You said it. This spoke to me & reached my heart on so many levels deeply....and I thought I couldn't possibly love & respect Rollins any more than I have, but my administration & respect for him has grown after seeing this. RIP Joe Cole.
I was literally in the middle of a heroin relapse and heard this video and made the decision to get clean again. That was so heavy and real…I needed to hear that
I met Henry Rollins at a in-store appearance at Moby Disc, Sherman Oaks, Ca. shortly after Joe was killed. I brought my copy of ‘Hot Animal Machine’ LP and asked if he could write something ‘insightful’ on the back cover. He wrote ‘The only break you get is that you get to go on’. Looking back now I would’ve never asked him for ANYTHING after the tragedy he just went through but he was like a mentor me back then. Thank you, Henry. 🙏
I had no idea Henry had endured such a tragic experience. Rest easy, Joe Cole. And all my love to all of those who have lost a dear friend young in life.
I saw him on this tour when he stopped at my college. He wasn't my favorite BF singer and I couldn't get into the Rollins Band. BUT seeing this extended monologue----this felt right. A truly perfect form for the guy...or, more accurate (and self-centered), a perfect form for ME to absorb what his soul puts puts into the world.
"Two days before Joe was killed, Rick Rubin went to the house in his Rolls Royce. Word went around that Joe and Henry must have a lot of money in the house. Rollins wrote in his journal that after Rubin turned up flashing his wealth, he knew the house was going to get done over by the locals. What he didn’t expect was murder."
Henny headbutted me at a black flag show in santa barbara, no hard feelings, i was just at the right place at the right time. He is a spiritual person, in my book.
I looked up the whole case after this Rollins still has all the soil with joes blood in it in a container and he says good morning to it every day he also said he has his phone for “a direct line to him”
Tnanx for sharing. I deeply respect Rollins. He's such an honest guy, from the bottom of his heart. Lived thrue so much shit and still see the true (and only) future of human race; We're all in this together, and stop fucking us around! Greetings from a grownup punk guy from Norway:)
This is way more tragic than even the amazing Henry Rollins can describe in words. The fact that a situation that was just “wrong place wrong time” makes me so angry and I’m just writing this in the dark but feeling it in my heart. I’ve not lost a friend like that nor even been in that harrowing situation myself but I have like a lot of you down here lost a friend. In the six or so months of meeting her. From about halloween to Christmas and a few months beyond I had a girl that asked if I’d come to a Halloween party that night when I got off work. I said hell yeah I’m in. Later I got to know her and had a great time. About Christmas of 2013 I think it was or 2014 I message her and ask how’s it going? She doesn’t answer. I see a Vine of her with her family and they look happy. She looked….happy. But only those truly close to her knew something was up. I remember going to her house shortly after the Doctor Who 50th anniversary with Day of the Doctor playing in theaters. She blew off a dear friend to have me come over. It was quite honestly the most amazing night of my young life. I thought that it would be like that forever. I drew a picture of a Tardis in a vortex for her and was gonna give it to her the next time I see her. Months fall off with little to no communication other than the occasional hi I miss you and all that. Long story short it comes time to celebrate another Doctor Who anniversary or rather the anniversary of that anniversary lol. I hear the most heart breaking news I’ve ever heard. She’s killed herself. I’m so haunted by that day I spent with her that it’s the ghost that haunts me. The experience. I can’t forget it. And nor can I let it go. It was around the same time I had been invited by some friends to go bowling that just before I heard that news I went and she messaged me to come over. It’s one of those moments where you can’t forgive yourself yet you know that it had to be something seriously wrong. I never got to give her the drawing. Nor tell her how I felt. The time that both had was brief. It still important to me. Anytime I hear that another young life has been taken either by someone else or their own hand. It truly is like losing that friend all over again. And I have blamed myself for not going to see her and regret not telling her the things I wanted to. It sounds cliche but cherish those around you. The time you have is over in a blink. And for some even shorter. I miss her still. I’m married and the person I went bowling with is now my wife. I don’t regret the choice but the guilt I feel is so much like I could have stopped it from happening. It’s almost as if to me the date it happened was in direct relation to me as it was from Doctor Who we connected. I’ll never really know. That is what haunts me.
Wow, I've been a fan of Henry's spoken word for a long time and knew some of the story of losing a good friend of his. I never knew he told this story on stage though. Sad and powerful.
This was absolutely beautiful. I saw where it was going, and I love how smoothly he transitioned "boy from DC and boy from Cali" to "me and Joe Cole". Had me in tears
Thank you for this henry. Ive used this time and again, and I'm trying not to do it, but this has kept me hanging around until now, and for that...thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope that I can look back one day and say that this is why I'm still here, but at least TODAY, I can say this why I'm here, and for that I'm very grateful that you gave us something that spoke to me.
@@NickNicometi thanks to everyone for their concern and love. That means a lot to me. I am still here : ) that comment was written during what was, for me, one of the most depressing and lost periods of my life. Idk how helpful it would be to elaborate, but when I have more time to do so here, I will. But for now, I just want to say thank you for your messages and your concern : )
@@shanegarm glad to hear your still here with us....take care and hope your doing better and hope to hear back from you on here in the coming years, knowing your still with the rest of us... Take care my friend...👍
I saw Henry play CBGB's after the shooting. His spoken word/ROLLINS BAND moment about this shooting and how the band handled it was AMAZING! One of my FAVE Rollins Band moments. The opening band that night in NYC at CBGB's? Henry Rollins! He met them and took them on tour and damn that "WAS AMAZING!"
Apparently Rick Rubin was at their place the week before listening to Henry's new album flashing Rolls Royce and an early cell phone. Henry wrote in his journal that night that his place was gonna get popped.
@Cosmos Factory if we're doing conspiracies, my vast research tells me that psychopaths like to hang around the scene of their crimes and spread disinformation so it puts investigators off their scent. I'm pretty sure you are Joe Cole's killer and you're here to try to pin it on Rollins as a "contract killing". I mean, there's more evidence to that than Rollins doing it. Also, you're a fucking ball-less goon with zero true friends because of your nasty habit of being a spineless, lying pansy. That's why you're here trying to get some attention. Move the f*ck on with your petty life, no one cares what you think, especially the insane theories. Piss off.
Yep, Rubin blew it. That was a kook move rollin up in his big Rolls in Oakwood back then. This street was very "active" w crack dealers/gang activity. Hank prob wishes he went to Rubin's place instead.
If my best friend got killed right in front of me, I'm pretty sure my whole life would be over. The older I get, the more I realize that lots of people don't have an intimate platonic friendship with someone of the same sex.
beautiful words. I feel I have to every day reaffirm why I should strive to endure, work hard, and step into the unknown. It is too easy to sit inside, stagnate with what is familiar and comfortable, and numb the mind with the same thoughts, the same media, and the same me. These words of strength and tenacity is the conversation that I have to constantly have with myself. Life is not passive, and getting the message once is not enough.
@@NickNicometi Yep, he's with Kim in the 'My Friend Goo' video. It wasn't really a professionally produced video, more like a home video and part of a videotape that Sonic Youth released that had a different video for each song from the Goo album. You can see it here: th-cam.com/video/kfwIFTsx8WE/w-d-xo.html . Sonic Youth's song '100%' is apparently about him, too. Rollins' publishing company released a book called Planet Joe after Joe Cole died which was Joe's diary entries of being a roadie for Black Flag and Sonic youth in the late 80s, it was a pretty good read and he was a funny guy.
I've heard this story idk how many times now. For whatever reason, every once in a blue moon, I come back to hear it again. And everytime I do, I get this large lump in my throat that is a real struggle to swallow. Me, personally, I believe in an afterlife. I have no real reason to believe in it, it just sounds nice, right? Anyway, I believe Joe is always by Henrys side and he's happy as ever to see his best friend staying sane, keeping focused, and keep on pushing on. R.I.P. Joe Cole. And Henry, you're the fucking man.
This is an incredible revelation. And what I absolutely hate is the number of Rollins fans who take this piece and extrapolate it into somehow them knowing and being being close to Joe Cole. I never met the guy. I don't pretend to know him. I am immensely appreciative towards Henry for sharing this. But I don't for one minute pretend that I fully understand what he actually went through.
He was pretty well known in the scene back in the day - he was dating someone from Babes in Toyland, Joe Cole is even featured along with her in the "Freak Scene" performance by Dinosaur Jr. on the documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke" But yeah I do see and agree with what youre saying.
He's right. It's nothing like they show in movies. You don't fly into the air...no flipping around, and all that crap. You drop directly to the ground bleed out, shit yourself, and breathe your last breath. It's ugly, brutal, and final. My stepson/ best friend died from a gun shot to the throat. RIP Devin Dial 12/11/91 to 8/30/15.
Anybody who's seen a dear friend in that box knows how true this is. It's almost like your brain is about to take the worst picture for your memory bank. Someone who you can't contemplate being gone. Someone you can't believe is actually the one who died young. It goes against every bit of logic you have. And the parents you know have one foot in hell for the rest of their lives. Even something as small as a street fight can easily end up with someone getting hit just right and now you're looking at life in prison. It's so not worth it on both sides
They’re not so bad now, but given that the event took place in the early 90s, when LA was (relatively speaking) a shit hole, I can’t say I’m surprised.
Imagine getting a 911 call and showing up to that sh*t-show, being the officers that have to keep the community safe with no story as to what happened ? They hold who they got because they don't know motives and what actually happened, but someone will expect them to have answers in a presser to keep the rest of society safe & calm. And how many do they have to get, day to day, before the procedure becomes routine for something they can't change & do anything about beyond catch the murderer(s) and solve the crime. Oh & anyone they are fortunate enough to get a lead from in the case, they have to sift thru fact & fantasy, the truth & the lies, as they piece together why anyone would kill another and want a tv & vcr instead of flat out doing someone in their living room. LAPD or most any do a remarkable job considering they don't get a great situation dropped into their laps.
@@jimcamp2423 that all doesn't mean anything when you start making gay jokes at a guy who's best friend was just murdered right next to him, and you break that news so callously. That and the whole constantly mistreating and framing black people thing of course
I think you need to watch TH-cam released domestic 911 calls that involve gun violence before you pity card with the framed victims. The police didn't want to go to that address, they were called there because someone was being an asshole. And the body cams usually reveal the police being shot at first. Even as police officers, they shouldn't be expected to take the first casualty of the encounter. LAPD showed up, started to do their job which is to get the killers. Devoid of anyone else around they have to secure the public safety at the same time. Sorry it seemed callous, but at the same time, they have a bigger responsibility to the community.
@@jimcamp2423 the fact that they would sit there and launch gat slurs at a guy who just went through that is pretty indicative of the attitude they likely carry throughout the day. No one denies police have a tough job, but that never justifies police misbehavior. We've had serious problems with bad cops for years and the system does almost nothing to address it, so until the bulk of good cops actually stand up and speak out publicly against bad cops, they don't deserve any special recognition because they are helping perpetuate continuing serious violations of people's rights .
A very sad story but told very well, I have watched it before but it was a longer version that gives more context to why they were targeted by the muggers.. it was a targeted mugging, look for the longer version.
God I've Los so many family and friends that now when I hear about more friends and family dying I go numb and the most awful thing anybody needs to hear ... and that is this ... we all die ... move on remember the good times and keep living cause one day your gonna die to ... I only hope I die alone so no one has to grief over me ...
Christ. I put this film one to help myself deal with hearing the news of a friend's incurable, deteriorative disease. But I see a bunch of conspiracies comments and idiotic assumptions. Planet earth everyone.
I feel ya dude. I watched this story back when I was 14 to give me some perspective on life. You know how when you're young, you constantly feel like the world is ending - then you see this shit and you're like, "well - like Henry said, I'm breathing - so I have it good." Now, I go back to check out this impactful story and folks are commenting "Henry did it." like, they would NEVER say that shit to his face - I guarantee it. Stay strong man, not all folks are like the minor dumbasses in this comment section.
Exactly there’s no motive like Suge Knight being blamed for pacs death and it was a gang banger who killed him ? Life is short and tomorrow is not promised that’s all I can take away from this.
I am sorry about your friend, do not mind the haters and trolls... henry si alwayss worth a listen iff you are looking for a jewel of wisdom... i love when people call him a sellout, like people dont evolve and improve themseves or something... find strength and wisdom wherever you can... i dont know if your friend is still with you or not, but peace to you both
This is sick how the Cops handled this. Shows they have no humanity at all. His best friend was murdered and they showed no compassion at all. I like Henry. He seems like a great guy. Sad this happened to him.
Gotta remember they see a lot of lying sacks of shit that kill people. Until they know, it’s the smartest thing to do to detain a person who’s The only sure witness. BTW: did they ever find the killer? One awful story.
Does anyone else think the reason why Henry is single & doesn't want to ever be married is because he knows nothing else will compare to what he had with Joe? He sounded like Henry's soulmate & other half. So sad 💔
Read "Watch a grown man cry, now watch him die".. it's a great but extremly hard book to read: If anything I think Henry suffered from survivors guilt- he made it, Joe did not.
no actor, or cgi, or computer program, or a fancy writer with a script can replicate what how Mr. rollins just made u feel with his calluses on his vocal chords and those eyebrows that mean business, and that mother fucking tree trunk neck!
Listen carefully...in this version he admits making a break for the house, then rear door (because he "KNEW they would be executed inside/only had 45 seconds to live...🤔"), whereupon his buddy is executed...and they shot at Hank a couple times as he was escaping (bullet holes in door jamb), then fled.
Anyone who ever lost a friend young in life can get shattered by this story.
You said it. This spoke to me & reached my heart on so many levels deeply....and I thought I couldn't possibly love & respect Rollins any more than I have, but my administration & respect for him has grown after seeing this. RIP Joe Cole.
Lost my best friend/cousin in 2010.
Cliff Alexander C.aka creep Gone 19 years this 24 of November but never forgotten.r.i.p
@@gerardogaona6557
Unlike Sir Rollins, I do believe in the afterlife.
RIP, Creep.🙏
Junkies murdered my best friend two years ago and all I can do is look to Henry's strength and wish I had an ounce of it
❤️❤️❤️🙏
You’re probably stronger than you think.
❤🤝💪 hold on
You’re amazingly strong living with the most unbearable pain. I’m sure it gets better for you
I was literally in the middle of a heroin relapse and heard this video and made the decision to get clean again. That was so heavy and real…I needed to hear that
Hope ya still clean champ! 💪💪
Fellow ex-heroin addict here friend, I love ya homie and I hope to death you're still clean and doing well!
Good shit! My thing was crystal meth and Oxys I’ve been clean off meth for almost a month and a year off Oxys
I met Henry Rollins at a in-store appearance at Moby Disc, Sherman Oaks, Ca. shortly after Joe was killed. I brought my copy of ‘Hot Animal Machine’ LP and asked if he could write something ‘insightful’ on the back cover. He wrote ‘The only break you get is that you get to go on’.
Looking back now I would’ve never asked him for ANYTHING after the tragedy he just went through but he was like a mentor me back then. Thank you, Henry. 🙏
Wow
Get better mentors.
frame that
@@AstrochronicHenry is a great man probably x5 the man you’ll ever be
@@Astrochronicthe only thing you’ve done with your life is post movie clips to TH-cam and even those are shitty. Make something yourself hater
What an unbelievable impacting guy.
God bless Henry Rollins
He was good enough to correspond with me during my last prison stretch 🤗 Excellent guy.
@@JJA_88 That's awesome mate. I hope you are doing well.
👍
@@timedison6687 doing well Bro how’s everything going with you??
@@JJA_88 I'm OK mate. Hanging in there and staying strong. Thanks for asking mate.
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@@timedison6687 Bro that’s great to hear. Truly.
I had no idea Henry had endured such a tragic experience. Rest easy, Joe Cole. And all my love to all of those who have lost a dear friend young in life.
"Planet Joe" is a great book.
I saw him on this tour when he stopped at my college. He wasn't my favorite BF singer and I couldn't get into the Rollins Band. BUT seeing this extended monologue----this felt right. A truly perfect form for the guy...or, more accurate (and self-centered), a perfect form for ME to absorb what his soul puts puts into the world.
beatifully put
Henry Rollins would never drop a $100 microphone. He places it down gently and walks away.
R.I.P. the Chosen One 🙏
*half
This has helped me escape from a dark tide, listening to this my issues are trivial
Why tha fuck would u say he killed Cole?
god damn, this made me cry hard. I love Henry, RIP to joe.
It is terribly moving .
"Two days before Joe was killed, Rick Rubin went to the house in his Rolls Royce.
Word went around that Joe and Henry must have a lot of money in the house.
Rollins wrote in his journal that after Rubin turned up flashing his wealth, he knew the house was going to get done over by the locals.
What he didn’t expect was murder."
Fucking hell!!!
Christ if that's true that's fucked
@@somekid7 it is true, henry talked about it on his howard stern appearance, its pretty heavy stuff :/
That does ring a bell
aww man
Henny headbutted me at a black flag show in santa barbara, no hard feelings, i was just at the right place at the right time. He is a spiritual person, in my book.
wow, im actually jealous of you
Thats badass as fuck
He is in denial of his spirituality.
Yea, i see a lot of haters in the comments of his vids. i think they are the ones that got beat up and are still bitter lol
Stacey Rawlings told me I was her Joe Cole...I looked this video up and she was right...Missing her now...she passed in 2018 RIP my friend
RIP, Stacey...you AWESOME PERSON!
🙏🙏🙏
Read the book"Planet Joe," it's amazing.
He was so brave for doing this..
I hope he still honors him.
He seemed like a good dude!
I looked up the whole case after this Rollins still has all the soil with joes blood in it in a container and he says good morning to it every day he also said he has his phone for “a direct line to him”
@@damionhamilton9831 Oh man... that breaks my heart. This murder should be solved... for Joe and Henry..
:(
all his books that he writes are dedicated to him
@@brettffff344 Thats sweet too.
I’m not really into Black Flag but god I LOVE this man.
His trips to see the wounded with the USO are inspiring as well as cool.
I lost my best friend in ‘98. HR described exactly how it is when that happens. I am moved beyond words.
Tnanx for sharing. I deeply respect Rollins. He's such an honest guy, from the bottom of his heart. Lived thrue so much shit and still see the true (and only) future of human race; We're all in this together, and stop fucking us around! Greetings from a grownup punk guy from Norway:)
That’s a solid comment
I love listening to this guy talk.
Wow, this could've been a TED-Talk presentation -- it's that engaging!!
Live long and strong I'll remember that for the rest of my life.
Your friend dying in front of you is no joke. I hope none of you ever have to go through it.
I like to watch this video once a year at least. Just to remind me of the important things in life. God love ya Henry, and Rest in Peace Joe Cole.
This is way more tragic than even the amazing Henry Rollins can describe in words. The fact that a situation that was just “wrong place wrong time” makes me so angry and I’m just writing this in the dark but feeling it in my heart. I’ve not lost a friend like that nor even been in that harrowing situation myself but I have like a lot of you down here lost a friend. In the six or so months of meeting her. From about halloween to Christmas and a few months beyond I had a girl that asked if I’d come to a Halloween party that night when I got off work. I said hell yeah I’m in. Later I got to know her and had a great time. About Christmas of 2013 I think it was or 2014 I message her and ask how’s it going? She doesn’t answer. I see a Vine of her with her family and they look happy. She looked….happy. But only those truly close to her knew something was up. I remember going to her house shortly after the Doctor Who 50th anniversary with Day of the Doctor playing in theaters. She blew off a dear friend to have me come over. It was quite honestly the most amazing night of my young life. I thought that it would be like that forever. I drew a picture of a Tardis in a vortex for her and was gonna give it to her the next time I see her. Months fall off with little to no communication other than the occasional hi I miss you and all that. Long story short it comes time to celebrate another Doctor Who anniversary or rather the anniversary of that anniversary lol. I hear the most heart breaking news I’ve ever heard. She’s killed herself. I’m so haunted by that day I spent with her that it’s the ghost that haunts me. The experience. I can’t forget it. And nor can I let it go. It was around the same time I had been invited by some friends to go bowling that just before I heard that news I went and she messaged me to come over. It’s one of those moments where you can’t forgive yourself yet you know that it had to be something seriously wrong. I never got to give her the drawing. Nor tell her how I felt. The time that both had was brief. It still important to me. Anytime I hear that another young life has been taken either by someone else or their own hand. It truly is like losing that friend all over again. And I have blamed myself for not going to see her and regret not telling her the things I wanted to. It sounds cliche but cherish those around you. The time you have is over in a blink. And for some even shorter. I miss her still. I’m married and the person I went bowling with is now my wife. I don’t regret the choice but the guilt I feel is so much like I could have stopped it from happening. It’s almost as if to me the date it happened was in direct relation to me as it was from Doctor Who we connected. I’ll never really know. That is what haunts me.
Wow, I've been a fan of Henry's spoken word for a long time and knew some of the story of losing a good friend of his. I never knew he told this story on stage though. Sad and powerful.
I'm only one minute in and it's already giving goosebumps
Definite tears by the end, that was really powerful
This was absolutely beautiful. I saw where it was going, and I love how smoothly he transitioned "boy from DC and boy from Cali" to "me and Joe Cole". Had me in tears
Thank you for this henry. Ive used this time and again, and I'm trying not to do it, but this has kept me hanging around until now, and for that...thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope that I can look back one day and say that this is why I'm still here, but at least TODAY, I can say this why I'm here, and for that I'm very grateful that you gave us something that spoke to me.
Hope yr still here
@@glenthorne6055 same here.
Whenever you're feeling (and it is just a feeling) incapable of going on, just WAIT A WHILE! That is why I am still here, 42 yrs later.
WAIT.
@@NickNicometi thanks to everyone for their concern and love. That means a lot to me. I am still here : ) that comment was written during what was, for me, one of the most depressing and lost periods of my life. Idk how helpful it would be to elaborate, but when I have more time to do so here, I will. But for now, I just want to say thank you for your messages and your concern : )
@@shanegarm glad to hear your still here with us....take care and hope your doing better and hope to hear back from you on here in the coming years, knowing your still with the rest of us...
Take care my friend...👍
I saw Henry play CBGB's after the shooting. His spoken word/ROLLINS BAND moment about this shooting and how the band handled it was AMAZING! One of my FAVE Rollins Band moments. The opening band that night in NYC at CBGB's? Henry Rollins! He met them and took them on tour and damn that "WAS AMAZING!"
Apparently Rick Rubin was at their place the week before listening to Henry's new album flashing Rolls Royce and an early cell phone. Henry wrote in his journal that night that his place was gonna get popped.
@Cosmos Factory how do you get packing when you have no money and nowhere else to go?
so you get nearly but not quite famous and nearly but not quite rich for this sacrifice? .... not much of a return .
@Cosmos Factory if we're doing conspiracies, my vast research tells me that psychopaths like to hang around the scene of their crimes and spread disinformation so it puts investigators off their scent. I'm pretty sure you are Joe Cole's killer and you're here to try to pin it on Rollins as a "contract killing". I mean, there's more evidence to that than Rollins doing it. Also, you're a fucking ball-less goon with zero true friends because of your nasty habit of being a spineless, lying pansy. That's why you're here trying to get some attention. Move the f*ck on with your petty life, no one cares what you think, especially the insane theories. Piss off.
JOE COLE..THIS SHOULD BE PLAYED AS MUCH AS POSS..REMEMBERING HOW GREAT..JOE COLE IS...RIGHT ON HENRY.LOL.
Yep, Rubin blew it. That was a kook move rollin up in his big Rolls in Oakwood back then. This street was very "active" w crack dealers/gang activity. Hank prob wishes he went to Rubin's place instead.
If my best friend got killed right in front of me, I'm pretty sure my whole life would be over. The older I get, the more I realize that lots of people don't have an intimate platonic friendship with someone of the same sex.
Not after the age of about 25.
I lost my best friend as well. Shot to death in his front yard. I understand his pain. And I'm sad for him
Anytime I read this scenario, I am filled with questions; how, why.
RIP, Jody's friend.
🙏🙏🙏
This is beyond fking moving - what a human being.
This was the inspiration for his character in Sons of Anarchy
What a banal, tacky thing to say.
I find this heart breaking, poor Henry to have to go through something like that, you either get stronger or the pain and grief eats you up.
Yeah.. Just like Bam Margera, he lost his best friend and fell into an endless abyss because of it.
Everybody's got a sob story but it takes a Henry Rollins to turn it into a career reboot, MTV was hailing from a distance
beautiful words. I feel I have to every day reaffirm why I should strive to endure, work hard, and step into the unknown. It is too easy to sit inside, stagnate with what is familiar and comfortable, and numb the mind with the same thoughts, the same media, and the same me. These words of strength and tenacity is the conversation that I have to constantly have with myself. Life is not passive, and getting the message once is not enough.
16:46 Very polite mic drop at the end!! Man was obviously raised to respect audio equipment.
Thank you Henry for your amazing testimony!
Fkn hell. Thank you, Henry - thanks for finding the strength, to share this.
There is inspiration here people.
the man, passing on knowledge and view
That made me cry. Thank you Henry.
I'm speechless and in tears! That was the best story-speech.
Tears?
so moving. God bless you Henry..
All I can think of through these stories... is Joe when hes in the SONIC YOUTH VIDEO!!
hearing Kim talk about how sweet Joe Cole was is heartbreaking
Joe was in a Sonic Youth video?
Please tell???
@@NickNicometi Yep, he's with Kim in the 'My Friend Goo' video. It wasn't really a professionally produced video, more like a home video and part of a videotape that Sonic Youth released that had a different video for each song from the Goo album. You can see it here: th-cam.com/video/kfwIFTsx8WE/w-d-xo.html . Sonic Youth's song '100%' is apparently about him, too. Rollins' publishing company released a book called Planet Joe after Joe Cole died which was Joe's diary entries of being a roadie for Black Flag and Sonic youth in the late 80s, it was a pretty good read and he was a funny guy.
@@50GallonDrum Indeed, not only"100%" but"JC" too was about Joe Cole - He was good friends with Sonic Youth
I lost my Lil brother and my 2 best friends....it hurts... Henry knows !
that is some of the most powerful shit I've ever heard.
Rollins, you are a legend. The perfect example of what it means to be a man.
R.I.P Joe Cole Venice Legend
I've heard this story idk how many times now. For whatever reason, every once in a blue moon, I come back to hear it again. And everytime I do, I get this large lump in my throat that is a real struggle to swallow. Me, personally, I believe in an afterlife. I have no real reason to believe in it, it just sounds nice, right? Anyway, I believe Joe is always by Henrys side and he's happy as ever to see his best friend staying sane, keeping focused, and keep on pushing on. R.I.P. Joe Cole. And Henry, you're the fucking man.
I KNOW THE STORY WATCHED IT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT TIME I GET ANGRY I DONT DO NOTHING STUPID THANK YOU REST IN PEACE JOE COLE🙏☮❤✝️
😢🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜😖😞 so sad. but i love his positivity at the end. just, arrgh
😢 sorry for your loss Henry 💖
This is an incredible revelation. And what I absolutely hate is the number of Rollins fans who take this piece and extrapolate it into somehow them knowing and being being close to Joe Cole. I never met the guy. I don't pretend to know him. I am immensely appreciative towards Henry for sharing this. But I don't for one minute pretend that I fully understand what he actually went through.
He was pretty well known in the scene back in the day - he was dating someone from Babes in Toyland, Joe Cole is even featured along with her in the "Freak Scene" performance by Dinosaur Jr. on the documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke"
But yeah I do see and agree with what youre saying.
He's right. It's nothing like they show in movies. You don't fly into the air...no flipping around, and all that crap. You drop directly to the ground bleed out, shit yourself, and breathe your last breath. It's ugly, brutal, and final. My stepson/ best friend died from a gun shot to the throat. RIP Devin Dial 12/11/91 to 8/30/15.
man this speech really influenced me. saved my life.
Fuck. God damnit
Anybody who's seen a dear friend in that box knows how true this is. It's almost like your brain is about to take the worst picture for your memory bank. Someone who you can't contemplate being gone. Someone you can't believe is actually the one who died young. It goes against every bit of logic you have. And the parents you know have one foot in hell for the rest of their lives. Even something as small as a street fight can easily end up with someone getting hit just right and now you're looking at life in prison. It's so not worth it on both sides
I was at this show
Absolutely brutal
Amazing. The great Henry Rollings
And this proves that the LAPD are the worst police department of all time.
They’re not so bad now, but given that the event took place in the early 90s, when LA was (relatively speaking) a shit hole, I can’t say I’m surprised.
Imagine getting a 911 call and showing up to that sh*t-show, being the officers that have to keep the community safe with no story as to what happened ? They hold who they got because they don't know motives and what actually happened, but someone will expect them to have answers in a presser to keep the rest of society safe & calm. And how many do they have to get, day to day, before the procedure becomes routine for something they can't change & do anything about beyond catch the murderer(s) and solve the crime. Oh & anyone they are fortunate enough to get a lead from in the case, they have to sift thru fact & fantasy, the truth & the lies, as they piece together why anyone would kill another and want a tv & vcr instead of flat out doing someone in their living room. LAPD or most any do a remarkable job considering they don't get a great situation dropped into their laps.
@@jimcamp2423 that all doesn't mean anything when you start making gay jokes at a guy who's best friend was just murdered right next to him, and you break that news so callously.
That and the whole constantly mistreating and framing black people thing of course
I think you need to watch TH-cam released domestic 911 calls that involve gun violence before you pity card with the framed victims. The police didn't want to go to that address, they were called there because someone was being an asshole. And the body cams usually reveal the police being shot at first. Even as police officers, they shouldn't be expected to take the first casualty of the encounter. LAPD showed up, started to do their job which is to get the killers. Devoid of anyone else around they have to secure the public safety at the same time. Sorry it seemed callous, but at the same time, they have a bigger responsibility to the community.
@@jimcamp2423 the fact that they would sit there and launch gat slurs at a guy who just went through that is pretty indicative of the attitude they likely carry throughout the day. No one denies police have a tough job, but that never justifies police misbehavior. We've had serious problems with bad cops for years and the system does almost nothing to address it, so until the bulk of good cops actually stand up and speak out publicly against bad cops, they don't deserve any special recognition because they are helping perpetuate continuing serious violations of people's rights .
A very sad story but told very well, I have watched it before but it was a longer version that gives more context to why they were targeted by the muggers.. it was a targeted mugging, look for the longer version.
Henry at his most open. PTSD Blues.
i can't fucking stop replaying this.
God I've Los so many family and friends that now when I hear about more friends and family dying I go numb and the most awful thing anybody needs to hear ... and that is this ... we all die ... move on remember the good times and keep living cause one day your gonna die to ... I only hope I die alone so no one has to grief over me ...
It’s insane how quiet the room is when he’s telling the story.
Uncle hank still love ya and always have ya back
much respect to Rollins
Anytime I see this video in my recommended I watch it. No questions about it, I just feel like I need to
This one's goes out to my best friends and brothers KMP and MP.
The most threatening looking thumbnail on youtube
WOW. Amazing...enough said.
i was curious so i looked up who played the Whisky that night; Toad the Wet Sprocket and Hole.
Joke Hole?
Choad the Wet Socket?
Toad the Wet Hole
a 50 hour movie of Henry Rollins and Joe Cole fucking around and being awesome?
Shut THE fuck up and take my money.
And gimme a pee bottle.
Thank you for putting this extremely powerful video out there for us to watch.
THAT'S the energy you need...
Christ. I put this film one to help myself deal with hearing the news of a friend's incurable, deteriorative disease. But I see a bunch of conspiracies comments and idiotic assumptions. Planet earth everyone.
I feel ya dude. I watched this story back when I was 14 to give me some perspective on life. You know how when you're young, you constantly feel like the world is ending - then you see this shit and you're like, "well - like Henry said, I'm breathing - so I have it good." Now, I go back to check out this impactful story and folks are commenting "Henry did it." like, they would NEVER say that shit to his face - I guarantee it. Stay strong man, not all folks are like the minor dumbasses in this comment section.
Exactly there’s no motive like Suge Knight being blamed for pacs death and it was a gang banger who killed him ? Life is short and tomorrow is not promised that’s all I can take away from this.
I am sorry about your friend, do not mind the haters and trolls... henry si alwayss worth a listen iff you are looking for a jewel of wisdom... i love when people call him a sellout, like people dont evolve and improve themseves or something... find strength and wisdom wherever you can... i dont know if your friend is still with you or not, but peace to you both
Joe Cole did 9/11.
Was that incurable, deteriorating disease ALS?
One of the rarest and dearest
He’s got the wire wrapped around his hand like he’s performing for black flag
Still does into his 60's
That's just Henrys thing
The way the cops treated him right after being shot at, and his friend killed is a fucking disgrace! 🖕
This is sick how the Cops handled this. Shows they have no humanity at all. His best friend was murdered and they showed no compassion at all. I like Henry. He seems like a great guy. Sad this happened to him.
Gotta remember they see a lot of lying sacks of shit that kill people. Until they know, it’s the smartest thing to do to detain a person who’s The only sure witness. BTW: did they ever find the killer?
One awful story.
I miss you every fucking day Richard
I hear that . I was 1960 boy . Thanks Hank
I cried.
Does anyone else think the reason why Henry is single & doesn't want to ever be married is because he knows nothing else will compare to what he had with Joe? He sounded like Henry's soulmate & other half. So sad 💔
Susie P Henry isn't gay so no........
A Duarte805 Anyone can have a soulmate who is strictly platonic, just saying.
I'm a bastard too
Read "Watch a grown man cry, now watch him die".. it's a great but extremly hard book to read:
If anything I think Henry suffered from survivors guilt- he made it, Joe did not.
Such an incredible human.
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Oh God, that was heavy.
So great
no actor, or cgi, or computer program, or a fancy writer with a script can replicate what how Mr. rollins just made u feel with his calluses on his vocal chords and those eyebrows that mean business, and that mother fucking tree trunk neck!
I am a new person now
Listen carefully...in this version he admits making a break for the house, then rear door (because he "KNEW they would be executed inside/only had 45 seconds to live...🤔"), whereupon his buddy is executed...and they shot at Hank a couple times as he was escaping (bullet holes in door jamb), then fled.
This dude been through hell,
This is when Hank's neck was at it thickest.
Legend
"Stabbing people in the ass with air knives"
Sooner or later, after dealing with it a lot, you become the nonchalant cop.
zillow estimate for 809 Brooks ave venice CA... 4 million.
new home there now
27 years and a housing shortage will do that.
Yeah the original house lasted long enough to be in the first couple Google street views though. Between 2011 and 2014 it got rebuilt
Never realized me and Rollins have the same view on death and the afterlife or lack thereof.