Hah, I'm not surprised by any of this. Tons of people loved fucking with Henry Rollins during his performances.
I saw his spoken word performance a while back and it was really fun because he basically just talks about life in general, opinions, etc - but somehow it ends up just cracking people up because its true, or you just relate with it on some level or another.
I've been shown that video by a few fellow producers and DJ's (mainly to try to engage in some rambling self-important bullshit to counter his, but really who gives a shit lol). It's funny because immediately you can tell who has an ego that got popped because they get way too over-zealously pist over one dude poking fun at electronic music (even his own music spectrum at that), as though it changes how they perceive it, or what it means to them lmao. They usually try to justify their annoyance through other means like ranting about their knowledge of mixing, producing, etc to contrast Henry Rollins ranting - but who gives a shit, it's a joke, deal with it lol.
Henry Rollins.He makes good songs. Henry Rollins pretty much got owned/rickrolled into the next Eon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO-LMXYDKfo
I liked him in Johnny Mnemonic but that's about all i know of the guy, don't really know his music or spoken word, as for egotistical dj's well that's a given lol![]()
I usually refer to the assholish, egomanical behaviour of unfortunately way too many DJs as "Eye-Ball Paul" syndrome.(If you don't know what that means, keep your eyes open for a british comedy named "Kevin & Perry Go Large", which is despite being completely silly and absurd IMO also the most realistic depiction of beginner-DJ-life ever put on film.)
It reminds me of a mates .sig on another forum
"As soon as you think 'im a great dj' you've failed, and more than likely, your sh!t"
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I was never a big Black Flag/Henry Rollins fan. I did see his spoken word stuff once at a Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Henry Rollins gig. There was a funny moment when Rollins grabbed one of the stage divers mid Beastie set and berated him in front a few thousand people.
As far as jerk DJ's go it takes a certain kind of personality to get up in front of crowds and perform, even if it's just performing other people's performances. The biggest of those personality traits probably being self confidence. If the DJ can't balance that confidence with humility then they'll probably be jerks.
Ive met and played along side alot of this big headed DJ's who think they are god's gift. It really annoyed me that people were still getting gigs and seemed to be doing somewhat better than Dj's who were genuine and as good if not better.
It confused me to see people with this attitude getting somewhere almost as if it paid of for them being complete assholes and still does.
I actually have to laugh when Dj's write about themselves in 3rd person (suppose you have to) but describing there sets, skills, tune selection as new , exciting and being able to wow crowds with there presence but when u see them or listen to a mix they have a playlist with tunes every other dj is playing and its just a standard mix. Trying to talk shit about how they are the next best thing, so new and original etc. Ive seen it too many times when i think i have rarely seen a DJ that really stands out from the crowd ever including myslef but then again i dont claim to be a musician/dj with and overflow of talent wowing crowds with my presence and so new and original
Last edited by manus; 05-24-2010 at 07:12 AM.
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