Henry Rollins has reunited with Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye at Washington D.C.’s Inner Ear Studios to record new music, his first in over 20 years.
After more than 20 years away from recording, the punk icon has revealed he’s been working with MacKaye at Washington D.C.’s legendary Inner Ear Studios, the same space where their musical journeys first collided in the early ’80s.
On his website, Rollins shared that he and MacKaye have been collaborating on what he calls a “great project,” bringing things full circle in a place soaked in punk history.
‘[It’s] where we made our first records decades ago and mixed a four song session with the great Don Zientara at the board,’ Rollins wrote. ‘This is the same studio, where the Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, and many others recorded. It was amazing to be back there with Ian and Don.’
Rollins described the session as a reunion of sorts, not just with old friends but with the roots of American punk itself. Halfway through the mix, he said, ‘none other than Eddie Janney, he of the Untouchables, Rights Of Spring [sic], One Last Wish, Happy Go Licky, Skewbald and other great bands joined us. The session benefited greatly by his presence.’
He added that the tracks have already been mastered and that he’s ‘now working on the layout and design for the record. When it’s ready, I’ll let you know. We are extremely excited by this one.’
Inner Ear Studios, long considered the beating heart of D.C.’s hardcore scene, officially closed in 2021, but its legacy clearly lives on through projects like this.
For fans of Rollins and MacKaye, the idea of these two icons creating new music together isn’t just nostalgia, it’s a rare moment of history repeating itself, one guitar cable at a time.
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