{"id":31077,"date":"2026-08-07T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31077"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:47:25","slug":"henry-rollins-to-release-coming-of-age-memoir-bait-dog-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31077","title":{"rendered":"Henry Rollins To Release Coming-of-Age Memoir Bait Dog Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Henry-Rollins.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1616444\" data-title=\"Henry Rollins To Release Coming-of-Age Memoir Bait Dog Boy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/henry-rollins-memoir-bait-dog-boy\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/henry-rollins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Rollins<\/a> is set to release a memoir focusing on his childhood through his early days in the Washington, D.C., punk scene. The book, titled <em>Bait Dog Boy<\/em>, will arrive March 2nd, 2027, via Penguin Random House.<\/p>\n<p>A description of the former Black Flag and Rollins Band singer\u2019s upcoming memoir from the publisher reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u201cWhat happens when a child grows up in an almost total vacuum of love? That was the reality for Henry Rollins, pioneering punk frontman of the seminal groups Black Flag and Rollins Band, who came of age in an environment seemingly determined to break him. For the first time, Rollins tells the story he spent most of his life trying to avoid, taking us through his childhood and adolescence\u2014from a volatile Washington, D.C., childhood spent shuffling between indifferent parents, to his encounters with a seemingly endless parade of abusive adults, to his eventual meeting with Ian MacKaye, and their ultimate discovery of punk rock, which would become a lifeline. Rollins tells what it was like to live a life colored by the experience of constantly absorbing pain, like a bait dog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Told in Rollins\u2019 unmistakably blunt, brutal, and acerbic voice, <em>Bait Dog Boy<\/em> is a coming-of-age story with the teeth and truth of a great punk anthem. It\u2019s an unforgettable tale of what it means to not quite fit in anywhere, except on stage: A memoir as dynamic and singular as its subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the 304-page book, which is available for pre-order via <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ghHxME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, Rollins writes, \u201cI have no desire to be a survivor. I\u2019d rather accept, absorb, adapt, fight and break that which seeks to break me \u2014 to be that which remains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Rollins is no stranger to penning books, having released several titles over the years, including 1994\u2019s <em>Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag<\/em>. A collection of his works was compiled in the anthology <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45JaLOp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Portable Henry Rollins<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The punk icon recently teamed up with Ian MacKaye to help <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/henry-rollins-ian-mackaye-lost-album-the-cramps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unearth a previously unreleased album by The Cramps<\/a> titled <em>Gravest Gravy<\/em>, produced by Alex Chilton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Rollins is set to release a memoir focusing on his childhood through his early days in the Washington, D.C., punk scene. 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