LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 10: Henry Rollins performs onstage at the Cyndi Lauper And Friends: Home For The Holidays Benefit at The Novo by Microsoft on December 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye go way back. Before Rollins led the hardcore punk pioneers Black Flag, he was in the short-lived band State Of Alert, whose 1981 EP No Policy was one of the first releases to come from MacKaye’s legendary Dischord Records. (They also worked together scooping ice cream at a DC Häagen-Dazs shop.) Nowadays, it’s been a long time since Rollins has released new music, and MacKaye’s been focusing on more behind-the-scenes roles. That might change soon, however, because according to Rollins, he and MacKaye have been making new music together.
