Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #881

Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #881

From Henry Rollins - KCRW

February 21, 2026

About this episode

Henry Rollins discusses his recent work mixing tracks from an old demo tape and the excitement of preparing for a record release.

RADIO BROADCAST #881 02-20–26 Fanatic! Happy Friday. I hope you’ve been able to listen to great music since last week. I’ve been doing marathon proofreading and editing sessions that go from when I wake up until well into the night. This has kept me from the turntable, but this is work that must be done. This regimen will be in place for the next several days. You might remember, months ago, when I told you that I had mixed some songs with Ian MacKaye at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Probably, due to my mediocre writing skills, I wasn’t clear enough in my reportage and some folks were left under the impression that Ian and I were creating new music. We were actually mixing tracks from an old demo tape from 1979 that I located months before. The reason I’m bringing this up is the tracks came out sounding really good and two days ago, our good pal, the very talented engineer Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound, cut the lacquer for the record these tracks will be released on. He even cut an acetate for me so I could listen to the tracks at home. I sat in front of the speakers in his editing room, listening back to the tracks, while sending Ian and Larry Hardy at In The Red…

People in this episode

Host: Henry Rollins

Topics covered

  • music production
  • recording
  • demo tape
  • editing
  • music mixing

Keywords

  • Henry Rollins
  • Ian MacKaye
  • music mixing
  • demo tape
  • Infrasonic Sound

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Infrasonic Sound, In The Red Records

Books & works: Inner Ear Studios

Places: Arlington, Virginia

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