Email Author Chris Gray

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• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2013 Stories by Chris Gray

• Five Waylon Jennings Albums You Should Own

  published Jun 18, 2013

  "Ladies love outlaws," Waylon Jennings once sang, and well knew. Yes they do, and so do plenty of fellers, who may love the late Littlefield-born musician -- who was a losing coin flip away from being... More >>

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  Free Press Summer Fest Announces July 4 Free Geto Boys Makeup Show

  published Jun 18, 2013

  After the much-anticipated Geto Boys reunion at this month's Free Press Summer Fest went off at only two-thirds strengh, resulting in thousands of disappointed fans, FPSF has announced a free makeup s... More >>

• Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones at the Crighton Theatre, 6/15/2013

  published Jun 18, 2013

  Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones, Mike Stinson Crighton Theatre, Conroe June 15, 2013 Making the relatively short trip to the Crighton Theatre can't help but feel a bit like stepping back a few decades, ... More >>

• Drake, Miguel Heat Up Toyota Center November 13

  published Jun 17, 2013

  Canadian rap superstar Drake and R&B phenom Miguel will share a bill at Toyota Center on November 13, Live Nation announced earlier this morning. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday at livenatio... More >>

• Here's a Link to the New Kanye Album If You Want to Listen

  published Jun 14, 2013

  Well, everyone who had today in the "Kanye Pool," time to collect your winnings. Since it is simply impossible to just wait for an official release date, Kanye West's much-anticipated new album Yeezus... More >>

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  Marfreless Says It Will Reopen Later This Summer In Same Spot

  published Jun 14, 2013

  After closing at the end of March, Marfreless, the notorious River Oaks bar known equally for its ritzy interior and the countless clandestine assignations that happened there, has announced that it w... More >>

• What Are Walker Lukens and the Side Arms Doing In the Texans' Practice Bubbler

  published Jun 14, 2013

  If you live in Houston and are obsessed with the local pro football franchise (like most people), you might recognize the setting of Walker Lukens' "When I Lost You, Goddamn, I Lost" video, which his ... More >>

• Allow Us to Plug One of Our Photographers For a Second

  published Jun 13, 2013

  We've said it before, and will say it again, but one of the things we're proudest of here at Rocks Off are the gifted concert photographers we get to work with. So when one of them puts together an ex... More >>

• Young Mammals Finish New Album Despite Recent $5K Gear Theft

  published Jun 12, 2013

  Dynamic Houston indie-rockers Young Mammals, who only recently returned to active duty after a lengthy college-induced hiatus, are recovering from the theft of nearly all of guitarist Cley Miller's eq... More >>

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  Mumford and Sons Postpone Three Dates, Including The Woodlands

  published Jun 11, 2013

  According to a statement from the band, acoustic-rock superstars Mumford & Sons have been forced to postopone this week's scheduled shows in Dallas, Houston and New Orleans because bassist Ted Dwane n... More >>

• Now Blake Shelton Doesn't Like the Chronicle Too

  published Jun 05, 2013

  Country star and no fan of Rocks Off Blake Shelton has now made it two for two in voicing his displeasure with members of the Houston music media. Late Tuesday night the "Honeybee" singer went after C... More >>

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  Houston Press Music Awards Ballot Now Online; Voting Open

  published Jun 04, 2013

  Last week, Rocks Off was proud to announce the nominees for the 2013 Houston Press Music Awards. Looks like it got a lot of people talking, which is what we were hoping for. Once again, we''ll be hono... More >>

• Billy Joe Shaver at Discovery Green, 5/30/2013

  published May 31, 2013

  Billy Joe Shaver Discovery Green May 30, 2013 As the saying goes, Billy Joe Shaver is the kind of character who, if he didn't already exist, someone would have had to make him up. Was that Larry McMu... More >>

• Once Bitten, Twice Shy

  published May 30, 2013

  On the Road Maybe the band should have expected strange things to happen when they headed out on tour with Hollywood Undead.... More >>

• Trial Connected to June 2012 Trae Tha Truth Shooting Underway

  published May 28, 2013

  A civil trial is underway in Harris County District Court, with county attorneys seeking an injuction that would forbid 16 alleged gang members --including a man who was later arrested and charged for... More >>

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  Soundgarden at Bayou Music Center, 5/24/2013

  published May 27, 2013

  Soundgarden Bayou Music Center May 24, 2013 See more of Soundgarden and their long-suffering local fans in our slideshow. Grunge sounded old even when it was new. This misbegotten mutation of metal... More >>

• The Rocks Off 100: Chris Gerhardt, Mastermind of Giant Battle Monster

  published May 23, 2013

  Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're i... More >>

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  Fanged: Houston Rockers Brawl With Self-Proclaimed Vampire On Tour

  published May 22, 2013

  Maybe the band should have expected strange things to happen when they headed out on tour with Hollywood Undead. Considering their own name, American Fangs, this couldn't have come as a complete shock... More >>

• HPMA Nominations Close at Midnight Tonight

  published May 22, 2013

  Rocks Off is not going to make this long, because we don't have much to say. But it's important. If you haven't filled in your choices for this year's Houston Press Music Awards, you don't have much ... More >>

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  Texas Concert For Conservation at Sam Houston Race Park, 5/18/2013

  published May 21, 2013

  Texas Concert For Conservation Featuring Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll & Ray Wylie Hubbard Sam Houston Race Park May 18, 2013 If I wanted to make a dopey analogy, which I'm going to d... More >>

• RIP Ray Manzarek: Bespectacled Keyboardist of The Doors Was 74

  published May 20, 2013

  Ray Manzarek, the Doors keyboardist who brought both a light jazz touch and some seriously heavy piano-pounding to one of the most influential American bands of the late '60s and early '70s, passed aw... More >>

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  Win Tickets to Scoremore's Jambalaya Festival Right Now

  published May 20, 2013

  Normally Rocks Off's first post of every week is our selections for the best shows happening in Houston for that given Monday through Thursday. This week we'd like to try something a little different.... More >>

• HPMA Nomination Ballot Is Going, Going... Only One Week Left

  published May 16, 2013

  Hard to believe it's already been almost two weeks since we put up the 2013 Houston Press Music Awards nomination ballot. This year has not been a slow one, that's for sure. But now there is official... More >>

• UPDATED: The Rocks Off 100: Kimberly M'Carver, Missouri City's Nightingale

  published May 16, 2013

  Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're i... More >>

• La Mafia Lead Singer Assaulted Outside Local Bar

  published May 13, 2013

  Accoding to the group's Facebook page, Oscar de la Rosa, lead singer of Houston-based Tejano stars La Mafia is recovering after an assault early Monday morning outside an unnamed Houston bar. This mes... More >>