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In May 2005, Henry Rollins performed four sold out appearances at Sydney's York Theatre. All four shows were recorded with the best of the best making it to this very special Australian only release DVD.
In May 2005, Henry Rollins performed his 8th Spoken Word tour of Australia. The first three dates were at the York Theatre in Sydney's Seymour Centre. All three shows were filmed and and some post-show interviews were filmed as well resulting in Live in the Conversation Pit the first ever Henry Rollins Spoken Word DVD filmed entirely in Australia.
The Sydney dates were shows 44-46 of the 25 Years of Bullshit Tour which took in 11 countries from January to December 2005. Henry Rollins is a huge admirer of Australia having travelled here some 26 times in total, covering Spoken Word performance, Rollins Band tours and promotional tours.
Late in 2005, Henry was approached by the Big Day Out to appear at the 2006 travelling festival marking Henry's first appearance on that event since the inaugural event in Sydney way back in 1992. On that event he appeared as guest vocalist for Sydney band, the Hard-Ons. This time Henry will appear in Spoken Word mode and the second and consequently 3rd - 7th times he will have performed his art at such an event, the one previous time being as a breakfast date to 5000 metal fans at the UK version of Ozzfest. Henry had no hesitation of accepting the challenge set by the Big Day Out this summer. and will deliver all his barb, wit and charm to an unsuspecting teenage set this summer.
Released to coincide with the Big Day Out, highlights from this compelling 150 minute DVD include The Time I Was Funny, The King of Rock n Roll and the hilarious and daunting story of Henry's solo travels across the great Russian winter wonderland, Siberia. If it's lectures and pieces of prose you are after then you are at the wrong place. Often misconstrued by the ignorant as a serious bode delivering lectures in an Army Major-like fashion, Henry Rollins is a very funny and very smart man delivering critically observant takes on the life around him. Sometimes political, sometimes sociological but always utterly entertaining. No lectures here.
