HR: I don't know. I don't know and I don't care. I did my work and I did really good, but when I walk off the set, it's not an industry that I'm all that interested in. I do it for fun and I'm getting some parts so that means someone's interested. I enjoy the work, but I don't care when it comes out because I'm not going to go to the premiere and I'm not going to go see it. The most I'm going to do is buy the DVD of it, never watch it and put it on the shelf next to the rest of my meager accomplishments.
PB: You also have a new Fox television show called Night Visions. What's that all about?
HR: I don't know when it premieres, but I'm the host. It's kind of a Twilight Zone-thing and I'm the Rod Serling. It's awesome. I got the job last year, and I'm working on it now and again up in Vancouver. I'm going to fly up there and do some more work on it in the next few weeks. Looking forward to it. Really nice people. Really good material. That's the best part of it, really. If it's bad material it doesn't matter how much money they're throwing at you, it's not worth it.
PB: When does the Rollins Band go back on the road again?
HR: The talking tour starts in late February and goes until May when it ends in Australia. By the time I come home, our new album we're finishing now will be ready, so I'll basically go right into three weeks of Marine-drill band practice to get everyone into shape, myself included, being the oldest one of the bunch. Then we'll go right back onto the road and hit it until the fall. At that point I'll let those guys out of the truck, and me and the road manager will go back out and finish the talking tour until winter. So, I'm hoping for about 150 shows this year. Last year was only about 100, which is pretty weak.
PB: What's your personal record?
HR: About 184.
PB: I'm shocked. I thought it was more than 200.
HR: With the way I perform I could have done 200 when I was about 23. I'm not like some country-western singer who stands perfectly still and sings. He can do about 300 shows a year. I'm not like that. You do four months on the road in one of my outfits and you come home 12 pounds lighter and you don't even remember your area code. It's hard on the system.
