins Band]] in 1993]]
Before Black Flag disbanded in August 1986, Rollins had already toured as a solo spoken-word artist.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2003-01-08/music/lip-service.php |title=Lip Service – Henry Rollins |access-date=2007-09-14 |author=Waggoner, Eric |newspaper=[[Seattle Weekly]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014220714/http://seattleweekly.com/2003-01-08/music/lip-service.php |archive-date = October 14, 2007}}</ref> He released two solo records in 1987, ''[[Hot Animal Machine]]'', a collaboration with guitarist [[Chris Haskett]], and ''[[Drive by Shooting]]'', recorded as "Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters";<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/punk_newwave_postpunk/support/Rollins.htm |title=Henry Rollins/Black Flag |access-date=2007-09-09 |author=Hoffmann, Frank |publisher=Survey of American Popular Music}}</ref> Rollins also released his second spoken word album, ''[[Big Ugly Mouth]]'', in the same year. Along with Haskett, Rollins soon added [[Andrew Weiss (musician)|Andrew Weiss]] and [[Sim Cain]], both former members of Ginn's side-project [[Gone (band)|Gone]], and called the new group Rollins Band. The band toured relentlessly,<ref name="amgrollins">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p191773|pure_url=yes}} |title=Rollins Band Biography |access-date=2007-08-22 |author=Prato, Greg |website=Allmusic}}</ref> and their 1987 debut album, ''[[Life Time (Rollins Band album)|Life Time]]'', was quickly followed by the outtakes and live collection ''Do It''. The band continued to tour throughout 1988; in 1989 another Rollins Band album, ''[[Hard Volume]]'', was released.<ref name="amghenry">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5299|pure_url=yes}} |title=Henry Rollins Biography |access-date=2007-08-22 |author=Huey, Steve |website=Allmusic}}</ref> Another live album, ''Turned On'', and another spoken word release, ''Live at McCabe's'', followed in 1990.

In 1991, the Rollins Band signed a distribution deal with Imago Records and appeared at the [[Lollapalooza]] festival; both improved the band's presence. However, in December 1991, Rollins and his best friend [[Murder of Joe Cole|Joe Cole]] were accosted by two armed robbers outside Rollins's home. Cole was murdered by a gunshot to the head; Rollins escaped without injury but police suspected him in the murder and detained him for ten hours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edwebproject.org/rollins.html |title=Primal Scream: Henry Rollins speaks |access-date=2007-09-08 |author1=Carvin, Andy |author2=Crone, Chris |publisher=EdWebProject.org}}</ref> Although traumatized by Cole's death, as chronicled in his book ''Now Watch Him Die'', Rollins continued to release new material; the spoken-word album ''[[Human Butt]]'' appeared in 1992 on his own record label, [[2.13.61]]. The Rollins Band released ''[[The End of Silence]]'', Rollins's first charting album.<ref name="amghenry" />

The following year, Rollins released a spoken-word double album, ''The Boxed Life''.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r77934|pure_url=yes}} |title='The Boxed Life' Overview |access-date=2007-08-23 |author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas |website=Allmusic}}</ref> The Rollins Band embarked upon the ''End of Silence'' tour; bassist Weiss was fired toward its end, and replaced by funk and jazz bassist [[Melvin Gibbs]]. According to critic Steve Huey, 1994 was Rollins's "breakout year".<ref name="amghenry" /> The Rollins Band appeared at [[Woodstock 94]] and released ''[[Weight (album)|Weight]]'', which ranked on the Billboard Top 40. Rollins released ''[[Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag]]'', a double-disc set of him reading from his Black Flag tour diary of the same name; he won the Grammy for [[Best Spoken Word Recording]] as a result. Rollins was named 1994's "Man of the Year" by the American men's magazine ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' and became a contributing columnist to the magazine. With the increased exposure, Rollins made several appearances on American music channels MTV and [[VH1]] around this time, and made his Hollywood film debut in 1994 in ''[[The Chase (1994 film)|The Chase]]'' playing a police officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022646/bio |title=Henry Rollins Biography |access-date=2007-09-14 |publisher=Yahoo! Movies}}</ref>

In 1995, the Rollins Band's record label, Imago Records, declared itself bankrupt. Rollins began focusing on his spoken word career. He released ''Everything'', a recording of a chapter of his book ''[[Eye Scream]]'' with free jazz backing, in 1996. He continued to appear in various films, including ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'', ''[[Johnny Mnemonic (film)|Johnny Mnemonic]]'' and ''[[Lost Highway (film)|Lost Highway]]''. The Rollins Band signed to [[Dreamworks Records]] in 1997 and soon released ''[[Come In and Burn]]'', but it did not receive as much critical acclaim as their previous material. Rollins continued to release spoken-word book readings, releasing ''[[Black Coffee Blues]]'' in the same year. In 1998, Rollins released ''[[Think Tank (Rollins)|Think Tank]]'', his first set of non-book-related spoken material in five years.<ref name="amghenry" />

By 1998, Rollins felt that the relationship with his backing band had run its course, and the line-up disbanded. He had produced a Los Angeles [[hard rock]] band called [[Mother Superior (band)|Mother Superior]], and invited them to form a new incarnation of the Rollins Band. Their first album, ''[[Get Some Go Again]]'', was released two years later. The Rollins Band released several more albums, including 2001's ''[[Nice (Rollins Band album)|Nice]]'' and 2003's ''[[Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three]]''. After 2003, the band became inactive as Rollins focused on radio and television work. During a 2006 appearance on ''[[Tom Green Live!]]'', Rollins stated that he "may never do music again",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=61600 |title=Henry Rollins on 'Tom Green Live' |date=November 5, 2006 |work=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=2010-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064937/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=61600 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> a feeling which he reiterated in 2011 when talking to ''Trebuchet'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/index.php/site/article/henry_rollins_Student_protests_are_great/|title=Henry Rollins:Student Protests are Great|date=January 11, 2011|publisher=Trebuchet Magazine|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> In an interview with ''Culture Brats'', Rollins admitted he had sworn off music for good – "... and I must say that I miss it every day. I just don't know honestly what I could do with it that's different."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturebrats.com/2011/03/tramp-last-mile-our-interview-with.html |title=Tramp The Last Mile: Our Interview With Henry Rollins |publisher=Culture Brats |date=2011-03-08 |access-date=2012-10-31}}</ref>
[[File:Henry Rollins at Roskilde Festival 2013.jpg|alt=Rollins holding a microphone|thumb|Rollins in 2013, performing spoken word]]
On the same topic, Rollins more recently said in 2016 "For me, music was a time and a place. I never really enjoyed being in a band. It was in me and it needed to come out, like a 25-year exorcism. One day, I woke up, and I didn't have any more lyrics. I just had nothing to contribute to the form, and I was done with band practice and traveling in groups."<ref>{{cite web|author=Joe Goggins |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/the-last-word-henry-rollins |title=Henry Rollins on touring, spoken word & nostalgia |publisher=The Skinny |date=2016-01-08 |access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref>

Rollins is a guest star on [[Damian Cowell]]'s 2017 album ''Get Yer Dag On!''