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The 5 Worst Trends Started By the Class of '99
December 27, 2012 in Rocks Off
Photo by Jason WolterBrian Setzer strikes up the band. Er, orchestra.Chris Gray's write-up of the Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Christmas Rocks" show at the Arena Theatre a couple of weeks ago...
Christmas Past: 15 Odd Christmas Gift Ideas for Musicians
December 25, 2012 in Rocks Off
Friday Night: Pallbearer, Power Trip, etc. at Fitzgerald's
December 24, 2012 in Rocks Off
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R.I.P. Texas Metal God Mike Scaccia
December 24, 2012 in Rocks Off
Ministry's seminal Psalm 69The Texas metal community lost a major creative force over the weekend when Ministry/Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia passed away in Ft. Worth. He was 47. Scaccia...
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Nixon Meets the King: The White House Tapes Revealed
December 21, 2012 in Rocks Off
What. Forty-two years ago today, one of the trippier meetings in the annals of U.S. music and politics went down when Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll and...
Sanctus Bellum Summons Pentagram for a Not-So-Silent Night of Metal
December 20, 2012 in Rocks Off
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Watch Your Beer! You've Wandered Into the Best Mosh Pits of 2012
December 18, 2012 in Rocks Off
Photo by Jody PerryKorn at Buzzfest XXVIIIA dump-truckload of fun punk and metal shows threatened to stomp Houston flat(ter) in 2012, from the gritty environs of the White Swan to...
Friday Night: Hamilton Loomis at Dan Electro's
December 17, 2012 in Rocks Off
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The 10 Best Metal & Punk Albums Too Rough for the Texas 30
December 13, 2012 in Rocks Off
These gentlemen would like five minutes alone with your list.So, the Texas 30 has been revealed at last. And it's a good list, too: Well-considered, fair and complete. Even if...
Friday Night: The Bright Light Social Hour at Fitzgerald's
December 10, 2012 in Rocks Off
10 Odd Musical Gift Ideas for the Last Christmas on Earth
December 07, 2012 in Rocks Off
Austin's Bright Light Social Hour Eat Own Tails On Endless Tour
December 06, 2012 in Rocks Off
Saturday Night: Helstar at Warehouse Live
December 03, 2012 in Rocks Off
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators & 10 Early Texas Psych Bands You Should Know
November 30, 2012 in Rocks Off
Forty-six years ago today, rock and roll got a hell of a lot weirder in the state of Texas. On Nov. 30, 1966, Austin garage band The 13th Floor Elevators...
With 30 Years In the Game, Helstar Shreds Anew This Saturday
November 30, 2012 in Rocks Off
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Jerry Lee Lewis & the 10 Raddest Musician Arrests of All Time
November 27, 2012 in Rocks Off
This man kills pianos.Thirty-six years ago this week, security at Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis manse, called the police to come deal with an unwanted visitor. A drunk, gun-waving lunatic in...
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Last Night: Devin the Dude at Warehouse Live
November 22, 2012 in Rocks Off
Photos by Marco TorresDevin the Dude, Phranchyze, etc. Warehouse Live November 21, 2012 It's good to spend the holidays with friends and family. For Houston hip-hop fans on Wednesday, that meant celebrating Thanksgiving...
Austin "Exodus" Rapper Phranchyze Is a True Contender
November 21, 2012 in Rocks Off
Saturday Night: deadhorse at the Engine Room
November 19, 2012 in Rocks Off
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deadhorse Comes Galloping Back With New DVD Saturday
November 16, 2012 in Rocks Off
Photo by Rich Adlerdeadhorse at Fitzgerald's in August When the rumors started to swirl last year, they were a little hard to believe at first. Was deadhorse, the Houston death/thrash...
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Rex Brown Talks All Things Pantera
November 16, 2012 in Rocks Off
Rex Brown, right, with Kill Devil HillWhen bassist Rex Brown takes the stage at Concert Pub North tomorrow with his new supergroup Kill Devil Hill, he'll be carrying a significant...
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More Rex Brown: On the Music Industry, Being "Cut In Half" & Pantera's True Story
November 15, 2012 in Rocks Off
Rex Brown, right, with Kill Devil Hill Twenty years after Texas metal deities Pantera delivered their seminal Vulgar Display of Power, bassist Rex Brown is back with a new band,...
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Rex Brown On Moving On, Kill Devil Hill & Smoking Dope With Dio
November 14, 2012 in Rocks Off
Brown, right, with Kill Devil HillTo fans, bassist Rex Brown was always a bit like Pantera's answer to "The Quiet Beatle," typically overshadowed by the more outsized personalities of his...
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Justin, Selena and Music's Top 10 Heartbreaking Split-Ups
November 13, 2012 in Rocks Off
By now, we've all had a few days to digest the awful, shocking news that North America's sweethearts, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, have decided to buck destiny and call...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Scarface: 10 Gift Ideas for H-Town's Finest
November 09, 2012 in Rocks Off
Photo by Marco TorresScarface at Warehouse Live in SeptemberIt's Scarface's birthday, y'all. What, you didn't get him anything, either? Thank God. The humiliation of letting Houston's most lyrical, most respected...
