Henry Rollins It was with some trepidation that I approached this gig,
mainly because I try and avoid comedy clubs like the plague. The very
thought of Therefore, with my table groaning under the weight of booze (all for
medicinal purposes), we awaited the arrival of the testosterone fuelled
Black Flag front man. At 8.30 on the dot a lone man sauntered onto the
stage and so began 2 hours and 20 minutes of uninterrupted storytelling.
He started by recalling his previous visit to Wales when his bass player
had been hit by a bullet, not fired from a gun thankfully, but just
randomly thrown from the crowd. In truth its difficult to review this
kind of gig other than to say that his stories took in most trouble
spots of the world Thankfully the anti US rhetoric was not overwhelming and the basic
premise seemed to be that wherever you go in the world people are just
people, and if we only took a chance on talking to other races we would
find that we are not that much different. Not once in the 140 mins did
he use a script, loose the plot, pull any stunts or even appear to pause
for breadth. He just Bones
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