Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Rollins, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880985764 ISBN 13: 9781880985762

Publisher: 2.13.61, 2004

Synopsis

As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form the basis of Get in the Van . Rollins's observations range from the wry to the raucous in this blistering account of a six-year career with the band - a time marked by crazed fans, vicious cops, near-starvation, substance abuse, and mind numbing all-night drives. Rollins decided to revise this edition by adding a wealth of new photographs, a new foreword, and an afterword to include some "where-are-they-now" information on the people featured in the book. This new edition includes 40 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs from Rollins's private collection and show flyers by artist Raymond Pettibon. Called "a soul-frying experience not to be undertaken by lightweights" by Wired magazine, Get in the Van perfectly embodies what one critic called the "secular gospel" of one of punk and post-punk's most respected and controversial figures.

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Review:

A day-by-day journal from the journals of the ever-volatile Henry Rollins on tour from 1981 to 1986 that captures the irrationality and violence of punk specifically, and the stresses of being on the road in a rock band generally.

About this edition

• Publisher: 2.13.61
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1880985764
• ISBN 13: 9781880985762
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256