Get in the Van

About this book

As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form the basis of Get in the Van . Rollinss observations range from the wry to the raucous in this blistering account of a six-year career with the band - a time marked by crazed fans vicious cops near-starvation substance abuse and mind numbing all-night drives. Rollins decided to revise this edition by adding a wealth of new photographs a new foreword and an afterword to include some "where-are-they-now" information on the people featured in the book. This new edition includes 40 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs from Rollinss private collection and show flyers by artist Raymond Pettibon. Called "a soul-frying experience not to be undertaken by lightweights" by Wired magazine Get in the Van perfectly embodies what one critic called the "secular gospel" of one of punk and post-punks most respected and controversial figures.