Reviews
18.03.2008 / Tyler Mccollum / boston, ma
Good Ideas but no flow
This book has some funny commentary and some decent writing depicting a bleak point of view. I enjoyed it but this book will make you cringe more than giggle.
27.03.2006 / J. Walters / Orange County, CA
...in the spirit it is intended.
Henry Rollins has to be one of the only living modern folk heros for the hard core. I bought this book around the time I also bought my first computer, just to see what a self published book looked like and to see what the quality was like. What I got in the mail (from a little used bookstore in N...
[> more]24.12.2004 / B. Parker / oh
A Unheralded Classic
This is a great book. The section "124 Worlds" is one of the most intense things I have ever read. This is an ideal first read (it pulls you in more than SOLIPSIST might). I am proud to say when I saw a Rollins Band gig and I brought something to sign, I handed this to Henry. It holds a place of hon...
[> more]The book "Black Coffee Blues" belongs to the following genres:
Miscellaneous Items Music Other prose: from c 1900 - Literature: Classics
About Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist.
After joining the short-lived Washington D.C.-based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups until 2003 and during 2006.
Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows, such as Harmony In My Head on Indie 103, and television shows, such as The Henry Rollins Show, MTV's 120 Minutes,and Jackass. He had a recurring dramatic role as a white supremacist i...