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VOX Magazine Interview - April '97...
Singer, actor, publisher, spoken-word artist, political activist-does
HENRY ROLLINS ever let up? 'Course not, not even in Tokyo, where VOX
catches up with him-between gym sessions-to talk about the new Rollins
Band album and the straight-edge lifestyle that has made him The Last
American Superhero...
Mission: Possible (by Gavin Martin)

Henry Rollins does not have time for jetlag. Last night he
arrived in Tokyo from LA, but this morning he is up early, having found
just what he needs to start the day. A short distance from his hotel
lies The Men Only gym. It's the place where he will go every morning of
his week-long promotional trip to the Japanese capital.

Henry enters the gym, the smell of sweat and the atmosphere of
Man-powerhangs heavy in the air. He's the only white guy in there, but
all the Japanese regulars turn around, momentarily set their weights
aside, and roar a warrior's welcome to hail this impressive specimen of
Occidental body sculpting.

Henry sees the homoerotic humor in the situation, but as a
student of the Japanese warrior lifestyle, having studied the ways of
Samurai logic filtered through books by Mishima and films by Kurosawa,
he's in no doubt that he has found a home from home. He quickly gets
down to the business at hand. Soon he has the weights on and is lying
down on the bench press. The blood pumps, the tattoos stretch, the
muscles ripple into action. By the time he reaches the point of maximum
exertion, the neck muscles have taken on the dimensions of a small oak