I've never been a fan of later Black Flag releases. The demos to 'My War' are ok but that's where it ends for me. I'm not even a big fan of 'Damaged'. 'Rise Above' definitely is a killer but the rest of the songs are not all that good. They're good but not as good as everybody else says. Also Rollins is my least favorite Black Flag singer. Keith, Dez and Chavo were a lot better. Probably that's why I prefer the releases that have any one of them on vocals.
It seems people either think he's a cool genius or a musclehead trying to make the trivia he spews look clever. I think he's a weird freak. To me though that's a rather positive quality in a human being. Maybe what he says is trivial but it's to the point. He's always a pleasure to see live on his spoken word tours (unfortunately never saw him perform with a band). And most importantly he doesn't give a fuck if you, me or anybody doesn't like what he does. To me everything he does spells honesty and I think we need more of that. Roll on Henry.
With all this out of the way we can finally get to the record I bought:
Rollins Band - the end of silence 2LP - euro pressing - Imago - 1992
Of course I will remove those ugly stickers.
Printed innersleeves for both records. I like that.Yes, they are a bit rumpled but I think it's not too bad and am ok with it.Especially because I got the record for a good price.
Prior to this purchase I never bothered to really check out the Rollins Band discography but this time I did. What a surprise. There are a lot more releases than I knew of. Right away I felt worried about all those other releases I seemingly would have to chase down. Luckily though (I thought I'd never say this) all of those I had never heard of were only released on CD which means I don't have to bother with them. So it's still 3 more until being satisfied with my collection.
What's missing:Henry Rollins - hot animal machine - Texas Hotel(I already own 3 copies of this record but not the US original)Rollins Band - niceRollins Band - end of silence demos
