Henry Rollins Sets the Record Straight on Bill Hader’s Secondhand Story of Rollins Meeting David Lee Roth

While appearing on the SiriusXM show Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, the very funny Bill Hader related a humorous secondhand story about Henry Rollins meeting David Lee Roth for the first time.

Music vlogger nth root challenged the veracity of Hader’s account using Rollin’s own words from his spoken word album Provoked to help clarify Hader’s version.

Bill Hader’s Henry Rollins story vs. Henry’s story of meeting David Lee Roth.

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Lori Dorn
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