After several years, the pleas of He Never Died fans have finally been answered. According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Jason Krawczyk’s 2015 horror-comedy starring Henry Rollins as an immortal cannibal is finally getting a sequel, with Krawczyk and Rollins both back on board. He Never Died 2 will begin filming…

These days, it’s difficult to punch a Nazi without getting bogged down in some sort of philosophical debate about whether or not it’s OK to punch Nazis. But back in the early days of hardcore punk, when neo-Nazi and skinhead factions started invading the scene, the conversation was a lot shorter. The general feeling…

In Soundtracks Of Our Lives, The A.V. Club looks at the dying art of the movie companion album, those “various artists” compilations made to complement films on screen but that often end up taking on lives of their own.

Henry Rollins was recently named one of the faces of Calvin Klein’s fall 2016 global ad campaign, alongside artists like Kate Moss (obviously), Colombian soccer star James Rodriguez, Margot Robbie, Frank Ocean, and Young Thug. Now, that Frank Ocean thing could potentially be seen as annoying, because come on, Frank,…

Thanks to online quizzes, any fan can determine which character they would be on their favorite TV shows. But Henry Rollins had more reason than most to think he could be a part of The Walking Dead—it turns out he was the physical model for the nefarious Negan. In an interview with Forbes, Rollins reveals that Charlie…

Punk rock’s classic era is a little like World War II: It was a violent, tumultuous chapter of history that is often romanticized today. Due to some iconic images, people may think of it as happening in black and white. Ulf Hammarkärr, a graphic designer from Sweden, is helping to change that last part, one image at a…

Dangerous Minds reports that scientists at the University of Bristol have named a newfound species of extinct fireworm after singer/actor/lecturer Henry Rollins. While it’s impossible to tell whether Rollinschaeta myoplena was hardcore or more post-punk, it does seem to have had one thing in common with the former…

Few music scenes in history have been as influential—and as misunderstood—as Washington, D.C.’s hardcore scene of the 1980s. After Minor Threat introduced its fierce, anthemic sound and attitude in 1980, the band’s label, Dischord, became the epicenter of a subculture that evolved both musically and ethically as the…

School will be very much in session this summer as part of Amazon’s kids pilot season (which, unfortunately, refers to television programming and not mini-Amelia Earharts). The online retail giant-turned-production studio has ordered a pilot for the musical sitcom A History Of Radness, written and executive produced by…

Raising suspicions that maybe Vice Media’s Shane Smith is a supervillain who will reveal his sinister agenda only after he runs every media outlet on Earth, Variety reports that A&E is officially rebranding its H2 channel as Vice. The news comes after A&E bought a 10 percent stake in the company for $250 million, a…

Washington, D.C. has been in the spotlight more than usual lately, and it has more to do with the recent midterm elections. The city’s music scene—in particular, the punk and hardcore scene that’s revolved for decades around the independent label Dischord Records—has been featured in the second episode of Dave Grohl’s …

Last year, noted musician, actor, and word-speaker Henry Rollins starred in the indie horror-comedy He Never Died. The film, currently making its way around the festival circuit, sees Rollins take on the role of Jack, an immortal cannibal who attempts to quell his cravings for human flesh. Though the film has yet to…

Henry Rollins has apologized for criticizing those who have committed suicide, saying in a post to his website, “That I hurt anyone by what I said, and I did hurt many, disgusts me.” He adds that it wasn’t his intent to draw anyone’s ire, saying he’s “had a life of depression,” and that “knowing what I know and having…

Henry Rollins, terror of your eighth-grade gym class, also has some opinions on depression and suicide, as is now required of any musician who’s ever donned face paint and screamed into a microphone. Writing in his latest L.A. Weekly column—in a post titled “Fuck Suicide” that nevertheless still got published—the…

Before Henry Rollins was the frontman of Black Flag and Rollins Band, an author, a publisher, a spoken-word performer, and a TV host, he was Henry Garfield—a kid from Washington, D.C., who was part of that city’s burgeoning punk scene in the late ’70s and early ’80s. But he wasn’t just watching. His first band State…