On February 13, 2011, Henry Rollins turned 50. By this point, the Rollins Band had been inactive for five years, and in an interview published one month before that landmark birthday, the singer admitted, "I don’t think of myself in music at this point".
That said, as documented by his Fanatic book series, and as heard on his superb radio shows, Rollins is an intensely passionate fan of music. And in this previously unpublished interview conducted in 20111 with Louder's Simon Young, the singer's deep knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, punk rock as a living, breathing entity, is a reminder of the genre's inspirational impact on successive generations of rock fans.
