Comments on: Henry Rollins on Rave

By: Merlijn Nimmegeers

Merlijn Nimmegeers — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:12:09 +0000

Haha, I recognized the text from a song. :D
TNT aka Technoboy & Tuneboy vs Kutski – Sucksess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPJDcM2A3w
Or this one
Angerfist & Tieum – Shitty Rave Track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h75-4Zzaak

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:32:13 +0000

Rollins is actually well known to be a huge fan of American Tapes and a handful of other noise labels, to the point where he has a rep as a collector. I remember a few years ago people talking about getting in bidding wars with him on eBay for certain noise tapes.

By: Jakub

Jakub — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:25:47 +0000

What a paradox: one of the biggest punkers says “punk is really dead”. But that is what real punker should say…

By: tazzaler

tazzaler — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:09:40 +0000

I love Rollins, I love Electronic music more than him, but I still love this skit. I really think he’s aiming it more to the pretentious DJs than those who actually create a sound that even if it has samples sounds original. If you listen to one of Germany’s many mainstream compilations of electronic music (in my mind Future Trance comes to mind) I think it’s apparent that some of his criticisms are true.

Maybe I’m corrupted by his love of Slayer and my love of Slayer as well is why I just laugh and let judgement for out the backdoor.

I can’t think of a direct link but Rollins is critical about everything and everyone, even himself. For the most part though he does come off as a cynic which for some is extremely annoying which throws people off the wagon so to speak as seen my the conversation.

oh by the way this has been one of the most unique dialogs in Wire to the ear’s comment section that I’ve seen in a year.

By: Henry Swanson

Henry Swanson — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:11:36 +0000

Heh. The commentators here sound as fiercely passionate about music (and the vital need for diversity) as Henry’s obviously been for the last 30-something years. This alone makes them (non-paradoxically) big Rollins fans.. Strange world, isn’t it?

Rather than discuss anyone’s potential hipster shortcomings as authoritative commentators on The Mighty Hank, I can only point the unbelieving in the general atomic direction of “Audio Airstrike Consultants 1986-1988.”

@ Fid The Fosh Know which Aphex album I like most? The one that goes ‘bip blop blip bloop bleep’ *stylish troll hat on* ;-)

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:21:54 +0000

I think Rollins would agree on this… it’s totally ok to dislike people, tell them you dislike them, what they stand for, their music and more. We are talking about him and not the other way around so he wins in that way. Yeah I don’t like much about him but mostly it’s because he seems like a bit of a bully: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhyZaA8yqo … I’m careful here because someone once told me you hate the people most like yourself. Yikes.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:06:33 +0000

Since you wanted him to be funny, I think your criticism of Rollins could have used some humor as well, instead of quoting the part of his Wikipedia page that talks about mental health problems. This is a guy with a 30+ year career in music, spoken word, books, some absolutely horrible movies, etc. Surely you could have found something to laugh at.

The other thing about slagging his music, is that some of it is legitimately great (who can’t get into silly three-chord punk songs about beer or TV), some of it you only realize how brilliant it is once you ‘get’ it (side B of “My War” in particular), and some of it is garbage. And he’s done almost all of it on his own terms.

Just like how you’d want electronic music to be.

By: Fid The Fosh

Fid The Fosh — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:36:39 +0000

On the one hand you could take a structured analysis of Rollin’s shortcomings as an authoritative commentator on contemporary Electronic Music,by talking up the limitations of his own dire music,while giving loads of examples from the diverse pluralities of Electronic Music of sonorities that far surpass the confines of his tiny adolescent playpen.Which is what I did.

On the other hand you could crush him under the enormous weight of a Dubstep wobble,then have Techno Viking kick his fucking face off.Which is what Ta! did.

More than one way to strangle a yappy annoying Chihuahua,as they say in old Moldova.Skinning cats is of course so last season.

The only criticism I have of the Dubstep version is that it didn’t end with Jax Teller putting a bullet through his nut.Which is of course what happened to him at the end of Sons Of Anarchy season two,in his role as AJ Weston (Aryan dumbfuck).

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:27:53 +0000

Ah I always love the Viking!

By: ta!

ta! — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:22:04 +0000

LOL .. who cares about Henry Rollins :)
Oliver, you should have linked to one of these versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0TSVti62r0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf13MmZIcLs

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