Rollins Band - Being Obscene ~ St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. April 17, 1992 (SBD)

Rollins Band
Being Obscene - (Flashback World Productions ~ Flashback 09.92.0191)
St. Andrews Hall
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
April 17, 1992
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Original Silver CD > E.A.C. (v0.95 prebeta 5) > Wave 16bit > FLAC Frontend Level 6

01 Introduction 0:49
02 Tearing 5:19
03 1000 Times Blind 3:03
04 Turned Out 10:01
05 Almost Real 9:17
06 Blues Jam 16:44
07 Another Life 6:53
08 Obscene 13:10
09 Just Like You 9:17

Total Playing Time: 1hr 14mn 33sc

Henry Rollins Vocals
Chris Haskett Guitar
Sim Cain Drums
Andrew Weiss Bass

Another chance to see Henry Rollins in my own backyard (I grew up in Detroit) that I missed. I missed seeing Black Flag in 1986 because my band Psychosis was headlining at Blondies (also in Detroit) that same night. On this night Henry Rollins was fronting his eponymously named solo band. This night my band Psychosis was headlining a show at a club called The Sleazy D in Lansing, Michigan. I think Ted Nugent was at Pine Knob and either White Zombie or Sepultura at Harpo's. A big night for live music. I remember we sold out the last of the initial pressing of our 1st album that night. Driving home that night we heard our song "Demon Lord" on the Lansing college radio station. They eventually played the whole album but received the most requests for our tune "Fluffy Bunny Boo" (don't laugh it was one of our heaviest hence the goofy name). Any way it was great to get a recording of this gig a few years later.

FLAC

MP3

More Henry Rollins & Black Flag Here

Rollins Band - Fritz Club, Vienna, Austria, October 14, 1988 (FM)

Rollins Band
Fritz Club
Vienna, Austria
October 14, 1988
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Intro 0:17
02 - Do It 1:29
03 - Burned Beyond Recognition 2:56
04 - Talk 2:57
05 - Wreck-Age 4:36
06 - Gun in Mouth Blues 13:27
07 - Talk 1:15
08 - You Didn’t Need To Do That To Me 5:08
09 - Followed Around 3:07
10 - Ghost Rider 5:42
11 - Outro 0:58

Henry Rollins – lead vocals
Chris Haskett – guitar
Andrew Weiss – bass
Sim Cain – drums, percussion

Henry Rollins is one of my favorite performers, so much passion in every movement and syllable. I never saw him with Black Flag (had my own gig when they played their last show here in Detroit so..). I've seen him a couple times with The Rollins Band and was just blown away (too bad he's now retired from music!). The man could be intimidating when seen from the front row of a club.

I downloaded this recording from a nice blog called The Luxor Dream run by a person named Titus. I do believe he made the cover art as well. Titus has been around a while and has a nice variety of recordings to share. I recommend visiting.

Filefactory Flac

Filefactory MP3

Turbobit Flac

Turbobit MP3

More Henry Rollins shows with Black Flag & Rollins Band Here

Black Flag - Last Show ~ Graystone Hall, Detroit, Michigan June 27, 1986 (SBD)

Black Flag
Last Show
Graystone Hall
Detroit, MI
June 27, 1986
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Retired At 21
02 Annihilate This Week
03 Bastard In Love
04 Drinking And Driving
05 Paralyzed
06 In My Head
07 White Hot
08 Black Love
09 Kickin And Stickin
10 Society’s Tease
11 This Is Good
12 I Can See You
13 Nothing Left Inside
14 Gimme Gimme Gimme
15 Louie Louie

Greg Ginn - guitar
Henry Rollins - vocals
C'el Revuelta - bass
Anthony Martinez - drums

Our Roots Of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Series brings us to one of the reasons why Thrash Metal bands play fast. It was the Punk Rock influence. Hardcore Punk Rockers Black Flag were one of the biggest. For me it was Black Flag, Dead Kenedys and The Plasmatics. The Misfits play a hand in it as well as The Meatmen. I remember when I first heard Black Flag. I was in High School studying art prepping to become a High School Art Teacher. That didn't happen because of my music career, but that has no bearing on the story. I had a 3 hour commercial art class and our teacher signed us up for a scientific study on how music affects learning. We were allowed to listen to whatever music we brought in. The class across the hall listened to nothing but Classical Music and the control group listened to none. I have no idea of the study's results, it didn't interest me then. We did however like the teacher said bring in whatever we wanted to listen to. A friend in the class said he was going to bring in some Hardcore Punk to see if the teacher would play it. It was a Black Flag 12 inch record with like 4 songs per side. The teacher noted it didn't have a speed marked on the label. He asked my buddy what speed, and he said he wasn't sure. The teacher first played it on 33 then on 45. It was meant to be 45 but hell I thought the slower speed sounded great. When it was played at 45 I flipped out, I was a Black Flag fan for life. This recording is from the last Black Flag show, they broke up in the van afterward. This was my only chance to have seen Black Flag. I didn't make the show (didn't even know they played). My band Psychosis was headlining Blondie's that night (we sold out). Hey I still get to hear it though thanks to a lucky taper who caught lightning in a bottle.

MP3

Rollins Band - The Bizarre Festival ~ Butzweilerhof, Koln, Germany 08-16-1997 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Rollins Band
The Bizarre Festival
Butzweilerhof
Koln, Germany
August 16, 1997
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

01 - On My Way To The Cage
02 - Low Self Opinion
03 - Starve
04 - Civilized
05 - You Didn't Need
06 - Thursday Afternoon
07 - The End Of Something
08 - Icon
09 - Disconnect
10 - Fool

Henry Rollins – lead vocals
Melvin Gibbs – bass
Chris Haskett – guitar
Sim Cain – drums, percussion

Filefactory MP3

 

Turbobit MP3

Rollins Band - Reading Festival, Reading, England 08-28-1994 (FM)

Rollins Band
Reading Festival
Reading, England
August 28, 1994
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Interview (cuts in)
02 Volume 4
03 Divine Object of Hatred
04 Disconnect
05 Civilised
06 Icon
07 Liar
08 DJ Outro (fades)

Henry Rollins – lead vocals
Chris Haskett – guitar
Sim Cain – drums, percussion
Melvin Gibbs – bass

This is a great sounding recording of one hell of a show. Henry & the band are in fine form here, the only thing wrong is the length of the set. Way too short!!! This also has one of the best live versions of "Liar" that I've heard.

 Filefactory Flac

 

Filefactory MP3

 

Turbobit Flac

 

Turbobit MP3