What Say You, Tasteful Friends? Punk Rock Icon (& Former Hottie) Henry Rollins Lists L.A. Lair ($3.9 Million)

Better pix at the realtor site.

Back in the day....

Too bad he already moved his crap out. Funny to see that giant walk-in closet and imagine his three pairs of gym shorts in there....

Somewhat claustrophobic with all that interior space, you'd think in that location you'd want more windows? And that big wall, or whatever it is, to the left of the house as you're facing it makes it look like it's attached to a warehouse. It's kind of like where a character in a David Lynch movie -- or, I guess, Henry Rollins - would live.

The outside is grim and the inside looks like a hotel. Nice views.

The dining area looks like We Work.

Here's what used to be inside.

This is the pic I was looking for...

I would rather hear about him and the other punks squatting on the abandoned Errol Flynn estate. Anyone got any stories about that?

So is he gay or what?

Yuck. Only in L.A. could a house look Rusty.

He strenuously denies being gay.

Oddly bland staging in these photos. Some of that ugly furniture looks exactly like those carpeted cat gyms people get for cats to climb onto.

For that kind of money, I’d want a pool and a guest house.

It’s surprising to see Rollins amass that much real estate equity. Good for him.

What kind of elliptical is that?

Henry Garfield is a nice middle class boy with intergenerational wealth anyway.

Soulless staging. Staging that actually makes the house look worse than it is.

The entrance is butt-ugly... could use some work if you want more than 3 mil for this.

The huge retaining wall could be a curious feature... maybe put prayers lodged in crevices. It also suggest a serious geological assessment should be made of the property before sale.

I would let bim fuck me silly in every room in that house. His new one too.

Honestly, I find it very depressing to look at.

That’s the ugliest house I’ve ever seen.

What, Henry's peen?

Looks safe, quiet, fireproof and private. I can't imagine why he's selling, looks like his kind of dream house

Same, r17, rescue-chick, I'd let him do anything to me. Anytime, anywhere.

and funny you'd ask, R20, he has a whole song that gets around to talking about his peen.

Ugly as shit outside. Internally it's one big amorphic space after another, without a sense of spatial organization or focus within a space -- like a bunch of large rec rooms slapped together.

And that', of course is ignoring the staging and cosmetic finishes and the owner (I don't have a strong opinion of him either way, but this house makes me think I've kindly overlooked some serious faults.)

Sometimes rambling can be sexy or surprising, here it's like a bad film that won't end.

[quote] For that kind of money, I’d want a pool and a guest house.

A pool at the minimum.

There's very little outdoor space and outdoor space is the main reason to live in LA where you can use it most of the year

You're one earthquake away from being buried in a landslide.

If he's straight he probably has a weird little dick.

SOOOO UGLY

I know for a fact Henry let guys blow him because my friend and an acquaintance back in the Black Flag days did so. I waited for my friend a few times while he was blowing him. Both said he was a nice guy and very sexual. Plus, a great kisser.

Bamboo is not good. It's an invasive exotic plant!

It's only that price because his name's attached to it, yeah? I'd expect a hell of a lot more bang for the buck at that price.

September 1991 GAP model, Henry Rollins?

Actually the realtor site doesn't mention his name. What is he, technically, a C-list celeb?

R31, God remember when people looked individual and interesting? Noses, chins, eyes, all different. No filler to be seen in those ads. Love it. Also - Rollins.... HOT AF

The exterior is pretty ugly--a big version of the sad stucco clad bungalows you see in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys and the cheap suburbs S of LA.. The inside is nothing special. Presumably the location is what makes it special.

I always thought Rollins was bi and the type to want whatever he didn't have at the moment. Like a lot of teh DC punkers, he came from comfortable circumstances and is difficult take seriously.

BUT HIS BEST FRIEND WAS KILLED

R9 Hey I used to hang out there, after shows at the Whiskey or this other place , can't remember the name.. Kids would skateboard in the pool. It was fun, not really dangerous. This was in the early eighties.

ANARCHY RULES lol.

Before Henry, BF had a gay lead singer briefly, I think his name was Rey/Reymondo? Greg didn't like him and booted him out pretty quickly.

This is R36.

Henry started dating fringe lunatic Lydia Lunch at some point in the late eighties. I was friends with Exene Cervanka and had met Lydia around the time she and Exene put out their poetry book.

I really like the house, but would never buy a place with a retaining wall. Been there, done that.

I like the kitchen floor. That's it.

Right on, R36. It’s just strange to me that so many people knew about this, and all from different places. It seemed like a goddam institution.

People I know still talk Exene’s garage sales. Weep, another thing I missed!

I fucking hate Rollins' Saturday night show on KCRW. It's a hostile buzzkill to experience immediately after Jason Bentley's superb Metropolis sets.

Lovely view of telephone wires. And if you were once homeless and miss the feel of an underpass, that entrance will make you nostalgic.

I’d eat his ass.

A view on to dry scrub that's only a dropped match away from an inferno doesn't do it for me.

Charmless

He's come to resemble the Bull Shannon, the bailiff on "Night Court", almost exactly.

I like it. It's very masculine.

Surprised how much I hate this house. The inside and the outside.

The exterior views of the house from the driveway, the "concrete jungle" of the realtor's copy, look like the city waste transfer sites where they drive the trash trucks in from one side and from out the other side leave bigger trash trucks headed...somewhere. Only the transfer sites are well planned, beautifully landscaped, and not unattractive.

R37---Exene stories, puhlease.

I remain gobsmacked that she was married to Vigo and had his baby, what a pairing!

Say something nice: I guess the house is very on-brand for Rollins.

That said, it just reminds me how much I loathe exposed concrete, especially in residential spaces. There is really nothing good to be said about it as a design choice.

What's with the fur rug? Barf. Didn't he used to be a vegan? And is bff with Ian MacKaye, the "inventor" of Straight edge and a lifelong vegan?

R17 Rescue-chick I didn't know you get down like that?

It could be turned into a wonderful home. All that exposed concrete inside needs to be covered. I like a lot of glass and stone or bricks. And that humongous concrete wall at the car park could be disguised with a lot of hanging plants. It would just take while for them to grow. Or some architectural additions could be added to soften the harshness.

It looks like a cheap garden apartment in some dying suburban quarter of LA. Here's a guy who grew-up in a leafy row house section of DC and went to a private school for misfits in one of its most upscale (leafy!) suburbs--so I guess this is how he rebels except he's about 60 and might want something that doesn't look like a slum anymore. You could say he's like someone who settled in the East Village in 1980 and never left except LA's canyons were quirky, not gritty and he's always been a bit of a poseur---a non-drug user for cannibis legalization, that sort of thing. Edgy yet probably as dull as a Presbyterian minister.

Where did he grow up in DC? Where did he attend school?

All that concrete outside should be covered with dirt and plants.

r54, I used to, no longer. But I would come out of slut retirement for Rollins.

R59 But he's so lame and full of himself.

I would like to be lamed and full of him

R61 Ugh

His poetry:

Beautiful stranger

I see you looking at me

Come here please

I want to meet you

Are you alone like me?

Displaced dislocated

Soul's back broken?

No one has looked at me like that for weeks

Hankie was always a sulky bottom.

Oh dear.

Joe Cole Memorial Bedroom

Henry used to be such a sweet honey pie

[quote]It's very masculine.

Just like me!

Pre uber butch ..bottom bitch

R57: Glover Park (just above Georgetown and Potomac (Bullis School).

Thanks, R70. I have a friend who used to teach at Bullis, will have to see if any stories floated around.

Henry looks like an OAP now.

Contrary to popular belief, punk rock is a gay as hell. So many gays, dykes and bi folks were part of the movement. Young Rollins could get it.

Oof. Truly terrible IMO. THe exterior is really ugly and the house is crammed in there. Don't like the interior either, but it's big and open and the layout is pretty simple. So, I think a lot could be done with it to make it a nice place on the inside.

Hideous-a total tear down.

He has very tiny, soft, hands.

^ Matches his testicles

Very sterile-looking for being so spacious. The outdoor spaces are not good for LA at all.

$3.9 million for that ugly concrete slab? The outside of that mess looks an an abandoned Soho factory, circa the 1970s. Depressing and creepy.

Yes, R79, we know about Henry's face, but what about the house??

Near-perfect for me. Don't think Hank is gay. Just really gay friendly.

"I'm just so sick of homophobia. How people get their asses kicked for something that's as natural as eating. Just because you're a guy who likes guys, you can lose your job. Or have people tell you that the Bible says that you're a bad person," Rollins says. "When someone started those rumors [about me], they did it as a putdown. You never hear, 'Oh, he's straight." And have it be a putdown. But I realized how homophobia is just a symptom of ignorance and weakness. It's really something we can all do without."

R73: Punk always seemed like art students from wealthy backgrounds who screamed a lot, so yeah, plenty of gays. The house seems soulless and uninteresting. All that concrete and that shade of beige is a like an LA cliche.