Part 1: https://www.thevinylguide.com/episodes/ep461-henry-rollins-stays-fanatic-pt-1-of-2

Part 2: https://www.thevinylguide.com/episodes/ep462-henry-rollins-stays-fanatic-pt-2-of-2

Henry visited The Vinyl Guide podcast to talk records, collecting, his secret project, and more.

Part 1, from the podcast page:

• The origin story of “Stay Fanatic!!!”

• Writing about The Stooges

• Learning to scan, archive material

• Telling the stories with early band materials

• Transcribing from handwriting, then speech to text

• Henry doesn’t get rid of records

• Acquiring individual and collections of records

• Bands that reinvigorated his interest: OSEES, Ty Segall, etc

• Label out of China – Old Heaven Books

• Seeing Keiji Haino in Tokyo

• Metallica closing a show for Iggy Pop

• Can Henry talk about his new project?

• What is Henry’s tolerance for bootleg material?

• Going to “see” David Bowie and Joy Division through their bootlegs

• Aggravation with bad recordings sold on bootlegs

• Understanding band reluctance to put out some recordings

• Stopping releasing spoken word CDs as they end up on YouTube

• Signatures get put on eBay near immediately

• Henry no longer signs things

• Stopping people from bidding on fake signatures

• Henry’s routine with Discogs and eBay

• The anxiety of chasing Discogs and eBay alerts

• Missing out on fresh listings of a holy grail

• Buying items that were misstated in the listing

• Educating inexperienced sellers on proper listing

• The 1st world problem of collecting records

• Breaking even on the “Stay Fanatic!!!” Books

• The genius of artists like John Coltrane and The Fall

• Henry’s early years – His mother loved books and music

• Road Manager Ward brings a portable turntable on the road

• 15 feet on the unplayed records shelf

• Henry describes his home stereo system

• His system is set – very few changes

• Leveraging experts to work on the setup

• Collecting personal items from musical heroes

• The Adverts, UK Subs clothing are in Henry’s collection

Part 2:

• Response for records that are costing thousands of dollars

• Buying original Misfits singles then getting them gifted from the band

• Obtaining Dischord and Black Flag records and artwork

• Preserving flyers at the time they were made

• Backing up Ian’s recording of The Cramps gig – Ivy holding the tape

• Collecting all the Black Flag gig posters when playing on the road

• Skipping meals to purchase archival page protectors

• Henry owns flyers and material that is the only known copy

• The scarcity of materials is a large attractor for Henry

• Lenny Kaye’s review acetate for Iggy & the Stooges “Raw Power”

• Henry keeps collections together for preservation

• “Do Not Sell At Any Price” by Amanda Petrusich

• Logic for spending lots on a record you want

• Robert Johnson song found by Alan Lomax

• Urban labels putting out music from Record Stores

• Page Hamilton reckons Be-Bop is the angriest music

• Henry takes no days off of writing

• Listening to The Damned “Machine Gun Etiquette” every Friday

• Drastic Plastic’s reissues of The Damned and The Cramps

• Henry plays The Damned “Strawberries” once each August

• Minor Threat opening for The Damned on Strawberries tour

• Charles Lindbergh left notes for future biographers

• Writing information and keep with records for future listeners

• Frustration on former owners who write or stamp on their records

• Regional pressings are so limited that copies with writing on it are only option

• Henry has a photographic memory for his record collection and condition

• Increasingly using software and laptops to track record collection

• Keeping records that he has nicer copies of – When possible, get 2

• Process for preparing a record for adding to his collection

• What are the white whales Henry is chasing?

• Competing against a mythical nameless “German guy”

• “Stay Fanatic!!!” books are the way to share his collectibles

• Interview wrap up