An enigmatic figure, Henry Rollins has had a long and multifaceted career since busting out of Washington, D.C.
Since, he’s gone from musician to activist, to author, to spoken word genius and back again, moving seamlessly between those roles as he continuously tackles new projects. Recently, he’s released a photobook of stunning and timeless images he’s collected while travelling to remote spots around the world.
Behind the Front Door spoke with Rollins and asked a series of random questions to tease your interest.
You have quite an extensive bibliography thus far. Do you have any favourites and what kinds of future publications can your readers look forward to in 2014 and 2015?
HR: I don’t have any favorite anything of what I do. It’s like having a favorite wound or pool of blood. It’s just what I do. If I could stop, I would, but I can’t. There is a new book set for release in 2014 called A Grim Detail that is travel stories and journal entries from 2009-2010. As far as releases go, there are other things happening but I would rather not talk about that which is still being worked on. I will say that there is a ton of written stuff that will be happening in the next few years if I don’t get killed off before I get it done.
The photobook "Occupants" was published in 2011, which I would describe as "stunning, provocative and timeless". There was such a great response to the book, are there plans for another sometime down the line? If so, any idea what it might look like?
HR: Thank you. The next photo book is almost done. A few more locations and I have to decide what approach to take to the writing part of it, which was the hardest and most time intensive part of the first one. So far, it’s looking pretty good.
In retrospect, looking on your body of work, are there aspects you'd like to concentrate more on in future work?
HR: think I will be doing more writing than anything else. Of all the things
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Discussion with Henry Rollins.
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