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Black Flag frontman turned globetrotting hilari-phizer Henry Rollins has been captivating audiences with stories of his travels for a quarter-century now. The onetime Henry Garfield first toured the country in his early 20s as the fourth and final singer of iconic punk outfit Black Flag, and has continued to write and perform music with various lineups of his Rollins Band. Through his company, 2.13.61, he has published more than a dozen volumes of his journals and travelogues. He turns up in movies occasionally, and he hosted an eclectic assortment of guests on his Independent Film Channel talk show from 2005 to 2007. He remains the host of Harmony in My Head, a weekly music program on Los Angeles's Indie 103 FM that consists wholly of Rollins playing music he likes, regardless of genre or era. He's published three volumes of his program notes from the show, under the series title Fanatic!

A few commenters yesterday basically said "No Weller? No Way" at the prospect of going to see From The Jam at the Birchmere last night, and rightfully so. Since forming some 30-odd years ago, frontman Paul Weller has been The Jam in most people's minds, even after he disbanded the group in the early 1980s, formed the universally reviled Style Council and later transitioned into his groundbreaking solo career that laid the groundwork for Britpop and delivered albums like Stanley Road and Wild Wood. One need only look at the Gallagher brothers from Oasis to see how large a shadow Weller casts. They invited him to play guitar on "The Swamp Song" and "Champagne Supernova", and while Noel takes all his couture cues from his mentor, Liam continually copies the Modfather's haircuts. So as his presence in the music industry continued to grow, Weller's original rhythm section, bassist Bruce Foxton or drummer Rick Buckler, risked fading into obscurity.