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"Henry Rollins Quote"

He was being interviewed on Xfm last night and they asked him what he thought of the current thing about stars not flying in case of terrorist attacks:

"I think any performer that is too scared to get on a plane is a p***y. Slipknot? They talk of nihilism and hating the world, about life being worthless and you have to be extreme. But they cancelled their show here and postponed it? That's all I need to know. Instead of a mask, wear a dress."

On musicians demanding loads of stuff before they'll perform anywhere (J-Lo, Elton John etc)
"Think of it like this. There's a war on and everyone is needed to help prevent someone from dying in your arms. 'What do you do?' 'I'm a musician' '...ah, well we need a surgeon or a teacher right now, but we'll get back to you if we want a song'. Never forget that you are nothing at the end of the day, you put your entire life-force into a record, and people turn that off when they go out and have a life."

I like Henry Rollins a lot.

Heh heh I remember playing TJ's in Newport for the first time - where Kurt C proposed to Courtney.. quite cool too.

I forgot about them as well...ah well, at least Black Flag played.

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I know what you mean, sometimes history takes precedence over venue size or facilities. It is a wicked buzz to think some of the greatest have graced that stage... I almost forgot U2 aswel!!

Yup, little Peavey.

They made the stage a bit bigger, but basically it's the "cosy" little place we all know and love. And the photos, I was like "My god, Black Flag! The Police!..er...Dire Straits?..Simply Red?..Nevermind, Black Flag played there."

I like it, played twice now and I still get a kick thinking "Ok Rollins stood there, Mugger threw his bass about over there.."

Seriously, I always wanted to be in a band that played the same places as Black Flag and I managed it.
Without sounding too cheesy, I was on Cloud Nine the 1st time I played there. Was going to "borrow" the photo on the wall of them, but thought better of it.

Damn Dirty Soundman watching me intently

Is the PA still a tiny Peavey vocal PA?

Its like the rock café or sommit when you walk through there - the amount of photos on the walls...

So did we after soundcheck.
Considering it's a tiny place, I was amazed at the bands that have rocked there.

Excellent

Great pool room upstairs... whiled away many an hour there...

And Dire Straights...er...forget I said that.

Although the Hope & Anchor (IMHO) is not the greatest venue I have to bow down to the huge amount of fantastic bands that have graced that tiny wooden stage...

I would have loved to have seen the Police there..

And we played at The Hope & Anchor in Islington, famous venue where both Black Flag and Henry Rollins have performed.

It was an absolute personal highlight stepping onto the same stage as that band and Rollins.

One of my life ambitions was attained.
Only 32 left to go now.