​Brandon Lemons is no stranger to the Houston music scene.

If you've been around long enough, you've most likely either seen a show he's organized, or, if you're a real club junkie, sat and had a beer (or three) with the guy once or twice at a venue around town.

The Silsbee, Tex. native broke into the industry at The Mink, where he cut his teeth booking shows, (and playing a few himself), with the hope to earn a strong reputation among local music scene.

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After getting off to a lukewarm start, it seems as if Space City finally decided to get in the game, and all it took was a reference to maritime inebriation. It's only natural that a Texas port city would find that a rallying point.

That said, here's the much-anticipated second installment of H-Town Hangman, where you pit your knowledge of Houston's music scene against all the other Web-trawling denizens of our fair burg's digital underground, in the hopes of winning, well, whatever the mystery band decides to give you. (It'll be sweet, though). Hopefully you know the rules this time - don't comment if you shouldn't be, and in the off chance you win this thing, please leave some sort of contact information.

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Betcha thought Rocks Off forgot about our new little guess-that-local-band contest, huh? Actually, we kind of did, so thanks to HTH founder and head noose-wielder Nicholas L. Hall for the reminder.

Anyways, after careful consideration - and thanks to so many of the Blaggards' loyal (and possibly tipsy) fans for storming our comments section - Rocks Off has decided on a winner. The person who came up with the best answer to Hall's question "What would you do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" is our man "Johnny," who had this to say:

"Last time there was a drunken sailor in the house it was my roommate's girlfriend's brother, and we drew all over him, shaved his head and sent ransom messages to his wife."

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Blaggards frontman Patrick Devlin

Well, despite being so easy Bob Ruggiero a caveman could do it, it appears as if the world premiere of H-Town Hangman still couldn't manage to deliver on the prize front. Or, rather, the first Hangman winner didn't stick around long enough to claim his(?) spoils. Rocks Off is a good sport, though, and the Blaggards really want to give away some shit, so we're going to give this a second go.

Same deal as last time - leave your answers in the comments, along with your T-shirt size (Hmmm...wonder what the prize could be?) It might also be a good idea to throw your email address in there, too, so we can actually get your spoils to you. If you're feelin' squirrelly about your digital digits being out there for all to see, get over yourself (you're not that interesting), or at least follow along to see if you've won, then follow Chris' directions like a good boy. Now for the "work" part...

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All right, all you kids out there, time to test your mettle. Rocks Off knows you know what's up. We've seen you at Walter's, Rudz and all those other hallowed haunts that make up this little "scene" of ours. You can probably rattle off a dozen or so favorite local bands without batting an eyelash, and we know you're constantly talking them up to your friends from lesser towns. But how much of it is just talk? Well, it's time to find out.

This here is the first - hopefully of many, but that largely depends on you - installment of H-town Hangman. Here, all you rabid local-music apologists will match wits in a know-it-all contest of scenester trivia - We provide the clues; you provide the band name. First one to nail it (leave in comments) gets a secret prize provided by the mystery band. Trust us, it's cool.

And for the vast majority of you who will win absolutely nothing, take solace in the fact that you just might learn something. Enough chit-chat - here's your clues, and let the games begin... 

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