June 13, 2001 – Sanctuary Records Group recently signed the Rollins Band to its roster of artists, featuring rock legend, Henry Rollins. The band's debut album for the label, Nice, has been completed and is scheduled for an August 21st North American release. The signing is yet another coup for Sanctuary, which now consists of Megadeth, Widespread Panic, Corrosion of Conformity, Halford, newcomers Dust to Dust and many others.

Nice is the follow-up to Rollins Band's 2000 Get Some Go Again. The band's now-steady lineup (since 1998) of vocalist Henry Rollins, guitarist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Jason Mackenroth began work on the new album back in June 2000 between tour dates. Clif Norrell, who has been working with the band since 1997's Come in and Burn, engineered Nice at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.

Frontman Henry Rollins comments on the production: "This record, like the last one, Get Some Go Again, was made in a very simple fashion. Analog 2" tape, real instruments, cut live, no drum beats fixed, no vocals pitched, just music played hard, good sounds going onto tape, very few takes, next. Our road manager Mike Curtis, a guitar and tone aficionado, set us up with several amp, cabinet and pedal options he constructed with gear he rented from LA's Black Market vintage gear store. We got some great guitar sounds this time around."

Rollins Band is scheduled to perform on this years Vans Warped Tour (alongside such diverse acts as Blink 182, New Found Glory, Rancid, 311, Alien Ant Farm, Sum 41, and H²O) and will then embark on a headline tour in early fall.

Catch Rollins Band on the Vans Warped Tour 2001 on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 31st - Bristow, VA (Washington DC) - Nissan Pavilion
Wednesday, August 1st - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Amphitheatre Lot
Thursday, August 2nd - Pittsburgh, PA - IC Light Amphitheatre
Friday, August 3rd - Camden, NJ (Philadelphia) - Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Center
Saturday, August 4th - New York City, NY - Randall's Island
Sunday, August 5th - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Park Lot
Tuesday, August 7th - Cleveland, OH - Nautica Stage
Wednesday, August 8th - Buffalo, NY - La Salle Park
Thursday, August 9th - Boston, MA - Suffolk Downs