As we found out when we spoke to him last week, Henry Rollins rarely suffers from a lack of opinions, or a lack of words to express them. The interview that ran in this week’s edition was only a snippet of a much longer conversation with the former Black Flag front man and current actor, author, columnist, spoken word artist and world traveler — and occasional Aryan Brotherhood muscle against fictional TV biker gangs.
What follows is more of that chat, in which we cover topics ranging from travel tips to visiting wounded veterans to Rollins’ colossal record collection. You can catch more of Rollins this Friday, October 26, when he performs his spoken word show, “Capitalism,” at Alumni Hall at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.
SEVEN DAYS: When you travel, it’s typically as just a dude with a passport. You don’t really have much more access than any average tourist. And I’m guessing that in many of the places you go, most people have no idea who you are. If you did have more access, would that change the way you approach your travels?
HENRY ROLLINS: That’s basically true. And hell yeah it would change my approach. But I do have a little more access when I travel with documentary teams — last year I traveled with National Geographic. When you’ve got that hookup, they open the place for you. You walk towards a door and it just opens. It’s pretty cool.
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