History Literature / GetInTheVan

* DudeLooksLikeALady: A hilarious tale of Henry's 25th birthday show, played at a bar that was a transgender hang out after the musical act. Describes watching punkers mix with transgendered men, a drunk cop coming in looking for his "black boy," and being hit on by "Peaches," which he found hilarious (and even put her on his lap and had a conversation with).

* BuffetBufoonery: A hilarious tale of Henry and Mutt going into Carl's Jr. and abusing their salad bar, which you could take as much as you wanted in one trip. However, they eschewed the salad bowl, instead filling the ''entire tray'' with food, as much as they could humanly put on it. The management glared at them, but they looked too scary to approach.

* TakeThat: Several throughout the book, often at the punk scene itself which Henry began to despise for their close mindedness and behavior. One in particular is at the band's producer Spot, who Henry always thought didn't like him. He would later confront him about it, and Spot admitted he thought Henry ruined the band. Henry shot back that Mutt did when he started producing them.

* TakeThat: Several throughout the book, often at the punk scene itself which Henry began to despise for their close mindedness and behavior. One in particular is at the band's producer Mutt, who Henry always thought didn't like him. He would later confront him about it, and Mutt admitted he thought Henry ruined the band. Henry shot back that Mutt did when he started producing them.

''Get in the Van'' is the recollections and journals of {{Henry Rollins}}' time in the seminal hardcore punk band Music/BlackFlag from 1981 to 1985. Starting off with his recollections from a decade later of the early years before he kept a journal, the book then switches to journal entries from his days on the road on tour, from backstage at shows, in various crash houses from fans who put the band up, in the titular van, and some from "The Shed", a literal tool/garden shed he lived in in the backyard of guitarist Greg Ginn's parent's house.

* WorkingWithTheEx: Not explicitly stated, but Kira Roessler was Henry's girlfriend at one point before she joined the band. Their tensions with each other spill out in a few entries during her time in the band.

* CelebrityCameo: Several descriptions of running into other famous musicians. Particularly [[DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], once accidentally landing on him stage diving ("Sorry about that chief") and once seeing him in a restaurant and going in and eating his food (he didn't seem to mind). Another time hearing some band in rehearsal that kept playing Music/TheMisfits songs and him wandering down to the stage only to discover GlennDanzig and his band were actually there.

* CelebrityCameo: Several descriptions of running into other famous musicians. Particularly [[DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], once accidentally landing on him stage diving ("Sorry about that chief") and once seeing him in a restaurant and going in and eating his food (he didn't seem to mind). Another time hearing some band in rehearsal that kept playing Misfits songs and him wandering down to the stage only to discover GlennDanzig and his band were actually there.

* CelebrityCameo: Several descriptions of running into other famous musicians. Particularly [[DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], once accidentally landing on him stage diving ("Sorry about that chief") and once seeing him in a restaurant and going in and eating his food (he didn't seem to mind). Another time hearing some band in rehearsal that kept playing Misfits songs and him wandering down to the stage only to discover Glenn Danzig and his band were actually there.

* BadCopIncompetentCop: Described in spades. The police throughout the country were ''terrified'' of punk rockers during the country (Black Flag especially had a bad reputation with them), and harrased, beat and illegally detained punkers and bands, along with having shows shut down constantly. Henry describes over a dozen scary moments dealing with them.

* AscendedFanboy: Henry describes early in the book how friend (and later front man for Fugazi) Ian Mc Kay gave him a Black Flag EP and how the band quickly became one of his favorites. He and Ian would get in contact with the band, become friends and hang out with them (and put them up) when they passed through Washington D.C. Famously, he describes taking a train to see them play in New York. During their second show that night, Henry had to leave to catch a train back because he had work in the morning. He asked them to play ''Clocked In'' for him before he left. In a moment spantenaity, he jumped onstage to sing the song, and the band let him. A few days later, he got a call from them asking to audition to be their singer, as their current one was moving to guitar. The rest is history (and this book).

''Get in the Van'' is the recollections and journals of {{Henry Rollins}}' time in the seminal hardcore punk band Music/BlackFlag from 1981 to 1985. Starting off with his recollections from a decade later of the early years before he kept a journal, the book then switches to journal entries from his days on the road on tour, from backstage at shows, in various crash houses from fans who put the band up, in the titular van, and some from "The Shed", a literal tool/garden shed he lived in in the backyard of Greg Ginn's parent's house.

AscendedFanboy: Henry describes early in the book how friend (and later front man for Fugazi) Ian Mc Kay gave him a Black Flag EP and how the band quickly became one of his favorites. He and Ian would get in contact with the band, become friends and hang out with them (and put them up) when they passed through Washington D.C. Famously, he describes taking a train to see them play in New York. During their second show that night, Henry had to leave to catch a train back because he had work in the morning. He asked them to play ''Clocked In'' for him before he left. In a moment spantenaity, he jumped onstage to sing the song, and the band let him. A few days later, he got a call from them asking to audition to be their singer, as their current one was moving to guitar. The rest is history (and this book).
MoodWhiplash: The journal entries are all over the place. Sometimes Henry is obviously in a bad mood and ranting, some are depressing as he struggles with his life, others are downright hilarious, describing odd shenanigans of his band or the fans, etc. Given the average length of the entries is a paragraph, you can bounce between all these in a ''page.''

''Get in the Van'' is the recollections and journals of {{Henry Rollin}}'s time in the seminal hardcore punk band Music/BlackFlag from 1981 to 1985. Starting off with his recollections from a decade later of the early years before he kept a journal, the book then switches to journal entries from his days on the road on tour, from backstage at shows, in various crash houses from fans who put the band up, in the titular van, and some from "The Shed", a literal tool/garden shed he lived in in the backyard of Greg Ginn's parent's house.

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''Get in the Van'' is the recollections and journals of HenryRollin's time in the seminal hardcore punk band Music/BlackFlag from 1981 to 1985. Starting off with his recollections from a decade later of the early years before he kept a journal, the book then switches to journal entries from his days on the road on tour, from backstage at shows, in various crash houses from fans who put the band up, in the titular van, and some from "The Shed", a literal tool/garden shed he lived in in the backyard of Greg Ginn's parent's house.

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''Get in the Van'' is the recollections and journals of Music/HenryRollin's time in the seminal hardcore punk band Music/BlackFlag from 1981 to 1985. Starting off with his recollections from a decade later of the early years before he kept a journal, the book then switches to journal entries from his days on the road on tour, from backstage at shows, in various crash houses from fans who put the band up, in the titular van, and some from "The Shed", a literal tool/garden shed he lived in in the backyard of Greg Ginn's parent's house.

The book is often hailed as one of the best documentations of the hardcore punk scene of that era, and additionally there is an audio version (some what condensed) which Henry reads himself.

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