I Met Henry Rollins Today

[ghost666]

"Henry's the bomb," Mould says. "People won't be able to take their eyes off him. He's riveting." Beyond that, according to Mould, "Henry's always been this sort of enigmatic figure inside the gay community -- he's very masculine, very aggressive, and he's a good-looking guy who takes care of himself and has strong opinions and ideas. When I mentioned it to guys ... [they] were just like, ‘Henry Rollins? Oh my god! I'm so there!'"

But just why is Rollins there? Is he, as many gays have wished, finally coming out as gay? Ah, sorry, no.

Henry Rollins

"It's not even annoying," Rollins says about the lingering Henry-is-gay rumor. "It's just so funny to me, because where that comes from, for somebody being gay is a bad thing .. to say, ‘He's gay,' like it's a putdown. To me, you come out of the chute, you're something. You're straight, you're gay, you're bi, or you're Condoleezza Rice.... To me, it's about as interesting as talking about laundry. It's really not an issue."

He also attributes the rumor to the fact that he's very discreet in his relations with women: "I'm not making a public display of my heterosexuality." At 43, he also has never been married. Still, he says, "All this anti-same-sex marriage legislation, I can't stand it. It offends me on every level."

http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1259

Ok, so he is or he isn't...who cares really, except gaymo's - 'coz they're good with numbers right & like to know how many members are in their club?

If he does play softball...thats kinda gay isn't it?

[Amberience]

I this he's awesome. Like his music, like his words, like his acting.

[morelia]

Henry Rollins came to Brisbane for a concert once. A friend of mine went with the guy who picked him up from the airport to do a radio interview. My friend was a big fan. When he got in the car my friend said to Henry, (something like) "good to meet you and I really like your music etc" and Henry turned and said "Shut the f**k up and don't talk to me again". Sounds like a nice bloke to me.

[GaryG]

Husker Du a 'faggot' band.

Sorry to be a bit OT, but when Bob Mould came out, the lyrics to stuff like Punch Drunk became very painful, mainly cause of the sheer ferocity of the music

Who gives a f**k? When 'candy apple grey' came out, Bob Mould could have been shagging the dogs for all I care.

oh, you've heard that rumour too...



nah, quite right, it means squat, just funny to hear someone maybe 'alledgedly homophobic' coming out...

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