Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 3

by Henry Rollins

Fanatic! Thank you so much for coming back. Last time around, I was faced with some challenges in developing the manuscript. If Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 2 was only going to take in 2016, it would have been too short. If I included the writing from 2017 as well, it would have been too much, even by Fanatic standards. I decided to put the two years of writing together, divide the word count in half and round to the nearest month. If you’re expecting a radical divergence in subject matter this time around, forget it! We’re going to check out rare records, interesting clippings, obsess over the minuscule and wade through tributaries of information, notebooks out and headlamps on full. This time around, I decided not to use 7”s on the cover but instead, bootleg LPs. I figured it would make things interesting. I started work on this immediately after finishing SF!!! V2 and it’s only now, a good way into 2021, that we have concluded work on the manuscript and scans. In an effort to dig the “nothing new here” trench even deeper, work on the next installment has commenced. I know. As I said in the previous volume, if I could stop, I would. Thanks again for investing your time in this “Really, HR, this is a bit much” endeavor. Stay Fanatic!!! -- Henry 07-27-21 Los Angeles, CA

625 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2022

About the author

Henry Rollins (born Henry Lawrence Garfield; often referred to simply as Rollins) is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, author, actor and publisher.

After joining the short-lived Washington, D.C. band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the Californian hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups until 2003 and during 2006.

Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows, such as The Henry Rollins Show and Harmony In My Head, and television shows, such as MTV's 120 Minutes and Jackass, along with roles in several films. Rollins has also campaigned for human rights in the United States, promoting gay rights in particular, and tours overseas with the United Service Organizations to entertain American troops.

Reviews

[Brandon Reeves · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know I give too many 5 stars. This book is amazing. A deep dive into the listening and record buying habits of Henry Rollins. I checked out several albums that are way outside of what I normally listen to. Looking forward to going back and getting volumes 1 & 2 of Stay Fanatic.

Side note: this book ends at the end of 2017. Last entry is December 31st, 2017. The first time I saw Henry Rollins live was a spoken word show in Chattanooga, Tennessee 11 days later at the Walker Theatre, January 11th, 2018! Ding!