I was deeply moved by Blackstar, Bowie couldn't even die like a normal person, even that had to be some kind of artistic masterpiece.

I have always loved Rollins, but when he said Bowie and Joy Division are at the peak of rock and roll, no words. Ian, David, and now Henry, forever in my heart.

Bowie was much more special than people normally think. Here Rollins talks about one of B. gifts the capacity to remember everything he read. He was a genius.

I love this, I’ve been a fan of Bowie and Rollins, so it’s nice to see that Rollins is just as much of crazed fan as I would have been. Loved his description also of trying (and failing) to upstage Iggy Pop.

I heard it said that Bowie is highly rated but still underrated.

"Ahhhhh Rollins" Bowie pointing , just brilliant.

The genius of David Bowie is so incredible. He was able to tell stories with his music that people actually wanted to listen to. He inspired people and literally helped to create so many different forms of music. What made him a legend was his ability to evolve his music over the decades. He wasn’t always on the top of the charts, but he was such a rare musician because he managed to stay in the music scene for his entire life.

Sums up exactly what it feels to be a Bowie fan,and I still tear up listening to Dollar Days. I think I always will.

Thank you for the posting of this video. I truly loved it

Henry Rollins, love this sir, you are a star'

Thank you, Mr. Rollins.

Watch the vid where he describes playing with Iggy Pop - one of the funniest pieces he’s ever done.

Super funny stuff. Between Hank's flair for hyperbole, and Chuck's dry sarcasm, I wonder how anybody driving the van between Black Flag gigs didn't hyperventilate from laughing, pass out, and wreck the van.

Honestly, this is quite touching, and makes emotional. Reasons to love even more Bowie and Mr Hollins.

Thanks very much for sharing this awesome footage with us. Made my day!

Henry's take on Bowie and Joy Division are so right on the money - I liked him before seeing this clip, but now I love him.

He s good and funny I saw hlm on stage Rollins band 20 Years ago, it was great 😎😎😎😎😎

It's such a relief that Henry Rollins also becomes a babbling tongue tied idiot when he meets a musician he admires. I am positive I'd be unable to squeak and or even breathe if I met David Bowie. As evidence I present the following anecdote. One day me and two friends ran into the late great and dearly missed Bill Ruane who was kind of the Billy Graham of Boston underground music and he must have had a psychic radar for other people who love music above anything else. We'd all been in and out of bands (mostly with each other) our entire adolescence. That day we must have been on hiatus because he asked if we were currently in a band and we said no. He then asked if we wanted to get one together that day and play his club that evening. Without hesitation we replied absolutely. So we booked it home and got a guitar and an old Moog and a mike. We chose the name Appendage out of thin air and worked hard to create a 45 minute long setlist out of same. 6 hours later we were ready to rock. We were awful and we were great. I stand by that review. Maybe they just loved watching us make fools of ourselves but the crowd were totally supportive and cheered us on and we loved them for it. It was an awesome night. Literally. Our closing number was called 'Ed's Farm' about batshit crazy Wisconsin ghoul and murderer Ed Gein. Against a hellish clatter of synth groans and manic slide guitar I simply told the story. It ended with me reciting from a sheet of paper I pulled out of my pocket a list of the macabre furnishings police found at Ed's farm. The skin masks. The belt made out of nipples. The curtain string made of lips. The noses in the jar and Quaker Oats box filled with vulvas decorated with red ribbons. The full body suit of dead flesh he'd wear those nights he felt compelled to howl at a full moon. The chair made of skin and skulls he ate his franks and beans from. It's a very long list. Then after a closing chorus of "I ain't gonna work on Eddie's farm no more." Appendage passed into history. For those of you who think the payoff of this story is lame all I can say is you've no one to blame but yourself for reading so long. In the crowd was the lead guitarist and singer of Mission of Burma, Roger Miller. They were and remain the greatest punk band to come out of Boston. He shook my hand and told me he thought we were great. Not just good. He said he hadn't seen a show that entertaining in months. Then he asked how we could have imagined someone as twisted as Ed. All the while struggling not to swallow my tongue I explained Ed Gein was a real person - this was back in the 80s before Ed Gein was a famous cultural icon. Roger Miller then asked why we'd decided to do a song about such a twisted person. I can only assume I fainted at that point because I have zero recollection of our guitarist - who didn't pass out in the presence of greatness - walking up and explaining how we'd been tripping recently at the local library and had come across the story and thought "it was wicked cool ". No -Mission of Burma wasn't David Bowie but in our perception at that time and place it was close enough. Proportion is everything.

"My potential on this planet has been reached." , thats the way I'd feel meeting Henry and he talking about something I've done🖤👍

Best tribute ever.

I was in the Audience for this one performance, Rollins is awesome and funny

Blackstar is otherwordly

I love the way Henry talks about playing with the RUTS for the benefit gig for Paul Fox 🦊 RIP

I forced tears back when bowie left

It is a great record. Check it out if you've been living under a rock..

Man fainting - screaming inside , as David Bowie talks to him 😂 😂 ❤️❤️❤️

"You sure do mash potate good?"

He's so sweet

Henry Rollins black coffee ☕️ blues👍

Fucking brilliant

Hank is the best name-dropper in music.

Commencement speaker at my graduation (I went to a cool college)/

Hank tells it how it is !

I dont care much for Rollin's politics or personality, but the dude knows good music (Ween, Sabbath, Bowie, Cramps etc) his stories about the rock and roll life are pretty funny.

Im from Holland, but it was indeed Belgium :)

Henry Rollins seems to spend a large chunk of his career worshiping other rock stars. Brian May's a bit like that also - "Oh, I was in Queen ?"

soooo i'm a nerd but that describes an elf among orcs so well

Jesus, I wish he wouldn't put the mike right up to his lips. I can barely understand what he's saying.

Unrelentingly, tediously manic.

Bowie was hit and miss - he had about 10 or so great songs and the rest were pretty good or just meh.