Email Author Jef With One F

2010 Stories by Jef With One F

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  FEATURED STORY

  Eight Memorable Frank Frazetta Album Covers

  published May 10, 2010

  No man has ever been more able to make pure bad-assery out of ink and canvas than Frank Frazetta. In fact, Rocks Off's initial attraction to his wife owes much to his obsession with Frazetta's pale, ... More >>

• Faith And The Muse Headline Goth Show Of The Year

  published May 07, 2010

  The night that is shaping up to be THE Goth event of the year is Saturday at Numbers, when Faith and the Muse and Voltaire take the stage. Formed in 1993 in the Washington D.C. area, Faith and the Mu... More >>

• Most Hated Musician Search Reveals Houston's Best Qualities

  published May 06, 2010

  Recently, Rocks Off gifted the interwebs with a riddle and a moral. We jotted down a list of activities, proclivities and personality disorders and asked our readers to guess who exactly owned all of ... More >>

• Lotus Effect Channel Soul Asylum, Shakespeare On Rabbits And Royalties EP

  published Apr 23, 2010

  OK, in your head, we want you to picture Soul Asylum. No, not "Runaway Train." We mean the energy, angsty effervescence of something like "Somebody to Shove." Wed that haunting voice and throbbing gu... More >>

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  Who Is Houston's Most Hated Musicianr

  published Apr 22, 2010

  He is a legend, and the musicians, promoters, reporters, DJs and engineers of our great city whisper his name in shivering tones. He books shows, and because he has no car, insists that other bands on... More >>

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  Type O Negative's Peter Steele Dies Again, This Time For Real

  published Apr 15, 2010

  Rocks Off remembers a Houston Type O Negative concert from years ago. We were particularly excited because Type O had added a cover of "The Angry Inch" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch to their set list... More >>

• Anything Box Is Back From "Oblivion"

  published Apr 09, 2010

  Anything Box has been one of the definitive synth-pop bands since Claude Strilio and his cohorts unleashed "Living in Oblivion" on the radio waves in 1990. Since then, the band has done what all great... More >>

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  The AIDS-Spreading German Popstar And Four Other Horrifying Rock Legends

  published Apr 08, 2010

  Hanging out backstage with Ronan Harris of VNV Nation last Sunday, his synth-excellency imparted a tale that Rocks Off hoped to the gods was not true, and led us down the path of myth and rumor to bri... More >>

• Aftermath: VNV Nation Cry Victory, Not Vengeance, At Wired Live

  published Apr 05, 2010

  When two skanks are grinding on each other in the front row, and the audience cares not at all because they can't take their eyes off the band on stage, that's a good show. VNV Nation is an act that h... More >>

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  A Living Dead Doll And Her Pentatonic Pirates: Meet Silenced Within

  published Apr 02, 2010

  r Rocks Off is on a continued quest to inject as much local music into Gothtopia as possible, which is why we're please to announce the return of Ex-Voto. Larry Rainwater and Spleen, who make up t... More >>

• Ex-Houstonians Close Your Eyes: A Happy Metalcore Bandr

  published Feb 26, 2010

  Listening to We Will Overcome by Abilene natives Close Your Eyes is kind of like being beaten in the face with a brick wrapped in a Hallmark Card. The beats are heavy, though lacking the double-bass ... More >>

• Post-Valentine's Day Bluesr San Antonio's Hyperbubble Will Cheer You Up

  published Feb 16, 2010

  This is the happiest music in the world. This is the best electronic album to come out of Texas since Asmodeus X's Morningstar. This is a like a synthpop version of The Wall. This is a really fucking ... More >>

• What's In a Namer Punk Rock Spirit Animals This Year's Tiger

  published Feb 12, 2010

  It's a well-known fact that most band names are essentially gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off, we're trying hard to decode Houston's oddest monikers in order to find a little meaning. r Music is inh... More >>

• Tim Qualls: Tim Qualls Is Built Like An Aztec Temple

  published Feb 05, 2010

  Somewhere between the United States of Neil Young and the Republic of Trip Hop wanders a man names Tim Qualls. His debut EP, This is Our Land, combines a hell of an acoustic strum-and-pick with a low-... More >>

• Goth-Rock Icon and Web Recluse Daniel Ash on His New It's a Burn Out EP

  published Jan 27, 2010

  Every Goth in Houston knows, or should know, that if you want to know what's up or going down with any major Goth musician from the '80s or '90s, then all you have to do is keep an eye on Lonnie Locas... More >>

• Aftermath: Everclear's Perfect Soundtrack to Imperfection at House of Blues

  published Jan 25, 2010

  rWhile heading out of the House of Blues for some air, Aftermath and Mrs. Aftermath shared an elevator with Saturday's opener, Clayton Senne. Previously, we sat through his electric organ driven... More >>

• You'll Fall In Love With James Caronna's Slacker-Pop

  published Jan 22, 2010

  rThe latest release out of Red Tree Studios is a nine-song pop package by a slacker named James Caronna, Everybody Wants to Be in Love. If you were to put James Blunt and Jason Mraz in the telepod in... More >>

• What's In a Namer Thrashers Owl Witch Explain the Messed-Up Mythology Behind Their Moniker

  published Jan 13, 2010

  It's a well-known fact that most band names are essentially gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off, we're trying hard to decode Houston's oddest monikers in order to find a little meaning. r The best way... More >>