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2000 Stories by Bob Ruggiero

• Left Stone Cold

  published November 23, 2000

  Branded as everything from "the anti-Woodstock" to "the end of the hippie dream," the Rolling Stones's ill-fated free concert at Altamont Speedway... More >>

• Blue Earth

  published November 16, 2000

  On its sophomore effort, this quintet from College Station packs more hooks than a trout fisherman on vacation, offering cut after meaty cut from... More >>

• Sonny Stitt & His Electric Saxophone / Stan Getz

  published November 9, 2000

  Legendary jazz producer Joel Dorn in recent years has become quite the detective. After resurrecting many long-lost albums for the CD age at 32... More >>

• Midnight Riders

  published November 9, 2000

  You wouldn't normally associate the phrase "jacket required" with a concert titled "Gregg Allman and Friends," but the gravelly-voiced singer and... More >>

• Jay Hooks

  published November 2, 2000

  What the world needs now may be love, but does it really need yet another Texas bluesman? Even the staunchest of naysayers might have to change... More >>

• Corey Harris and Henry Butler

  published October 12, 2000

  To be a truly great blues duo, collaborators must go beyond putting out anything that could've been done solo. Two teams that have pulled this off... More >>

• Alice Cooper

  published September 21, 2000

  Alice CooperThough the Father of Shock Rock is more sideshow than satanic these... More >>

• Incubus

  published September 21, 2000

  With the possible exception of those four Kittie cats, Incubus will probably emerge as the only breakout act from this year's Ozzfest. That's more... More >>

• Important Imports

  published September 21, 2000

  Conventional wisdom dictates that the phrase "but they're big in Europe" -- when applied to a band -- indicates a career that has either... More >>

• Acura Music Festival

  published August 31, 2000

  Cheesy corporate title aside, this package tour is a healthy dose of N'Awlins goodness. After a long bout of the grumpies, stemming from his... More >>

• Sure Shots

  published August 31, 2000

  Outside the Travis Cafe, Pat Kneifert of the Tequila Cowboys talks with a prospective "roadie." "Aw, c'mon, man," says the roadie, really just... More >>

• King Diamond

  published August 24, 2000

  When Marilyn Manson was just a skinny punk practicing his pentagrams in the margins of his Algebra II textbook, King Diamond was already... More >>

• Luna

  published August 24, 2000

  Though she has taken a moon-based moniker and has a spacey writing quality to match, Luna is actually 20-year-old Houston native Cindy Duhe, who... More >>

• Not Fade Away

  published August 3, 2000

  Certainly no one can claim that Buddy Holly didn't work fast. In the tragically short span of his life -- a mere 22 years -- Holly (born Charles... More >>

• He Likes Beer

  published July 27, 2000

  Sam Houston Race Park's between-the-ponies country entertainment has been divided neatly into two categories: those with their glory days in the... More >>

• Rotation

  published July 20, 2000

  Veruca Salt Resolver Velveteen/Beyond Records Among the slew of female-driven alternative bands that... More >>

• Wandering Jams

  published June 29, 2000

  Judging George DeVore and the Roam only by virtue of the outfit's self-titled debut on Puddin' Pie Records wouldn't be fair. There's much more to... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published June 22, 2000

  Sugar Shack Get Out of My World Estrus Records No, this quintet does not cover the 1963 Jimmy Gilmer &... More >>

• Museum with 1,000 Faces

  published June 22, 2000

  You might not think that a baseball catcher's face protector, an approximately 7,000-year-old facial shroud from the Middle East and Darth Vader's... More >>

• Dr. Jekyll, Ms. Hyde

  published June 15, 2000

  Pouty and pretty, Juliana Hatfield gained a cult following throughout the '90s with her incisive lyrics and she-rocker presentation. While the... More >>

• Ready to Rock?

  published June 8, 2000

  Supagroup -- Devotees of New Orleans' Supagroup describe the band as the potential savior of full-on rock and roll. Well,... More >>

• Pass the Salt

  published May 25, 2000

  Veruca Salt, once so full of promise, is down to one original member and trawling for listeners. After scoring acclaim with the 1994 power pop... More >>

• Rotation

  published May 18, 2000

  The Jayhawks Smile Columbia/American Recordings While the group's No Depression contemporaries, Son Volt... More >>

• Fun with Rednecks

  published March 23, 2000

  If you've got your paternity narrowed down to Bubba, Jed and Uncle Jethers, you might be a redneck. If you think the slogan "Guns, God and guts"... More >>

• Rotation

  published March 16, 2000

  Bernard Butler Friends & Lovers Columbia/Creation Way back in '92 Bernard Butler was making quite a fuss in the... More >>