Henry Rollins is not the sort of person to be trifled with. Not only did the guy front Black Flag, he played a white surpemacist/gang rapist on “Sons of Anarchy” WAY too believably for me to go spouting off if I ever saw him in person.
But that’s what a couple of New York City hipsters did when Rollins and Iranian artist Shirin Neshat went into an East Village establishment for a German TV show called “Into the Night with…” In the video below, a hipster girl starts loudly talking about Rollins and laughing at about the 0:40 mark. He brushes it off and keeps talking to Neshat, but when the girl yells “Get in the van!” — the title of one of Rollins’s books — that’s when he snaps. Look at the banner image. That’s Henry Rollins’s face when he decides he’s sick of your stupid mouth.
I hope I never see that face in person, because it means I failed to avert my eyes and mind my own business, and that I’m about to get my ass kicked by heavily muscled and tattooed 49-year-old punk rocker in a USO fleece. Goddam that dude is badass. He now ranks ahead of Charlie Murphy on my People I Want as My Dad list.
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Good for Henry. Fuck those stupid hipsters.
I really wish he would’ve yanked out that bitch’s armpit hair, shoved it down her throat and started singing Black Flag songs.
/a boy can dream.
TV Party tonight!
A friend of mine lives by Columbia in NYC. Every time I visit her i see at least one hipster with a tobacco pipe fedora, flannel, and skinny jeans. Whats next bubble pipes, monocles, and pocket watches? You look like an asshole dress like a normal person and get a fucking job!
This might be the first time I’ve written these words: Henry Rollins is right.
Awesome- Rollins slapped the smug out of that girl and couldn’t have been more polite while doing so. I wish I had that ability instead of muttering ‘douchebag hipster’ under my breath while the guy in front of me in line for coffee repeatedly missuses the word ‘irony.’
All I want in life is for every hipster to be Nazi-raped. Is that too much to ask?
If I become a judge, “Your honor, she was TAUNTING HENRY ROLLINS,” will be a viable defense to murder.
It’s nice that I live in Southern Illinois, where armpit hair gets the same punishment as being anon-white. Well it’s not nice for minorities, but it keeps the bitches in line.
I dunno, I like the man but he seemed a little too eager to get involved there.
@chazz_goodtimes: YES!!! Love Rollins! His show on IFC was great, but now it is canceled (booo!) I saw this on Buzzfeed earlier and someone there commented that they had emailed Rollins and he responded. I also emailed Rollins, I asked him what he thought about a particular belief regarding the status of the War in Iraq. I won’t get into details, I sent in something that was counter to what he stated on a recent show he did on TV. He responded to the email, he was very direct and his response was well put…with a little bit of rage…He’s got strong beliefs!
I agree. It looks like he was being a little bit self-conscious.
I’m famous and someone acknowledged me, I will now browbeat them.
2 People I wouldn’t fuck with in person: Henry Rollins, Dee Snider.
You can tell she’s never been in the shit cause she ain’t got The Stare.
Why don’t they show him taking the stupid trucker hat from that one chick? You got to regulate.
That is a colossally unhip way to act when you see a famous person. Even people in LA know that, and it’s LA.
60 Minutes would be about a jizzillion times more amazing if they replaced Andy Rooney with Henry Rollins.
A friend of mine was once waiting for someone in a phone booth to finish their call, got fed up, and told them to hurry the hell up. That person turned out to be Henry Rollins. I am happy to report that my friend is still alive.
Did that guy hand Rollins a cassette tape demo of his band?
This dingleberry does know that people reminisce about the sound of vinyl records and not cassette tapes, right? No one ever says, “You know what I miss? I miss having to press forward for 10 minutes before I get to the song I want to hear.”
Now if you excuse me, I have to get back to converting my Blu-Rays to VHS.
God dammit! I can’t watch this at work and I am too fucktarded to remember to watch it when I get home! I fucking suck!!! My only hope is that I will want to see the Where’s Waldo corgi again and accidentally stumble upon this.
That chick’s pitbush was awesome! Drop yer drawers, baby, and show us the Shatner!
I think Rollins is a colossal douche bag, but he’s right on this one.
There a lot of things that I disagree with Rollins on, but this was pretty funny. Honestly, this was just a classier, funnier and more biting version of the old-man-angry-fist. “Them dern chillin’!”
I have met him, and had the opportunity to (sorta) spend some time with him. He’s actually pretty stinkin’ laid back and cool in person.
Rollins is a douche. Listen to how he talks – particularly at the end getting into the car – “it’s a very important famous book I wrote, it won grammies, and I think you’d get a kick out of it.” Eat a dick – you deserve those fucking hipsters Hank.
@Dorm, try instapaper.com, it rocks. It puts a little Read Later icon on your browser bar and then it saves it across all your computers. I don’t work for them or anything, I just think more people should use it.
And Rollins is a stud.
Hank went in there looking for a fight and then browbeat a girl half his size. Not cool, Henry. Not cool.
Rollins needs to get out of his ass and realize that yes, he might be a joke, but who cares?! Every musician becomes a joke eventually!
If Soylent Green existed and exclusively used hipsters for the recipe, I’d buy product knowing what it was just to make sure that the company didn’t go out of business.
i think rollins is a bit old to be fucking with the hard core chicks of NYC.. oh wait.. nevermind.. she said his name.. recognized him.. then said the words that referenced his book.. oh no she di’nt…
complete overreaction/fail confrontation.
Henry Rollins ranting at full volume 24/7 into every PDA
while blocking any other communications until the hipsters get over themselves. that’ll learn ‘em!
Rollins came off a little insecure there. Maybe trying too hard to impress his lady friend.
I don’t get the pent up bitterness he seemed to have. The girl said “get in the van”. So fucking what?? She needed to be talked down?
What’s his deal? “Trust fund kid” and all this nonsense?
I guess he feels judged or something.
It was like a bitch slap across her small,irony filled, PBR damaged brain.
Man, I dunno. I’ve enjoyed Henry’s worldview through his spoken word performances very much and Black Flag as well, but he comes off like a bit of a ‘tard here. He’s actually just reinforcing what he THINKS they think about him. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t. Who cares?
On the other hand it’s pretty lame to loudly blurt at celebs (especially for a NY’er), so I can see how he’d be annoyed. He did overreact and you can see Ms. Neshat cringeing like, “get me away from this freak!”
Pretty fucking typical of Henry Rollins. It’s too bad he thinks he’s just as important a person as everyone in their 40s does. He hasn’t made good music as a solo artist and makes a career talking. So what’s his best come back to a hipster? Tattooed trust funders no where near as important as the photographer im on a date with…
good one?
Hipsters, much like racists, should be executed.
That obnoxious bitch got exactly what she deserved. Even after his initial approach, the googly eyed retard continued to mouth off. Rollins is a music legend, she is just a another jerkoff transplant from Idaho(no offense Idaho) whose greatest feat will be crawling out of this city in a year or two without having contracted herpes. Oh, and Todd…as a general rule of thumb, when a woman wants to be treated like a lady, she should try acting like one. I think this one may have had one too many bed bugs crawl up into her brain…would at least explain the deranged look in her eyes.
the Born Against cd “rebel sounds of shit and failure” was the highlight for me.
henry rollins was not right < , those girls weren't starting anything , he is just paranoid of being an old washed up musician , if anything i think those girls were just high (being the reason they laughed when they said henry rollins is here) and they probably respected him up until that point .
Did I miss the part where she mouthed off? She was obviously a fan. Did anyone say anything about him being old and in the way? Jesus Christ, Henry, calm the fuck down. Also, way to water down the term “hipster”, everyone in the comments section. Apparently now that means “any young person I don’t like.”
Hank was to quick to attack. He should be happy someone was familiar with his “grammy winning” CD/LP/MP3? In an attempt to seem relevant vs. easy target hipsterism he comes across as stilted and premeditated. Camera creates the character…
rollins was extremely polite and friendly back in ’94 when touring the spoken word thing with exene, etc. and i’m sure he still is, but you gotta show people some modicum of respect and give them space when they’re obviously filming. what’s the point of interjecting your stupid voice and ruining the take, unless you’re looking for a heckler/performer fight. she asked for it, and rollins delivered. simple. up rollins!
Never knew who Shirin Neshat was until now. She’s gorgeous.
Oh, and Henry Rollins was a total douche in this video.
He sounded like a giant dick to that girl. He’s sounds completely out of it and irrelevant. He needs to go home and sleep.
That place is the Cake Shop, by the way and lots of non-hipsters play there.
Just how “badass ” is it for a middle-aged man to go off on some silly little hipster-chick? Yes, she needed to be put in her place, but still…”badass?”
That stuff Michael Jackson used to sleep? He should maybe take that if moving about the world becomes unbearable.
I bet Henry smashed the tape against a wall.
So many butt-hurt hipsters in here. Thanks for ruining NYC and waving a the white flag so corporate America to run in the destroy the LES.
Black Flag / Henry fan since the mid 80s
I figure Henry has his gig and his gig is not to smile and sign autographs.
He saw a fan and his Give Em Something To Remember a Star By reflex kicked in. Kinda juvenile; funny, considering he’s feeling “old and in the way.”
As for the chick on the left, she probably wondering if playing in her band will turn her into a bitter dick LOL
He was out with an Iranian dissident, huh? Did they get stoned afterwards?
Henry Rollins is a tool, and a sellout. He offers himself as counter to the mainstream when it benefits him to make money. Then shills for Corporate America (like voiceovers for Goodyear, etc.). He is the problem and by the way not all that tough either; I’ll go toe to toe any old time at all. Come to Chicago, anytime Henry…
I seem to agree and disagree with everyone. I agree that he jump the gun quickly, but I also think that bitch needed to STFU. I would’ve simply walked over and told her to please quiet down while we’re filming. If the bitch talked back after that, THEN I would’ve went off.
I love how some here are saying “he’s insecure and acting tough to save face”. Yeah, and if he simply said “let’s leave and film somewhere else” then you’d all be calling him a pussy. Damned if ya do, damned if ya don’t.
I don’t get what people see in the guy…he’s not smart…although he would argue that he is…thereby proving he’s not.:) And people who go see him are from the shallow end of the mental puddle..
Hnery Rollins is pathetic, come on, that’s what punk rockers turn into? he sounds like my grandpa.
FERG comment “You look like an asshole dress like a normal person and get a fucking job!”
That’s what every generation got, from hippies to punk, from disco to grunge, sad to see that a once cool dude Henry Rollins is so out of touch.
Y’know, I like a lot of the stuff HEnry says, but he’s got an overinflated sense of self importance sometimes, and here he just comes off as a douche. Yeah, the girl got excited…so would YOU, if you saw someone you had grown up listening to and had gained respect and maybe admiration for. You’d hand him a tape too, if you had one of YOUR band, becuase that’s how it works. You get lucky and get an oppurtunity to pass on your bands tape because you never know when you’ll get another chance like it.
This is a very important book, the audio version won a grammy? VERY insecure. And he was way judgemental. Everyone has a bad day, and i’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he’s no better than anyone…and niether is his friend. It’s one thing to have respect for the challenges someone has faced in life, it’s another thing entirely to think that puts them on some kind of pedastel. cleary, Rollins has put himself on one a few times too many. Sorry, Henry, but you were a douchebag here.
i wear tight clothes. dont hate me.
can we acknowledge they were both lame?
but henry was the only person in there that could do 20 or more consecutive push-ups.
pussy generation folks.
What was her point? And does that type of behavior earn her smug points with the hipster crowd? Maybe she was high. Who cares – He’s been fighting with the elitist, privileged class since he was 17. How hard can it be to antagonize him?
Dare I go on?
What was his point? Verbal jousting is his profession. Why waste it on some pretentious, avant-garde wannabe? Unless you’re trying to dumb down your act.
This was like watching an owl snatch up a field mouse. You know the end result, its the carnage that piques the interest.
COME AT ME BRO!
So the message here is that German reality TV is as fake and scripted as the American version. Good to know.
Hipsters are the worst form of shit that soils our planet. Fucking ironic, do-nothing clones.
Yeah that looks about as smart as pepper spraying a bear in the campsite. I can’t believe the self control he has.
I like how he keeps calling the young kids elitist when it seems to me he thinks he’s a lot better than they are. practice what you preach… or stop preaching. I thought he was a douchebag. I liked the Iranian girl though, thats awesome she stands up for Muslims. They need it now, theres an attitude of distrust towards an entire group of a billion people and really I’m pretty sure they just want us to stop dropping bombs on them in the middle east (the ones we call ‘terrorists’ (you ever lived in a place where bombs get dropped around you? me neither, sounds pretty terrifying to me…)).
Fuck your Muslims
“So many butt-hurt hipsters in here.”
Not really, the fact that you’re trying to troll hipsters here just proves that you care about them too much. That and your comment sounded exactly like what a hipster would say.
Lurk moar.
This video isn’t doing Henry any favors. We all hate hipsters, but come on, man. What exactly did she do before you jumped her shit, besides just trying to get your attention? Every single person in this clip was elitist and douchey, especially Rollins, except for the poor Iranian woman who had the grace and humility to be embarrassed by the whole situation — which is the right reaction, because the whole thing was pathetic and embarrassing.
“A very famous book I wrote, which the audiobook won a Grammy…” Are you crapping me, Rollins? Who’s the giant douchebag?
Fucking douche nozzles, I would have ripped off her head and shit down her neck.
Are you guys crazy? That girl didn’t do a single god damn thing. Rollins completely projected his desire for a fight onto her. He wanted to be the underdog in some weird by claiming that they were elitists–something he was espousing a long time before anyone even said anything. They were just fucking young people hanging out, having a good time, and playing around. He tried to turn a complete non-situation into a situation in which he made a fool out of himself.
That should read “some of you guys,” not you “you guys”!
I don’t know anything about Henry Rollins other than I think he used to sit on the Supreme Court, but I will objectively say this…he in no way came out of that confrontation looking like a bad ass, or a resident of the higher ground. He assumed a lot of stereotypical shit for no good reason other than some drunk chick was chirping at him.
He lost that one.
that chick was more hippy than hipster.
and ROllins is maybe a tad on the defensive side of things. (don’t tell him i said this though)
I think Rollins was satisfied that he had something relevant to say, when he very well knew those people were not prepared for that encounter. Say what you mean or else this shit happens.
If you watch one of Hank’s spoken word DVDs (Live From the Conversation Pit, I believe) he talks about ripping a kid, who was CLEARLY not homeless or in any kind of need, a new asshole for panhandling. I’d give the little shit something to think about too.
And that’s the way I feel about the girl in this video. She KNEW they were filming, she KNEW it would piss him off (how could you not? He’s Henry Fucking Rollins!), and she KNEW what would happen. If she didn’t, then she’s a moron and she knew nothing about him beyond the title of that book and that he wrote it.
I’m 21 years old and never in my life have I felt a need to act out in that way, nor will I ever, I think. She deserved it. If nothing else it might make her grow up a little. I know I’d be shitting my pants if Henry Rollins got in my face about anything.
Seems like he was defensive going in. I know that type of feeling where you just know you’re going to get ripped on and soon any little transgression becomes someone attacking you. He even mentions it later on when he was talking about how he was counting down until someone made some comment.
Also, she was antagonizing him and he did the usual Henry Rollins when someone is antagonizing him which is go get into their face and confront them with their own personal flaws, real or not. Furthermore he did not accuse her of being an elitist trust fund kid but made a general statement that she assumed was about her.
Don’t attempt to engage someone in a debate when you don’t have those skills. Randomly screaming at people in coffee shops or music stores will generally get you yelled at whether or you’re yelling at Henry Rollins or not.
Chick was a drugged-out, stupid, airhead.
You can see they’re filming.
If you want someone’s attention, you wait patiently until they’re done, like the guy with the long hair, the album and the cassette at the end.
Honestly, douchebag or not, that seemed like a fairly restrained reaction from Henry.
As far as the “very famous album” stuff at the end, it may have been some insecurity or some residual agitation, but if you’ve ever traveled, you know that the way you describe things to non-english speakers, or in foreign languages you don’t speak well gets necessarily simplified.
Personally, I would have been paranoid about some drunk-ass hipster dipshit antics, too.
Unfortunate all around, except for the one guy who was actually polite.
I like the part at the end where he admits he went in there looking for a fight. Real tough picking on a small woman. He’s the worlds greatest douche.
I love how Henry Rollins is in fact the elitist snob in this picture. And mouthing of to some young girl that doesn’t have the guts to come up to him, because she is to shy and tries it in a different way. That’s so strong. He should take a hint from the Iranian, she was honest, and super sweet, without all the hotshottery.