Come In and Burn

Rollins Band:
Come In and Burn

[Dreamworks]
Rating: 3.5
Mean ass fucker, that's Rollins. Intense, psycho- mutant thick-neck, that's Rollins. Gripping, powerful music that utilizes its relentless attack as its most powerful weapon, that's Rollins. But not Come In & Burn. What happened after The End of Silence that fucked up Rollins' music? To follow such a powerful album with this terrible record is criminal. In Get In The Van (his book chronicling his tours with Black Flag), he constantly bitch-slapped his fans:

"They come rolling in, giving us shit about this and that, telling us what songs we're going to play. It's funny when I tell them to fuck themselves."

....Uh, is Come In and Burn supposed to be punishment, Henry?

- James P. Wisdom, December 31, 1999