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"I was shocked at how fast it is on the record. If we’d recorded that song at the tempo we’d play it live a year later, it would have crushed buildings.” The 10 best Rollins Band songs chosen by guitarist Chris Haskett

Chris Haskett was the guitarist for the Rollins Band for a decade

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"The senseless, random act of violence against someone so full of life and innocence was mind-blowing, and I hated Los Angeles for a long time after that." How the murder of Henry Rollins' friend inspired two songs on Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty

The killing of roadie and documentarian Joe Cole remains unsolved 35 years on

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"It blew Ian's mind!" Why Dave Grohl gifted punk rock legend Ian MacKaye a personalised message from right wing motormouth Ted Nugent for his 63rd birthday

Foo Fighters frontman reveals how he surprised Ian MacKaye with a bespoke birthday present

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"The Ramones rescued rock 'n' roll." How Ramones' first album changed the lives of punk rock icons Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Ian MacKaye and Steve Albini, in their own words

On April 23, 1976 Sire Records released a punk rock record that changed everything

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“We played it at CBGB’s. The label guy said, ‘That’s a single.’ We said, ‘Oh, no... That’s not going on the album. That’s a joke song!’” It was nothing more than a throwaway jam – then they were playing it at the Grammys in tuxedos

In the annals of ’90s alt-rock one-off hits, few were more improbable than Liar, the snarky funk-metal jam that brought hardcore heavyweight Henry Rollins and his band onto mainstream radio, and to music's biggest stage

Guitar World

Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

Captain Kirk is set to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and uncork some hard-hitting originals

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Mark of Cain singer comes out as trans ‘to finally live as myself’

Josie Scott, who has played in the Australian heavy metal band with her brother Kim for 40 years, writes to fans: ‘I’ve decided to embrace, rather than endure, who I am’

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"It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America

The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action

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Henry Rollins is coming back to music after over 20 years - and has been working with another iconic punk legend

21 years since his last solo album, Henry Rollins has returned to the Washington D.C. studio where it all began

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"Shave my head, let’s just go for it!" How Hollywood superstar Matt Damon channelled his inner Henry Rollins to make a surprise cameo as an obnoxious punk rock singer in cult teen comedy EuroTrip

As a major Hollywood player, Matt Damon didn't need to take a bit part as a snotty punk in EuroTrip, but his reason for doing so was sweet

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"I hated everybody. I had no friends." The wild, unapologetic life of punk rock's forgotten hellraiser, Casey Chaos

How Casey Chaos became a punk rock icon for the nu metal generation

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Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’

With a new Body Count album out next month, the hip-hop superstar turned actor answers your questions on Law & Order, the Cop Killer furore and working with ‘wild man’ Abel Ferrara

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"I have not thought lyrically since about the year 2000, 2001... I'm smart enough to not come back for the encore”: Henry Rollins on why he’s done with music

Henry Rollins on why he's done with music

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BMW's R 1300 GS Motorcycle Is a Tattooed Punk, With an Air of Respectability

After miles of no-hands, hard tunes, and countless wheelies, RideApart's Jonathon Klein believes he has the BMW R 1300 GS pegged: It's Henry Rollins in a suit.

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‘I love it when things get out of hand’: the return of outrageous 90s rockers the Jesus Lizard

Darkly comedic, frequently naked and with fans in Kurt Cobain and Henry Rollins, the quartet burned a bloodstained trail through the alt-rock scene. They explain how they’re staying dangerous after 26 years away

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"Minor Threat were like The Beatles. I saw Ian MacKaye write Straight Edge on his mother's piano": Henry Rollins on Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Stooges, Green Day, Beyoncé and the meaning of punk

Former SOA, Black Flag, Rollins Band frontman Henry Rollins knows a thing or three about punk rock, so pay attention please

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"It was just good to have that early on." Tool's Maynard James Keenan reveals the essential advice punk rock legend Henry Rollins gave him at the start of his career

Maynard James Keenan has kept this piece of advice in mind ever since

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Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

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10 times massive metal bands appeared in video games

Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and even Grand Theft Auto have all featured some of heavy metal’s most famous musicians

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10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles

David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were

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“I was bullied for my technique. I just used that as motivation… keep playing until you smoke the haters”: Meet Snõõper, the Jack White-signed Nashville indie punks making art from 100mph fretwork

Snõõper mix high-speed leads, puppetry, props and video art with hardcore gigs that see their gear taken out by airborne bodies – “It goes spectacularly wrong about one-third of the time,” says guitarist Connor Cummins

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In 1984, Nick Cave and Henry Rollins crashed a fancy Hollywood party at the Australian Consulate: their behaviour soon saw them escorted off the premises

"Nick is on his hands and knees... he crawls up to a large woman and bites her on the ankle..."

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A beginner's guide to hardcore in five essential albums

Over four decades since its birth, hardcore punk remains in rude health. From Black Flag to Turnstile, here are the albums that have defined it

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Henry Rollins: ‘I wouldn’t go back on stage with a band for anything’

The writer, actor and legendary punk musician answers your questions on working with William Shatner and Al Pacino, the joy of lifting weights and Leeds’ best onion bhajis

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Self-belief and gelatinous noise: the greatest work of late punk hero Glen ‘Spot’ Lockett

Spot, who has died aged 71, went from rollerskating jazz head to in-house producer for SST Records, home to Black Flag, Hüsker Dü and more – and defined the expansive sound of US punk

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